The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-23
STONE DECLARES ALLIES ARE
AGREED On PEACE IN PR|NC|PL L

NEW YORK, April 22.-Dcrclopment
of intcr-communicatiun promises
chance that tho league Of nations may
accomplish its object of insurtng world
peace. Mrlvillc r.. Stone. general man
aser of the Associated Press. recent!
returned from the peace conference
told the members of the news assoc!a-
ton at their annual meeting and lunch
I. con here today.
Mr., Stone doubted if anybody knew
whether the lraEu" project would sue
coed, but said the representatives OF
the associated powers had addrcsSco
themselves To tn" formation or an OF
ranization intcndr. II possible. Ia pre-
vent 4 recurrence" Of war. which nc
said had reached a point through inc
advance OF science. whore future con-
fIict would 10 we'll night human ami
hila,ion. BY the modern processes OF
iutrr-co,nmunicntion however. The ma
lions were inevitably brought closer TO-
rcIhcr. he said. extending mems visions
and giving IL little promise that inc
failure Of tho congress of Vienna. loo
wears ago. Nigh; h. followed by some
thing like success"
1t was u mistake. Mr.. Stone said. 10
imagine that there had boon an unpleas-
ant or. angry situation between the
maze cnynvs Of the associated powers
who had brought to their task sim
core desire to solve Il great problem.
DESPITE the German hopes Of differences
among the conqucrnrS. he ADDED lhes
had agreed to principle.
Describing n visit to the devastated
Regions Of France, Mr.. Stone declared
/, had been torn by the most mahgn
and outrageous Savagcry the world hau
over known" To bring about its rehao't'-
tnrjon. ne asserted, extension OF long
Hmr CREDITS by American manulhciuF-
crs was essential. scheme which he
said could be- carried out through inc
banks, with the federal reserve system
to fall hack upon IN case OF emergency
In kccping with tho parliamentary
spitir OF the meeting. inspired by INC
recent addition % about Twenty-Five
South American newspapers TO Tue AS
soCiatcd Press membership. MT. stone
stated that this extension OF the ser
vice gave assurance of tn" amltE 81 IN"
western hemisphere. IN lik" manner IN
earlier DAYS he said. the organization
had been material factor in cem'n''nS
tho relations Of the northern and south
crn sections Of tho CnHcd STATES.
union which made possible tho natlonat
su;rit evidenced in the Spanish Afner'-
can war and accomplished in the wor!q
conflict.
Referring to the peace Cnnrercnc" ana
To affairs in Europe. Mr.. Stone said:
at is A mistake 10 imagine that thrrc
has been on thr part of tn" I'VE great
nowcrs represented at tho conference an
angry or an unpleasant situation.
think may say--bcCausc I have known
we'll those who have participated in 1t
that they have brought 10 this WORK
sincrr. earnest Gesite 10 solve %rea'
problem.
"-rhey feel that. after all. The worst
orrcnsc Of the Germans was not the
killing Of something like scr"n million
young mon. fine young men OF Europe
and America. including those or Ger
many and Austria itself. Nor IN" wan
ton mhrdcr OF innocent women ana
children by aeroplane and submarine
At least the dead are at peace. Inc
worst orfcnsc OF the Germans was IN
creating a world in which il IS impos-
ihle for the living to survive.
And that being the case. the con-
forces had 10 address themselves not 70
any solace or comfort: for thcd cad for
whom they could do nothing. nut 70
some sort Of an organization. II pos
sjble,. that should give some guarantee
tina, in the future there would he nu
! recurrence OF this terrible catastrophe
because they knew that by III" pro-
cesscs of war. by it's scientific and me-
chanical development, war hal now
reached the point whcr" any further
conflict might we'll nigh mean human
annlhilation.'