East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-24


elgnefs sA s Ql
10 the eastward OF her frontiers is the
iremendous mass or tie Teutons--appro..
. imately 10000. 600 Germans, Including Aus.
tfla,, \ race breeding constantly ana pro-
iificaliy. ~, be sure, Germany Is being dis.
mantled and crippled and loaded with re.
prIsals But she win lansb Ut the inoempi.
ties. the moment the opportunity CONES. and
tear up the, Paris treaty IKE SCRAP OF
!, naper." And who can tell how soon the ol..
portunty VIII Gomez Tomorrow she may
be In league again with Italy. And these
robust, wariise, scientific Teutons cannot
he long held in s!bjugation Ike the effets
inhabitants OF India. Beyond the land ot
the TeNons, farther to the eastward. are
1oOo00oo0 Russians. The interests Of
these two great ,nasses OF population seem
TO he coalescing. To the westward OF France
lies Great Britain. determined upon the
commercial, Industrial and naval supremacy
OF the world.
II President Wilson has any duty 10 per-
form In Paris, Il is to safeguard the future
OF France. Tile Watch on the Rhine" In
not sufficient. Syria, Mesopotainia and
Asia Minor should be given 10 France. The
captured German fleet should be turned
over to France and the British naval arma-
ments should he reduced until the English
fleet Is In 40 particular superior TO that Of
France. This IL demanded by Article YIN.
OF the League Of Nations. which reQvires
that the geographical situation and cir
cllmsiances" OF each nation shall lie aiken
inio account The geosrsipl :eai situation and
circumstances OF Frapce are slilysrspt;auy
Identical with those 81 EngiaDd therefore
fhelr naries should lie OF Substantially the
same dimensions.
Americas Debt to France.
And theu the great rorirtss " Gibraltar
slCnIl lie disinnntled. - saor.d inc
fortress at Malta! Thi. ,at,.r s,rpurao.a
dt,sttlicts tie highway f-Sn,. fra.c. 10
Syria, Tsese Notifications should he DIS
manied as the KIel ca,,ai ana ficlryola ID
are 10 be dismaHtiei. For II there l. to hs
an end Of war and q League Of Nations and
n brotherhood OF peoples. why should tic
euhs OF England sweep the gafewaya Of
the sent Let the second OF the extincs
fourteen points" be nncarthed from the
archives of curios. and freedom ~ the
seas" be applied TO the Mediterranean.
Now am perfectly well aware hat tbese
suggestions ARE wholly Impossible. ilnpos-
sible because England will never surrender
a foot OF her territory or reduce pound OF
her arma atnent-thc league Of Nations To
the e,iftrary, Notwithstanding hut III these
suggested safeguards are not adopted Whist
i, 10 be the future OF Franeei .Annihila-
Hons Not. perhaps. as political entry.
but rs one of the great Powers of Europe.
As soon as size differs with England her
colonies VIII vanish In day aud, then
France win he as insignificant as EelsIum.
II America. has any mission In Paris 10.
day. il is to safeguard the future of France.
Let the President do this. IL he can and
then rotnc home And even II be c!tiinot do +,
II, Y might he well for him to corne ,iome
before huff the races OF Europe are cmbit-
tered against the American people Mo-
mentous questions In the Uuitcd states are
detnandibg solution. questions more impor-
tant 70 American citizens Than the boundary
lines of Europe. a..