Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-06-28

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berg had reached the end of their re
sources and so the Kaiser who had FOR
moro than four years held the atten
ton of the civilized world bowed to
tie will of the people and sought an
asylum in Holland. Then came the
Peace Conference composed of twenty
three nations The first thing asccr..
tancd was that the Allies could not
agree amongst themselves. President
Wilson's Fourteen Points had guaran
tccd the integrity of the German EN-
pire and Of those nations allied with
her.
The only exception to this could be
brought about by a vote Of the people
themselves. All of the warning nations
wanted the land of the four nations
against which they had waged such
bloody war fare. 1t was brought
out that Italy had gone into an ALI.
ancc with Great Britain with tho dis.
tinct understanding that certain tor
ritory should be cedcd to her out
right This was in direct violation of
one of the Fourteen Points and Prosi.
dent Wilson would not yield. This
caused the Italian Government TO
withdraw its representatives at the
Peace Conference. They subsequently
returned after having been endorsed
by tic Eomc government.
Now enc Of the Fundamental princi-
pies of President Wilson was that of
'tbrn diplomacy, openly arrived at"
The brilliantp but theoretical Prcsi.
dent OF the United States did not
seem 20 understand that when agree
mcn's were considered in the open,
such agreements ceased to be diplo-
matte ones as understood in modern
Chancellcrics. You might as we'll
talk about diplomacy in the Congress
when as matter OF fact it is found
only behind the closed doors OF the
department of State. 1t was cquiva-
lent to speaking Of sunless sunny
day, daylcss day and a nightless
night.
1t sounded all right and so the
Allies agreed in a diplomatic way to
have open diplomacy. When they got
Preside nj Wilson on the othcrside, the
first thing they did was to shut the
door tight, guard it and to mako it
impossible for even the sound Of
voices TO pass through the windows
OF the outside. Whether the distingu-
ishcd occupant Of tho White House
at Washington was trapped will
never be known unless he consent 8
20 write Memoirs OF his own life and
in them toll tho story OF his expert.
cuccs on tho other side. The Imperial
German Government had retired and
inexperienced men with but few ex.
Ceptions rcvellcd in all of tho finory
of the l1ohenZollern Palace at Berlin.
1t was Il sudden leap into power
and having secured possession of it,
they believed that they could do the
impossible. They appointed delegates
last December to go to Paris and
negotiate terms OF peace or to sign
those that had been negotiated, but
there was trouble at Versailles, a
suburb of Paris, where the Allies
were vainly endeavoring to compose
their own differences, before calling
i'll the German peace delegates. Japan
gave trouble OH account of racial Ques
tons and those relating to hcr zone
Of influence in China. Sho threatened
to Withdraw from tho Peace Confer
cncc.
Italy had trouble too and she did
withdraw. Franco insisted upon dis
regarding President Wilson'S -Four
teen Points and pointed TO the awful
sacrifices that she had made. She
feared too Il rcjuvcnatcd Germany
that would after Il lapse of years
grind her again under it's heel. For
live months this discussion went on
and the ability to make Germany
carry out the terms of the Allies be
came less and less. The cry OF lhe
louder and louder and those Of Great
Britain joined in the refrain. Then
camc the Irish question like night
mare.
Tho Irish politicians held an elect
ion under the British regulations to
elect representatives to Parliament.
but instead they elected them to an
irish National Assembly that proclaim
cd a Republic with an Irish President.
These people called attention to ono
of President Wilson's mischicvous
Fourteen Points. It established the
right of a people to self-detormina-
ton, that Of the right to decide by
ballot for themselves, the kind Of
government under which they should
live. Their representatives made