The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-04
THE SUPREME COUNCILS FAILURE.

One OF the most useful pieces Of criticism uttered lately
lately is that emanating from vscount Bryce who
gests that the supreme council at Paris shut up its pcti
cal shop and go home He observes that there is lack
of the open diplomacy that reform the conduct of
governments and insure liberty to mankind He fails to
why part of Austrian Tyro should be given to Italy
the principles of nationality and selfdetemnaon
to be respected He thinks the peace conference has
failed to live up to the expectations of the nations and
that it should cease its labors possible.
Lord Bryce could have made much more striking
example of the violation of open diplomacy and self
determination of people than the example of the Tyro
The transfer of number of Austrans to Italian juris
dicton may be unwise, but it is at step taken
against the enemy, and not against ally 1t can be
defended as a result Of war, step made necessary or
advisable as defense future attack. 1t is conquest
not thievsry 1t may not be udcous, but it is not i'm
moral But what be thought of the act which takes
Shantung from China and hands it to apan under the
binding peace of secret treaty.
The supreme council has been halted in its secret
ttion of Turkey, Bulgaria and Hungary by the courag
eous refusal of Roumana and Serbia to submit to en-.
croachments upon their territorial rights and their sover
eighty for the benefit of the enemies who sought to STAY
them. In its inconigible habit of attempting to nufy
the victory of the allies, the supreme council is attempt
ing to give to the reacherous Bugars pieces of territory
which belong to Roumania, Serbia and Greece. 1t is
also attempting to prevent the punishment of the blood
thirsty Magyars who ravaged ROumana. This punish
nent consists in the exacton of reparaon and resttu
ton. Roumana is in position to compel the MagyarS
restore stolen property and but for the interference
IF the supreme council it would square the account with
is late oppressors Is there any justice wisdom in
aolding the hand of the Roumanan government and
thereby permitting the criminals to escape with theil
booty?
Bulgaria assisted by skillfu propaganda carried or
by relgopoltica intrguans, who financially inter
,sted in Bulgarian and Turkish property and who are
trainng every nerve induce the United States to be-
come responsible for Turkey The record of Bulgaria
Turing the has been equaled in history fol-
calculated vlainy and cruelty 1t makes of the
blacklist pages in the annals of mankind. The present
British Ambassador to the United States, Vscount Grey
could give this chapter in detail if he cared to do
would reveal that the king, the government and the
we're guilty of atrocious treachery civilization, that
hey violated their pledged word and withcowardly
savage ferocity joined with the Huns and Magyars in
campaign in Serbia that nothing but colossal muir
Ter, beyond the pale of itself That the Serbian
nation is alive today is because of the lack of means
Whereby the Bugars might glu their thirst for blood
70 the extent of their physical ability they destroyed
every Serbian man, and child they could reach
1t is an indictment of the good of the allies that
the supreme council should befrend that treacherou
enemy at the expense of tried friends like Roumania
Serbia and Greece The nursing Of the serpent merely
makes for future trcachery and war.
1t is high time that there should be end to the
effort to make peace ideasm instead of fact This
upreme council persists in living in dreamland instead
If in Europe. 1t applies theoretical and impractical
for the of actual dangerous disease and ther
wonders why peace does not The conditions il
southeastern Europe have become steadily since
he amistce and most Of the blame be traced direct
to the door of the peace conference.
The resumption of diplomatic interchanges between
governments, the principle of selfinteres would be
vast improvement upon the present attempt to pacfy
Europe by denying justice to all nations that fought
the allied side and granting special advantages to all
nations that sought to destroy Washington Post