El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-19

thoughts. Nor was he less bafned in
ali attempts TO deal indirectly with
the enemy.
The dilemma was plain. If Czernin
led austria 20 separate peace 10
would SIN be partitloned. while Ger
many would attack it. But on the
other hand Il was impossible TO per-
suale Germany 20 make general
H peace because Germany expected VIC
tory and saw red. had magnificent
seek separate peace. then, was 10
commit suicide out Of fear Of death.
wouldn't Listen.
No one would listen 70 reason. this
is Czernin's main argument and he
makes It with real success. At Brest
Il LaroVsk, the bolshevists were mad,
but the Germans even nader. With
\ kuhlmaln he got Trotsky into Z COM
f naratiVely reasonable mood and then
+ Gen Hoffman,, in true Prussian
+ style made speech ald II was all
Z over with any peaceful solution. But
J Luoenuor1f concentration for the
{ speech satisfied Hoffman and arrived
! 1y telephone the next morning.
T In Czernin's narrative all the great
I figures on the enemy side are passed
/ n review by one who sees them. not
as We did (and perhaps dol as non
sters. but as falihl5 human beings
+ with great qualities and correspond
7 ing weaknesses Czernin is neither
malicious nor yet flatt6ring Even
E enlperors have for him obvious Hmlta-
ls0ns and he is sorry for Charles and
regards as victims Of their trade
rather than as deliberate culprits.
Wilson Sincere.
The arresting thing about CEsrnin's
narrative Is the fashion in which he
shows how hopeless was all the
sfruEgle 20 escaps from the war be-
tcre 10 came and from the struggle
1etore i ended In military decision
H| aHIaaH
possible nov Is any really peaceful
settlement.
he sees president wilson II
sincere, but he had not the su1=ssf-
est hope for the Wilson proposals
rom the outset He sees the
treaty Of Versailles rs the BEGIN
nEng OF new wars, but his enc
note OF optimism lies IN tie fact
thar he believes that the war viii
In the end destroy milffnrIsm.
allied as well rs Prussfan.
me book is good sntidote TO er-
--5ms SELF aQmiraricn on the part OF
AIMED puDlics- The former HapsburE
foreign minister pushes home not
Few points and reaches not a few
weak points IN cur armor. he IS not
anSryi there Is none Of the German
buster and fury about him. but HIS
method gains thereby.
suupueant and Master.
hen ] vas a. Brest striving with
AZ my might and main 10 persuade
the Germans to modify their de-
meads, Czernln explains, Vienna
% 5eriln and beg for bread. how
could you be both e suppiicant and
2 masterz We had 70 have German
troops % Eet us out Of trouble all
ne tine unlii or armies were simply
-l--fnlingleu with German and our
freedom Of action gone. But how
coulu you help it2
Reading Czernin's account OF Brest. {
one understands Paris better Att
Bucharest Czernin wanted TO make ! I
peace Of understanding. but ne HIM Z
garlau insisted on new frontiers. the
Germans wanted all the Industrial re- I
sources the Bulgarlans wanted the
mole or me D0Drud5a and the Turks F.
Earians. demanding compensatfors in J
l-elr turn Ine result was a peace {
which could not last. a perpetuation (
q bitterness peace Of hatred .
var which Is stil in progress. since /
the hurlanlans continue IN Budapest 4
q $. solFtl0n Impossible.
10 Feal Lzernln = TO perceive why /
e -aile1leln solution to the Euro /
pean tanglas was never possible. s. !
10 recognize why the IA r05-fr
1onld not be accepted by italians. {
7. ---l-lllana, oy any one on the con
tllelE Czernln could not persuade 4
- - ls--9t count Iyinen 20 make small .
races when Z was a matter Of lie
ana death. Hungary crashed down ia I
1l.er ruin because IL would not buy
% H-umanla with an eighth OF what
tlurnanla now occupies. Itaiv made q
--rsaln at London and never for =
slnsle noment considered reducinz
ner price not even after Caporetto.
On the other hand Czernfn has no
Illusions about the viii OF peoples.
y sinenceau was bad enough. aIthourh
~ D.
rsal trouble was the French people
y 70 MQuld near TO no peace without
z tslca- Lorraine The Italians were
Just as bad in the matter OF the Ger-
ll1n speaking rerions OF the Sou-h
Ll1eli as 1or the HunEarians and the
5el mans. they lived In a world Of vsfr
- inlnss. But given these popular
-5--alons, what could responssh1e
.s--esnen dog JEST nothing. Czernin
the world has gone mad aad
e nadness marched fnelucfa b1.y ~
re COLLAPSE ase.-Copyrieh 1918. the
- ee-ure Newspaper Syndicate.