El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
THE BEST THE PRESIDENT CAN GET
IN PEACE FIGHT is A COMPROMISE

DESET By influences Of diverse and sometimes adverse
u character president Wilson IS haglng ne IN u Ms
life in Europe president being received with great
hospitality with every honor possible % oesto~' Dul aeo
nations ready to give Mr. wilson rgnt OF way IN
setting their affss for them Re went 10 france Win
csuIee i5sslisc program but the best he get VIII
Be found, is compromise This apphes to the league OF
nations plan and to the settlement OF territorial questions
In 5achs received here there are repeated references
70 the uatence president Wilson TO get down to busi-
ms and Push the usscs conference through to finish He
vert to Europe with that idea But he finds that the al
lied nations are not disposed to hurry through mighty
Undertaking and that anyhow the characteristic Yankee
qcnsss Of action is not to be found the eastern side
the Atlantic There are formaEes TO be gone through
and coures to exchanged before the peace delegates
could get to work Incidentally, this made opPor
tunity unofficial campaigning, debating and dickerng
On peace conference subjects.
President wilson is facing such delay in the assembling
Of the pese conference and the problems to be solved at
Versailles intricate that he may extend his stay
abroad As alternative the president may to
Washington and next spring make another trip to Paris
The president intended to be out Of the United States
for ony SIX weeks but II is evident that this time
EH Eot allow hin to get the main features Of his
peace program outlined before the peace conference.
The delay Is advantageous in the respect that it gives
tine 10 the representatives. Of the victor nations to dis
matters among themselves informally and also tends
to increase the spirit Of friendship among the representa-
ves Of the countries that to sit in Judgment Ger
nz1T.
The remarkably cordial reception to the president in
London stands out in the whole diplomatic situation be-
cause It shows that certain efforts in this country
anBritish sentiment nothing and it has de-
fested n advance any plotting by Germany antag
onm between the United States and Great Britain It Is
known IN Washington that the big diplomatic card up Ger
uanys sleeve was to be attempt to drive wedge be
tween Crest Britain and the United States Evidence Of
his has been shown in the schemes to create antBt
ISL feeling IN this country The presidents splendid recep
on IN London scotchsd this scheme and is known
here that the most cordial relations exist between M VIII
and the English authorities
The entente cordiale between all the nations that
whipped Germazy has been immensely increased BY the
srs presence Of Mr. Wilson in Paris and London There
doubt Of that This one fact is complete iustifca
ton Of the PRESIDENTS trip abroad.
As fsr IS the league Of nations concerned Is evident
that 10 substantial progress has been made toward fulfill
usnt Ct that plan PTemers Lloyd George Cemenceau
and Orlando have al expressed themselves in favor of some
arrangement 70 prevent wars which IS the
zu plank IN president Wilson's platform for league
They are IN favor Of the principle Few Statesmen are