El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-06


time the aged woman had a bath.
Gently in America an advocate of
Wilson's policies from far back in
the war He looked like a man who
has lost a dear friend. rs there any
{ hopeE DE asked me-" I explained as
best I could the possible moves in the
game az Washington. and he shook
{ his head sadly The greatest spin
itual tragedy OF modern times, he
said. Wilson was too great-too far
I ahead Of his country and his age.
I What can we do now What is there
for Europe but wars and plaques
and Starvation
Come. buck up" 7 begged the de-
I spondent Liberal and told him Of the
l JOY OF the Tory general He emitted
/ an ironic guffaW. NO doubt we can
extend the British empire over most
/ OF the rest OF Asia and Africa and
as far into Europe as or ships guns
VIII reach" he said. "But it will be
an empire Of corpses and vgltures'
No doubt some Of the ohinions I
the stay-at-home American citizen. TO
whom II seems a matter for solely
American decision what Responsible
ties his country chooses to assume
/ abroad As an American myself but
one who has been abroad most OF
the time since 1914. I win try to ex-
plain the somewhat hysterical and
probably rather ugly attitude that
our late allies viii probably assume
IL the treaty is so altered that the
work Of the Paris conference is IN
done
An Had Power.
The Paris conference was q game
Of give and take. All the neg0tiators.
excepting president Wilson, had full
powers TO speak for their countries
Consequently when Italy made
concession 70 France. France in re-
turn might give Up coal mine 70
Poland, who had promised that II
she were satisfied on this point she
via And JugO-Slavia, il she got that
railway was willing 10 give italy
an island, so that Italy's original
concession to France was made In the
knowledge that IL would lead through
other arrangements ultimately 70 a
disputed island passing under the
Italian Tag.
cerned in the circle Of operations by
which italy got that island were
later TO repudiate her part OF the
leaL ownership OF coal mine and rail-
road and island would be once more
n ne ar Destroy one step in such
negotiations, and you destroy every
thing that has been agreed as a re-
suit OF concessions all around.
NY illustration shows why the sen
ate reservations in a sense destroy
me league and upset the peace treaty. ]
Il IS not fair for Europeans TO tell US. ]
as most Of them viii. that we have
been guilty OF national bad faith. that
We have gone back on our word. I
They all knew beforehand that under I
dent, alone Of pofenates ar Paris had I
no power 70 finally commit his coun- I
Try 70 anything
Bat consider what the conference I
was up against The president came /
with definite program he was pre-
pared 10 iiElr for The conference I
could not Tell L-u TO go home that I
my nesotlalions with final powers T
would be admitted subj a course /
could have set America aflame- In 1
such negotiations the same OF give i
1uQ take could only be PLAYED hw as
1uming that the Americaus were
name OF their country. and trusting /
that the senate would back Up what I
they did.
Affects All Decisions.
Ihe senate has refused TO do So I
Every major decision taken in Paris 1
IS affected every boundary line
drawn there becomes invalid. even /
InouBh otner powers have ratified I
me treaty ecause the thousands Of ]
n1rEains made depend. first unou the I
league Of nations as constituted and ]
not amended by the senate. and sec
ond upon other agreements made by I
the American delegatiOn that have
rot been susfai ned For instance. /
Japan is not under any obligation TO !
4oin the league OF nations after the I
senate's Shantun- reservations for I
Japan agreed in Paris to Join in the I
LEAGUE in consid erations OF the Amer ]
lean delegations recognition OF the ]
-nantung seizure That RECOGNITION /
had been renudiated by the senate. /
These considerations explain the /
bitter complaint made now over here
that America would have done better I
to keep her hands off than 20 make /
euEl EennUtg and Then ~nr 1-na- 4Hn~- i
For % is too late TO call another fuU ]
dress conference and 20 over she I
whole ground again. The people Of /
Europe want TO get hack 10 work. /
they are starving by the mfllionl /
They would not stand another civ
months Of argument: they would re- 1
volt everywhere.
what remains2 An alliance be- I