El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
PEACE FARLEY
CRI5I5AV0IDED
Wilson Induces Allies To
Adopt League As A
Basis.


ordinary determination OF the presi-
dent TO create his League OF Nations,
to include it in the peace treaty, to
make good his declaration in his New
York speech. has in less than "a hours
with a dramatic suddenness hardly 90
be described. transformed the whole
progress OF events I'm Paris. We have
laid aside an AuglO-F'rench-Am erican
program for a Wilson program we
have reached this result with little
more than a ripple on the surface.
however great the subsurface activity
for a few hours.
Anglo-Amerlcaas solid.
Once more the British have adhered
TO their primary purpose OF preserv-
ing Anglo-American solidarity. once
more the French who were called up
on as usual TO make whatever ma
terial sacrifice was necessary. have
made 30 with the utmost prompttude.
The French sacrifice was twofold;
they had been promised that before
the end Of March preliminary peace
would settle the question OF their
eastern frontiers. and they believed
20 would give them at last a start in
the direction Of financial reparatiOn.
7 do not understand that there is as
yet any question that the actual terms
OF what was to have been a prelimin-
arv treaty Of peace have been chal-
lenged by MI Wilson II may well be
that Lloyd George and Clemenceau in
conference with the president reached
an agreement that postponement
would not bring any such challenge.
but this remains TO be disclosed in che
future
Not a Wilson victory.
Il would be inaccurate to say that
ar. Wilson has won a new victory,
Hr1r
nor was there any thought on the part
OF either French or British TO make
even an indirect proposal TO Repub-
lican opposition in America The truth
IS that the British and the French up
TO the moment Of the presidents ar
rival believed that he was in accord
with what was being done once this
was rather surprisingly disclosed 20
be e mistake. they promptly changed
their plans TO suit his desires
There IS no EainsayinE the tact llal
the change may bring real and wide
spread disappointment in Europe. The
desire for some sort Of prelim nary
arrangement which should at least
make a real beginning in peace con-
ditious and make 10 promptly was al
most incalculable. But i the desire IS
universal. recognition OF the necessity
OF preserving the good viii Of America
is quite as generally existent; neither
LLOYD George nor Clemenceau could
afford 10 make issue over a question
in which the president OF the United
States manifested an infleXible deter
mination to press his own policy
Enduring Resentment.
Nor Is 90 wise TO conclude that be-
cause there viii be general disap-
pointment IL there is a further delay,
there VIII be enduring resentment on
the contrary. the whole e isOde Illus
trates what have so often attempted
to explain in my dispatches namely the
conviction IA Europe that at all costs
American wishes should be compiled
with. second the conviction that the
president Of the United States speaks
the viii OF America.
The truth is that 50 great was the
desire in Europe for a prompt ar
rangement that not a few believed the
presidents course might arouse ac-
tual opposition When no opposition
materialized. 10 was recognized that
Mr.. Wilson had resumed the position
which he occupied at the outset, that
his prestige had been enhanced rather
than decreased by the events o. his
American visit
Can Get II Ready Soon
Now comes a great question; How
long is postponement Of the prelim-
mary peace treaty "a. be expected 7
am told by the American spokesman
that the League Of Nations covenant
can be IN shape in a day or so and that
the whole treaty can be ready for the
Germans on April I. 7 am told En-
certain other quarters that 10 viii be
May I before the preliminary treaty
Is ready II the treaty IS ready BY