El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-05

the world, u IL besIevrd thar the
settlement agreed upon here con-
tanned unstable or dangerous
elementsf
eli the world should be troubled
again, the conditions, which We all
regard as fundamental are chnl-
IenEed, the guarantees which viii
be given to you viii pledge thnt
the United states viii send its
array and fleet ucrnss the ocean.
IL Is surprising, Under such rnndi-
tious, that IL huuld desire 20
reach n solution Of the vurinus
problems which seems 10 Il salts
faetoryf
I would say 10 Mr. Bratiano. in
particular, that we have not the
smallest desire to impair she sover-
eighty Of his -oantry. We do not
want 10 do anything that could dis
please him. Rumauia VIII come out
OF the war increased in power and in
territory. We nave the right. accui d.
ingly to insist on cer7lin couii ions,
which, in our opinion, viii make this
success permanent
May ] not ask my friend Mr.
Bratiano TO believe that II we have
only mentioned the great powers in
the article which we have just been
discussing. &c IS not because these
powers desire TO impose conditions
OF their own. but simply because they
desire TO satisfy themselves that they
can guarantee the sum total Of adj
vantages which this treaty gives you
as well as us, with all the strength
which they possess2
1T is a question Of working in
common and this collaboration can
only be founded on a definite agree
ment To leave the solution 81 these
questions 20 later neg0-lltiuns, as
somebody has suggested, would
amount TO saying that when the con-
ference had completed its labors, some
separate groups would decide among
themselves what would In reality be-
come a part OF the general tounda-
tion Of the peace OF the world This
seems impossible
7 hope that we shall reach-that
Is our goal-a cordial and voluntary
agreement to cooperate on the only
basis possible. That basis. one must
express It III this fashion. viii have
to be supplied by those who viii fur
nish the force which VIII insure the
of peace, by those in
whom viii dwell that force which
VIII be the supreme guarantee OF
peace.
ut is essential not 70 misunder-
stand the sense we attribute 20 the
word force The United States has
never had any aggressive purpose and
you all know the reasons Tor our
Intervention in the affairs Of the
Old World.
eve pursue.a common goal, all that
we desire is 10 aid you iu attaining
that goal IN accord with us We only
want TO associate ourselves with you
and we do not want 10 do anything
which could run contrary 10 your
interests"
Feared Loss OF Power
Prime minister BratianO's reply, TOO
long for quotation here has not a little
interest for Americans in view OF the
debate on the treaty in the United
States senate. IN substance he de-
clared that Rumanta was Wiling 70
agree TO any arrangement vesting the
league Of nations with the right 10
intervene in ali countries big ana
little on behalf Of minorites, but IN
willing to permit four great powers
to arroEata 90 themselves The rignI
70 intervene in the case OF smali
countries.
The effect Of such a provision, how
ever. would have been 20 auLnorlze
the league Of nations to intervene on
behalf Of the negro IN the case OF the
United States. on behalf OF the lrlsn
IN the case Of Great Britain and IN
the interests Of the German and SldF
minorities in the case OF italy. There
fore it was promptly rejected
Rumania and Serbia thereupon re-
fused to sign the treaty with Austria
and Rumania withdrew from the
peace conference and later invaded
hungary and annexed Bessarabia.
But It viii be noted that the basis
Of Rumanian and Serb action was
apprehension Of interference in their
own domestic affairs and the loss OF
rational independence, together with a
protest against the discrimination
AGAINST small states As I have said
before. however, for Americans che
chief interest is the incident in tho
speech Of the president which clearly
diseloses his idea Of the scope OF
guarantees 10 be given by the United
states. as well as the three other
great powers, 70 all the countries OF
eastern and southern Europe Copy
right 1913. the Mcclure Newspaper
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