El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-25
National Enthusiasm For Ideals
of Peace Pact Give Way To Busy
WhirL Of More Material Pursuits

tention-
/ Seethes with Rumors.
Now it is precisely this picture
T which must be set over against Tire
situation revealed N Washington ts~
day The president himself, at least
the most conspicuous, the most com
handing figure al the peace confer
euce. who spoke always with the cor
Q victiou that his voice was the authen-
/ tic expression OF American views. as
/ pirations, beliefs, lies stricken ana
7 helpless Washington seethes with
Z rumors. but those who should know
best make no cOncealment OF the Lact
that In recent weeks at least he has
. been at deaths door.
Moreover. and the fact Il tragic
when considered with any thought
Of the past. there f. not anywhere
visible on the surface evidence Of
any widespread sympathy with
the man or his misfortunes- Few
men have ever seemed 80 popular
yet no man in nffliction ever up-
peared so isolated from the SYM
Z pathies Of his fellow eOuntrymen.
Further than this, that misfortune
which has Overtaken the chief has not
I spared his associates Col. House next
TO the president the outstanding
American figure in Paris, is in exile
All Washington believes his day as
mayor OF the palace has passed-for-
ever. Nor is the position OF Mr. Ian
sing more favorable He has not seen
the president in months His coufes-
sion 10 the senate the other day In the
matter Of Mexico aroused symnathy
even in that center OF hostilities.
Scattered. too. is that group OF self
STYLED liberals who acclaimed Mr. VIII
son on the eve Of the Paris conference
as the prophet OF q new international
era. and such OF them as remain vocal
have become the bitterest and the
most vindictive assailauts OF the man
they followed hopefully TO Paris.
Belong to Remote Era.
As for the other figures OF the Paris
conference, some Of them are still
here, but they seem as remote as the
statues in the Washington parks
They belong TO an era and 70 an cpl
sode seemingly as remote. Yet they
are the men who yesterday discussed
with Lloyd George and Clemeuceau
the basis OF q new world and formed
and modified boundaries from the
Baltic 70 the Balkans and extended
willing hands TO receive mandates for
ByZantium and Armenia To talk
with them Is TO talk with pale shades.
And thus al least one comes TO the
central fact year ago this month
president Of the United States pro
claimed IN emphatic terms the future
mission or the United States He an
nounced that America had enlisted for
the duration OF time in the denfece OF .
ideallstlc purposes.
Today, exactly one year later. in
Washington congress Is augriiy de-
batting the proposal 10 postpone pay
ment by our recent associates Of IN .
terest on the loans We made them .
with a magnificent gesture OF gen
erosity one year ago.
In 50 far as Washington f.
barometer, America O. today IN
the midst Of a ninterinlistic rene
fion almost a. impressive as the
idealistfc swing OF twelve months
ago.
L IS no. secret, however. that the
president believed when he returned
from Europe that the whole nation
would rise TO welcome and acclaim
the peace which he had procured. II
is no secret here that he was conf
dent, when ne set out upon his swing
around the country that he believed
that his appeal to the people would
Sur the masses. u is no secret that
at the final hour OF the recent senate
conflict. when most OF his advisers
counselled compromise. be remained
convinced that the temporary defeat
Of the treaty would az last rouse la
tent and tardy but certain moral in
iiEnarlon.
Today il is frankly. conceded that
the country has not risen; that IL Is
not visibly stirred
So far as Washington knows. public :
opinion Is favorable neither TO the
president nor to the senate. u is IN
by any particular form Of
compromise II is weary TO death OF
ne contest emphatically hostile 20
.urther European ventures-ohlivious
% an the generous emotions and inn
pulses OF year ago.
Both Parties Agree
Oddly enough. on this. the main cir
'uusrances there Is no difference Of
'pinlon between Democrats and Re
iuDllcaus- Both sides equally recog-
lie the wave Of materialism and the
azure OF all appeal 70 tdealisu, OF z
.ll recitation OF European duties 6
But all OF this s. miles away from g
he peace OF last year. The president !
noWs as the senate does not, as few 2
2 the people in the United states do. 4
low each debate, each delay, has a
erved as practical repudiation OF ,
lis own words. spoken with couvfc- -
ION IN Paris and responsible for an
sreement totally different from any q
rderlug Of world affairs that could I -
ave otherwise been achieved =
But with all these circumstances g
he capital is unconcerned. II feels y
hat the country has forgotten Eu- y
ope. laid aside foreign concerns. be- v
ONE intensely concentrated unon na- I
tates has demobiliZed. that the war =
as become a matter for art commits
ions and historians. for statues and q
Or books. C
AS a matter o. business washington
alsv5s that the country AeIs that y
he treaty ought 10 be disposed Of \
IS matter Of moral obligation that. 2
2 the contemporary mind, Is ~old o
tufL"
We shall have a treaty within three Z
lonths. On this point all Washing I !
on observers agree, because the =
Ountrr viii not stand" for further ! q.
but only because Amer Z
can interests viii be advanced by 7
he tormal ratification Of the treaty. =
IS Tar as Europe IS concerned. Amerl- G
a has quit" Thus, as ] have said. Z
he retreat from Paris is almost ac- 4
omplished. aid given the facts OF 8 D
ear ago, the retreat from Moscow ] I
-as hardly more imposing specta-
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