Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-10
TIGER MAY LOSE SUPPORT
NEEDED TO BLOCK LEAGUE
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common danger, Mr.. Wilson will
come to the peace table arm in arm
with Mr.. Lloyd George and his asso-
GATES
May Get Italian Support.
Possibly he may be able to relieve
the minds of the Italians of their
anxiety lest the Jugo-Slavs impigne
upon their 1rredentist claims. In that
f, event the Italians probably would
come to Paris favorably inclined to-
ward league of nations at least.
In any case. it seems certain that
Mr.. Wilson will not abandon his basic
principle for any alliance limited to
certain powers. The question there
fore arises: VIII Clemenceau find it
possible to accept broader form of
agreement among the nations de-
signed to include eventually, if their
internal reforms justify it. even our
present enemies?
The French premicr's supporters
insist that his mind is not closed to
new ideas and that it is wholly fall
laelous to regard him as clinging to
the things of the past But they aver
he is determined to see that his coun-
try is adequately safeguarded from
aggression, and that IN to the pres
ent he has been unable to discover in
the Wilsonian doctrines a sufficient
guarantee of the inviolability of the
frontiers of France.
Sentiment Against Conquest.
NJ Clemenceau refused 10 confide
in the chamber of deputies to the eX-
tent of formulating his views as to
what sufficient guarantees would be.
He has been silent concerning the
question as to whether France should
extend her borders to the Rhine,
which proposition French socialists
and radicals generally deem unjusti-
fled conquest
French public opinion as whole
has manifested, so far as | can ascer-
tain, no desire to wrest the Rhineland
from Germany. | believe that most
Frenchmen would oppose the sugges-
ton, first because it would entail the
maintenance of a large army of occu-
pation-and certainly France looks
forward eagerly to rehabilitation of
her beloved poilus; and second. it
would tend to breed a spirit of re-
venge in the German hearts, as the
theft of Alsace- Lorraine in 1871 did
, in French hearts. and SO terminate
future wars.
Meanwhile people throughout the
country will look to M, Clemenceau
| for guidance though the eagerness to
know what is going on in the political
domain is making itself felt to an ever
| increasing extent.
The chamber of deputies in the
/ judgment of politicians whose atti-
| tude is unbiased is bound to support
the premier until there is conclusive
! evidence that his peace policies are
opposed by the popular sentiment.
Meanwhile, the deputies are watch
| ing him with unsleeping, sometimes
slightly suspicious. vigilance. One
of those who always has voted for the
Clemenceau ministry told me this
morning that the tremendous major
| ity accorded the government at last
Sundays session was based chiefly on
the chambers unwillingness to force
resumption of debate on the peace
terms a month hence. rather than on
its wholesouled confidence in the
Tiger and his colleagues.
The socialists motion called for an
extension of credits to the govern
ment for one month instead of the
customary three months, and the dep
uties felt that to- approve this man.
euvre would be to compllcate to a
perilous degree the preliminary peace
discussions which will be in full
swing within the next four weeks.
Assistance to the central powers in
the way of supplies for their indus
tries, however, is regarded in well in
formed circles as inevitable by reason
of the threat to the worlds peace OF
an idle population,