El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-02

mixture Of populations in central and
eastern Europe can be so settled as
not 10 inspire several OF the races
who feel themselves Wronged- with
determination 70 tight again, Is
patiently preposterous and events are
proving il TO be such Mr.. Bonar
Law said in the house OF Commons
the other day that not less than 70
wars were going on II Europe at the
moment, the Serbs ana the Italians,
the Hungarians and Rumaniens. the
Poles and the Germans VIII never
Jointly accept any settleme nr OF their
boundaries. and the league OF nations
cannot prevent conflices which the
victorious alliance against Germany
is at this moment unable to halt. and
behind all else lies the colossal prob
lem Of Russia. with an infinite num-
Der Of apprehensions TO be felt
Mr.. Wilson encouraged the idea
that he could go TO Europe and solve
this problem, settle all these QueS-
tons He undoubtedly believed this
and many Of his followers believed 1t
also. Once in Europe he found that
all he could possibly accomplish was
Of the league OF nations and hope that
out Of il would develop a method Tor
avoiding wars Conceivably ne IS
wrong again. in believing the league
OF nations can accomplish this Con-
ceivably he is right this is matter
for years OF controversy, but since he
encouraged the idea that the insoluble
could be solved, he is now attacked
by those who. not having had his ex-
perience. still believe in the efficacy
Of his principles. and that had they
been applied thse same principles
would have solved everything.
President Deserves Credit.
But II the PRECEDENT IS being at
tackled by one wing FOR having failed,
for having STAYED in Europe instead
OF quitting and coming home thus
bringing about a general crash. il
seems to me he deserves the approval
and women who do not believe that
even Bolshevism from one end OF
Europe to the other. with possible
splitting over into America, was
small price 10 pay for putting certain
liberal or So-called liberal ideas into
effect. II. Mr.. Wilson, when he found
Clemenceau and Lloyd George could
not follow his ideas without falling.
had quit Europe firmly believe that
there would have been Bolshevist ex-
piosiOns from the channel eastward
and perhaps in Britain. Germany
night yet have Won the war France,
Italy. Europe have been ruined.
Facing the dilemma. the president
stayed and made such fight as he
could for his program Ciemenceau
told a labor delegation Just before
left Paris that he did not believe any
one could have made a better fight
under the circumstances-Cle
who began by sneering openly at the
president, has ended by feeling for
him a considerable measure OF respect
and liking. have heard more than
one Frenchman OF real weight say
that the president had come TO the
peace conference, because his had
been a usefully moderating Influence.
Wilson Proper Representative.
And this raises the last point. with
which I shall deal here. Was it wise
for the president TO go to PARISH
Should he have stayed aWay2 The
Paris view. the view OF all Americans
in Paris, on this question was. think,
unanimous With all the great and
little nations OF the alliance repre-
scented by their executives. bv their
prime ministers, how could the United
States have been represented except
by the PRESIDENT We might have
made a separate peace. we might have
chosen to let Europe make its terms.
since we had no demands Of our own
to make. and then have accepted them.
perhaps it would have been wiser. but
II we chose TO 20 to Paris at all. we
had to go represented by the officer
OF the country who ranked with the
representatives Of the other great and
small powers Of the world.
Criticise Mr.t Wilson as one may. It
is still necessary TO recognize that at
a task. which to be sure was self
chosen. he worked with an energy and
lllEAlLL Dtk0lAl l4EcLAOA TIC was AZ
II night and day. His was. in sense
a pathetic figure. Popularity. such as
had come to him in the first hours OF
his stay. disappeared. he was remote.
he had not the capacity for making
friends and he had an infinite capac-
ity for being misunderstood Paris
by turns laughed at him and passion
ately criticised him. misinterpreting
his adhesion TO academic notions as
in fact actual championship OF Ger
many.
Found Prestige Slipping.
Little by little most OF what he had
hoped for slipped away. He saw
Europe as II was. not as he had i'm
agined It. The little group in Grillon
hotel passed in mart from omen syco-
infancy 10 equally open criticism; he
found the politicians. whose fervor
for his ideals. as expressed in his pub
lie statements. had convinced him OF
their faith in them, suddenly ranged