El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-21
NATIONS IGNORE
LEAGUE THEORY
Rumania Is Latest to Defy
Paris Conference With
Nationalism Involved.

IN Hungary. combined THIS time Win
BolsheYiEm, when the hullzal ian peo-
pie refused 10 throw off Bolshefism
as long as only moral influences were
exerted. but promptly Appealed 20 Ine
Paris conference when humanian
armies interviewed. while the lluma-
mans. ia their turn defyihg the Paris
conference. proceeded TO- take what
they had claimed without regard TO
the several notes emanallng from
Paris and signed by Clemence2u-
1t is apparent then, that in every
case where the league Of nations idea
Bnd the conference OF Paris's decisions
have encountered naLiOnallsm. the re-
suit has been either compromise vio-
lating the essential principals Of the
league Of nations as in the case OF
Shantung, a deadlock as in the case
Of Fiume. or in the last case OF DELHI
crate defiance and an appeal to force
Makes League Ridiculous.
Now it is transparent that this sort
1f thing cannot 60 on without reduc-
ing the whole league Of nations pro-
posal 10 nothing short OF a ridiculous
position The American senate seems
inclined 10 reuudiate the pledge given
by president Wilson 10 France. and
II II does. France viii be free TO stay
IN the Rhine. The Italians have not
the smallest intention 20 abandon
Fiume the japanese purposes in
shantung are at least undisclosed. the
Rumanians are stopping in Budapest,
znd still advancing IN the Banat
while the Poles. the Lfthuanians. the
Bulgarians. the Creeks, to mention
5Hfy a few other nations and races.
are more and more tending TO rely
upon force rather than upon abstract
moral principles for the assertion Of
leir claims.
Actually. and the thing mn~t
soon he apparent to everybody.
the conference Of Paris is falling
in the face Of nafiounifsrn Of the
hour precisely rs president VIII
failed in the presence OF ter
many ut war I'm the matter Of the
submarlnes- Notes and ulfimat-
INNS. language uuaccOmpnnicd by
force. are achieving ns Iitfie now
rs then. IN the end we had to 70
70 war with Germany or get off
the ocean Now ut no distant
time the nations who. nv to the
present moment, constitute the
1eaEue Of nations. VIII have TO use
force HEniHsf Italy and RuHnanin-
eEninEt Greece and not imnroh-
ably AGAINST Poland. SerVin. Tur-
key and various other states 10
compel them TO surrender what
they believe 10 - their Sncrrd
and historic rights. or abGieufe
and let Uu1-rels. which are nj
least oldfashiaued. be settled by
methods which are even more old
fashioned.
Moreover. and this point is OF equal
importance TO the american people
there IS a growing feeling in France, I
as there Is a positive conviction in
italy. and unconcea1ed determination
IN Rumania- to recognize the failure
Of the league OF nations principle and
revert to the direct methods OF the
past The peace conference at Paris. ]
still functioning on the lines laid
down by the league OF nations cove Z
nant has Just about reached the point
where 1t has discovered that the only
way to make q peace founded on an
proximate justice permanent is 10 be
prepared both physically and morally
TO fight all the time
Whole League idea CHALLENGED.
Rumania- whom we were wont TO
sneer at five years ago. has now chal-
lenged the whole league Of nations
idea openly and directly and must eX-
cite sympathy in many quarters and
in no single instance represent a vfo- /
lation OF the rights OF self determine [
ton one quarter as much as does the I
Italian annexation Of the German 4
speaking Tyrol and the Slavophcne ]
districts in the hinterlands OF Trieste ]
or the japanese ACQUISITION OF shan I
tung. We must now either join the I
Hungarians. who we're our enemies a ]
few months go, IN eXDellinE Rumania 4
from Hungary. with the certainty that 4
IL the Hungarians get to Bucharest J.
they viii repeat their former eX-
cesses. and that II in company with ]
they VIII seek 20 enforce claims even 4
more unrighteous than those the Ru- I
manians are enforcing. or we must /
abdicate- We must confess that the /
league OF nations theory won't work /
in world as obstinate as the present /
and among people as confirmed in 4
rnair M i0nalism as those which now
inhabit the eastern part OF Eurone.- ]
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paper Syndicate.