The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-27
Not Consistent.

We have decided on the right In prIn.
cipte Of the Poles to have an outlet
upon the sea and we are trying to find
some reason why what 10 right In the
Baltic with respect to the Poles Is IT,
revocably wrong IN the AdrIatlc with
respect to h Serbs.
We have today in Europe wal ba-
tween the Poles and the Ukrainians,
between the Poles and the Germans;
we have war about to break out be-
tween the Rumanlans and the nun
garians, 4 the Rumanians do not pass
thing approaching mobilization alike Of
the Italians and Of the Jugo- Slavs In
Dalmatia n OF the Carniola front.
We have war between Serbia and AL
bania, which never ends. This is one
phase.
At the same time we have in the
allied countries millions of men and
OF women ready to go back to work
and unable to find work. Factories
have not the raw material, the markets
OF the world are paralyzed, everywhere
the clamor rises that some kind OF
decision be arrived at at Paris that
viii permit men to resume work A
year ago we had war in its most ter
rible phase at the front, but behind
the front we had millions of mel and
women at work and none idle. Today
we have armies Of occupation, we have
countries unable to resume the work OF
peace until at least the preliminary Of
peace Is made.
In addition, Bolshevism Is on the ad-
vance, h Russian army in three
mighty campaigns was not able to~pasS
the Carpathians and reach the Dan
ube, but Budapest has accepted the
leadership Of Trotzky and Lenine little
more than a year after their power In
Russia became supreme. Four months
ago the allied powers abandoned the
idea Of fighting Bolshevism because
they realized that neither their armies
nor their peoples would consent to a
new campaign and further blood sac
rifice, but today these leaders are
asking themselves whether their peo-
Piles will stand another war, not In
Russia, but on their own frontiers, If
Belshevism shall reach those frontiers.
They are asking themselves whether
millions Of men who suffered agonies
which are incident to the winning of
victory will be willing to make new
sacrifices with the consciousness that
the fruits of victory have been thrown
away by the ~incapacity of the states.
men at Paris.
The opposition in America Is accus-
toned to hold Mr.. Wilson primarily
and mainly responsible for the paraly-
sis Of Europe, but that IL not half the
story. II Mr.. Lloyd George has con-
seuteu tnHt the BRUSH pOllCy at Paris
should be In the main Il rubber stamp
for the American president. it is be-
cause Mr.. Lloyd George Is seeking to
serve his own political necessities and
e~ndeavoring to borrow the prestige Of
Mr.. Wilson in Europe to that end. II
Monsieur Clemenceau is yielding again
and again to the imperative insistence
OF Mr., Wilson upon policies and upon
procedures In which he does not be-
lieve, it Is because Monsieur Clemen-
o a feels incapable OF facing the stu
alton in France should Mr.. Wilson pass
into the hands of the radical opposi-
ton.
1t is a fact that in the presence of
Mr.. Wilson European craftsmanship has
abdlcated, but 1t is equally true that
in no small measure Mr.. Wilson has
been forced into dictatorship by his
associates, BE has been asked to de-
eide the question between the Euro
pean nations which had no concern for
America, So he has arrived at his po-
sition here because he alone from the
outset has had clear and definite views
OF the objective which he sought, and
that objective was his league of ma
tons,