El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-18

v0carlngt 1uir example, permanent al
I lance between Britain. France and
! the Omitted States. OF any other form
/ OF world ASSOCIATION compatible with
! British safety ana legitimate self in
! terest, &c iFould have had unhesi-
: tatiuE supptQr-
/ for a league Of nations, Tor the idsa
or the pTanEiple, there was general or
I considerable e support IN Great Brit
I ain The British government Off
cialy SUBJ orued and the British ma
ton 50 Tar as i actually advocated
Z league Of nations, acted upon the
/ settled conviction that the league Of
nations ren resented the desire and
the demand Of the American people.
Had Ar. Wilson AZ any stage Of pro-
Z cesdingss abandoned the idea e
would have been discarded By the
British Without delay. In a word it
a nation, which they desired TO please
and Constituted the sort Of demand.
which they could support without
difficulty
Net Opposition.
BY contrast neither the French nor
the Italians. in point Of fact not one
Of the considerable nations allied
with Great Britain and associated
with the United States had the small
est sympathy with the idea OF
leaE1e Of nations. u was opposed
by the French and the Italians be-
cause 10 Immediately conflicted with
what both peoples regarded as their
oWr Legitimate security, ID deprived
them OF safe guards. territorial and
otherwise which the victory over
Germany otherwise placed in their
hands
Bur France was forced 60 sur
render its opposition because Of the
support assured 10 Mr.. Wilson from
the outset bv Grear Britain nd
italy was temporarily dragged aloug.
never however, with the smallest
real eaEhusiilsm- Clemenceau find
lng that Lloyd George purposed TO
70 follow q eimilar policy. although
he came 10 = far less readily than
his British ary and was never able
10 carry with him any large fraction
OF his fellow icoun trymen.
Yet the ultimate French decision.
IKE the immediate British resolve.
was founded upon an appreciation OF
the new position occupied BY the
1nennous Fo4 ers its gigantic re-
sources JAleEs these resources were
1Q be turned aEainst France. unless
france. Welh nigh ruined by the war.
It vas Inevitable that French states
men in the Paris conference should
1ccert American demands. And for
the French b Ike the British, the
seague Of nations was accented as
the expression Of the wen NIGH
unanimous viii Of the American
peop5e America VIII be pleased"
vas The waterford Of the Par,s con
conference
Little Support.
wish I could make clear the exact
situation at Paris. because il IS SO
essential ia order 70 understand the
new situation in Europe TO recognise Z
the fact Of last winter and spring {
For the league OF nations idea there
was practically no European SUD
port such support az there was.
came entirely from British source7
and Il was. in the main. due 20 a
recognition that any such league OF
nations az had been outlined would
IN tle end intallibly develop into an
AnE1o-AmeEican alliance. As far as
Trance and italy were concerned
there was open hostility. honest pa
rrlottc apprehension
since that time we have seen that
italy and kumauia have deliberately
Withdrawn from any but the most
nominal relations with the Paris con- /
ference and have rejsct-d for them
selves the application OF the essen I
tai principles Of the league Of ma
iions. while the Greeks. the Poles
ana even the recently defeated Ger
mans have calmly challenged the de-
clslons Of that Paris conference.
But al Of this Sc Incidental to the
main fact The strength OF the
league Of nations in Europe Law ev-
clusivelT IN the belief that ii pos
sessad the unqualified approval OF