Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-28
.GE RNANY ANXIOUS
REGARDING FATE
Of TREATY HERE
Senate'S Action Causes Much
Comment in Berlin; League
OF Nations Has Received
Very Hardest Moral Blow.
BY Cyril Brown.

BY Cyril Brown.
! tStaff Correspondent OF The Albu-
querque Morning Journal and the
New York WORLDLY
Copyright, 1919, by The Press Pub
fishing Co.
(The New York WORLDLY
Especial Gable Despatch to The
World)
Berlin, Nov 27.-Vorwaerts in a
remarkable editorial reflecNng the
cautious tentative view of the United
States senates action held in gov
ernment circles. particularly by its
i socialist members, says
I'VE face a situation of interna-
tional law unprecedented in world
| history. The conditions for the en-
| forcement of the peace treaty have
been formally fulfilled because rati-
| fled by Germany and three of the
principal powers but nevertheless the
treaty as il stands now cannot be-
| come effective. because America s
participation is an inevitable postu-
| late for its execution. America has a
place in all the commissions, and the
league of nations changes face COM
pletely If America does not join
Germany has pledged itself to sub
NIT to the dictum of the commissions,
but not to commissions arbitrarily
made up by the other side. AS facts
are, therefore, Germany could take
the standpoint that we are prepared
to carry out the peace, but only as
prescribed in the treaty. We will
acknowledge the competence of the
commissions whose composition is ac-
rnrHinu n " mn
knowledge the competence of COM
missions otherwise made up. There
by the whole peace treaty would go
by the board. II would be necessary
to agree on new treaty.
Must 60 Through.
1T is another question whether
Germany would gain anything by the
new negotiations in view of the pres
ent power relations Furthermore.
Germany cannot afford to expose it
self to the reproach of seeking to
withdraw from its obligations by ex-
plotting a technicality. While, there
fore, one can expect that the German
government in the most loyal fashion
will cooperate in the endeavors to
close the gap left by Americas with
draWal, nevertheless one must expect
from the other side acknowledgment
that Germany has right to be
anxious about the consequences of
Americas withdrawal and the right
to seek protection against the result
ing disadvantages.
''Of all the states which were to be
represented in the commission Amer
lea was the one from which we most
expected a cool effectiveness, far re-
moved from national hate and h/-
tility. America, which surely is not |
pro-Gefman, has yet no interest |
whatever in seeing Germany perma- |
nently humiliated and reduced to ruin. ,
If conflicts arose during the execution |
of the treaty one expected that |
America would be the first to find a !
way to a solution, not in favor of |
Germany, but of common sense,
Therefore 1t cannot be a matter of |,
indifference to, Germany who takes |
the places vacated by Americas with !
drawal and therefore one must expect |
on the other side an understanding |
of the fact that Americas with |
drawal makes the peace treaty harder
for Germany.
Means Colossal Change.
Though change in the European |
situation is not to be expected from |
Americas withdrawal, yet it means a
The legend of complete Anglo-Ameri-
can community of interest has burst
America goes far from the league of |
nations, which now more than ever
comes completely under English con-
troll.
What effect Americas keeping out
of the league will have on the other
states invited to join cannot be fore
seen. Nevertheless the league of ma
tions has received the very hardest
moral blow. If America, the spiritual
father of the league. now withdraws.
the child Is most grievously discredit
ed. In all events Americas attitude
teaches the lesson that all does not
stand irrevocably firm which appears
as final. Before the peace treaty goes
in force, one of its strongest supports
breaks away, and it becomes necessary
to support It on hasty construction.
Will this first change of the peace
treaty be the last? We do not dare
answer this YETI"
The nationalistic Taegliche Rund-
schau says in bitter irony: "The ac-
ton of America is unboundly uncon-
scionable. First, the Americans make
a scrap heap of Europe, and then
withdraw with a noble gesture of duty
done, and leave Europe to its misery.
That's genuine American business
sense
New World situation.
Captioned From Versailles to
Washington" a writer in the Gazette
says: THE father of the league Of ma
tons. President Wilson, suddenly
stands without the pale of the league.
The world faces new situation, and
although Germany has passive part IN
the great peace tragedy, yet much can
arise of the greatest import to US. 1t
would be wrong and premature IL we
assumed new situation would imme-
diately result in an internal split Of
the entente. For us our interest In the
league of nations will become still
smaller than heretofore. Shall we
wait patiently in the leagues anti
chamber in order finally to occupy the
lowest place at the league table after
America is missing? Americas with
drawal kills the league of nations babe
before ii is born. We guess President 4
moral hangover in Washing
ton is stronger than was his intoxica.
tion Of Joy In Paris" u