The Washington herald., 1919-07-20

Yes. Mawruss. when the history Of
this here Peace Conference IN written.
understand. a whole lor OF things
which Up To now has bean mysteries
will be made very plain to the people
which has got s25 to invest In such a
history and the spare time in which
To read II" Abe Potash said to his
partner Morris Perlmutter a few days
after the treaty was signed
There win be a great many people
who will Try to ffnd the time at fhat.
Morris cummented, "fbecause i SIZE by
the morning paper that one of Mr..
Wilson'S relatives has bought for him
In Southern California a piece of prop
erty especially for Mr.. Wilson tn write
the history of the Peace Conference
IN. and why should he go to an that
expense II them wasn't big market
for such a -histnyT"
Il wonder did Mr.. Wilson have to
pay much mnney for the history rights
to the Peace Conference7'' Abe asked
What do you mexn-did he pay
much money!" Morris exr1aimed
"Anynody can write hiztuy of the
Peace Conference without paying a
cent fnr the privilege. and even II
they couldn't. y1understAnd. who Is
Rping to bid against MI. Wilson. be-
cause when II comes to what actually
happened at them confidential meet
ings between Mr. Wilson. Clemenceau
and Lord George. Abe. Mr.. Wilson had
a monopoly Of the raw material IN
the history line. He didn't even let
Col House In on 1t. so you bet your
life IL there was any competitors OF
Mr.. Wilson trying to get a few ideas
for a competing line of popular price
Peace Conference histories. Abe, Me-
Wilson didn't exactly unbosom him
self to them historians neither, be-
cause q diplomatic secret is a dfplo-
matte secret. Abe, but when m addt-
ton. the diplomat is counting on writ
ing a history Of them diplomatic do
ings, Abe, diplomatic secrets become
trade secrets"
1T seems to me. Mawruss- that
while you couldn't blame Mr- Wilson
for writing a history Of the Peace
Conference for a living after he loses
his Job in March. 1921" Abe continued,
still at the same time, considering
that Mr Wilson has taken such q
prominent part in this here Peace Con-
ference, and considering also that Mr.
Wilson is only human no matter what
Senator Reed might say otherwise
don't you think he il going to have
a difficult time In deciding for himself
Just where history leaves OF and ad-
vertising begins?
The probabilities Is that he
wouldn't give himself a shade the
worst of it IL that's what you
mean" Morris observed but as t.
whether or not such a history would
be the equivalence of an actor
II
formance. Abe. that i couldn't say.
because the chances is that when
Lord George gets through with the
Job of chief cabinet minister or
whatever his job is called, he would
also try his hand at writing a his
tory. and if that Is the case, you
could make UP your mind to 1t that
Ctcmenceau amt going to sit down
Al this time of life and let them
tu O historians put il all over him.
So therefore il Mr.. Wilson should
feel like writing in history; AT this
point things was at a standstill
and nobody seemed to know what
10 do next when suddenly someone
made a suggestion which cleared
up the whole situation 1t was
woodrow Wilson who spoke. yum
derstand- he will figure that Lord
George is probably going to say in
his history; AT this point the Peace
Conference was up against it and IT
looked like the bottom had fallen
out of everything. when like n voice
from Heaven somebody made a re-
mark which smoothed away all
difficulties. 1t was Lord George
who came to the rescue The con-
sequence will be that both os them
historians will beat Clemenceau 10
II. by giving credit for the sugges-
tion 10 the fclIer VINO made it. even
IL il would have been Orlando hDn-
self"
But suppose Mr.. Wilson actually
did make the suggestion. Mawruss.
and in the interests OF telling the