The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-30
THE NATURE OF THE TREATY.

the basis of certain suggestions made by President vii
son. the allied and associated powers sent representative
to Paris to draw up treaty. Ostensibly the allied gov
the treaty. with reservation (the question of free
dom of the seas) but matter of fact some of tn
allies had already secretly agreed upon peace settlements
and they concealed their settlements from the Unite
States and from the parsonage who the author O
the fourteen points Among the matters secretly agreed
upon was the taking by Japan of German acquisi
tons in Shantung, China without consulting China. An
other secret arrangement practically divided the Turkish
empire among certain powers another disposed of thu
German possessions in Africa and in the Pacific.
The President of the United States and the Secrear!
of State have advised the Senate that they knew nothing
of these secret agreements until after they had arrived
in Paris begin the work of open conferences looking
toward peace with Germany and justice to all nations
! A treaty was drawn up in which the powers including
those which had failed to keep good faith with the United
States agreed that there should be system Of
eagued nations, in which secret agreements would bt
abolished disputes arbitrated ornaments reduced anc
other steps taken to make peace perpetual and auto
enforced upon the American representatives the secret
bargains previously made, including the Shantung in
fanny, the partition of Germany's possessions without
reference to Americas rights wishes, the distribution
of Turkeys territory to the powers secretly agreeing
thereto &C. The powers also prevented the transfer
Poland of Danzg and other wise nullifed the fourteen
points They arranged that reparatons should be made
by Germany the extent determined by allied
mission which should operate far eto the future
trely without reference to the muchadversed inter
national organism that to regulate the world. Thus
the principal task that could be performed by genuine
practicable nternaona league was denied to the Paris
league of nations.
Now that the treaty before the Senate, and the Sen
and the people told that the utmost haste
sary in ratifying it, that Europe will collapse unless the
United States accepts the treaty exactly written The
people of Europe told that the United States de-
manded the league of nations, and the people of
the United States told that Europe demands it. If
the European allied desired the league of
nations, why did they write into the treaty their reec-
ton Of its authority PREPARATIONS? Why did they
first make of apportonng out the territory of the
defeated empires, by secret treaties instead of trusting
the league to make just disposition of the territores
The fact is that the European allies took exceeding
good to look for themselves all stages of the
diplomatic game. They have divided up the enemies
territories according to their secret arrangements
and have rewarded Japan by giving her a slice of an
allys territory there not being enemy possessions in
Asia sufficient to satisfy the Japanese.
Open diplomacy nullifed at Paris Just dstribu-
ton of territory Knocked. The worldwide appca-
ton of the league of nations idea was nulifed Equality
of nations in the league destroyed by giving GER
tain empire six votes while all other nations have only
vote EACH The rights of small nations were ignored
to be granted separate national existence made
appear as criminal conspiracies.
The people of the United States are asked to accept
this arrangement without scrutnizng it. They are told
that it will bring peace to the world They are asked
if they wish to eopardze the worlds peace by insisting
upon changes which, while they would safeguard the
rights independence and honor of the United States
would delay ratification. Official admission is made that
certain secret bargains embodied in the treaty are un
considerable and forced upon the American dele
gates but the people asked to sanction these wrongs
by affixng the name of the United States-the United
States the champion of justice the defender of liberty
the reeuer of free naons Finally the people are asked
to deliver over the free will of their country foreign
organism made up in such manner as to give prepon-
erance of power the very nations which concealed
from the United States the secret treaties which outrage
the spirit of American fair dealing-Wa Washington Post
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