The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-18
PASSING. OF WARS TERRORS
CHANGESATT|TUDE Of PARIS

peace itself. 'rha; is quite n different
pai- ~ sl"svcs. There Is to be con-
fnrtnc. after all. but will it issue IN
peace"
II you rely for your political rabuluU
on the Paris Boulevard press you may
feel inclined TO cunclud" that not l'rcSi-
den, Wilson but Machiavclli would be
the appropriate presiding genius OF ms
Conferences These French political
writrcs-b;lliant. scholarly. highly in
formed. rost ingenious OF argument
and gifted of eXprc$Sluu--Sccm n D"
entirely devoid Of ;hc faiutrst illusion
as to tho possibility Of preventing hu-
man:ty from IndulEinE I" the end OF
tine in its periodical holocausts.
AS Though Charnpioning Wa-.
No, alone Is the L"aEu" OF Nations
plan impossible in their eyes. but II Is
2 foolish and undesirable one 10 boot.
Ven have carried on this way from tho
beginning. and Yet the world Is fairly
agreeable place to live in at intervals,
and men must continue 20 20 on IN the
Same fashion. "pcr onn!a Saccula saecu-
lor7ln'' (for all timed.
During tho days Of searching agony.
when defeat i,nps ndcd. tho horror and
a,--,isI, nf war as wrll as itS penalties
we're sharply realized. and it was SOL
cr,,nl- vowed that never again should
humanity. b. rncnac cd by such abnrniua-
ton. Eut Only few weeks after VIC
tory tho terrible memories OF war are
being du!l"d IN III" minds ot IN" E"ufe-
yard caSulSts. tho old militNisuc
-r.cds and shihholrthS are in Iull blast.
and war. Il S"erls almost suggested. Is
not such bad thing after all
Now that We have won. let the
other dcludc themselves hunting FOR I
universal panacca We ar" cc1tcnt'
they se"m 20 say. TOO follow the ola
paths 70 rradjust ths old. fatal. and
repeatedly busted balance ~ power ana
r..;ain our faith in tn" tortuous. r'yS-
t;Cv!rr and wholly discretitcd meth
DDS Of tho old outworn diplomacy.
A. tho other "nd Of the journalistic
Scal,.-tl.r cardinal vice Of the press
situation is that there is nn vocal MID
do party h"r" no party corresponding
"a Iib.raliSm-a-" th' "Ntr"In" SOCIALIST
papers, whose cH,rcmiSIn is IN" natural
outcome OF the repreSSive and lneTor-
able weight Of the party Of top. There
are SORE shades OF difference In their
politics but in the main they preach
\ class war hardly dist inguiShaole from
Rolsh"vism IN theory and i:Ito which II
would surely. develop in practice.
Satire for Fourteen Points.
While ;hc rcactiouary papers have
h.rn StuI:ouSly polite to President
N-il<nn-attcr n. French manner. a
politrn.sx distinctly chi!lnE-his four
;esn points have only appealed TO them
q, exercise
their well trained satiric pens En-
,j-,.ly to their own satisfaction. they
haze blown ;he fourteen points 70 the
winds like thiStlrdoWn.
In this they haze been greatly en-
Outraged and assisted b. the coutinu-
GUS stream. Of partisan attacks upon
I'll. Presidents policies cablcd from
America and printed hero with great
gusto. on" is inclined TO wonder II
tho partisan attacks of thu French 80
ci;ii;stS on Premier Clrrn"rCcau and his
government would BE- SO leuiently dealt
with b. tho French censorship were II
thought worth while to cable them reg
ularly for publication in the United
states.
For the censorship here is still very
real thing. Several papers. including
even Sumr Of tho rcactionary brand
! vertured TO speculate tho other day as
20 tn. probable names OF the French
p"ace delegation. This might seem &c
, W. :. moro or less innocuous exercise Of
! journalistic imagination. but the inror
! NATION as published had blanks wh"r,
! the names should have been. What i:
! tho Significance Of this refinement OF
; political mystery?
! Three days elapsed after President
wilson. at Rome. took ISSUE with Pr"
& ,n:"r Cl"m"nc"au on tho respective
merits OF tho balance Of power and th'
l.cagtic Of Nations before Il single PART!
/, paper published n line Of comment Ur
, this rather important development %
. tn" pcac" negotiations. This woul'
s""m. on tn" fac" Of il. to denote al
/ extraordinary attack Of inscnSibilitv e
IN" actually Of the Rome speech or
III" part "f smch keen. alert and indus
! trinuS political commentators az on
/ French contr"rrs.
France, Outside, with wilson
Such IS tho Partisan atmosphere I,
which IN" peace difference is to star
; ugou it's world hhrratinE and uplirt
I'M; work. EUt Paris. VIC ~" constant
u :oiI. is not Franco. and one ran hav
rn h"$';ltinn il si:jhrciy hoping 81
. Their" IS also tn" Surcrbly courageous
patriotic and H. mucratic manhood Z"
Franc" throughout III" provinces. ant
. wh"N"v"r y"u 70 iuland th" r""pl" t"s
my IN Il Hundred simple hut tcl!iri
"n"e tier IRA tnr;h that iii" Pr"sl
d.-.t x III. :.au !" whom they look -
s.v. tir..'r from I'll" unmci"Ss sorrows
;.-!yatI",s ord "n"riii"rS they have