The evening world., 1919-11-20
CHAOS TO FOLLOW
DEFEAT OF TREATY,
BELIEF OF PAGE
Former Ambassador Says Sen
ators Played Into Hands of
Germans and BolSheviStS.
BY Thomas Nelson Page.
(Former Ambassador TO Italy.)


WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 (United
Press)--I consider defeat of. the
Peace Treaty as an immeasurable
miHfortune. Those who defeated II
have assumed the most terribIA- re-
sponsibility which any men have
assumed in our time. Its effect must
be 10 plunge Europe into even deeper
chaos, from which America can
hardly escape entirely.
Those who were most against the
treaty and the League OF Nations
were the Germans, tho extreme Sim
Feiners. the |. w. w. and the Boil
shevists. Those who have tuSt Kill
the treaty, however sincere their mo-
tives. have given these cause for
great rejoicing.
None maintains that the treaty or
the league was perfect. But every one
knows in his heart that IL was "A bet
ter treaty and sanction than was hoped
for one year ago. just one year ago
and a little more, America and the
world were holding their breath
at what was happening In France.
We were vowing to God that II peace
were vouchsafed US, that thing which
was destroying the world and had
already swept away 30 many millions
Of men should never come again. The
ruins OF France and Italy still were
smoking. Our men were dying by
thousands IN the Argonne and along
the other fronts TO save the world,
and II was saved.
was present when David Lloyd
George. laid the treaty OF peace on
the table OF tho House Of Commons
and declared that the League Of Ma
tions was tho only means OF future
safety In sight, and that he could not
imagine how any sensible man could
oppose It's being fully tried out. Since
that time the treaty has been ap-
proved by all the Allies.
But the Senate OF the United States
has rejected alike the treaty and the
League OF Nations. Thus the United
States and China stand out alone
against the treaty and the league.
Cmna may have a defensible reason,
but what reason have we7 IL the
treaty did not protect America, then
human intelligence has no sound
basis.
! came home recently from a coun-
try where the burning question was
how TO get bread for the people
for the following day and no
for the following day and how
10 get e. for the following week
TO prevent closing down all industrial
establishments and revolution. I
found here that the burning questions
were the omission OF the President TO
appoint certain persons on the peace
commission. and the cession OF certain
claims to the Shantung peninsula to
Japan in accordance with the conven-
tions which England and France had
already signed.
To-day | am asked what Will be the
probable effect In Europe OF the de-
feat Of tho Peace Treaty by tho Amer
lean Senate.
The first thing will be GerInany's q
relief from the exactions of the treaty.
Can IL be that sho now will put forth
her efforts to pay the great srepara-
tion amount imposed upon her unless
indeed she recognizes that tho present
situation offers the unexpected
chance for her TO conquer the world
once moro commercially? II not this
then the result must and probably
will be In any event, establishment
Of great armaments,
The League Of Nations. having
been repudiated by us, tho result "a
us Is clear. II means we must in.
augurato here u grea5 armament. We
Germany and China, alone stand out.
side OF the league which at present
constitutes a sort OF inchoate ALI.
ance of those who have entered it.