El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-18


structive Of the European regard for
the league OF nations itself
new HdiuEfEucur e. taking
place, a new basis Of interna-
ffonnI relations or rather re-
version to the old basis Is dis
eoverabie IN many directions. at
no distant time We are likely 20
see new alliances IA Europe. new
associations OF nations an effort
TO restore the balance q power
destroyed By Germany in the last
In the face Of an these circum-
stances Il seems 20 me inevitable
mat the United States VIII have
soon, very soon TO adopt real Tor
eigu policy based upon the facts u
the world situation We shall. TO
put Sc badly have 70 decide whether
we shall stand with france ana
Great Britain IN maintaining the
conditions created by western Europe
We shall, bv washing our hands OF
European affairs, encourage the Ger
mans to make new bid Tor world
power.
Mast Make Decision.
Not less clearly We shall have to
decide 10 what extent we mean 90
contribute IN men and in money.
the nermalenecv Of such states as
Poland, Czech0-SloVakia. JuE0-Slavia.
since without the assurance Of our
support all three may disappear at
no distant time. By attaching ressr-
Fations 70 the treaty o. Versailles o.
even by repudiating the treaty and
making a separate treaty with Ger
many, we viii at best only dodge
these issues for brief moment.
since the Questions themselves VIII
In ny Judgment the course of the
Emitted States senate has practically
robbed the league OF nations OF any
real vitality or any hopeful strength
The effect has been exactly ike that
q tight made in his home district
against a candidate for national Of
flee. The league Of nations was our
proposal OF Paris. IL had no other
strength and this strength was taken
away, when the course Of the senate
demonstrated American division Of
opinion.
But destroying the league OF na-
lions as vital force does not OF it.
self supply substitute. il only
brings rs back TO the position We
occupied on the morrow OF the ar
mtstlce- To reject the presidents
plan or 20 destroy it by indirectl0n.
% reserve j into actual futilty win
not close the incident Had the
luited states realized that II war
came. Z would require the transport
OF Z11e 600 American BOYS TO France
and entail at least a third Of a nil
non Of casualties. together with BIZ
lions Of expenditure. American states
quiescent IN the fatal DAYS OF July.
Made Lasting Impression.
what we did do. when we entered
the war made a profound and LASTING
impression in Es-ope. Our strength
is today eEaEgerated rather than un-
derrated and our Influence must re-
main tremenodus by reason OF the es-
innate placed unou our strength for
long years TO come.
But undess rre have n foreIen
policy unless cur vast influence
- effectively used. we may sfIII
be Involved. drnreed hlindIr into
new con1lngrutiou which orr
Influence wisely eEerted could
hnre prevented
7 do not think Sc IS an exaEEsra-
ton 70 say that the degree OF sta
Dlllty which exists today in Europe
Is In considerable measure founded
upon American credit and upon the
peller mat American aid and particle
patton IN European affairs Is as
sured- II We abstain from promising
the French aid. Ia case OF a new
German aggression, the French VIII
stay at the Rhine. as they should III
lney stay az the Rhine. correspond
lng adjustments VIII follow an over
hurope and these adir1lmeuts WIN
bring new wars sooner or later. wars
which We can hardly avoid particle
patinE IN.
The conviction in Great Britain
that We are done with Europe and
determined not 10 associate our
selves with the British as wen as the
rencn IN world affairs VIII inevi-
tally drive the British into a new
system OF alliances. established by g
new series OF secret treaties. By con-
Lrast the msr3 certainty that Ameri-
can aid viii be forthcoming IN case
81 q new German assault VIII re-
strain Germany IRON aggression and
1nFiate FOR the French and British J
alike. the necessity OF seeking a new
world settlement which must be
new world unsettlement. since 60
VIII bring with il new ornaments
and new military burdens.
In the larger sense the United /
states has never had a real forei~n {
-olicy, nor did It until 1918 ever give {
affective evidence to Europe Of its
real greatness as world power. Given /
that an sutficiug demonstration. It I
how needs only a wise foreign policy Z
10 make our recoEnized strenEth ads- I
luate 70 protect US arainst an dam
gers OF war and Contribute power I
Iullv 10 the prevention Of wars which /
mi rnt involve as. But without a
policy the old danger VIII remaln.=I
.CopyriEhr 1913. by The Mcclure I
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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