New-York tribune., 1919-04-14
Wilson Alone
Gentle to Foe.
aris Insists
Lloyd George Is Declared
to Have Changed Front
as Result: of Protest
III House of Commons
New YORK. Tribune

Special Gable Seruicc
copyright. 1919, New York Tribune Inc ,
fAklS, April 13.-Jn regard to the
report that the peace terms Will not
DC published or submitted to the n}en-
ary sessions before they are colnmuni-
cated to Germany the evening paner
bon Solr' refuses, pending further
information, to believe this displav or
lhsolence and stupidity" This mern-
ing finds the statement of the French
Senate universally acclaimed. while
general satisfaction is expressed that
similar p~onolncomcnt in the Rrit-
ish House &C Commons has had an nr
tect on Lloyd George, who is now
Sno"n to support the French position
IN the debates Of the council of fo,x
mere IS growing feeling that Presi-
oent i!son firds himself virtuailv
alone IN maintaining the viewpojnt If
gehtler treatment of Germany.
Wilson Alone Independent
o.. lhereln," continues the article.
.nere IS a hctlon resting on a funda,
IArntal mistake. Clcmencca,, Nr-
lando and Lloyd George arc resnon-
s;ble TO their parilaments. Wileop ;s
not. Ihe former three might have to
give up their portfolios tomorrow or
even to-day by reason of nar]ia.
mentary vote, whereas Wilson is +bo
american Executive. and whotbcr ~
rams, thunders or blows at Washjno-
Joh ne remains President Of The
United 1 States until March 4, 1921.
Inc difference is radical No con-
ference mentioned in history has seen
lhe chlet of great state setting him
sell down in the middle of his armies
IN foreign though friendly country,
ana there demanding a seat among de-
lipcrants alone of his rank in an as
sembly prlmus inter imparcs ,unrollinp
thc Dulk OF his vast empire and engag-
ing ms high personality in the hazards
Of debate. '''''
Vast Powers at His Disposal
Having no other aims, the American
lpotentiary has the right to neglect
contingencies and solve problems af
fecting five divisions of the world ac-
cording to his conscience for the good
or humanity alone. Add to this ideal
position his absolute prominence. ir
responsibility and independence. the
power of his disposal of the greatest
1000 and industrial stocks in the world,
the most powerful financial credit Of the
globe, backed by immense loans clcv-
erly distributed over two hemisphcrcs
and the possession Of the business Of
America, and one can measure the ex-
traordnary strength President Wilson
holds for the enactment Of the par. Of
arbiter.
But apart from the personality Of
President Wilson, would this strength
naYc been weakened if House or White
or Ambassador Sharp had been en-
powered to represent the United States
at the conference Food and industrial
credit, great loans, the business of the
republics of Latin America. would not
they have remained the same? Was it
indispensable that disturbance Of
equilibrium between the chief asso-
ciates be manifest and permanent,
thanks to the coming and going Of the
President OF the American Republic
from one continent to the other in cx-
crclsc Of authority extended over the
Old as we'll as over the New World?
80 far as we are concerned, the un-
easlness which is spreading through
our country by reason of the delays
ana contradictions Of the peace confer
ence, by reason Of the general fear of
the nature OF the decisions to be taken,
is due to the fear that there has been
a mscomprehension Of the extraordi-
nary recovery Of Germany and the
progress Of the plague of i3olshevisni
protests stirred by declarations Of the
Minister Of Finance, who wrongly de-
SPARED of German solvency; this
growing pessmism which overshadows
our victory all these are circum-
stances which force us, respectfully
but without abandoning the national
point of view, to discuss the rightness
OF judgments which hang over our
heads, to scrutinze without sclf-docep
ton whatever begging Of question may
iay behind them and to dsentangle
whatever is obscure therein"