Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-25
WOULD JOIN US NOT RULE US.

Because a British delegate wrote
most OF the draft for a league Of ma
tons some opponents have feared that
it contained hidden purposes for Eng
lish control over the United States and
President Wilson has been criticised
for submitting 10 the domination OF
Great Britain. Frank Simonds. the
historian ana war correspondent, ex-
desire is TO come out of the peace con-
ference d. friend of the United States
He says that the war with Germany
came SO near 10 disaster for Britannia
that England leaders have determined
upon making an alliance with the
United States at almost any cost.
Simonds Gays that English statesmen
VIII go even 10 the extreme OF incon-
sistent policy n order 20 win the in,
States.
In confirmation OF that view the
London Times. discussing opposition IL
the league draft az written says.
There were at the opening Of the
conference two general views about the
Kind Of peace we ought to have. There
vas the French view, which looked to
frontier rectiflcations and restrictions
on German armed strength. Today We
are able TO give the detailed provisions
Of peace On this last head. The other
side was the view always associated
with Ar. Wilson and America that the
| lest guarantees Of peace in the fu.
ture were TO De found IN making SOW
ereignty depend o. the TTishes Of the
people whose allegiance vas to be
changed by peace in Identifying ma
| tlonal!ty and state organization, and
| generally in opposition TO the prin-
| ciples old diplomacy acted on in the
| Vienna conference IA q newer demo-
| cratic spirit No views OF the settle
ment were 50 clearly identified with
| this country as these two views were
| with those OF France and America.
| and the chief instrument in the Am
| erican view was the league Of nations.
/ This ideal is in one form or another
| almost az Old as international law and
| nearly every country in the world has
at one time or another contributed to
II; but it's application TO the prob
lens of this war came from America
in the first instance. There il, there
fore, no question at the conference OF
our imposing a policy of our own
What we have done is to seek to re-
concile az far as was possible French
and American views and where there
Was divergence we have tended to-
ward American views. We found II
easier and more natural to lean tina
way, for this amongst other reasons
that our politics and Americas arr
deeply rooted in the same common Law
and our policy in Paris has been thai
Of an interpreter, and If it had An!
prejudice in It 1T was prejudice il
!, favor Of political ideals that fell int
the tfiom of English speaking peoples
France il more concerned with mil.
ttary barriers which are to be place.
between her homes and another in
vasion by the Hun. A cage for tn
: wild beast OF Europe is the first es
sentiaa to peace from the French view
point nenoe French impotence with tn
league Of nations until the beast IL II
that cage aDd tho door locked. Futur
protection by means OF common al
Nance with the United States cause
Great Britain to become booster 70
anything Uncle Sam wants at tn
peace conference. however. the senat
seems to have Johnny Bull suessin,
as to who is the United Statess tn
| president or the senate. nxnAaGs