The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-22
Conditions.

W. have, thus, 1T last, two conditions
Of lht1toe, essential IN many minds,
brought into harmony. We have the
American idea, that Is, President vii
sans conception nj the league of ua-
tionN which would ba u guarantee
against NsIr adopted ip accordance with
his desire nv the Parts conference and
bound 10 he included IN the treaty OF
peace We have. on the other hand,
rFcEnitiun Nf thp FronCn demand that
thHBe Shouhl be assurance, IN fadt,
against German aggression: that
Franco, as tho OUTPOST Of civilization,
should have something more than an
otllar scrap Of paper, We have the
pledge Of England 10 support France
at the Hf00lrnt ot any rev attnck grow %
ing out ot Grrmany's bad faith In OBJ
serving the terms Of this treaty, and
We have the AmUriIpn president pledged
20 uaC hits great influence IN his nAVn
country to procure a Similar American
guarantees
II will he ssId, and has bcen said
niroNdy IN nimrters hostile to the prssi.
dent, that NE tae sacrificed hts prin-
ClpleE and made compromises In cen
travCttttun OF hts "A points. hut viewad
from Parts this Ia hardly a fam crtu-
cisn tie hls, In fact, seen the ne
veSsttN Of interpreting his IL points,
which were IN themselves abstract and
academic, IN the light OF the realities
~ the European situation, lie has
avoided destrNNtng the chance OF reAl
peace by insisting on a too literal trans.
Rtion ~ his previous u|ttrrances, a
translation urged against him at least
nnGN hv the British prime minister.
whose hostility TO the creation Of a
real Polar nd has h0on one uf the most
amazing circumstances of 1ho wrnle
conference
At all times the president has CON
siStCUtlN fought for his IA points, The
,reaty which will he formulated con-
tatnS ~ essential break with those
principles, hut IN the ond he has wise.
lS ANA generously recognized the espe.
ct3l claims of France and the iustl0e
NJ the French demand for other asspr,
S,nGos than that snppltcd by the league
OF nations against German attack dur.
ing the period in which tho world
would have TO discover whether Ger
many is To follow new pathways or to
return 60 the old,
And 80, after four months of debate
ana y ami a half months after the
,Nslnlstice, the Germans are TO come
10 Versailles to tuarp their fute, ana
locked up With their tate is the tate
81 hnr9pe Tor the frthre, for we have
cunle 10 one more ~ the historic sat
tlemerts Of Europe like thuse uf Wcst-
phalip, Utrecht and Vienna.
rs Europe az the beginning of the
eighteenth century, and again az the
heginEing ~ the nineteenth century.
~reorgantEed ttsch after q successful re.
pellirg VI q French attack, she has
now to rsorgani4c herself after a Ger.
u attaCk which aimed at world
domination, predicatcd by European
ireKomany.
This settlement carries with Il ,lvs
distinct phases, Germany Ia to be de.
friNee Of the territories seized by her
IN other wars 81 aggression and held
apalnst the will Of their inhahltanes,
she Is 60 be d~is&rSned on hand and aea
n subjected 10 regulations designed
20 prevent new aggression. She l. 20
be compelled to repay the costs of war
" obstruction 70 property and, In part,
TO NE. In addition, she ts to hose her
colonies outside OF Europe, colonies Ia
which abe has expressed the same spirit
Of saNaaery and brutality which marked
her European ~eeoauasts In the reeent
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