Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-22

such as TO inspire general enthusiasm
among those who were ardent support.
ers Of n Wilson peace.
Terms Cause uneasiness
| II is known. for example, that the
Paris conference is giving all possible
aid and encouragement to n scheme for
the establishment of military dictator
ship over all of Russia. SO devised as
to insure the establishment and tho ulti-
mate stability of constitutional forms of
government
All hope Of reconciliation between on
posing factions has been abandoned at
the conference. Bolshevism is to be
put down by force. exertcd IL possible
from within Russia itself. Germany is
TO be reduced to the status Of third =
rate power and made to follow tho hard
road downward that every other nation
has Travelled after a try for world do =
minion.
No one here believes that Germany
will ever be permitted to approximate
her old economy influence in the outside
world.
1t would be idle to say that there is
any sympathy for the Germans in
Washington. Leaders Of both parties
/ feel that IL the German nation were
oblitcrated altogether. IL its people were
scattered to the four winds. atoncmcnt
for the war would not yet be quite com =
plcte. Germany is believed to have
demonstrated her tcmperamenta unfit =
ness to WELD power of any sort.
But the question that dominates in
the Senate is whether the United States
is justified in participating actively in
a work of vengeance that may have to
proceed for years through war and
tumult.
War Clouds on Peace Horizon
Seen in perspective from the Capitol
the whole face of the European situa =
tion has suddenly undergone n mighty
change. The President, who bcgai
with a hope to make peace between
peoples. has been forced. after n tragic
series of compromises. to make peace
not between peoples or even between
governments. but between the powerful
social, financial and industrial agcncic,
that dominate governments in the Ole
World.
The great trouble as Washington
sees it will come later along after {
few years. The economic world does no
tolerate vacuum. Where German,
dominated, other peoples will seek t
dominate. Further war is considered
inevitable while half a dozen truculen
little nations, newly released from
bondage and eager for wealth and pres
tige. are poised upon the edge of al
arena where power may be won by an!
one daring enough to go after it.
1t may be said with all possible defin
iteness that the President, when he re
turns. will not attempt to force com
. pleted treaty upon the country or upo
the Senate. He may go before tn
, people or before joint session of tn
House and Senate and explain detail b
detail the course of the peace negotia
! tions. the purposes of compromise an
the ultimate possibilities of the nego
tiations as he sees them.
In full view of all the world. MI
Wilson has been baffled and harasscd q
every turn in his own country an
abroad The completed work OF tn
American delegation will be presente
, as the best that inspired purposes coul
wiring out of a wilderness of difficultic'
The ultimate responsibilities for fint
9 decisions will rest with the people an
, their representatives in Washington.
II is even said among Mr.. Wilson
friends here that separation OF I'll
treaty of peace from the league OF ma
tions covenant will not be found nearl
so difficult as many men in the Senat
4 imagincsit to be.
4 Burden on Republicans
= So, the mills of the gods continue
l grind in full sight at Washington.
will be recalled that the leaders upo
the Republican side were the most elo
ouent in urging the United States int
Q the war. Now they will be asked
= shoulder such responsibilities as ma
e be involved in the ultimate accounting
The general temper of Democratic
d feeling in the Senate is suggested in til
J statement made today by one of til
Democratic leaders who has fought tire
I lessly on the side of the President an
. the league of nations.
1.-The league of nations may fail.
. he said. There are Indications i
= Europe that some of the allied power
want it to fail. And yet the world ha
been carried forward long way by til
. Presidents contributions to the dis
h cussion at Paris.
America has established grcG
, moral principle as an element in diplo
q macy. Humanity may not be able t
d realize it now. But it is established
# recorded and published to the world O
Il challenge. and as fixed rule b
which the conduct of governments an
statesmen may be measured in tn
future.
o That is great achievement for ar
man or any country. Can you suppos
that it will be altogether without re
suit? ! do not know what has bee
: going on benpath the surface at pari