El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-09
CLEMENCEAU, AN GOLD TIGER"
IS FIGHTING FOR FRANCE
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OF Mr. Wilson. the necessities OF
France. the ambitions Of Italy. and
the universal terror OF Bolshevism 10
set the whole conference Of peace by
the ears. paralyze action, promote
discOrd and produce something ap-
preaching a hopeless mess.
Open Covenants!
We talked about open covenants
openly arrived at We are now in the
presence Of a peace being negotiated
behind closed doors and double
guards. without single public state
menr issued OF permitted Four men.
removed from every restraint. sep
arated from all association and ad-
vice, three OF them exercising absO-
lutte censorship OF the press Of their
own countries, are in reality the
masters Of the world Even this gro
tesQue travesty on the name Of de-
mocracy might be forgiven if the four
could act, but they cannot They
have done nothing for two weeks but
tear to pieces what had already been
Professionally agreed upon. and while
revolution and anarchy spread over
Europe, these men can do nothing but
talk or at most send out openly and
secretly unofficial ambassadors TO in
quire the price Of peace with Bolshe-
vism and the size Of concession which
must be made with Germany TO per-
suade her 10 sign a peace which they
nave not yet agreed upon I wish /
could convey TO my American readers
the extent Of the real tragedy that
underlies this outward combination OF
paralysis and chaos.
When this peace is made, France
will be left in Europe face to face
with the next German storm Her
northern provinces have been laid
in ashes, a million and n half OF
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ciaIly ruined and II the nation
which saver all OF us Is to be
saved for Us and the world IL can
only be saved by generous and
sympathetic understanding on the
part Of those who fought with
France OF the facts Of the stu
alton
II we English and Americans con
sent in and abet any arrangement
that leaves France insecure, France
viii be lost to both OF US and there
viii be a tragedy almost unequaled IN
history. I wish / could also present
70 my American readers the spectacle
Of the old man who is sitting with
three representatives Of countries
supposed to be allies. striving with
such strength as remains to him after
the tremendous efforts by which he
secured victory, by such strength as
remains to him with an assassin's bull
let still in his body. 10 save his country
from that ruin which is day by day
being sketched and urged by those
who sit with him behind closed doors
The tiger who last year hunted the
enemy is now being hunted by his
allies.
LeaEue Hase Disappeared
As for the league Of nations. II has
disappeared from the computation Of
any thoughtful observer here. Some
formal document viii doubtless be
signed by at least several Of the ua-
tons represented 1t will almost as
certainly be rejected by the others
and as a spiritual and moral force it
viii not exist as a result OF the
progress OF events In the last two
weeks The political opponents OF
Lloyd George have a phrase TO
describe his influence upon interest
ing young idealists associated with
the peace conference. They say that
the British prime minister -despirit-
ualizes- those with whom he comes in
contact At least the conference Of
peace has been despiritualized- In
the meanti=ze, as 1 close this article,
there comes for a second time the
formal announcement that the Italians
have determined to withdraw from
Paris on Monday. This seems to in
dictate that the peace conference has
again professionally assigned Fiume
TO the JugO-SlaVs It remains to be
seen whether the italian gesture will
be as effective this time as it was
before, and If It is whether somebody
VIII repeat IL on behalf Of the Poles,
for there is nothing TO be said for a
Jugo-Slav Fiume which cannot be
said with even greater emphasis for
a Polish Dantzig.-Copyrigh 1919, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate