The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-19
VETO Of
PEACE PLANBIG
CRISIS IN PARIS
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mary treaty of peace would have to g
to the senate, that II the senate got
this without the league OF nations cow
nant included, exactly the opportunity
sought by the Republican majority
would be provided and his fight
IN America would be grayely compro-
This was the Saturday situation. on
sunday there existed the possibility Of
q ulfference OF opinion, since both the
French and British governments at
tacfed very great value TO the pro-
posed prompt action, but on Sunday
night the situation was ironed out once
more the British and French accept
ed Mr.. Wilson'S leadership, the pro
posed program went into the discard.
Here, after all, was a final demonstra-
ton Of the extent to which both the
British and the French are prepared
TO accept MIR, Wilson's views as the
ultimate. accurate expression Of Amer
ica's wishes, BY Monday morning all
Paris knew that Mr.. Wilson had sue
conference.
The consequences Of this dramatic
episode are plain. There will be no
preliminary peace treaty with Germany
before April, and possibly not until
May, when the president expects to
go back TO America, But by the lat
ter date he eXpectes to have q treaty
completed ready TO submit to an ex-
~traordinary session OF the senate, which
ne intepds TO call for June /.
In the meantime, the work OF reviving
the league Of nations covenant for in
clusion In the treaty has actually begun
and win be finished with the utmost
dispatch IN Difference to the presidents
wishes, At the same time, decision
will he made in all matters concerning
Germany, Austrian Bulgarian and
Turkish matters will be left for the
final settlement,
Once the preliminary treaty 10 signed
and the league OF nations thus created,
II Is the presidents idea that 1t viii
deal with all Asiatie and African probt
lens, the question Of colonies andfman~
datories, and such other questions as
remain unsettled,
But this bare narration Of. facts does
not In any sense give the real picture
OF what has happened. The extra
ordinary determination Of the president
TO create his league Of nations, to in
clude II In the peace treaty, to make
good his declaration In his New York
sTRech has, In less than "a hours with
a dramatic suddeness hardly to be
described, transformed the whole prog
ress Of events In Paris. We have laid
aside an Anglo-French American pro-
gram for a Wilson. program; we have
reached this result with little more than
q ripple on the surface, however great
the ~subsurface activity for a few hours,
British Stick to Plan!
Once more the British have adhered
to their rigid primary purpose of pre-
serving Anglo-American solidarity, once
more the Fronch, who were called
upon as usual to make whatever ma
tefIAl sacrifice WAS neoesAarV. haVe
made II with utmost promptitude. The
French sacrifice was two-fold; they
had been promised that before the end
Of March a preliminary peace would
settle the question OF their eastern
frontiers, and they believed It would
give them at last n start in the dlreo-
ton Of financial PREPARATION.
| do not understand that there IL
MS yet any question that the actual
terms OF what was to have been q pre-.
liminary treaty OF peace have been chai.
lenged by Mr., Wilson. II may we'll BIZ
that Lloyd George and C~lemeneeau In
conference with the president reached
an agreement that postponement woult
not bring any such challenge, but thit
remains to he disclosed II, the future
1t wonld be inaccurate to say tina
Mr.. wilson has won q new victory
because he encountered no opposition
nor was there any thought on the part
OF either French or British to make
eyen an indirect proposal to Republican
that the British and the French Ut
to the moment of the presidents ar,
rival believed that he was In accort
with what was being done. Once thi.
was rather surprisingly disclosed to b,
q mistake, they. promptly changed
their plans 10 suit bis desires.
There is no g~ainsaylng the fact thR'