Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-05
FACTS AND COMMENT

| lliC 1iIoI ttdN ItiCtC ILllulS HOuhl 1T 1
| the order of the league assume re- |
sporsibility for the government of |
weak or backward nations. Among
| these would he' classed new nations
| like Armenia and Poland which alone
and unassisted will hardly be able to
| travel the difficult road 10 self-main-
| tenance. Also the German colonies
would be assigned to appropriate ma
| tons to be governed ami developed for
their own good as we'll Us for the good
of the world at large. Great Britain
and her Dominions are resolved that
| Germany shall never regain her col
| onies. The modern submarine has a
| 40O0-mlle radius of action and even q
| few naval bases judiciously distributed
| over the earthS surface W ould put
every square mile of sea within reach
of these modern pirates. T'a prevent
| this, arrangements had already been
made for the division Of some of the
| colonies among the victorious powers.
Any such division was destined to pro-
duce dissatisfaction anon; the pow
ers not receiving any of the prizes,
and it. would lay the Victors open to
the charge of landgrabbing The dis
position of the German colonies was
thus recognized as one Of the most
! difficult questions with which the
peace conference had to deal.
II was at this junctura that Presi-
dent Wilson astonished mankind with
the proposal that the colonies belong
to nobody outright but ,hat they be
assigned temporarily among the ma
lions that had proved successful as
colonial administrators This proposal
though bitterly opposed ut first actu-
ally Won the day ana tn principal
has been incorporated into The consti-
tuition OF the league of Nations. Against
it certain United States senator's are
urging that America may he called
upon TO police Armenia, stand sponsor
for Constantinopie or 10 ether dis
tasteful work in remote regions. Like
wise a European power ma. be order
ed to keep order among Two nations on
, this hesisphc>a. a provocative that the
United States has this far main
tanned as peculiarly its own Against
these extreme views on the part Of the
, opposing senators, if need merely be
remarked thai the very eXistenc of the
league of nations rests eGCiy on the
| proposition that the great covers will
, stick together If they 10. no man
= date viii be issued that is not ac-
, ceptahle to the mandatory. Sovereign
nations have long had 4 wav of sTInG =
ing each Oth@l. and no action ever
: makes a formal proposal &c another
l without first assuring it:elI OF the
p spirit in which that proposal is like
~ to he received. It is rro1osterous TO
suppose that a group Of European
powers would vote to imHose upon
America a task N colonial admins
: tyation before learning OF America s
Willingness 10 undertake il: nor would
t the league Of nations a%9n.nt for
s oign power to deal with ! truly Amer
o lean Situa ton which the United States
~ I1aTsT1p Tho TapCSiil; lit
q Of conducting the world hencGforth in
peace and GHietness rests or friendly
discussion among the great reace-lOV-
ing nations and q mutual willingness
/ t. shoulder The white mans burden
I The league of nations viii furnish
S the opportunity for friendlr discus
,. sion, four years Of suffering and sac
=. rjfice have Shown the willingness OF
. the part OF Ehc allied nations to bcal
u | the burden foc the sake of civilization
;, A&tenopto on The lives eff the premier,
l. Of France AMI bavaria Within two
L days of each other SHOW The uncer-
e tainties under which both nations anG
e individuals arc living. Georges Glen.
enceau the Saviour Of Franc" as truly
= as JoIfe and FoCh. was shot by
Young French anarchist who lay j
wait for his automobile on the wa,
from his home to the foreign Office
e Most nrovidentaliy but one Of the sew
s. on shots fired took effect and this wa
o not enough o down tho vigorous oil,
= man of sexanty-eight The X-rav
: show the bullet in that part Of tn
= lung that best reeists the presence O
j a foreign body. and there il is likel,
y. to remain. The premier actually walk
ed home after the shooting ant
IL though confined TO the hOuee he wa
IT hardly in bod at all Almost ever
IS Gay he saw visiting statasTlen and on
.e day he received forty sucn calls. o.
v the eighth day after ne was shot N
n Clefneuccau was in his place at
- meeting Of the supreme council and b
- the time President Wilson returns I
- Franco and the peace conference re
# sumes its sessions he will apparent
lie be Us well as over. It was 4 mos
p miraculous escape for France and lie
wonderful premier.
is The attack on the life of Kurt Els
l. ner. the premier Of BaTa~ia, vas NOR
, successful from he point Of view {
? his assailant, for the victim was she
dead in the streets of Munich. Whe
r. Minister of the Interior Auer was
u the act Of announcing EisneT's deaf
L. to the Gavarian assembly, ]Ia fell MOI
rk tally wounded in a fu@ilade Of bu
lets from the gallery and several otl
e. can,,<i, e ~ fnt,1I,' ,,ind 81 ~
If - le,rin 49,,
- a young Bavarian count, by birth al
prediction a reactionary and as sue
plIteIlH opllpseu 70 me ~" SOCIAL S,I.l
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lie To, od fo,. +1;r oasor II fo,. 20 ~
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