The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-11
DISTORTED REPORTS FROM PARIS.

DISTORTED REPORTS FROM PARIS.
This country treated to another nstament of alarm.
list reports from Paris the general tenor of them being
that the President of the United States tempted to sail
for home in disgust after announcing the withdrawal of
the American delegates from the peace conference 1t is
stated that his patience has reached the breaking point
because of the ubboness of the premers of England
France and Italy, and also that he highly indignant be-
cause the European powers insist upon peace program
that is not in harmony with his fourteen points
The aPrs correspondents could hardly perform
service for Mr. Wilson than to picture him as the petu
liant, weak, fckle-minded and dsoyal individual which
these reports would make him. if they were true The
correspondents do not know all that is going in the
peace conference hence they cannot know Mr. Wilson's
mind. He has been less communicative than the other
negotiators, and properly This is not the time to
muncate to the enemy what in the mind of the makers
of the worlds peace When the details made up and
agreed to by the victorious nations it will be plenty of
to let the enemy know what has been decided In the
formative stage of peace, when the allies exchanging
and harmonzing their views would be folly to advertise
all passing opinions and differences because the enemy
would seze upon them and do his utmost to force quar-
rel among the allies.
This fact is so apparent, so primary in its simplicity,
that it is astonishing to trained correspondents
hnualy ignoring it and playing into the hands of the
envy by spreading distorted of disputes between
Mr. Wilson and his colleagues. There derences of
Some of these differences may rise to the seri
BUSINESS of disputes" That is what happens in other
gatherings of strong Municipalities. There is reason
suppose that the multitude of questions connected with
the readustmen of the world could be settled by
exchange of empty compliments and pro forma agree
men generalites 1t is not that there differences
disputes but because these disputes exaggerated
and twisted into preposterous sensations that protest is
made The American people deserve better than to re-
ceve ha food of misrepresentation from Paris.
As for the differences in the conference it is actually
desirable that they should develop 1t is not to the best
interest of the United States that President Wilson'S
views should prevail in their entirety Nor is it to the
interest of Great Britain that Mr. Lloyd George should
have everything his way. France and Italy also must
adjust their demands the necessities of the time and
the rest of the world The peace conference is essen
TALLY clearing house of national claims and aspirations
where compromise is the necessary method of making the
worlds peace.
We hope President Wilson has told Europes premers
some very homely truths But also hope just
esy that these premers have impressed eqaully homey
truths upon Mr. Wilson 1t is we'll that he should tell them
that they cannot expect the United States to participate
in game of grab and it is well that they should impress
him with the fact that there will be peace unless their
common enemy is shom of his power to rearm and re-
attack them If Mr. Wilson seems to be too much in the
clouds with his league of nations they seem to be too
much under ground with of their plans Let both
sides to EARTH on the level with mutual desire to
give well exact square deal and square deal will
be the result
Let any look back the peace conference
ports and he will that of them have been proved
to be pure inventions The caamities that predict
ed did not The threats empty The allies did
not begin to fight among themselves The simple truth
that the four great figures of the peace conference
working together they have worked from the first in
earnest and close conference trying adjust all the ques
tons that have arisen, Making all allowances for fral
human nature and the tenacy of national aims it seems
just to state that the four statesmen in question max
ing good progress could be expected They might
have been better progress could be expected They
might have made better progress if press reports
had been less mschievous. Washington Post