The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-15
ASSAIL WILSON
ON KNOX'S MOVE
French Critics Blame Presi-
dent for Not Working
With the Senate.
DELAYS DAWN OF PEACE
Editors Say He Has Created
Situation Fraught With
Grave Peril to Allies.
DELAYS DAWN OF PEACE
BY sfdr Correspondent Of THE srx.
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Copyright. 1913: all -iDhfs reserred
PARIS June 14.-while those in the
Presidential circle here refuse to be-
live in the serious intention of the
Knox resolution to compel the Peace
Conference at this late hour to per-
form the difficult surgical opera
ton Of severing the League of Ma
tions from the peace treaty. it has
increased the feeling OF panic which
has been apparent recently among
the Presidents friends, especially
those who have been pushing the
league.
Some OF them are urging him to 60
home Immediately IL he is to save the
covenant. for. as they see 1t, any
change in Article X. or in the Monroe
Doctrine clause can easily wreck the
whole scheme. In European diplomatic
circles the Knox resolution Is COM
manding great attention and the
British and French newspapers
are devotkng much space to il.
The effect has been to accen-
tuate greatly criticism of the
Presidents course in refusing to work
hand in hand with the Senate during
the last few months and to increase
the disposition to hold him responsible
for situation, both here and at home,
which is fraught with peril to the
Allies.
This is reflected In an article In
LA ction Frdncdise, in which the writer
frankly confesses that he is unable to
discover any way by which the American
Senate can be compelled TO accept tn.
Wilson treaty. He adds:
1T is not the conditions OF peace which
the majority In the Senate opposes 1t is
the league which by the wish of Presi-
dent Wilson has become an integral part
thereof and even more. for 1t is the pre-
amble and the base. Numberless arti-
cles in the treaty presuppose the exist
ence of the league. The Saar regime,
Danzig and the colonial mandates rest
on It. II is impossible. therefore. to say
that II would suffice to disjolnt the cove
nant to solve the difficulty in Washing
ton. The treaty must be voted on as a
whole or the work OF the Peace Con-
| ference will result in nothing
The writer regards the Knox resolution
as a notice that the Senate will reject
, the treaty in ats present form, calling
attention to the fact that this Is exactly
| what the Germans are saying. 1t con-
tinues:
Thus Wilson's policies have brought
the Allies to an impasse, II any one
should have been able to say that the
United States could not accept this with
out altering the Constitution or should
have known that It would be unwise to
attack the sanity Monroe Doctrine II
certainly would have been President VIII
son, who was a historian In his own
country before he became the inventor
of the present gospel.
"The true doctrine of peace Is that
| which Senator Knox placed at the head
of his resolution. This language each
| Of the Allies could apply now with a
good chance of arriving speedily at a
satisfactory peace for all. 1t stil is
possible to return to II. but after so
I much time lost so much strength and
money squandered Seven months OF
! Wilsonianism have prolonged the evils
Of war and aggravated the chaos OF
Europe"