The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-03-08
Thu DEBTS OF DELAY

Few American newspapers have been more considerable
lie president in his ambition to promote a league of natio
ian the New York Tribune. Few have been more complimer
y in their reports of and their comments upon the presiden
ovements abroad. And for these reasons the fOllowi
from that newspaper, appearing in its issue of Fe
25, is significant of the change that is so rapid
weeping over the country and finding voice in every sta
nd in every community where two or more men meet. TT
lmming up of the developments of the last four months a
cared on the day following the presidents return to Anne
When MAMMALIAN of Baden arrived in Berlin to be Ger
man chancellor he found a document o n his desk marked "at
once" ordering him to lose NJ time in asking for IN armistice.
The German military front was smashed and the only safety
was in an early cessation of hostiities. The Chancellor ON Oc-
tober 8 transmitted the surrender offer to Washington. In
stead of recognizing a white flag had been raised state de-
partment began note writing. A precious month was wasted
and many thousands of lives lost before the armisdce went
into effect o November IL.
Negotiations have since gone N on the theory that there
was N hnrry-that all time before S. The formal Begin
ming of the parley was postponed to allow the president to reach
Europe. Then two more weeks were allotted to him to make
a speech-making tour. Not until middle January a there any
getting down to business.
Since October 8 more than four months have elapsed, and
everything is held up again until the president shall return.
As this will not be until the middle of March. the world has
before it today the credits and debts of five months of peace
labor.
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One badly shattered table Of the Fourteen Points, cracked
by Interpretation and split by reservations.
One tentative whatis-t? peace covenant, which has been
read once for information and which seems to need to be e
committed for amendment and possible dehnquence.
One armistice which it has been necessary twice to renew.
One Prinkipo conference which may not be held.
e a a.
On the debit side are:
One Germany in unnecessary and dangerous civil war,
hanging over a Bolshevist abyss.
One Russia more gravely disturbed than eve and hence
more of a menace to others and to herself.
One southern Europe in chaos and unable to begin work of
reconstruction.
One ancient friendship in France brought to the verge of
mutual recriminatiOn.
One Great Britain, suspended between mobilization and de-
mobilization, with industrial disturbances.
One America anxious to resume normal life, but forced to
act o N the assumption that a great army must be maintained
abroad.
One condition Of wholesome harmony among the allies
yielding, under the continuous blows of German and Bolshevist
propaganda, to something like discord.
The list of doubts. if given in full, would fill a column.
The world is paying a heavy price for a delay in making peace.
1t is ieopardazing the future, is possibly creating a situation
which will make the present cessation Of formal hostiiites a
peace Of Amiens, such As punctured but did not stop the Napo-
leonc struggle.
When the journey acros the seas was announced it was
pointed out it was not possible to have haste If the spokesman
or n Of the principal nations were constrained to go back and
forth across three thousand miles of sea. Persistent clio La
been made to deceive the American people into thinking
the objections to the presidents occasional appearances at
Paris m born of a mean spirit, whereas they spring pr
ceptions Of geographical conditions which n o one al
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Peace and peace, is wanted-never so much a s now. 1t can
scarcely come quickly if America forces continuous conference
adjournments.
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