Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

WORLD CRISIS IS SEEN
IN EUROPEAN ANARCHY
Continued from Third l'age)
was assured and as long as the force
remains the compliance will continue.
Crisis Growing Graver.
But the crisis in the world today.
growing graver each hour, arises out
Of the fact that the Paris conference
has undertaken to issue orders it can
not enforce and to make arrange
ments, affecting the lives and the lib
critics Of millions Of people. which are
so repugnant to these millions that
they will yield only to arms. Con-
fronted with this obvious fact, the
Paris conference has fallen into a
state Of paralysis, while middle and
eastern Europe are progressing day
by day toward general anarchy.
In this situation what can the
strate, it can resort to the usual
statement Of the case which reveals
that it's DEGREES are bottomed upon
justice and conceived in spirit OF
lofty morality. But what difference
does this make to the Hungarian who
reduced to the state of a minor prin-
cipality, without coast, frontiers, bar
riers against jealous neighbors, de-
prived not alone of territories OF vast
extent, vital to its industrial exist
ence. but also of all the things which
are essential to a ,viable state? VIII
he bow because there is manifest
right on the side of those who seek
utterly to destroy his ancient king
doms? On the contrary. he will night.
he has fought. he is fighting and the
allies have reluctantly conceded that
they cannot muster the armies to con-
Quer him. ss
One can multiply the examples. but
the lesson is the same. We have I'M
posed peace upon Germany Of our own
making, because we had the force to
impose that peace and the public SEN
consented to the continued use of the
force, If necessary. But the people of
the United States will not. consent to
the use of American soldiers to set
tie the disputes between the Slovaks
and the Magyars in the remote val
legs of the Carpathians or between
the Rumanians. Serbs, Germans and
Magyars on the unfamiliar plains Of
the lower Thesis and Maros.
Theoretically nations like individ-
lals are their brothers keepers.
are responsible for the happiness and
the peace Of the Inhabitants of CEN
trail Europe and western Asia. We
should be prepared to send our sons
to die for that abstract Justice ex-
"a
peace settlement. And thus and only
thus could we insure Justice. right.
liberty in these remoter marches of
civilization. This is the cardinal
principle of the league Of nations.
but does any one suppose CONGRESS
can regiments to Munkacs or Konia.
or that II it did its members would
dare seek reelection?
Three Empires Gone.
I wish I could make clear. to my
readers exactly what is now taking
place in the world. At Paris we
have destroyed on1cially three great
empires, which had practically fallen
apart during the war. But in UNI
dertaking to set UP in their places q
number Of smaller Independent states
we have come into conflict with the
wishes, the ambitions, the most vital
interests. not alone of the people
who hitherto dominated the defunct
empires, but of the several races
which we have sought to liberate.
We have undertaken to redraw the
map of Europe with the golden rule
for q compass and the ethnographic
map as a guide. Unhappfly, no peo-
pie bow instantly to the irresistible
authority Of the golden rule, nor is
any people 80 destitute of artistic
conoo 20 he INN h1A IN f7raw It's
own photographic map.
The consequence is that our plan
of reorganization has now reached
the precise point where it must coll
lapse or be enforced by arms. We
have to all intents and purposes
lessness Of asking our peoples to
supply. the men. money and MUM.
tions to rescue Russia. We have just
confessed the hopelessness of at
tempting to find troops to deal with
the Hungarian question: But there
and heaven knows how many other
similar questions. :.
Moreover, the alternative must be
plafn-at least 1t is becoming palmer
day by day-if we are not prepared
to yindicate our authority to arrange
to keep them from fighting and COM
pei them to accept our just decisions
in their disputes, then in the end.
rather quickly, we shall have to re-
turn to a policy Of minding our own
business, except when other peoples
affairs are SO intimately related to
ours that we cannot safely ignore
them, as IN Mexico, for instance. But
this means adopting the policy which
In the Balkans led to Crisis after
crisis. local war after local war. and
finally precipitated the supreme trag-
edy, which had a worldwide range,
Of destruction.
Sees Breaking of League.