The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-26
Peace Makers Are
Slow in Action
Reflections ~ Opfnien Indicate ffe
Gloomy Sentiment N People
of France.
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Paris. March .s.--Tt was exactly a
ing disaster, instituted unified military
command Today the situation II
hardly less critical than II was In theee
dark days when the German supre-
drive was at it's height
With every passing day allied moral
prestige passes The supremacy
which the gaIlantry Of our soldiers
won is slipping through the diplo-
mats hands like sand. Lost time can
not be recovered. Opportunities al
lowed to slip past are irretrievabiy
gone.
Like modern Joshua the peace con-
gross Is telling the turbulent eastern
nationaiities 10 stand still. but II has
not had the success credited to Joshua
Wireless messages sent to Polish and
Gkrainfan generals remain without re-
Spouse. The attempt to separate the
Roumanians and Hungarians through
out Pennsylvania until the peace con-
ference is able TO MAKE up its mind
has invited Rolshevisnn. which ~ *
"a ny <sSs XII u
three months ago in An interview pub
lished by the Petit Psrtsien.
The Syrian investigating commission
Will not block the Ar4h National
movement Instead Of landing the
Polish divisions at DanZig. as General
Hailer urged they should do. In ex-
elusive interview with Universal Ser
vice last December. the conference
gives Germany chance Of baking
Huns Rattrring Ram.
To-day Germany In engaged in an
offensive a. dangerous A. that which
overwhelmed the British firth army
a year ago. She is using Rolshevism
as a battering ram.
Meantime the gentlemen at the Quail
D'Orsay spend their. time talking
without deciding. PLAYING local poll
tics and decz~einw things on paper
without first assuring themselves OF
the possibility OF polarization OF the
DEGREES
The chief trouble with tf9~ reare-
makers has been and " that they hes
itate about taking action until actual
events get beyond them,
What the allies need today even
more than they did a year ago Is a
single command. Il In either Fpch or
Wilson.
Not that the two are personal RI
walls; far from n. Tut the choice
must be made between action by mfn :
tary force or action by moral politi-
cal and diplomatic force
Never since the last week OF July.
1914 was this air tn Europe 50
charged with electricity, 3. Unless the
peace congress shows moro vfgor, and
shows 1t quickly, anything may hap
pen. .- -.,....
Reelection Of the Masses.
These are not the personal reflec-
lions Of the writer. They are the
unacceptable i'm IMPRESSIONS any one win
get from a close study Of public opin-
ion here, as expressed in editorials
and cartoons, from talks with tho
highest and lowest officials and with
the main In the street. from CONVEX
eations in the shops. at street corners,
in commuters trains. cafes, hotels and
omnibuses.
There is plenty Of dynamite lying
around throughout Europe. and 1t
needs but spark to set It of.
Instead Of rebuilding the world.s
house the peace congress may soon run
out with the fire hose and try to save
the remnants Of the old structure.
Saint Brices comparison Of the pres
ent situation with that when the vi
emma congress learned Of Napoleon's
escape from Eiba IL widely quoted al
hitting the nail on the head.
1T II said" writes q commentator
in Paris Midi. that the council Of tho
powers anticipated the events in Hun
gary. Does II understand that II IL
perhaps the stone which will start an
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