El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-17

ana the HNe
? and may attain its end For If there
is any thought that can prevent some
2 OF the smaller European nations from
. flying az the throats Of their neigh
bOrs. it viii be the apprehension that
such a course may bring down upon
them the resources and power OF the
United states. But what haunted me
In Paris and still worries me here
regarding article ten, is the wonder
whether the American people really
lyet understand that the president is
going 10 ask the senate for a rati-
fficariou. which the senate cannot now
vel refuse, 90 promise 20 light
CZech0-SloVakia fl that country sets
our next year 70 sran some OF tnq7e
IIeSchen coal fields that were awarded
to her competitor next door. And.
III the Americans don't understand
III. what viii they think OF il when
they do2
President Wilson has fathered the
league Of nations, and now only the
senate stands between this country
and our adherence TO. purely inter
national arrangement which might
involve us i'm conflicts all over the
seven seas. The aim is the nOblesr
ever sought br human statesman. and
the marvel is that the lead should
have been taken by the country that
had least 20 gain by the abolition
through such a covenant Of the old
order Of secret diplomacies and wars
VIII Not Give Armies.
Apart from our adhesion to the
principles Of the league. 10 is now evil
dent that we do not propose TO con-
tinue our military commitments on the
continent lt is no secret that when
France insisted upon her scheme Tor
holding Rhine brloEeheals for five.
40 and Is years. she was told by both
J Wilson and Lloyd George that Amerl-
can and British soldiers could not be
kept on German soil TO collect in
! IDENTITIES that VIII 60. almost all OF
] them. 20 France and Belgium Ac-
/ corlluely the garrison duties VIII fall
/ upon the two allied countries, Bel
stun and France. who suffered most
I Tx is true that they got reparauon
2 eEactec. but they VIII feel neTertne-
Z less bitter al what some Of their sol
diers are sure to regard as our "de-
seru0u-"
Present plans in Paris contemplate
the withdrawal of the American army
Z Of occupation lu the autumn, immeli-
ately after all our other troops have
nave Signed the treaty and appear toi
be attempting lu good faith 20 carry
out its provisions. The British i'm
tend 90 keep soldiers on the Rhine
until next spring. but probably not
longer il things are going smoothly. I
Before j left Paris French soldiers. I
anrIci patilg tlat We would try 10 get
our boys back as quickly as possible .
were saying, The German same VIII
be wait until the Americans and I
British are home again Then Berlin I
VIII defy us TO enforce the treaty, /
confident that neither Auglo-Sa1on ]
country WIZ send another eZpedi- I
tionary force
Germany Must DIsnrm.
This danger appears taken care of 7
ia the peace treaty Germany VIII I
be required 20 carry out practically ]
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sea. retaining only forces adequate to i
maintain Internal order before the .
American and British armies leave T
French and Bele-lus to see the rest .
Of the Job through.
The great sacrifice wa have made I
In Paris, as pointed out. is our prom /
Use TO again at any time fight once
more for no material or selfish aim- ]
but 20 uphold the peace Of the world. /
That is what we giVe- what do We j
eett III nat Dement'S are assured TO the F.
United states ia The treaty Of peace- +
We are promised. together with I
the other allies. that our pensions J.
and separation allowances arising
out Of the war are 10 be paid by /
Germany This viii be an enor-
nous item, 81 pensions are doled
out ~ they were after Civil war.
But in fact I do not believe our
government intends 10 attempt 10 I
collect a penny on this account.
such collection could come only
after the more pressing claims OF I
r France, Belgium and even Britain
had been satisfied, and 10y that
time. as the small hoy said, there
amt going 10 be no core
But the enemy owned property in F.
this country, taken over by the gov
eminent, viii OF course not be given
be credited against this German In
debtedness TO us for pensions.
Our only other claim against Ger
many recognized by the treaty. eN-
cepung lndemnitles TO those of our
citizens injured by submarine warfare.
is for sunk American shipping. We I
have already seized ships OF TONNAGE
vastly greater than we have lost. and I
the British, know. have been de-
termined that we should give up 70 1
German liners Though this point is
not dealt with In the treaty summary
now at hand. I think the PREPARATION
committee VIII admit the justice OF
the British claim. unless DC is with
drawn by the British themselves. Tt
is London's contention thar repara-
ton should be made on ton for ton
basis, and that America ought not TO
keep more tons than she lost while
Britain has 20 watt for Germany to
construct the promised 100000 tons a
year Tor i've years 70 make up the
total OF British shipping sent TO the
bottom
So we get. or we do not get. few
hundred millions for our pension bill
and we either keep what German
ships we have or we give some Of
them 10 our friends. And these IS
sues appear so tririnE that they
arouse very little discussion here or
abroad Other material advantages
from the war we have none We have
indeed come out with clean hands.
But Wilson has not made our great
sacrifice the loss Of our liberty Of
action in the future has not com
mitted us TO interfere i'm future Eu-
ropeau uuarrels without a great mo-
tive and a great aim. We risk every
thing that has made this country a
haven OF rest from European hatreds
and feuds- we GAIN il che president
is right. security for ourselves and the
rest OF the world Only such an aim
as this could Justify the pres dent in
what be has done. especially I'm so
weaving in article ten and the whole
league project into the peace treaty
that the senate must ratify 60 willy
nilly. But If he is right. he has led
his country TO perform the greatest
service ever rendered mankind If he
is wrong. be viii land as or our chill
dren OBJ the Waelstrou from which
perhaps we alone might have been
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