The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-26

Paris. Sept. 2s,-"1f the senate does
not ratify the treaty, what VIII nap
pen In France an American friend
asked me the other day. confess
was stupehed, for no one over here
thinks such a thing possible.
America sent her president, who Is
Yhe head of her foreign
policy. to Versailles. He followed and
in many cases directed the debates
Doubtless, he alone is not the director
of American affairs, he must axe into
consideration the opinion or sine SEN
ate. and It Is exactly to satisfy the
fears of that powerful body, that ne
introduced many important modihca-
tions into the society of the league or
nations such as the Monroe Doctrine
and other purely American policiesi
which have discouraged and dlsap-
polnted many adherents to the fourteen
noints. Now after eight months Oh
ceaselesa labor We have at last come 10
an agreement, only TO sec TINS same
senate stepping in and bringing up al
the old questions again
must frankly tell my American
friends that Europe will never under
+ A4and an American veto. Every Euro
mean parliament has just as many AND
coually important reservations te
make 10 the treaty; nevertheless they
sNfli~ratffy y, rrYfgewf~tt az ~ stances
for me simple reason that we must
finish with it
nut you rntrht say. perhaps the re
/. fusal of America to sign might be tnf
4 cause of revising 1t in a juster, better
fnrm." Even then you NAV be sur
mat Eursucan opinion. especially th'
oninion most radically opposed TO i'm
nerja1isrn. would be profoundly tndiE
nant.
t. Europe Is weary.
psrhans YOU are not aware Of 1T II
Ar7prica hut the Drodon1tnatng I'm
prcsaian on this side of the Atlan'1c
especially in France Is one OF uhut
4trr,hfe @weariness- The naasnihcen
,,,l,ttea developed by our soldier
4 hove. caused the impression anont
nany that rnilttarism is in the ascend
an, We read in your reviews Una
Ir,rcn ts . great warltke nation, ina
now. INTOXICATED by victory, she dream
81 annexhtions and Nnnole mic con
Guest. some even dare imagine ina
she she become a menace 10 WORN
peace
o,,cn things. Cant you see that IN
1ast Eve years have exhausted thl
rourtrv more than the wars OF tn'
,%evo}utfon and empire, which coveres
a ncriod of t~hirty-fve years that "iti
sur 1909. ere deaths. our dent or wv
hundred billions and our riehcst prov
inces a desert. tire victorious france .
1910 liz weaker thah the ~"anqu'SsN'
Franco Of 1852
nation In this plight cannot dream
~ dominating Europe. and II our gov
rnmen conscious OF IT'S own exhaus
= tion has perhaps shown too nuch nit
/ .ernesS IN adjusting its claifna' II, ca
ried away by the Oh diplomatic traai
tions, IL sought territorial rather ehai
! financial compensation, now can on
come 10 the conclusion fhat this peo
nle wishes q continuation OF var
No our nation has had enough light
ing And IL the trlumphal return o
I its scldiets created such a storm OF en-
thustasrn, It wa not the enthusiasm o
war. but Of peace regained
poiius Want to go Home &.
The poilu has only n wish whlor
If 10 be denohil!zed and had MS su'
reriors forgotten II for a mor1an
YOU may b. sure that he woud nave
reminded them. He wants 20 Ft
i,ome ard get 10 work. EW this i;
inst where the trouble LEE. Our sol
diers after Ave years Of war, were
not certain Of being able to take NJ
their work where they left It. II Ger
tain people here as everywhere else
have profted by the war. they would
assuredly not be found among tht
1--WE million men whom France KEEP
in her trenches and camps.
I know 4 soldier of twenty-eigh'
who, having gone into the army IT
+, 1911, la Just been ~demobiltzed aft@,
eight years of service and starts ING
again as an undergraduate at an age
when he should be a full fedged law
vor or doctor. There are about 500,
nn0 men in the same prGdicir,ent