El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-19

first Lieutenant Later he was trans
ferred to Washington, D. c.. where he
received his commission as captain.
Capt Cound is an FL PasO boy. Be
fore he Joined the army he was en-
ployed for several years with The
Herald His father, William Cound, of
61S North Kansas street, has resided
in FL Paso for the past years.
consciously to base their views upon
I such motives as these, found
throughout the east grave misgivings
as TO the covenant America, it is
/ widely held, comes out of this war
the one really solvent nation. She
holds a mortgage on most OF the
gold in the world. must control in fu-
tUre great part Of the worlds trade,
I is the one great power practically
safe against outside attack for geo.
graphical reasons and because she
| alone is entirely self supporting.
These advantages impose duties to-
| wards our neighbors; but, IL is held,
they also bid us beware Of entangle-
ments in which the interests Of all the
| other great powers would be opposed
/ to ours and in which the rest Of the
world might compel US by the votes
| of a tribunal to act against our own
! interests.
/ There is widespread distrust OF
article 10 Of the league covenant. This
/ feeling. among fasteners who closely
watch European affairs. has intensi-
! IltQ since the nunAlGdLlQn OF the text
Of the whole treaty. Many boundary
lines in eastern Europe. especially
I those Of Poland. are held to be arbi-
/ trary and not based upon any prin-
I ciples. These compromise arrange
ments in many instances have pleased
nobody Yet under article 10 the
members Of the league. it is pointed
out. must unite in action AGAINST
nation which makes IN attack upon a
frontier draws at Versailles Can
7 of rr-
than Republican politicians. pledge
herself TO fight JugO-Slavia II that
country makes war upon Italy Tor
an ethnographical boundary. or upon
Poland or Bohemia II these countries
start out TO settle their differences
with each other by the sword2
If president Wilson proposes
that the United States ASSUME
mandate over Armenia this ex-
tension Of our responsibilities will
he bitterly opposed in the east.
Ii Is felt by most men with whom
talked that the position OF the
Monroe doctrine under the League
IS not sufficiently clear What Is
TO prevent the league council from
asking. for example, Great Britain
to aSSurle n mandate over Mexico.
and ought not the senate. before
il ratifies the treaty. to make
known that American policy will
continue to forbid any extension
In this hemisphere Of European
control.
Veturing into Wall street. and into
some Of the New York clubs, where [
the leaders of finance and big bust
ness" congregate about other diff
culties than those which are urged by ]
critics in Washington, il is, Of course,
impossible to find many men in Wall
street who are not Intensely bitter
against the president, and this preju-
dice must be allowed for in consider
ing what they say about interna- (:
tional affairs.
Wall street is afraid that the
league of nations will find mems (;
to gain advantages for Europe at I:
the expense OF American trade (;
and finance. Such enormous 4;
power will be ut the disposal OF {
the league as contemplated in the I:
covenant that Europe, If unani-
nous, could OutvOte the Ameri- 4:
can representatives on any such +:
issue that may come along. And
the economic interests Of Europe
for a long time to come will he
more or less unified "Can we
Afford ! was asked by a fiman-
eier of national eminence. aat the {
beheSt of n radical president who
knows nothing and cares less
about business and finance. to
give n block of debtor nations {
who viii owe US billions for de-
eades the right TO interpret
against our wishes the economic
ordering Of the syOrld.@ e
The labor clauses in the treaty also :
worry American big business They {
point out that all over the continent Il
excepting France-most OF all in :
Great Britain-labor radicalism is :
gaining power and winning conces- IL
sions as yet undreamed Of in the
United States. Wilson. in a MESSAGE :
carefully noted by Wall street. recent :
" declared that the form of labor re- :
form ought TO be to increase the con-
troll exercised by the workers over in
dustry- What will happen. If ex- :
tremely radical governments attain :
power in Italy, France and Britain. :
and II an international labor commits :
sion. given wide powers under the :
treaty, and made radical by revolu- :
tons peaceful or otherwise in Europe. :
attempts to dictate to the United :
States on labod questions? This ques- :
ton agitates big business not little. :
Boston is the city in the United :
States where the influence Of Britain :
and France is strongest. From thu
cause. Boston from 1914 until we came IL
into the war was most anti-German Z
and most anxious to fight, and today, (
Tor the same reasons. the thought of :
the league as Franco Britanic- :
found in Boston, despite the dislike :
felt there for president Wilson. Z
stronger support for the treaty and
the league covenant as they stand :
ion in the Hub is particularly firm Z
for the pact with France promising :
American support in the event of an
0ther attack by Germany. :
Resent Allies stand. :
And there is less il-feeling towards E
he allies in Boston than IN other :
stiles 1 visited, perhaps because of :
what the BOstOnese regard as their :
greater cultural affiliations with the :
old world. This distasteful preva- :
lence Of criticism of the British and :
French found in every city 1 have E
80 far visited. among men Of all sorts s
and the subject cannot be evaded E
n an estimate Of American opinion at e
his time, for it enters into sentiment E
regarding future cooperation with E
)ur late associates. There is wide Z
spread resentment throughout the e
EAST at the lack Of appreciation which /
t is said has been shown by Britain z
md France for our part in the war. z
Having recently returned myself from f
Europe. where have been saturated F
or years with the Anglo-French =
loint Of view. this attitude here sur :
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