Arizona republican., 1919-04-23
THROWS NEW LIGHT
 ON DELIBERATIONS
 0F PEACE COUNCIL
Melville E. Stone Speaks At Annual A. P. Meeting Reports His Experiences At Paris-Says Germans Hoped for Allied Dis agreement On Terms
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 NEW YORK, April 22-Development of inter communication promises chance that the league of nations may accomplish it's object of insurirg world peace, Melville E. Stone, general man ager of the Associated Press recently returned from the peace conference. told the members of the news associa- tion at their annual meeting and luncheon here today.
 MT. Stone doubted if anybody knew whether the league project would sue ceed. By the processes of inter com munication, however. the nations were inevitably being brought closer to- gether, he said, extending mems visions and giving "a little promise that the failure of the congress of Veinna, 100 years ago, might be followed :'by some thing like success" fs
 It was a mistake, Mr. Stone said, to imagine that there had been an .'un pleasant or angry situation between the peace envoys of the associated powers, who had brought to their task a sincere desire to solve a great problem. De- spite the German hopes of differences among the .conquerors, he added, they had agreed in principle. Visited Ruined Regions
 Describing a visit to the devastated regions of France, Mir. Stone declared it had been torn by the most malign and outrageous savagry the world had ever known. To bring about it's re- mobilization. he asserted, extension of long time credits by American manu- 1 lecturers was essential, a scheme which he said could be carried out by the banks with the federal reserve system to fall back upon in case of emergency. ! In keeping with the Pan- American | spirit of the meeting, inspired by the recent addition of 9 South American newspapers Ito. the Associated Press membership, Mir. Stone stated that this i extension of the service gave assur. ance of the amity of the western hemi- i sphere In like manner, in earlier days, he said, the organization had been a material factor in cemcnting the reIa- tions of the northern and southern sec- tions of the United States. a union which made possible the national spirit evidenced in the Spanish-American war and emphasized in the world ] conflict
 MT. stone spoke of the peace con- ference leaders, many of whom, he said Il had been his privilege to meet. He described some of the characteristic. of Premiers Lloyd George, clemenceau Fenizelos and Hughes.
 Tells Italian Experience
 When was in Italy- said Mr. Stone
 the Italian government was auxio,,s to have some American troops as re. serves, and they felt that it was very serious condition. If the Caporetto de
 pacie were repeated and the Austria us got through to Milan and Turin. Ital,
 would be out cf the war. General Dia,
 went to see Foch and Pershing, ant
 they could not see their way clear tt
 give him any American troops.
 Then he went to see .Clemenceau and sad: The situation is very ser
 ious doWn there. It is a great mistake
 to Imagine that the Austrians are moi good soldiers. They are veritable lions
 lhey nave more artillery than we have
 ana we are ln grave danger of their breaking through. "Clemeneeau. in his sententious way
 said: =. That is a military question I can, answer. You will have to see Focb 1"
 He had already seen Foch. and he
 would not do it. About three weks af-
 ter, the French captured three tbous.
 and Austrians on the French front. anf Clemenceau teIegraphed: My dear Diaz: We have taker three thousand of your Austrian lion. , as prisoners. What shall we do witf them? Yours affectionately, Th. , Tiger 5 , Referring to the peace conferenct
 and to affairs in Europe, Mir Stone , said
 Powers Are Agreed
 It is a mistake to imagine that there } has been, on the part of the five grea f powers represented at the conference ' an angry or Unpleasant situation. , thlnk may say-because I have knoWI well those who have participated in it. that they have brought to the work {; sincere, earnest desire to solve a grea , problem.
 They feel that after all, the wors ] offense of the Germans was not tn,
 killing of something like seven million
 young men, nor the wanton murder 0
 innocent women and children by aero plane and submarine. At least the deat .are at peace. The worst offense of tn,
 Germans was in creating world il which it is almost impossible for tn, living to survive.
 And that being the case, the con \ ferees had to address themselves. no s to any solace or comfort for the dead for whom they could do nothing, but t T some sort of an organization, if pos l sible, that should give some guarante, S that in the future there would be no re a currence of this terrible catastrophe because they knew that by the pro t cesses of war, by its scientific and-me r chanical development, had reached tn point where any future conflict nigh 0 well nigh mean human annihilation.
 Huns Wanted Disagreement Q '.The Germans hoped that the associ :, ated powers would differ. It was tn e dream of the Germans that they coult : not agree. In principle they hav
 agreed. In principle, as Clemenceal t who is the Tiger of the palace, told me : We are as one in all this business ," Now do not know whether leagu q of nations will work or not. I doubt . anybody knows.
 "One hundred years ago, almost to
 month, one hundred years ago in June
 five sovereigns of Europe sought t
 create league of nations. It wa
 called the holy alliance. They met an adopted treaty in the city of Vienna and after three years of struggle owe Q the problem it failed xnpNIAfA EiHArc nliRi EcAM