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Vienna:
Death says: Come ch me, Brother Mars until zoe are
called back

and consent to the liberation of three
or four millions of their Polish sub
jects, long held in slavery and in the
first instance acquired by a piece of
international brigandage, beyond de-
fence; if they were determined to
regain the territory thus taken, to
resist the taking by every known
means; in word, if they valued what
they conceived to be their property
more highly than the new ideas, then
the thing would fall Of its own weight,
because the Poles would be compelled
to look for allies to preserve what they
had received as a matter Of right from
the Paris conference and the Paris con-
ference would have to rely upon force,
not only INN ediately, but for the
future. to protect it's decisions.
But it was manifest from the outset
that Germany, the German people, were
not willing to accept the liberation Of
their Polish lands, which cut their own
territory into two parts, separated by
alien lands. Moreover, it was equally
clear that the Austrians, the Hun
garians, the Bulgarians, all our enc
mics, were not more willing to accept
other similar settlements, even when
based upon equally just premises, with
any greater readiness.
This was, however, less Immediately
disturbing than the fact that soon de-
veoped that not only the recently hos
tile nations, but those countries still
united in the alliance which had won
the war, were not in the least disposed
to accept similar arrangements The
French. for example, were willing to
surrender their claim to the military
barrier of the Rhine frontier only if
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Will the Ideas
Themselves Disappear

But If the big nations not merely
decline to accept the league Of nations
idea fer themselves where fhey are
,itally concerned. but also fail to pro
vice armies to impose these same
ideas upon the small people, who viii
Except them only under pressure. then
tie ideas themselves disappear from
he practical calculation of statesmen.
This Is what the Rumanian incident
means, this is what the continued
Italian turbulence IN the matter Of
Fiume means This is the point to
which we are coming rapidly.
Again, when you spank your small
son, for his own good. his affection and
his ultimate sense of justice IN nine
cases out of ten e!face all permanent
resentment. But when you undertake,
as nation. to tell a great people like
smaller peoples like the Ruman ians. the
Greeks and the Serbs. that they must
part with something they cling to with
tenacity based upon their understands
ing of justice and right. you arrive at
different situation. That is why to-
day we are unpopular. terribly unpopu-
lar. in Italy, Serbia and Greece and will
be equally unpopular in France if the
Senate fails to ratfy the treaty OF
alliance, which was offered to France as
a substitute for her Rhine barrier and
accepted as such
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The Decree Laid
Down for France

More than this, we told the French
that they must now, at the end of a
war forced upon them by the Germans,
after the fourth invasion of German
armies within a century, resign the
permanent maintenance of the only
safe military barrier against still an
other invasion, while we opposed their
acquisition of certain coal lands, part
of which had been stolen from thcm q
century ago. a a compensation for the
wanton and deliberate destruction of
their own coal districts about Lens.
Now, we did not. for reasons which
remain bit hay, insist-although we
did suggest-that the British consent
to a change in the conditions of sea
power which, under the vague formula
of the "freedom of the seas" would
have, at least in British eyes, weakened
the one weapon essential to their ex-
istence, not alone as a great power, but
as free people.
In the Paris conference our represen-
tatives at various times opposed the
French, the British, the Japanese and
the Italian claims, while they agreed to
changes with respect Of Germany, of
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Austria and of Hungary which subse-
suppose the peoples Of these several
nations will accept permanently, since
in every case these changes placed at
least a minority and sometimes a ma
jority under hateful alien rule. In
the same way we did equal violence to
Greeks, the Southern Slavs and the
Poles.
| do not mean to suggest that in all
or any of these cases there was real
wrong intended. There were mistakes,
there were errors, such as Shantung,
the German Tyrol and the Slovenian
Hnterlands of Trieste. But, all in all,
the things we advocated were based
upon an honest desire to do substantial
justice, an earnest study of the ethnic
and economic facts and controlling
iesire to find some basis Of compromise
which would be fairest to all con-
cerned.
But it was inevitable that these vari-
Jus sacrifices demanded of the several
peoples would cause protests and en-
counter resistance; they could only be
achieved provided that the various
peoples affected were all equally con-
trolled by an overmastering and domi-
lant purpose to assist in the reorgani-
cation of thhe world on a new basis
on the abolition of war, on the sacri-
fee of nationalism to International
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find no solution, so the situation be-
came and remains a deadlock.
Then we encountered Japan in the
matter of Shantung. In this case there
was nothing to give even colorado
appearance Of a concern for national
security. China did not threaten Japan
and the possession BY China Of what
had been stolen from heeby Germany
would not add any new territory which
would give the Chinese an advantage if
they ever should plan an attack. Nor
was there any Japanese population in
Kiao-chou, as there was in Fiume and
lara
No, the case was simple. 1t was the
same old desire Of great nation to ex-
pand at the expense OF weaker; it
was the old German principle of a
place in the sun But in the face Of
the japanese claims, largely because Of
the Italian experience. we surrendered;
we turned 100000 900 of Chinese over to
Japanese masters. In doing this we
frankly conceded that, so far as the
Japanese were concerned, the new prin-
ciples had no present application.
Thus, in the case of the four great
nations with whom we had been allied
or associated, the term is nothing. We
were compelled in four specific in
stances to recognize that the original
conception, the fundamental concep-
ton, so far as the league of nations
was concerned, did not apply, and in
only one case, by Offering a military
alliance-itself in striking conflict with
the league OF nations idea-had we
avoided d complete surrender, either to
the needs of national security. in the
case of Britain and France, to the com
blned need of security and desire for
expansion in the Italian case, or TO the
undisguiscd imperialism of the Jap
anese.
But all these concessions and com
promises leading away from the league
of nations principles were but the prel-
ude to what was now to come OF a
sudden our representatives in Paris,
the Paris conference. found itself face
to face with Rumanian, Greek. Polish.
Southern Slav claims, which were
urged by peoples who made not the
slightest pretence at preferring world
peace without their lost provinces" to
war and possession
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Many Of These
Claims Are just

On the whole these claims advanced
thus defantly were just, or could be
defended with far more emblance of
justice than Italian claims or, for that
matter, British and French, which had
been allowed. The Rumanians asked
for Bessarabia, for Pennsylvania and
the Bana' whe,e their case for annexa-
ton was far better than that OF the
Italians in the Tyrol or Of France, on
the side of security, along the Rhine.
The Southern Slavs presented claims
which, under the league of nations
principles, were beyond cavil, since the
population was mainly Slav and the
economic relations were transparent.
AS for the Greeks, their claims were
ct least 1000 years old and in most in
stances had lost nothing by the lapse
of time.
Now the exact value of these
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citizens who are interested in the idea
and of representatives Of the Board Of
Estimate.
But" said General Wingate, "now is
the time when the construction of such
a memorial can best be undertaken.
Every citizen who is past middle life
has had son or some other relatives
in the War and desires that what such
have done shall be COMMUNICATED by
a suitable memorial. Similar feelings
are entertained by those who are
younger. All those, and the men who
themselves have served, will contri
butte generously. Among the public,
the feeling is strong that Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial, worthy of our
great city should be constructed On
the other hand, experience following
the Civil War reminds us that the
soldiers and sailors dwindles as time
passes, and after few years, perhaps,
dies out.
GAS those who were witnesses of this
War pass on, the interest of the sue
ceeding generation will be merely his
torical History does not make men
liberal with their money-it takes SEN
timent to unloose purse strings. l be-
leve, and | think my conviction is
shared generally by my fellow citizens.
that Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
should be more than structure which
10 simplv apreeahle to the eve. 1t
should be so designed and constructed
that it may be of permanent benefit to
the community. SO widespread is this
feeling, that more than one hundred
cities have decided that the most fit
ting testimonial to the valor and the
memory of their soldiers and sailors
would be a Memorial Hall.
"Now, l do not believe any think
ing citizen of this great city would
deny that it needs building of the
kind planned. While Denver and a
number of other cities have construct
ed at the public expense great audito-
RUINS which will permit holding ma
tional conventions. political or other
wise, and find them to be excellent
business propositions, New York has
no suitable place for such gatherings.
Associations and manufacturers who
hold exhibitions have great trouble in
finding adequate accommodation. Our
own Public Schools Athletic League
and other athletic organizations of a
public uGture also experience, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
A World Cropping
For a New Order

We may say that this idea, which we
call the league of nations principle,
vas predcated upon the assumption
that the whole world, as a result of
the terrible experiences and the in
efable agony OF more than four years
Of war, was seeking a new organiza-
ton of world relations which would
make a recurrence of this catastrophe
impossible; that the peoples, who in the
end control their governments, were
repared to make any concession to
their neighbors, to their rivals, to lis
ten to any compromise based upon JUS
tlce, which would abolish the old
causes of war.
Now, if this essential fact should
prove not to be a fact at all, then it
must be clear that the league of ma
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The Various s'Messes' in the Bal
kans Show decentralization
Has Made No Headwav
By Frank II. Simonds

tions could not be any more than a
dream. For if the French, the British,
the Italian, and, for that matter. the
German people, Were not prepared to
make very great sacrifices then the
old causes would remain, the old rival
RES continue and the noble aspiration
of world peace prove illusory.
But what concessions were neces-
sary? Here was and is the key of the
whole situation. For example, we II
the united States have an old and long
standing quarrel with Mexico and an
even more recent dispute with Colon
bia. In each case we, as a result of
an arbitrary use of power, took terri
tory to which our moral claim was
sNght, If not non-exstent Should We . $
consequence, be prepared to cede
back Southern California and New
Mexico to Mexico and Panama to Co.
lombia, provided that the French and
the British. the Italians and the jana
nese concluded that there was no othe,
way of abolishing Mexican and Colon
bian resentment? This was, in sub
stance, the thesis which we proclaimed
in Europe.
We, through the President, asked
the Germans to give up territory taken
from the French, the Poles and the
Danes, which in several instances had
been in German or Prussian hands for
years preceding the American Revolu-
ton. We asked the Hungarians to give
up lands which had been theirs for
thousand years; we told the Italians
that they could not have a city and a
shore which had been Latin, which was
decorated with some of the most splen-
did monuments of Rome, some of the
most charming instances of Vene-
tlan architecture, and in which, in GER
tain districts, like Fiume city. the
population was Italian and desired to
be Joined to the Savoy monarchy.
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Nationaism Still Dominates ALI Europes Affair
Concessions Were Made to the
"Big 4 - and the Smaller Ma
tions Have Begun to Protest

"messes' in Europe which I have been
discussing in various articles slice
came home hes in the fact that they all
reveal the same essential fact. II is
rot true. we assumed when We went
tn Paris. As the President asserted and
the American delegation steadily pro
claimed and believed that me peoples
OF the world are so DESTROYS Of arriv-
ing a. the elimination of the dangers
of new war that they will make great
or, for that matter, moderate sacrifices
70 this end
The truth is that whatever the alb
stract ideals OF peoples may he, mate
rial interests. questions Of national
security and racial integrity. have to-
day exactly the value which they have
always possessed. The proof is in the
experience of the Americans IN Paris.
who based all their operations on the
contrary notion.
And there IS a further opposite bear
ing Of these "messes" upon present
conditions. If the big nations holc to
the iedgue o. nations Qrlnctf-eS' I
enough of them agree. they can impose
these principles upon the rest OF the
world. The United States, France and
Great Britain have the men, the ships
and the money. combined. to force
Italy to give up Trieste, to invade
Rumania and compel her 70 comply
with Paris conference directions. But
troops fighting all over the world to
impose principles without Immediate
concern 20 the United States It means
using American boys. together with
French and British. to police the world
might easily be prohibitve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Town Hall Memorial to the City's Heroic Dead

ton with the great exhibition hall Of
the floor below 1t would De capable
of subdivision, so tnat part Of it could
be used as a theatre. as is done in the
convention hall at Denver.
"On the third floor, between the
great girders, would be series of
rooms and other facilities which might
be applied 70 the use Of the G. A. r.,
the American Legion, the Boy Scouts
and similar patriotic organizations.
The roof would be perfectly fat. 1t
would be inclosed and covered with
wire netting, supported by posts up
holding electric lights, and would con-
stitute chil1ren's playground, so
much needed in this section of the city.
It could also be used for horticultural
and agricultural exhibitions.
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tests, a gymnasium, rifle ranges with
40 or so targets for the use Of high
school boys, storage room for movable
seats and places where horses may be
accommodated, should the building be
used for military games or exercises.
"The second story would be 80 feet
above the street level, or on d level
with the Park Avenue Esplanade. Here
would be the convention hall or arena,
extending the length of the block in
all directions. This hall is planned to
be imilar in many ways to the Coios-
scum in Rome, with great monumental
colonnades surrounding the entire edi-
fee, the roof to be an uninterrupted
span with a great cofered ceiling, spe-
cial care being taken to secure the
best acoustic effects
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Could Seat 10000
In Convention

"Occupying the space underneath the
inclined seats on the east and west Of
TINS hall and running north and south,
40 feet wide and 200 feet long, would
be great foyers similar to those in the
basement, but more imposing in ap-
pearance. These will lead directly out
upon the esplanade, besides being
reached by the stairways from the
ground floor, so that those who arrive
by vehicles may enter from the higher
level and pedestrians by the street
level.
The great auditorium, in the form
of an anlphitheatre, should have a CEN
and 270 feet long, and would seat FIVE
thousand. When the arena floor is oc-
cupied by chairs for use by a conven-
ion or public meeting, the seating
capacity would be increased by five
thousand. thus giving the total seating
capacity on this floor Of ten thousand.
This would make it the largest con-
vention hall in the United States.
mo balconies are contemplated in
this plan. The span of the entire au-
ditorium would be 200 feet without in
corruption, and the roof would be sus-
tanned by great horizontal Orders sc
feet deep. The oval in the arena wou,c
permit Of track ten laps 10 tho mile
and would accommodate tournaments
athletic games and public exhibition.
Of all kinds, with or without connec
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A Proposed War Memorial for Ne,u York

and 200 feet long. Four batteries of
elevators, together with monumental
staircases, lead to the upper floors.
This would permit exhibitions of all
floor or in connection with the main
hall. On the basement floor would be
the largest indoor swimming pool in
the world, 80 feet wide and 100 feet
long, dressing and locker rooms for
athletes who may participate in con-
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and the construction of a great Me-
mortal Hall to cover the entire block,
which is 1877 feet wide by 400 feet long.
The structure would have three stories
and fiat roof. Sheet A gives a
general perspective view of the build
ing, plan B the basement, plan c
the exhibition hall, while plans D and
E show the arena and the great
auditorium on the level of the Park
Avenue Viaduct, explaining comuuni-
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cations, circulation, etc. and at high
level giving the plan OF the entire
auditorium Plan F shows the memo
rial and chapter rooms.
con the ground floor and on the
street level would be an exhibition
hall, 80 feet high, 200 feet wide and
800 feet long, with entrances on all
sides. East and wess of this hall
would be great entrance foyers run
ming north and south, 40 feet wide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24

NICE I returned from Paris, more
~ then two months ago, readers
and friends of mine have not in
~ frequently said to me, in sub
stance, "Whr continue 10 discuss in
YOU. article the 'messes' in the
ridile of urope rather than the
cuestions which more Immediately con-
e,ru the United States, such as the
nrecjse effect upon us of the various
rrotisions Of the league of nations"
TIE answer to this inquiry seems to
me to be gradually disclosing itself in
the various "messes" themselves. 1t
appears almost beyond question that
.he mass Of the American people must
:. last be beginning to see the essential
Inference between the European fac.
nd their own understanding of the
fact. as derived from Paris reports dur
;sg the progress of the peace confer
eoce and from the Washington COM
nents in advance of that gathering.
remember that Jane Adams said
10 me in Paris, at the moment when the
Fiume and Shantung disputes seemed
20 be bringing the whole league of ma
ions conception down like a house of
cards. that the "new ideas" had sud
denly encountered and been blocked by
recrudescence of the old nationalism
In sense, it seems to me, Miss Adams
put her finger upon the exact difficulty,
which has not decreased in Importance
in the period which has followed the
signing of the Treaty Of Versailles.
The American delegation, headed by
the President of the United States,
went to Europe to advocate an idea
which was itself based upon an inter
pretation of the world conditions. The
dea the fundamental idea. which ur-
derlay all the subsequent actions of Mr..
Wilson was itself bound to lead to inev-
table confusion, chaos, failure, pro-
yided that the Interpretation of world
conditions proved to be inexact.
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lime Now Ripe
Tor Memorial

tentative pans for a Victory Hall
aaVe been drawn for General Wingate.
Aaese plans, are only suggestive. and
serve merely to crystalline and picture
possibilities. General Wingate is en-
saaslastlc over the idea, and he be-
aeves the time is now ripe for the
erection of memorial. He recognizes.
Ao"ever. that the whole question of
"aether such a building shall be con-
sstucted. the choice of architects, and
III details must not only meet the
approval of the Mayor and his commit
out be decided and carried out by
8 executive Committee. composed Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
Italy Was Unwilling
To Accept Alliance

next interviewed went little further;
the Italians were concerned both on the
score of security and of territory. They
asked for a guarantee not against a
situation which existed, but one which
might arise. They asked protection
against the possible development of
Slav state on the east shore of the
Adriatic, including those provinces of
the old Hapsburg monarchy from
which came the main mass of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24

General George w Wingate, OF New
FORK Memorial Committee, announced
Yesterday that a movement had begun
70 have the citys war memorial take
the form of huge building. capable of
accommodating the largest gatherings,
and costing several millions. The
money would be raised by public sub
scrlption. and the Memorial to the
Soldlers and Sailors of 1918 erected
either on the site of Madison Square
harden. which is declared obsolete, or
d Forty second Street and Park Ave
nue., facing the Grand Central Termi-
nal Not less than 100000 would be
required
The site of the old Grand Union
motel, opposite the Grand Central was
suggested to the Mayor some time
ago, by Edward ?. V. Ritter. because
the city already owns portion of the
1-operty mat would be required, ana
.ne rest. it is said. can be purchased
'or S2,O00000 leaving S5,000,000, or
more If the subscription committee SO
aecides, for the building of structure
10 which patriotic organizations could
0e housed, and the largest gatherings
accommodated. Both General Wingate
&ao Mr.. Ritter have pointed out that
the city now has no building large
enough for national political conven-
"on' or an assembly brought together
" an automobile show.
subllminatlon of the old Town
na'i Is General Wingates idea-a great
Aohument to victory which at the same
''ne Will serve as civic center.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-24
The Reliance Still
Is Placed Oh Force

If the Germans, for example, were
unwilling to receive the new doctrine
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same difficulty. Yet the holding of
such conventions and meetings brings
to city thousands of people who be-
come valuable customers to all
branches of its trade
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Would Buy Part
OF Central Plot

THE plan proposed contemplates the
acquisition of the half block adjoining
the site Of the old Grand Union Hotel.
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