Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-16
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70 influences WORKING against him at
nome 10 discrcdit his position here
than 10 The foreign Influences which
are operating against him.
tNAMEIItAN PROr.,.ANDA
tROlSES KEEN INTEREST
Sine" The president came TO l.uropc
,ncf" mas been "a regular propaganda
mere m Paris I" create the impression
mat the President In urging mis- plan
for lesgu. OF nations has not been
teprcsentinC tho present sentiment or
America Not only has senator Lodges
speech been given wide publicity. but
cvcrE day a LEADING Paris paper ha,
~ nav n5',G,er IRON an in,eIna,ional-
ton. nc trend of, which has been ina,
the Senate Of the United states could
treaty based upon the Wilson ideas
iherc are two Views taken of this
Paris has been flooded one is ,bat
~ ~ move, Of R"publican politics
~ the President should achieve no
great succc's here. tn" idea Of those
who oppose his plan ia that his fail
Mi uri , wonIo lnur" to the bcnehi OF his
nto.l'lcai opponents At home in the com
Ing presidcrt!al election.
The other view is that the propa-
Eanda IN favor Of a peace Of the gov
crnhicnts as opposed to 4 peace Of tho
Peoples viii be tn. desirable con-
s estn ,o, m, for sI1;s, business inter
u. l.H
ropcah countries also.
On this later interesting view shall
write again at length.
WEAkENs AMERICAN INFLUENCE
DECLARES NEWS WRITER
What ' wish 20 emphasize is merely
that whatever the origin Of the propa-
fanda against the President it UNI
Huest'onah!y has had the er"c, OF
Weahrn!nE tho American influence in
Paris. And the American people, who
sent Their boys over here Ia nEh;. and
that such Is the undeniable fact. What
tiSiy WI think abou, the situation
s Mmrsh 20 mas oeen crGat"d do not pre-.
thc.y should know the truth.
"A United states peace delegation
which Was known TO have a unani-
nous american sentiment, behind i,
, prixtciica,ly son!d have dictated me
DELEGATION which ,h TG'e IS reason 'I 10
, suspect may not represent either the
tsniiment or 9TH, The power. Of America is
Tho realization OF the limitations
upon his initiative may have made
NancinE his program than he other
wise would have becn
HIGH CoMMISSI0N CAUTIOUS;
ONE INSTANCE CITED
Let mo give an instance OF the high
commissions caution which ,hin.,
VIII make clear the conditions which
prcva He'd just previous 10 the opening
OF the conference.
Every day the accredited newspaper
men had been accorded an audience
With the high commission in the Hotel
trillon. Usually at these conferences
Secretary Lansing acted as spokesman
aud Mr.. White and General Bliss. we're
able TO attend.
From the beginning of those audi
cnces ur 10 the 'irst par; Of the week
during which tho peace conference was
opened. the audiences had been un-
productive Of any real information II
tho high commission had any infor.
~ noe q ~ ,,,,-
I, had been made a rule that no
TO be quoted and that Information
given could he credited 20 the high
commission ,onnI, only When express au-
few days before the. opening OF
me nea; g, GO, GonsS5re!nGe Mr., Lansing,
rapcrmen. who had about given up
hope OF obtaining any enlightenment
as /? the actual negotiations. made
frank and very interesting statement
That was the day he declared that
the tinted States had no intention OF
rutung it's army and navy under any
conrc! o:her than that Of the United
States government. and had not dc
c!jed 10 send any more troops TO Rus
y magazine writer accredited to the
conference: but who had not been pres
cnt, was told by one OF the news
paperlnen who had attended what MIR
Lansing had said. He in turn told
representative Of Humanite, the So
cialist paper and an anti government
organ.
UNAUTHORIZED QUOTATION
Frequently PUBLISHED
The next day Mr. Lansings state
mcnt appeared In Eumanitc in quo
played.
There was an uproar in the Hotel
Crilon. The correspondents were as
sembied by the high commission and
sings statement in Humanite had en-
barrassed the comm isson with the
that unless the offender was discov.
cred ana means taken to safeguard
the high commission from any such
cmbar ssment in the future the au-
diencos OF the high commission with
the newspapermen must cease.
II seemed an amazing suggestion
that the whole American public would
be deprived OF enlightenment on what
ter of making a world peace because
Of violation of confidence by one
man and the publication in a French
paper of matters embarrassing to the |
was the situation which the CORE |
spondcnts had TO meet. Fortunately |
the magazine, writer who had offended |
edged that he had communicated the |
information to the French paper. lie |
had done so, he said. without rcaliz- |
i. ing that the high commission would
any cause to take offense.
CONFIDENCE IS RESTORED
WHEN MISSION IS KNOWN
His explanation went to the high
commission, which accepted IL and
thanked the correspondent for their
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