New-York tribune., 1919-01-11

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quoted as having made the statement
that organized labor in America was
sending a representative to Europe to
watch tho council at Versailles, where
millions OF people will be discussed and
settled"
World Labor Has
Right To Be Heard
| have thought, from the moment
that the list was promulgated, that
President Wilson had made capital
mistake in not including Mr.. Gcmpers
among the delegates to the peace CON
ference. Mr.. Gcmpers quite truly says
that the laborers of the world arc
asserting the right to be heard and to
be consulted concerning laws and
treaties that affect vitality their daily
lives.
Wage workers should have had rep
resentaton at the peace conference.
But, then, the American delegation is
representative of nothing but Mr., Will
sons will. and Mr.. Wilson is relying
wholly upon subsequent ratification by
the American people TO justify his eX-
clusion from the councils of any ele-
ment which might question the fnality
of his wisdom.
He also relies upon the influence Of
his rhetorical ethics upon the minds
of the masses of Europe to compel
acquiescence in his projects by the
leaders of the Allied powers. Events
alone will determine the wisdom of his
scheme.
A priori, it would seem doomed to
failure The world is too extensive,
too complex, and at the moment too
demoralized to admit of settlement
upon preconceived academic lines.
One thing, however, is clear; that is,
that the conditions under which live
great masses of people in all countries
who must labor with their hands and
earn their bread by the sweat of their
brows must receive the most intelli
gent and sympathetic consideration on
the part Of those who guide the des-
TIMES of the great nations.
Voice of Common
Man On All Sides
From the rank anarchy of Russia's
Bolshevism to the almost unprece-
dented protests of the British soldiery
against conditions of emobilization,
the voice of the common man" is
heard in every country demanding JUS
tice and better treatment for himself
and his class at the hands of those
whose superior education and greater
advantages have put them in control of
the machinery of government.
Technically, perhaps, the problems
they present do not fall within the
primary purpose Of the peace confer
ence, which is to settle the terms that
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey
and Bulgaria must accept as the con-
ditions under which they will cease to
be the enemies of the civilized world
But every day more uncertain and un-
settled conditions develop in these
countries. 1t would be impossible at
this moment to discover a responsible
government whose signature could be
accepted as guarantee of the future
conduct of Germany. Austria is already
divided, and who can speak for Turkey :?
The initial consideration before the
peace conference is whether there can
be any stipulated peace at all with the
; Teutonic powers, or if the Allied gov
ernments are not charged with the task
of preserving social order in the
regions of Europe which formerly the
enemy governments controlled.
New States Built
BY New Forces
Wholly new social forces evolve a
new civic order and new industrial
states which may promise peace and
prosperity to peoples whose depend
ence upon military autocracy in the
past led them to their present con-
demnation and ruin.
If this is so we in America must
! adjust ourselves to the duty of main
tanning considerable army in Europe
for some time to come. 1t will not be
popular. It will be acquiesced in only
by recognition of the fact that having
put our hand to the plough we cannot
turn back. 1t will be made more toler-
able to our people if it shall be accom-
panied by the accomplishment Of some
economic arrangement which will
benefit the working classes of all coun-
tries and draw together in harmonious
relationship the employer and en-
/ ployed of all countries through a com
mon effort at mutual benefit
I But 1t is a pity that the delegation
! from the great American Republic to
the council at Versailles is not repre-.
sentative of anything but "a single per-
/ sopal will.
NaUaL Blockade May
BE Raised to Permit
E<H-<F ~ Dx.I d.