The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-29
ONLY ONE CHANCE
IN -FOUR Of REAL
PEACE IN EUROPE
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dition has been for centuries an invi-
tation to revolution. Attempting TO
scare western Europe by adopting the
disguise OF Bolshevism, Hungary has IN
fact taken a deadly risk, and tomorrow
no one would be surprised TO learn that
the gospel Of Lenine had succeeded to
the trick Of Karoyli.
In the second place, there Is no n
In Paris today who believes seriously
that the Germans will sign the treaty
Of peace, II this treaty Of peace viii
deprive Germany Of Alsace- Lorraine,
east Prussia, Posen, a part Of Silesla
and Of Schleswig. II viii take 5000, 600
people who were before the war Ger
man subjects. It will take all shipping,
all colonies, and impose a debt Of up
ward OF $40, 900, 900, 900.
In this situation, nothing seems more
certain than that Germany will adopt
the policy Of Trotzky and Lenine at
Brest- Litovsk, and at time refuse
both to sign and to fight. And II Ger
many does this. what will be the re-
sult2
Many people think we could starve
Germany, but l asked Mr.. Hoover that
question recently and he expressed the
opinion that food could not be o weapon
TO coerce Germany, We may invade
Germany, but that means making 90
new campaign, They may be unable
to indemnify BY refusing to sign they
may hope to prolong the situation to
their own advantage. BY signing, they
must accept, II not a death sentence.
a sentence of economic peril-a just
sentence II ever there was one, but
no less insupportable because 1t Is Just.
Passing now to the third possibility,
will be seen that some time within
the next three months there is very
great possibility that the governments
OF France and England will have to
tell their people, that instead Of peace
with pension, with payment by thu
Germans Of war debts and n bill for
destruction, which has been promised,
there ID a new war against Bolshevism
IN one quarter, and perhaps In addi-
ton something like war against Ger
many IN, another sort as a result of
the German refusal to sign. The peo-
pie who bore the burden, the masses
OF plain people, will be asked to make
new sacrifices in life and in suffering.
win they do III l do not believe 1t.
Remember that for months and
months the people of the world have
been told that they, were molding the
future as n kneads the dough, were
approaching the termination Of their
beneficent labors and that Utopia was
at most not more thar two or three
blocks away. Remember how much
these millions Of people have suffered
and how little illusion and confidence
was left TO them after all at the end
OF four and a half years Of agony.
Grave Possibility.
Think then what may be the emotion
q these people on the first OF May or
longer be concealed and the peace con-
gress at last Is licensed by the govern
ments to announce that one or two
wars are about to commence.
NOW. last Of al. what about the
Paris conference? within nav" a week the
conference Of ten has been reduced to
q conference of four, Just as the con-
ference OF one hundred was reduced to
q conferetce Of ten. theoretically, this
would lead to the facilltation Of bust
ness, but actually, whether you divide
nothing by one thousand, by ten or by
four the result Is nothing, and In all
cases there has been no policy and
there Is no policy. There Is no com
mon objective, no one dominating In
fluence, nothing but four men repre-
sentine four countries with totally diff
ferent visions and necessities, trying to
accommodate living facts In this sad
world Of ours, alike to abstract prin-
elples OF the league Of nations, n to
the hopelessly concrete promises Of the
prime ministers OF England, France and
Italy.
Nothing has happened since the coun-
Gil OF four succeeded the council OF ter
which suggests the smallest promise. ]
am told that Germany has within the
ton to Paris. "As to the invitation
you are going to send us to come down
there, let us know whether you pur.
pose, to ask us to sign peace or discuss
one Which by Interpretation would
seem to be that the Germans may not
even come to Paris unless they are per.
mitted 70 have assurance that theil
views will be heard and permitted tc
change the conclusion arrived at here
The man whose Judgment Of the sub
ject and whose information Is best II
all Europe, told me last night that no
unit. the end OF the next three months
could we know whether Europe woulC
survive the world wal or go down II
q general smash.
In tho last few days I have had op.
portnnlty to talk with many people
coming. out Of Germany, Austria ant
even Hungary. Their testimony doe'
not vary, They agree that German!
Will not sign any treaty of peace sucl
az Paris plans to impose. In the sam
time 4 have talked with many men clos
w AilV llilltI NlhGitS VI Atlt 4 dIlS CQIlti
ence and | have found no one who be
lteNed that the Paris conference undo
existing circumstances could ever reacl
q decision about the treaty Of peace
Last of all, no one attempted to dis
guise the fact that the utter paralysi
of will and utter absence OF common
policy In Paris Is permitting Bolshevisn
to gain provinces every week.
Results Of Delay.
We invited the Bolshevlsts to go [
Prtnkipo two months, ago; now the
have come to RuNapest, We are abou
to eVaouate Odessa, We are told tina
Rumania Is on the point Of collapse an
Poland most wilfully doomed. Bot
could have been saved four months age
It seems to me without sparing PAM
existing In Paris the American peopl
ought to understand that there Ia no,
at least q possibility hat within tn
next three months Bolshevism will over
run all Europe, say perhaps that PAL
patrolled by our own soldiers, that Ger
many Is almost certainly manipulatin
this Bolshevist thrush In the hope this
when Il has exhausted the powers of re
sistance other enemies she will be alb
to resume her attack, having escaped tn
consequence of her military defeat; tbs
despair In the allied nations over I'll
failure of the peace conference to mai
peace and thus give at least n measul
women for the supreme agony Of tn
war, may lead these people In the pres
ence Of a new war TO an act Of create
folly.
In sum, II seems to me that the tin
l has come whAn IL should ba %rNcopniYt