South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-09


Conference. If Mr.. Wilson gains
all his fourteen points, y'under-
stand, the special Paris correspond
ent Of the Bridgetown, Pa, Daily
Register is going to write home
And he could have gained fifteen if
he would only have listened to me.
Also. Mawruss. during the next
three months, if the Peace Confer
ence lasts that long. the readers of
the Cyprus. N. J., Evening ChrOn-
icle is going TO get the idea that
President Wilson, Clemenceau.
Lord George and a Teller by the
name of Delos NJ. Jones, who is
writing Peace Conference arucles
for the Cyprus. n. j., Evening
Chronicle. are in secret conference
together every day, including Sun
days, from ten a m, to midnight,
fixing up the boundaries between
Roumania and Servia."
We'll, them boys has got to pro-
duce something to make their boss
es back in America continue pay
ing salary and travelling expenses, +"
Morris said, because from what
this here newspaper correspondent
tells me, if he didn't get his imagin-
alton working, all he could write
for his paper would be descriptions
Of Paris scenery, including the out
side OF the buildings where on the
insides, with the doors locked and
the curtains pulled. Mr.. Wilson and
the American Peace Commissioners
is openly and VIGOROUSLY carrying
on open and notorious peace con-
versations with the other allied
Peace Commissioners, and for all
the newspaper correspondents know
to the contrary. Abe, the only point
on which them Peace Commission
fellers amt breaking up the furni-
ture over is that when they come
out, understand, it is agreed that
the newspaper correspondents will
be told that everything is proceed
ing satisfactorily
But l thought Mr.. Wilson prom
ised before he left America that the
old secret diplomacy would be a
thing of the past" Abe said.
so he did" Morris agreed, and
On WHAT 1 EaLlAtA II bAAA NAAA1 AANA =
newspaper man he kept his prom
ise, too, and we now have got a
new diplomacy, compared TO which
the fellers who were working un-
der the rules of the old secret diplO-
macy bladded everything they
knew"
But 1 distinctly read it in the
papers the other day that every
morning at half past ten, Mawruss'
Mr.. Lansing meets the newspaper
correspondents and lets them know
what's been going on" Abe said.
HE meets them" Morris replied,
but so far as letting them know
what has been going on is concern
ed. all he says is that everything is
proceeding satisfactorily and is
there anv gentleman there which
would like TO ask him any questions
which naturally any newspaper cor
respondent who could ask Mr. Ian
sing such questions as would make
Mr.. Lansing give out any informa-
ton he didn't want TO give out
wouldn't be wasting his time work
ing as a newspaper correspondent,
Abe. but would be considering OF
eers from the law firm OF Hughes
Brandeis. Stanchfeld, Hughes *
Stanchfield to come is as a full part
ner and take exclusive charge Of the
oross-examination of busted railroad
presidents"
Maybe the reason why Mr.. Ian
sing don't tell them newspap er cor
respondents nothing is that he Amt
got nothing to tell them" Abe sug-
gested.
well then If I would be him,
Abe. I would make up something
Morris said. because II he dcnt
they will, or anyhow some OF them
win. and there IS going 10 be lot
OF stuff printed in American papers
where the correspondent says he
learns from high authority that
things amt going so good IN the
Peace Conference as Mr.. Wilson
would like. because Mr.. Wilson Is
the doctor in the case. and you
know how il IS when somebody n
too sick 20 be seen and the doctor
is worried, Abe. he sends down