El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14

returned to his home in Ell Paso. He
is a brother Of S. X. Wolf and E. Cert
Of FL Paso. He viii take up his for
mer work as buyer for H. Lesinszy
company.
ton to the effect that the president
I was on his way to literally fight"
I for the Il points. by statements from
I the same source that the freedom Of
I the seas was a cardinal point in his
I policies. and by what were REGARDED
I in London as the wantOnly provOca-
! tive speeches Of Daniels. France. too
J feared that the exaggerated idealism
I attributed by pacifists and Socialists
] to Wilson meant that the president
would seek TO deprive her Of security.
while Italy correctly interpreted the
conflict between the II points and her
aims in the Adriatic.
Allies Combined.
Accordingly the phrase, continental
alliance was not far wide Of the
mark I made strenuous attempts at
the time and afterwards without
much success TO find out what had
I happened in the conference room, but
I believe that in effect France and
Italy agreed TO support Britain
. against any American demands that
would weaken British sea power. and
in return Britain promised France her
voice towards the French aspirations
in Alsace-LOrraine and the Rhine
lands. and reaffirmed to Italy the
pledges made in the London treaty.
So in the middle Of December the
diplomatic situation looked dark for
Wilson and America. Alarmed By
what they thought to be our vague,
impractical and utopian plans, the
European allies had felt compelled
TO take counsel together as to how
to Withstand this mysterious school
F Ha- ~ Of the
west amid a storm Of criticism from
his own people
An III-Timed Arrival
It was on Boxing day, the tradi-
tional British holiday o. the morrow
Of Christmas that the president came
to London. Those who knew the feel
ing existing in England were on tip
toe with anxiety and apprehension.
especially as the president made a bad
start Misled by those around him
who should have known better, he
upset the entire social life OF the capi-
tai among high and low alike by ar
irving on 4 holiday when every Eng
lishman who can goes out OF town
Most unfortunate, visit, SIR said an
aged valet in my apartment house
The king has TO remain, sir He had
planned to 90 to Sandringham TO shoot
his pheasants, sir" And the feeling
that a state welcome must be extended
to the American president upset the
holiday plans not only Of the royal
family but Of a million others
The president came, received his
historic welcome from the crowds,
and disappeared from public view
within the gates Of buckingham pal
ace It was the next morning, De-
cember q, that he met LLOYD George
and the other members OF the war
cabinet At the end OF that historic
day Arthur Balfour was able with
quiet chuckle TO insinuate an 4 told
YOU so" to his colleagues. for II had
been BalfOur all along who from his
knowledge Of the presidents mind
gained during his American trip in
British sentiments attributed in Lon
don to Wilson
Two days later. in his Downing
street residence Lloyd George as
Eured a group Of American CORE
Epondeufs who had been brought
over from Paris, GAmerica and
Britain are at one upon every
point. That statement was true,
and meant vastly more than most
Of his hearers then supposed. II
meant that the president had
reached m understanding within
IS hours with the statesmen Of
Britain that completely cleared
away MISUNDERSTANDING and
fears that had led England TO seek
counsel with France and Italy "A
few days before. The continental
alliance" insofar as any policy
against Wilson was concerned.
had died on December -. Amer
lea and Britain, from the first day
Of the peace conference. were to
be found shoulder to shoulder on
every disputed issue OF supreme
importance.
Many versions circulated in in ]
formed London quarters OF what VIII /
son had said, what Lloyd George had Z
replied. during their historic talk on
December p that changed the course Z
Of history None Of them are suffl- /
GENTLY plausible to be worth repeat
was that Wilson gave up, dropped I
completely, his theory OF the free /
dom OF the seas" as that doctrine was
interpreted by some Of his support !
ers on this side. Whether he offered !
Lloyd George a frank surrender on
this issue in return for support on 4
everything else, whether he explained /
that the freedom Of the seas never /
mant what Britons thought IL meant. I
I do not know.
Long afterwards. in Paris. I was /
told by well informed Englishman 4
that the presidents inc in London I
in December had been to pass the /
whole sea question up TO the league ,
Of nations. His demand in the Il ]
points, the president is represented 1
aS udhAAB put forward Tor freedom i
Of the seas in peace as in war" would /
not be pressed by America at the con- /
ference, because it was a matter not 4
for one power to bring forward but i
for the whole world. a s constituted in 4
the league TO debate and clear Up at 4
leasure.
England Plays Fair.
Wilson's surrender. or change Of
mind, in London on the sea issue,
was regarded by the British as a 4
great victory. It implies, they be-
lieves the virtual abandonment Of the
whole historic American position re-
garding the rights Of neutral com
merce in war time and the limitations
OF blockade And Britain has paid ]
in full for the concession, backing up
wilson to the limit Of her powers in
every other issue that has come for
ward IN Paris. pulling even one Of
her own dominions in line with Amer
lean policy on the question Of man
dates for the German islands in the
Pacific.
French annoyance with British be-
haviour at the conference, French and !
Italian complaints that "perfidiOus
Albion" has backed her Angl0-Saxon
ally as against the latin races, are
based in part upon the breakdown Of
the understanding reaching at the
London conference before Wilson ar
rived That understanding, Britain
contends, was contingent upon VIII
son pressing a sea policy that the
president dromnad at ouca -Couw- ]