Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-12-26
GREYS SECRET MISSION is
EAfi LIRE


d ago with q mysterious mandate from
T. his government. We obtained hint
3 of its purport in the early dispatches
b concerning his selection as ambassador
Q We were told tha4 the new relations
= between Great Britain and the United
3 states made II necessary TO send to
Z ua as an envoy, the statesman who
e had been at the head OF the foreign
, office when the entente oordialc was
, agreed upon and who. IN fact, had
: shaped all OF the British governments
] foreign policy into the form it had at
the outbreak OF the war.
Sir Edward Grey.if we may venture
a guess, was really the British repre-
sentative to handle all the negotiations
between London and Washington with
reference to the military and financial
alliance Of the United States and
Great Britain, an alliance which would
come into being az soon MS the treaty
81 peace should be ratified without
rose rvations. when 1t became appar- |
ent. II we may be permitted to CON
tnue the conjecture that the
heart OF the covenant =" was
TO be cut ont and that the Of
fcnsive and defensive alliance would
not DC established. Sir Edward Grey
saw that his occupation was gone.
/ He had hoped to crown his life's work
/ Dy porfecting an Anglo Saxon alIi-
ince and doing what he could to re-
pair the biunders Of George III that
lost the American colonies to the
British crown.
II was a grandoise conception that
might well have fired the brain and Z
heart Of even colder English
gentleman than Sir Edward. II
looked to the control of the earth I
by Great Britain and the United .
states. by article \ of the covenant
each was to guarantee the territories
and political independence Of the .
others We were to guarantee india.
Egypt. Ireland. Canada ana Australia Z
TO the British crown and the British 4
empire was to guarantee us
against the unknown. More than that '
we were to guarantee the ultimate :
solvency of the British empire and .
were To furnish all the funds ne :
cessary to refinance Europe and =
make II possible for Great Britain to .
collect hor debts With the LEAGUE
OF Nations functioning as war =
power. holding subsection nations in -.
awe and establishing and standardiz-
ing dcspotlsm throughout the earth =
CIR Ia Britain and the United States. .
led by those two English gentlemen
Woodrow Wilson and Edward Grey. =
were TO usher in an era of imperalisti, .
peace like the Pax Romano" in (
The age of Augustus. II was nothing :.
more or less than an attempt TO =
'ealize the dream OF empire which 4
had ured the kaiser to his fall In z
'tead of the Teuton theAnglo- Saxon y
vas to rule the world by might 4
Great Britain was to supply the i'm Z
and we were to supply the
packing And the world was to obey -
Israel Zangwill takes the view that 10
he President was deceived. 'T.ured -,
N by his dream (zangwill is abiding S,.
o what he calls "the League of Dam 40
'ations'D and fooled to the top of his n,
'ent Wilson sold the peace in ex- -,
hange for the League of Nations And r.
he League OF Nations that was ~,
aimed OFF on him is merely de- ~
Ice for guaranteeing the injustices o.
I the peace treaty and eternalizing ~,
hem. Both as bargainer and an in
postle the President suffered de- m
eat" 80
whether the President was de- an
eived or not he entered into a coy 49,
nant which allied the strongest mill
Try power in the world the r.,
x-,
nj power in the world to enforce w.,
peace. We are not thinking -
the punitive terms imposed upon ~,
ne Teuton indicators. but of Shan w..
inE. Ireland. India. Persia and the
nbJect peoples OF Asia Minor. Africa ca;
nd the isles of the seas. The world No.
'ns TO be organized into a great COM ,,.o
iercial company and all peoples were ,.,,
, pay the ruling powers. In return ~,
hey were TO receive the boon of ~
eace and good order enforced by az,
ne armies anc navies of Great Britain ~,
nd the United States. Versailles de- ~,
ded that the world needed a AZ,
lraight- jacket more than liberty and 49,,
Ne American people were asked to H.,
'rsake their ancient standards and
uarantee 10 keep the world in -
traight- Jacket
II PRECEDENT Wilson was deceived al
arts. he has not vet been disilus
med. He still demands the ratih-
alton of the peace treaty without -
rvations. He refuses to compro-
Use for compromise would mean the r
'strnction of the grand scheme for
le regulation 90 the world. His iCea
peaceful world Is world held
subsection by military and naval
light and boycott blockadcs
Paragraph OF Article xxi OF the
venant reads: =
Other peoples. especially those Of
entral Africa. arc at such a stage att
at the mandatory must be RESPONSE ar,
e Tor the administration of the ter
tory under conditions which viii :"
tarantee freedom OF conscience Flo
religion subject only To the mainte- nov
nance OF public order or morals. STA
q prohibition of abuses. such as the -.
ave trade. the Arms Trafric. and the '''''
'evention OF the Establishment OF con
publications. or Military or Naval bar
asses and OF military training Of az
~ natives for othor than police pur