South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-29
JANUARY %, 1919.
EUROPEAN ANXIETY AND AMERICAN
UROI SHENISM

"BOLSHEVISM."
1t beats all how anxious the for peace of
"a people Europe as well as Of America.
They can hardly wait They want a program They wan.
this. that. the other thing they now.
They IL I what they want not even hat
Tor, but The armistce signed the ceased
fight the tendency o anticipate millen-
mum out OF a clear sky
Thus have that Europe though the peace con
ference began its session than two weeks ago. is
beginning think it should all be over;
plete program should be worked that the League
Of Nations should reality
bylaws, and a hundred years of expert
already intact II its Judgment the
world should have been remapped readjustment and
reconstruction fully accomplished and quite appar-
emily, the German indemnities paid II is terri
bic hurry that Europe is in Though her
years to the war, and then after drawing from
three thousand miles sea.
OF power essential to accomplish her purposes her peo-
pie think they should
ravages wiped out, and the world rebuilt on a greatly
improved scale as If over night
gather this idea from Mr.. Frank H. Simonds
latest eablegram to The News-Times and associated
newspapers. appearing on another page. The compli
that Europe pays Prest Wilson and to the
United States that respect is almost appalling
siby they base teir antcipations example
by the Amerca9 marines and armies in their quick
gonne forests etc. and the quick work done here at
home raising training equippng trans
porting armies did with ease
and in time quite miraculous. America.
ever despite these accomplishments does not
claim have the OF the infinite
ordained Of Heaven reconstruction Providence that
needs only say the word Pres't Wilson plainly in
dicated in his League of Nations speech before the
Saturday realization the con-
the people of the world to deal with and
that following essential leadership
ship S 10 { following
Mr.. simonds article reminds OF a story
hat is told of thousand years ago. Europe
looking for n Caesar the coming Prest Will
son. but received only American democrat. quite
the Jews anticipated a Messiah who was to be a
scion OF royalty. and impatient ne should
spring from the humble stables OF the poor Due to
their habits of centuries fawning footsteps of
kings and emperors-even in France a limited repub-
lie clinsing many the o ancient i'm
2erialsts-Eur0pesns think they follow LEADERS,
blindly. overthrow them. and a conception of a
teacher Prest Wilson coming over without all
the dogmatc assurance autOcrat though his
mission is TO further the OF democracy seems
quite beyond them.
Evidently, in their impauence and hurry they want
to be made democrats instead becoming democrats
The world should transformed a League OF Ma
tons national boundaries re-established Belgium and
France rebuilt and Russia. Poland and the Balkans
reconstructed. if by the magic Although Eu-
ropeans fought four to the kaiser
OF kaiser that they TO rehabilitate them
and inclined 10 become peeved because the man
who above all others. led them out Of the land OF
bondage into the of promise" isn't there now to
world cage OF Eljah's ravens Very properly
Mr.. simonds points the case. president
went TO Europe not Caesar. but as a conferee;
a Roosevelt with a big noise" as a Wilson
cooperate. enlghten where possible and rebuild on
foundation OF vel-discovered stone rather than upon
pile OF sand.
To that Pres't Wilson has no program is tommy
rot"-the plain invention OF the opponents OF Wilson
His program has been before the world since yea;
ago eth this month. The details have not beer
worked before the world but the has
49,. As same. and this program TO on al
Metals quite all that is left to be