El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10

D CLASS u -aAua ne llA make MS nome
in FL Paso after receiving MS dis
charge from the army.
have eoIInpsedf throughout all
this region England has only to
take what she viii. 1IesOpOtamla,
the HedjaE kingdom under Brit
11h protecticns end forever Ger
man projects Of attacking Eng
land overland - Internal col
lapse has removed Russia as an
enemy.
So at the same time that her naval
] and commercial riTas in the west has
! been destroyed. Britain finds her
: eastern empire for the first time since
] It's conquest is entirely secure. IN
/ Africa too, German colonial enter
I prise alarmed Downing street Ger
I many has been hoofed out OF the dark
/ continent British Africa has been
/ consolidated, rendered fmpregnable.
British DREAMS Realized.
! LOOKING about the world, how does
Z the position seem to a British foreign
] secretary reared in traditions OF the
{ old school who does not believe with
7 our president that the hearts Of men
are verv different from what they
were i've years ago2
BE sees from his window IN the for
eign Office tower in the horseguards
every economic and territorial ain.
poL- POSITIVE and negative, that his
predecessor have worked for dur
ing the past two centuries, attained
He sees no possible enemy on the hori-
ION who may take away what has
been won curing the great war.
France. TIE one great power on the
continent, has in the British view bit
ten OF at least as much as she can
chew already From n=r there ran ha
no menace Overseas there are Amer
lea and japan Not only ties Of friend
ship but mutual interest bind both
these Nr1eTH N.nT~nnHrE
secretary rejects japan is a great
country VITA vast posi- Utilities, but it
Is her weakness that she Is an island
power, ard so she must keep on coed
terms with the ruler OF the sea. Her
oNn weakness u mineral wealth
makes lt impossible, moreover. that
she should ever seek 10 outbuild Brit
As for America. there indeed IS a
Potential rival that must be constant
ly consulted and CORRELATED and kept
10 coed hrncl, but AFTER all she is
cgnfeute1. with 10 air1s that cross
Britain's paths. could not attack Brit
ain IL she wanted TO except CONNER
clally. and has worked hand in glove
with British statesmen to- bring about
the settlement that leaves ENGLAND
IN such an enViable position
France Mistress OF Continent.
50 much for britain. The position
q france Is even more remarkable
ANAaA HNAAAAaa ~ AAaE ELIEL IN
qls-rlea IN the urth cruelty crippled
By the invader. her financial position
unstable 70 say the least. she never
theless finds herself mistress Of the
continent as she has never been save
Tor Few yedrs under Napoleon The
parallel with tie Rreat. days OF the
empire Is curiously exact IN many
ways during tne reign OF Napoleon, 7
Nnlle MS minister's were giving or
u@r1 throughout all the courts OF Eu-
rope France was herself in great
distress. her currency terribly depre-
clated, her industries half-Drostrate
as result cf the terrible Struggles Z
or tne reTulu1 iCnlrV wars
lrnner In 1914 was on the verge
oI becoming a secOnd-class power.
She had long realized that she
could not s1tud up alone AGAINST
ticrlnany. Hence her somewhat
unnatural niliazre with the Rus
stan car. " no WIS similarly an
prehensire OF being left alone 10
meet a German onslaught. A few
more years. and PERKINS, the in
erelAe IN tferinam population. In
drstrg and armed strength would
nave n'uoe war betWcea France
and Germany Impossible. But
Germany struck too soon.
france has suffered during her he /
roic stand more than in 1914 It would 7
pave been Thought nation could en- 4
cure and live. But today French gum
boats move on the Danube. French .
nllll-als missions give orders in Wen 3
"a AM enchareSt and Sofia. IN Ber- I
I'D ana warsaw and kOeingsbern for 4
all the world like proconsu1s OF Ma
poleon- here IS no one on the conti- I
nea- % elsrute the fiat OF Paris. so T
long as LallS does not tread on the 4
eQrns Of England or the United States
me p. Kan "a zion OF Europe. the de-
s ruclion OF ttussia and Germany and |
austria ami the rise In their places
OF many small states. makes France
mistress over the lands where car
and k.iiser and kafser-king recently
held sway.
Italy Only Disuutant.
italy alone remains OF the great
powers Of 1914 that disputed the pri-
macy OF the continent with France
ana Italy was then the weakest Of the
-arger countries, and today. although
relatively stronger than she was.
finds hands fairly full ia dealing with
the Jugo-slavs and with Mediterran-
can problems. Tt is certain that Italy.
without the help OF allies not now In
sisnt viii never challenge the viii OF
Paris
have given a survey Of the Euro
fean position, pointing out the new
Norlu supremacy OF Britain and
France But il VIII be objected.
nothing has been said about the
league OF nations. Ny language has
e. world, 70 which Clemenceau de-
clared his devotion last December. To
be sure, Clemenceau has since re-
pented
But, after all, what Is the
League OF Nntionss As at pres
ent formed, il Is organized and
run by Britain. France, America.
and Italy and Japan The two
latter powers, II Is now obvious,
viii have much less 70 say about
the E0vernorshlp OF the world
under the league than the three
former. The three main forces in
the league are, then. exactly the
two new mistresses Of the world
have been discussing England
and Franceg Plus the United
States. 4
This raises the question foreshad-l
owed at the beginning OF this story
The senate is 10 be asked TO ratify
q peace in which we pledge ourselves