El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-20

: union. not by balance of power" but
[ by community Of power"
[ On Verge OF Anarchy.
Z Wilson failed, in Paris. to secure
e thls aim As a result Of the war. the
2 Dalance or power has been DESTROYED
S but there is no Community of now
e er' and most Of the world is on the
verge OF anarchy When the urasf-
dent now urges the senate to ratify
the league he brought back. he is
looking not TO the present but to the
future.
The league may, if it gets start
ed develop into a world organiEa-
tlon TO keep the peace. A. af
present constituted it is merely
an alliance Of America, Britain,
France. Italy and Japan TO frnnoSe
their VIII in the interests of peace
ana order and in their own inter
This alliance. league or no league
mas IN effect existed in Paris during
and since The peace conference But
lhers have been and are riffs in the
tule- japan is the dominant power
IN halL or the world, indeed the only
strong native government in the east
between California and the frontier
% EFancei and the sincere adhesion
OF Japan to the pact is more than
oounlIuL Her ambitions in Asia, her
anxiety TO find an outlet for her
| crowded population, together with the
! opportunity presented by the down
Iall OF Russia, and her failure to Sc
! cure racial equality in Paris, combine
70 make her annoyed with the be-
I naVlor OF the western white nations
I One nation from five leaves four.
I out OF the four great powers. which
] fought the war together in Europe
I Two show separatist tendencies one
/ OF these is the United States Our
refusal 70 keep a large army in Eu-
! rope, when doubts that the veteran
: troops OF Europe would consent 10
remain longer. in arms were pressed
upon wilson, alarmed our allies.
Lnough they politely said nothing
Z We are hesitating TO ratify the league
I agreement, because We do not want
20 be called upon to interfere in every
little European quarrel But If we
reIuse 10 make ourselves responsible
1or the peace Of Europe, we cease
70 be an effective member of the
league as at first conceived.
Italy Favors New Alliance.
II We are counted out, one from
-FOUR leaves three. Italy's growing
separation from her allies is more
marked and more certain than ours.
Robbed and tricled at Paris, as most
Italians think they We're, many Of
them favor a new alliance with Ger
many and German Austria against the
French and the new "Danubian con-
1eoe7auon' OF 1ugo-Slavs and Ruma-
mans
---e A-L N- A--a 81 man party OF NnlO-
l4tt4 IS gaming ground daily. There
are indications Of this in all sections
OF the press, and in the organs OF the
late olctators Orlando and SOnnino a
leaning towards the central powers
is manifest The former German
ophu press has thrown off its masz
entirely; the Resto del Carlino re-
Gently remarked. The economic uues- {
ton IS today genuine International +
political question, and Germany, AUS Z
ira and Hungary shew that they
Understand II and can solve il better 0
than France. England or America"
NeAl Gay the same paper continued: /
As france. England and America are .
equlpplng armies TO carry out their
resigns Of world domination. and ash
lhese also menace Us. let US defend /
ourselves II VIII not be difficult
we snail perhaps not even need 10 >
move a cannon or machine gun. II ]
viii suffice to tell the peoples Of Eu-
rope, Asia and Africa distinctly that /
llaly oneys the urlumN crate no longer.
and VIII under no circumstances obey I
the tyrants Of congress The conse- 4
quences Of such a step on the part Of 4
our government, If il had the courage
10 take il. would be enormous. The I
Austrlans, Maygars, BUlgars, and I
Turks, even the Egyptians. would /
1ignI IN greater surety If Italy was
with them IN spirit and If they knew /
Jhal the Italian army would under I
no circumstances aid the triumverte.
Beaten at the congress Of Paris. we
can be the supreme arbiters of Euro
pean politics. II only we have the
courage 70 use our strength"
Italy Counted Out.
These words, OF course, do not rep
resent Italian government sentiment.
But italy has Withdrawn her soldiers
from all interallied activities. stopped
shipments Of munitions from going
through Adriaric ports to allied
troops IN the east, and IL seems safe
10 count Italy out as an effective
member OF the Paris council. willing
TO back Up her words with deeds
One from three leaves two. BY
elimination, we have reduced the Z
Paris allies TO two powers, England I.
and france, whose rulers are willing
20 use force anywhere on the conti-
nent 10 carry out the conference de
clees Ihey are willing, but can
theyf Italy and Japan are doubtful:
america remains a great factor, in :
some ways the greatest. because she /
controls more economic strength than
anyone else But the last resort ev-
erythinE in such conditions as main
tain in the east depends on soldiers.
the willingness and ability to use
them
And from what I hear it is extreme
ly doubtful whether labor in either
England or France viii permit the
use Of Tommies or Poiolus in trying
70 settle boundaries as Paris wants
them settled. Labor is in such a posi-
llon IN both countries that Ciemen-
ceau and Lloyd George dare not defy
IT, II Germany tried to kick over
the traces, al least at present, the
old war feeling would revive and
prompt action could be taken by will
ing troops; but the men who fought
the war do not want to hght again
10 enforce decisions in the near east
upon populations they knew nothing
Of and care nothing about And II
90 not think they will so fight. with
labor at home backing them up as il
is.
Weakness Stands Revealed.
If my Interpretation Of the fae.-
be accepted, the weakness of the i'm
posing congress Of powers in Paris
now stands revealed. Hitherto al
least countrys strength in the
world has rested in the last analysis
upon her armed force The big five |
are defensively strong, because they
nave the power II attacked 10 defend /
themselves; indeed Britain and Amer
ca are so strong they can scarcely be
attacked But the big five is often !
slFely weak, 1t cannot enforce its
decisions by arms, because of dissen-
sion between the five dominant coun-
-rles and because the plain people in |
most Of them VIII not countenance
The use Of troops for interfering in i
other lands no matter how lofty the l
motives Of Intervention. The soldiers |
low mobiliZed know the peoples viii |
De berind them, If they do not want /
o fight