El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-10

BY contrast, the whole history Of
the war indicated that the eastern
frontier Of France was the frontier
Of England. and that III German armies
ever reached the channel. London
would be a closed port and Big Bertha
shells would reach the city. France,
therefore, became an essential part
Of British policies 1t was as i'm
portant for Great Britain as for
France that the eastern military from
tier should be pushed back TO the
Rhine and that France and Belgium
should be guaranteed against a new
German push which would be directed
ultimately against Britain, not France.
But here British craftsmanship at
Paris faltered, and was only recalled
by instructive, farsighted national re-
action AT home.
British-Americnn Combine.
The result Of this reaction was 20
restore, in part. AnElO-French soli-
dariry, but only in part, for the French
feel themselves TO have been in a
large degree abandoned by thelr
Angl0-SaXon comrades in the world
war. They resented profoundly the
fact that, while England obtained al
vast colony like German East Africa
on terms which meant absolute pos
session OF 100000 square miles. while
American has emerged from this war
with slight human sacrifices, richer.
than any country has ever been,
Britain and the United States have
combined so to limit French occupa-
ton Of 500 square miles OF coal lands
that possession becomes a peril, with
only predetermined profit
The course Of Anglo-SaLon policy at
Paris, Its lack OF concern for prob
lens which were matters Of life and
death for the French its total I'M
willingness 10 face the gigantic diff
herent policy with regard TO Italy
these things have produced very clear
continental reaction There is not in
France OF Italy, in the west or iu|
Poland. CZecho-Slovakia, Hungary,
Rumania. JuEO-Slavia, or Bulgaria, in
fact the smallest faith in she league
of nations OF the slightest regard for
It as a moral force
Its decisions and its provisions viii
not bind the JugO-Slavs, since the
treaty which contains them deprives
the JuE0-SlaTs Of nearly 10000 peo-
pie Of their own race 1t viii not
bind the Poles, deprived Of all but an
Ilusory outlet on the sea II has for
the east OF Europe no greater appeal
than the document which emerged
from Berlin, because Il pays no
greater tribute TO their Just aspira-
tons. although in its language 10 as
serts principles which IL applied
would have corrected the evils the
treaty Of peace has created
British Pursue American Policy.
There has been at all times in Eng
land q strong minority which has pro-
tested against the exclusively Ameri-
can policy pursued by the British gov
eminent at Paris. This element was
sufficiently strong 20 reverse the
policy Of Lloyd George when that
policy was about 70 destroy Anglo
ara4Hr I'm
sufficiently strong TO prevent the
British from sacrificing the Poles 70
the Germans, and the Jugo-Slavs TO
the Italians. for il is necessary 10 re-
mem Der that, while president Wilson
protested in the matter Of Fiume, he
made no objection TO the absorption
by italy of nearly 100000 Slavs in
the hinteriand Of Trieste
IL remains to say n word about
Germany. The terms Of the treaty
Of peace deprive Germany OF the
snar coal region temporarily, I'M
der such conditions rs viii stimu-
late German hopes OF recovery
and thus abolish the chance Of
Franco-Germau pence
In the same way, Germany loses to
Poland upper Silesla and Posen, but
preserves her claim upon the Polish
corridor. which may be successfully
pressed hereafter and. If successfully
pressed. win make Poland only a
creature Of Germany. We have also
laid great financial burdens upon Ger
many, as was right, but at the same
time we have preserved the tempta-
ton to German ambition TO seek
again the domination OF central
Europe by failing to erect strong
national states out Of the various
partially liberated natiOnalities Of
central Europe.
AngIo-SaXOn Domination
To sum up, then; The peace con-
ference has been dominated by Anglo
Saxon influences. Mr.. Wilson's league
Of nations idea has been translated
into q covenant mainly the work OF
able British statesmen whose friend
ship for the United states is not 70
be questioned and whose hope is that
the world war viii lay the foundation
for enduring Angl0-America assocl-
alton. But this covenant and this
league OF nations as an AnglO-SaNon
creation have failed in any degree TO
recognize conditions of continental
Europe. 1t has, therefore, no real
strength and nothing more than
formal acceptation outside Of the
British empire and the United states.
In France its sole strength viii be in
a possible alliance between Great
Britain. the United states and France,
which would be. in fact, neEation Of
the ideas Of the American champions
OF the league Of nations.
BIunder Is Repeated.
In addition, Anglo-SaZon supremacy
at Paris. through its lack Of interest
and appreciation Of conditions Of CEN
trail Europe. has repeated the blunder
OF the congress Of Berlin and created
a new eastern question ten times as
great as the old and perpetuated con-
ditions Of racial rivalries and jealous
les extending from the Baltic TO the
Aegean and affecting more than So
OO0. 900 Of people such settlements
as fl has attempted have been reject
ed. out OF hand, by an peoples affect
ed. precisely as the Balkan people re-
iected the settlement Of Berlin, and in
rejecting settlement these peoples
have also rejected the league of ma
lions, since it represents the legaliz-