New-York tribune., 1919-05-12
Belgian, Paper Urges
Recall OF Peace Enjoys
Many Elements Are Dissatis fed
With Terms Of the Treaty;
Anger Against United States
Neao York Tribune
Europed1, Bureau

NetO York Tribune
European Bureau
Copyright, 1919. New York Tribune 1nc.)
LONDON, May 11.-Despitc the an
nounccment of the Belgian delega-
TONS intention to continue to par
ticipate in the peace conference and to
elements in Belgium remain dissatis-
fed with the terms of the document.
The Belgian press are unanimous in
stating that the terms of the treaty
are not UP to their expectations. Fed
upon Allied propaganda in the form of
news sheets smuggled into the coun-
try during the days of German occu-
pancy and leaflets that were dropped
from airplanes, the Belgians were
under the impression that as soon as
the Germans withdrew the Allies
would rush aid and plentiful supplies
of cash, insisting on an immediate res
toration of their country's prosperity.
But they lave been greatly disillu-
stoned, as they find their claims as
strongly contested as those of any
terness at what is represented as the
Allied failure to live up to the spirit
of their promises, the organ of the
new Nationalist movement says:
"What our leaders, because Of the
high positions, cannot say, we say with
out hesitation. Let's go away. Let Us
leave the conference of Babel. Let us
recall our delegates at once.
See No Relief in League
"The door that Premier Orlando left
open has not yet been closed. 1t will
rightly serve those who are so blind
and so deaf that their hearts have not
been touched by our misfortunes, and
keep. their spirit closed to the warn
ing lessons of this great catastrophe. ,"
Belgium believes the league of ma
tions, as at present constituted, cannot
help it, cause.
Concerning this attitude the news
paper adds "a league of nations
always has been the dream of small
peoples whose chief safeguard has been
international morality. Belgium wants
nothing better than to believe in this
league. But whom Huysmans stated at
plenary sitting Of the peace conference,
people cannot be neglectful of their
own safety he announced a truth which
henceforth we will understand, and
which shows we haven't much more
confidence in the guarantees of the
league than in the permanent neutral
ity of pre-war days.
Glow much better the leagues prom
ises are than the neutrality treaties we
shall learn in the future. We can
rely only upon those interested in an
alliance with us.
Indignation Against America
I'm any. case the semifiasco of the
lesson in realist politics. Owing to
the grand conceptions of the trans
ccndental ideaist there comes an ap
pllcatlon of these principles that results
IN compromises, or triumph of the
commercialists which offends against
justice as deeply as did the old national
politics. 1t also shows that diplomacy
OF the market place ends in hagrlinr
which is not more moral than the ne
EQUATIONS for which clancelleries once
were the theatre
A Belgian official, who has lust re-
turned from Belgium, says the indie
nation against America and England Ts
widespread. The Indignation against
France is considerably less because il
Is recognized that France has suffered
just the same fate as that of Belgium
BRUSSELS, May 11.-Belgium will
be compelled to retrench drastically
IN expenditures because Of the peace
terms, Premier Delncroix said to the
Cabinet to-day in setting forth the
financial situation Of tho country az
revealed by the peace stipulations. The
Premier said that aside from s2.50o.
100000 francs fS500000,00O) granted
Belgium as priority payment. she
would receive nothing at present. md
az the country was without resources