Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-22
World Lacks the Leader
Needed to Bring 1t
Back to Normal Basis

from Berne, Switzerland. a HARRIS
ourser writes letter pointing to the
seriousness ser of the situation in Paris.
rne lack of a ,worId-leader at the
present time and warning the United
states to watch Germany and study
one Kussian situation. The letter is
has studied some of these things and
IN close toNch with conditions
Wnlch compel one to heed the serious
tone ne gwen the entire situation.
Inc letter follows: 1T is rather
dtsheartening when one thinks of the
present state of things in the world
ana those who should be acting, and
aSting quickly, but are sitting with
ing facts and letting the whole world
crumble and fall into ruin. from which
t VIII take a century or more to
ering it back to anything like livabie
blindness?
Paris will be the graveyard of
more than one reputation. and. un-
fortunately. our own country is not
coming out with flying colors. We
are all very much discouraged here
IN Berne, 1 mean the people of all
natlonalities. for we see the big
things and we see the waste of pre-
nVe months which have been lost can
never be regained and each added day
makes the outcome more precarious
ana ana increases ti0 Ts the difficulties of the
over here is peace. and. for most part,
the League of Nations has a rather
red-rag effect. Besides. what is II,
unless supported by force and unless
binding. which it is not to be at any
rate. '
I'm regard to American popularity
abroad. it is decidedly waning. They
all tawr on us because we control the
food supplies to a great extent-but
we need not deceive ourselves as to
the love that is borne us.
AS for our craftsmanship, we'll
the less said about that the better.
You know what my opinion in regard
to certain persons has been for years.
and l have had no reason to change
It, quite the contrary. in fact, and it
office who do not dream foolish
dreams. but have an insight into af-
fairs. and also who do not pander TO
the lowest element of the population.
"Bolshevism Is a terrible fact and
we are not going to suppress il by
Ignoring it. And we need not think
that we are going to keep 1t out os
our own country. especially as the
only ones who have the rights nova
days are the laborers. But we are
as blind to the Russian situation as
we were to the Mexican. Here in
Berne we are in such close touch
with all these things that we can
read the signs. In Paris they are
given over to banquets and talk. This
is not the time to talk, but to act
Inc papers on this side of the water
as a rule. are criticizing severely
this inaction.
"If peace had been made three
months ago. which it could have
been. and the details settled after
wards. anything to get things back
into a more or less normal state
much would have been avoided. But
as the Powers have to settle all their
own little squabbles. what chance is
there of anything. As one man
wrote, we may have some kind of
peace to sign within a few months,
but who will there be to sign? no
they think they are going to settle
things by dividing the world up into
petty districts. keeping up a narrow
nationalism and by the dictature of
the prcletariat?
Take Russia, il you could hear the
stories which I have daily put he
fore me, stories of murder bv the
wholesale. despotism-and then think
of even a moments parleyinr with
vermin such as thati And to think
too. of withdrawing troops from such
point as Archangel. where not univ
are there enormous stores. but which
is an important place to hold. we
are playing as fast as we can into
the hands OF the enemy. Look at the
state of things in Germany. Don't
deceive yourselves with the idea thai
there is a party which has things in
hand there. 1t has all gone too far
for that
what the world needs now in
great leader. and we have none"