The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-04-04


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Truth Breaking Through the Clouds.
Washington, April 3.-The political
smoke-screen which has hidden the
sentiment of America regarding the
League of Nations seems at last to
have been penetrated by the eagle eye
of the press of both France and Eng
land. The concentrated effort to keep
the real news of opposition from
reaching the conferees of Europe,
which seems now to b we'll founded
| fact, is crumbling before the search
| light of public demand Any attempt
to stop the ears and blind the eyes of
the great mass of people who make
up each and every country can last
only so long, In republic like the
United States the attempt is short
lived In republic like France it is of
short duration and the cleansing
power of the great war has opened
the ears and eyes of those encircled
by such military dictatorship as ruled
Germany.
The effect of the combined senti-
ment of the opposition is reflected in
a statement from Premier Hughes, of
Australia in which he says: "To delay
this preliminary peace agreement
sufficiently difficult in any case-by
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to invite disaster" Paris seems to be
worried, and is reported in the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger as "resenting"
the fact that the league question has
become a political issue. This can
readily be understood and it is also
interesting to note that Paris dis
patch to London is quoted as saying
that, "Mr. Wilson may still be an
idealist but he is now primarily a
politician fighting for his plank"
The French press is to be congratu-
lated for not placing the blame for the
so-called result of political issue of
the league question upon the opposi-
tion in the United States. If it is a
political issue, Mr.. Wilson must
answer the charge for not taking the
people and the congress of his own
country into his confidence or at least
giving them a semblance of an idea
of what he is trying to do. If it had
not been for the decided stand i. of
certain members of the United States
Senate against the league, a stand
which brought out some of the best
speeches ever made in the senate. the
people of America today would not
have had the slightest idea of what the
League of Nations means. If all
voices had ceased to be raised against
this pact and silence had waited to be
broken BY explanations from Mr.. Will
son, the silence would have remained
unbroken. Not once during his visit
to America. did Mr. Wilson specifi-
cally explain any one of the many
elusive articles of this so-called
humanitarian document So, if it has
; turned out to be political issue. the
blame must rest with Mr.. Wilson.
One correspondent in telegram
from Paris states in the London Daily
Telegraph that the contention of tn,
Republican party is that the peace
conference is not allowed to know the
real trend Of feeling within the United
States. AS proof of this he cites {
ruthiessiy censored telegram from
. Washington which was published il
the Echo de Paris which he says
"proves as nothing else could the jus
tics Of this contention"
n There might be some excuse for tn,
censoring Of news coming from Pari
but II Mr.. Wilson Is sponsoring th'
rigid censorship Of news coming from
America which does not coincide will
his ideas and plans. there is no wa,
in which he can rightfully explaiI
such a policy. Let us have "opel
covenants. openly arrived at" on boil
sides of the water.
Getting America to pull the Euro
pean chestnuts out of the fire is tn
way the League of Nations movemen
Is sized up bv Editor George d. Lind
say, OF the Marion. Indiana. Chroni
Gle. And Uncle Sam will get hi
fingers burned If he consents to pla'
the part assigned him.