El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-08
WEST PROVES
MORE FRIENDLY.
President Well Received in
Spite of Inconsistent
Statements.

I amendments or TO kill the whole
thing. treaty and all
The president has set out 20
fight the extremists, those who
/ want neither league nor pence
] treaty, those who say the peace
terms nre too cruel and that the
! world would be better off IL the
whole pact faiied-
! Those are the men whose argument
] Mr. Wilson is seeking 70 tear 10
l pieces but he has failed thus far
! clearly TO draw a line between the eN-
I tremists and mild reservatiOnists Of
I his opposition and has in thoughuess
moments dropped his reserve ana
/ spoken Of the amazing ignorance
Z OF his opponents, q sequel TO "pygmy-
minded and smali-visiC ned men"
which epithets have not served hith-
. erto in establishing friendly relations
between the executive and legislative
/ branches.
( Once, at Des Moines and Kansas
( City, the president spoke Of those
I provisions Of the treaty and were ex-
I ercising their legitimate right TO
scrutinize its contents but before he
3 ceased his speech hs had character
lied their hesitation as based upon
ignorance and not honest doubt
SOFT On Pence Men.
But Mr.. Wilson's friends ask why
feelings Of the men who are passive
or otherwise falling TO assert tnelr
dfsa rreement with that faction n the
Republican party which is, to his
mind, misrepresenting the treaty as
a breeder Of wars and as too cruel 10
impose upon Germany.
They add that only Few months
ago the Republican party won con-
gressionai election largely on the
program OF unconditional surrender
and an sssiduously spread apprehen-
sion that the president favored 1soIt
peace"
They declare that the RepubIi-.
can senators who are cOndemninE
the treaty have IN large part
heretofore prO-ed that their oh
jecfions TO the league are derived
from n sense Of political opposite
ness, rather than conscientious
disagreement.
BUT, speaking OF Inconsistencies. it
may be the strain OF extemporaneous
speaking or the saturation OF arsu-
ment and thoughts carried away from
his visit to Europe. BIT Mr. wilson
TO another the substance OF some por-
tons Of his speeches
Statements Inconsistent.
or example, at the coliseum at St
Louis, he went 10 considerable length
to explain that This was COM
mcrcial var and that Germany
feared er rivals would l.rest her
trede from her. but at Des Molnes.
the president, to make another point
said the bankers and businessmen OF
Germany did not want war but
thought -unspeakable FOLLY.
W ether the president meant TO con-
vey the impression that militar-
istic group in Germany proved to the
businessmen that the way to greater
commercial success was by a war OF
! concues-, or whether Mr.. Wilson
thinks that in some Of the allied eoun-
! tries the seeds Of commercial JEALOUSY
helped to breed antagOnism in Ger
many and to play into the hands OF
I the militarssts was not explained
Mr. Wilson harps on the necessity
/ for brea-ing down pan-Germanism
and keeping the road open from Bre-
men TO Bagdad and safe guarding the
republics along the way. but his aud
fences do not seem to grasp the mean
ing o. Mittel Europa politics.
Il II apparent that whenever
the president stays on simple
ground. he makes m effective i'm
preston. Many a man In his Des
MoInes audience liked his expln-
nation Of the ShnntunE e0ntro-
rersy and I believe Mr.. Wilson
gained friends when he frankly
told the Des Mofncs people that
he did not Ike the Shnntung set
tiement any more than they did
and that Great Britain and
Frunce. in order to induce Japan
to cone into the war had made
bargain which had TO be kept.
1lr- Wilson pointed to article ten as
the sol ent OF our own as well as
China's trouble with Japan.
Presldent's Point Applauded.
Although men in the senate have
called Il a breeder Of wars and have
wanted the article qualified il not
stricken altogether from the treaty,
tie president has won loud applause
when illustrating the value 10 the
United States OF that much mooted
article.
shows how a pledge by all the world,
including the United States. to pro-
tect the territorial integrity OF Bel
GUM and its political independence
ould have been sufficient to pre-
vent the last war.
Thel he turns TO central Europe and
declares that unless article ten is in
the treat. the whole structure fails
and that Roumania, Jugo-Slavia, 30
hemfa and Poland are left helpless in
the midst strong fighting nations
and can produce another world war.
= else Mr.. Wilson refers to the Phil
ippines. He says in effect but plain
II enough for his audiences to catch
the hint tina. America has been wor-
rying for the last decade how she
could turn the Philippines loose with
out seeming to toss the helpless is
land into the arms Of Japan
He implies that America would
ave TO stand guard with big
navy in the far enst to guarantee
the Independence Of the Philip
pines.
But now he exhibits the league OF
nations and arts,'e zen in particular
as a safeguard for the Philippines,
saying the combined armies and
naries Of the world would be obliged
10 defend the territorial integrity OF
the new republic when once indepeud-
ence is granted
japan Substituted FIR Germany.
Last but not least Mr.. Wilson ap-
plies article ten 10 the case Of unfor-
tunate China He cynically reminded
his Des Moines audience that You
tions besides Japan which now hold
economic as well as Territorial rights
in China BY virtue OF the lease sys-
ten of indefinite possession" and
says that temporarily Japan has been
substituted for Germany.
He gives the impression that il was
not possible 70 give China the German
rights without logically asking Great
Britain and France and other powers
70 give Up their holdings in China,
but he hints that under a league OF
nations II will be possible TO secure a
revision Of these leases and also that
no more territory viii ever be taken
from China because article ten will
apply to any land-grabbing nation
that seeks 10 practice aggression up