The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-29
EUROPE SHOULD TAKE NOTICE.

EUROPE SHOULD TAKE NOTICE.
The powers have been notified by President Wilson to
prepared for the refusal of the United States to accept
mandate from the league of nations for governing Tur
key The Senate he minated might object the plan
That is timely notification, because prevents the
powers from making engagements which would have to be
cancelled if the United States should Decline to become
mandatory 1t also enables the powers to proceed with
the shaping of treaties open whereby they may
has no objection to such arrangements since they all
made in Europe and do not affect this country this
hemisphere The secret treaty which parcels out the
Turkish empire along France England Italy and Greece
evidently has the approval of President Wilson, just he
approved the treaty which gave Japan special rights
in China.
Another notification should be made by President Will
son. in fairness the European powers He should ad
wise them that the league of nations is nonexstent far
the United States is concerned until it is approved by
the Senate, and that the league, like the mandatory
scheme may not meet with the Scnates approval This is
it, because of the engagements which various nations
making on the assumption that the United States win in
terfere permanently hereafter in European affairs.
Instead of reminding Europe that the league of natons
covenant is conditional President Wilson to be 60
ing deeper and deeper into European affairs the
sumption that American membership in the league is al
ready determined Is he not running serious risks of dis
putes with other nations by adopting this True
they are all supposed to be of the peremptory
power of the Senate treaties but they may have
taken too literally Mr. Wilson's statement that the Amer
lean people Overwhelmingly" for the league. The
President ALSO in his references to the league nst
tuition already in being may have in mind the reservation
far America concerned that he may have been
referring to the league going in Europe,
if it should not gain the United States member.
Enthusiasm the league peace preserver is les
SEEMING among the Europeans who first hailed it pana
PLAN refers to this GOODNESS natural reaction af
ter the first flush of ideasm Says the writer 1T is
perhaps not unnatural that victory has been at
any rate in the field and that the league much looked
forward to actually in being democratic public opinion
should feel disappointed and dsalusioned at the
daylight in which the Geneva office is starting work.
good deal of the deasm associated with the league of
nations propaganda O. was indeed bound to meet with
check, since it based confused and very mis-
leading view of human society and politics." Then the
article goes say that the popular expectation that
the league will prevent is fallacy The leagues
wider IDEAL seems to physic nations and lift peoples
up that they will not be compelled induced to fight
The write rthan admits that the league will be moth
ing but league after ALL subject to all the ills of former
experements all of which ended less dsastrousy
He refers Itays refusal to submit to what regarded
as encroachment upon its rights and say: Any one
who thought that great power would amely submit to
being ouvoted important question of policy must
have been rudey awakened by recent happengings in
Italy 1t remains clear that the work of the
league is and must be carried on in an atmosphere of
diplomacy"
Yes, and secret diplomacy at that.
1t due to the nations of Europe that they should ad
wise of the tenacty of American tradition which warns
Americans against joining league havin for its subject
the handling by secret diplomacy of the Disputes of the
other hemisphere.