The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-09
PREMIER
EXECUTES SWITCH
TO FRANCES SIDE
Continued from First PaRe,)

conference has been definitely settled
A thousand preliminary agreements
have been made and rejected, but thu
present situation Is induced not by a diff.
ference of principle over specific ques.
tons, but by the subject discovery BY
Mr.. Wilson and his associates that the
British policy, which has long beer
suhordinated for the American purpose,
has undergone \ revolutionary change
and that Mr., Wilson at one time finds
himself aligned with the French and
British publics, which holds him re-
sponsible for the delays in making
peace, and with the politicians, who
unable TO follow In further surrender to
Mr. Wilson.
Peace Less Likely.
Il remains possible, as said weeks
ago, that some peace may still be
patched up, but II 10 much less likely
than II was a week ago, AS to the
the computation Of those directing az.
fairs, while hope Of a real settlement
has vanished,
| am told by persons Of authority
that Mr.. Wilson has In his possession
a sketch Of a separate treaty with Ger
many,--a peace treaty TO be made by
the United States and Germany only
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leadership does not prevail further. |
am told with equal authority by French
observers that Mr., Wilson has COM
pletely lost his influence in France be-
cause OF the universal conviction that.
underneath the cover of his Utopian
projects and without his knowledge, in
terhatlonal finance has been engaged
IN a desperate effort to 30 modify the
terms with Germany az to prepare the
way for rehabilitation Of German bust
ness by American capital. This, more
than anything else, explains the unmis-
taxable collapse OF the Wilson legend
In France.
We are, then, within two steps Of
complete shipwreck OF the conference Of
peace, The understanding between the
English and Americans here was the
foundation Of the formulation Of tho
league of nations covenant. President
Wilson'S id~ea--translated into a phrase
BY the British representatives-was a
desire for the combination between the
United States and Great Britain, More
and more this policy led Great Britain
into conflict with France, and more ana
more 1t created the conviction, both In
France and In England, that the British
were deserving their French friends.
SO strong did this conviction become
in England that within ten days there
has been a positive revolution In the
British press and In British public ex-
preston,
Before this storm, Mr.. Lloyd George
has bowed. Ten days ago he was
threatening French Journalists with the
removal Of the conference from Paris
II they continued their criticism. now
he IL having them to breakfast and
giving them interviews explaining
British devotion to French security. |
do not believe there Ia the slightest
basis for saying that the British public
or British press ever contemplated de-
sorting France, but 1t has needed ex-
actly this reaction to demonstrate a
fact observed by political m%aneuvering
during recent weeks.
Wilson Left Alone.
Mr., Wilson finds himself at the pres
ent moment absolutely alone in Eu-
rope, He has 10 support among the
French public, except the opponents OF
tho present government. Mir. Wilson IA
responsible for delays Which have
occurred. He Is regarded as having
at least an intellectual tenderness for
Germany and as being intellectually
the champion OF Germany In the peace
conference. II is felt that he, throuEh
his enormous influence, has contributed
more than anybody else 10 preventing
the Vietors in their recent war from