El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-18

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If there were not established through
the medium Of the Paris conference
a league OF nations which would re-
ceiVe the approval Of president Wiz
son then the aid and cooperation Of
America would be withdrawn.
HAD Europe suspected that
there was real division In AMER
lea over the principle the league
Of nations idea would have been
totally abandoned By the time the
president lad returned from his
February visit to America
Now IL is patent that there has
been "a the past sig months an IN
mistahable division OF opinion in
America. II is manifest, spread upon
the records OF congress. set forth IN
all the newspapers, reported In all
the cable dispatches TO Europe that
one OF the two great political par
ties. itself a majority In the senate
has aligned against president Wiz
sons European course and that there
have even been OBJECTIONS from his
own party.
It IS Tremendously important that
Europe has discovered that the
United States is not unanimously for
the league Of Nations, that one
strong political party. one Important
fraction OF the American people op-
poses Il.
And. more than this. the actual
adoption Of the treaty, with Or with
European Views ChrnEed.
out essential reservations. VIII not
now change the fact that Europe no
longer looks upon the question as it
heTes that the United States de-
mands the league Of nations with a
determined spirit and viii turn its
back upon Europe, il the league Of
pean nations On the contrary the
chaIactec 1f the debate in the SEN
ate 6usf o. the reservations which
have beeus frslmed. together with the
substantiP.z VOC received BY the
various amendments discloses the
United States so Ear as a minority Is
conceruel at the least, as unwilling
to accept for itself certain league OF
nations principles as were France
and italy.
lions who never did believe in the
league Of nations, irself, and par
ticularly for those nations which saw
in il positive menace 10 their own
existence, no remaining incentive to
accept, since Il IS by no means clear
cept ana uumis takiole that the
United states is FAR from making q
unanimous demand upon Europe TO
accept
entity; Had the senate promptly ratl-
lied the treaty OF Versailles. had
there been any immediate and vide
spread public expression Of approval.
had the press ana the platform IN
America demonstrated that the
course OF The president az Paris was
beyond an debate, subject ro no
question, the course which the United
states deTredl had there been no
hepublicad majority in the senate
o1poslngs even among Democrats. the
result in Europe would have beer
sure the strength Of the league OF
nations would have been established,
its prestige and authority enormously
Opposite Happened.
But Just the opposite has hap
peneQ with consequences which are
Of utmost importance, because what
ever one may believe individually
about the wisdom Of the folly OF the
league OF nations conception. how
ever much one may agree OF dis
agree with the ideas and ideals Of
the president, we shah all OF rs have
10 deal with facts. we shall have to
recognize that the course OF the
United states senate. the direction
events have taken IN the United
States. have contributed to weaken
enormously. probably to destroy the
influence OF the league Of nations as
a force I'm world affairs.
Up 70 the present hour We have
anopred no real foreiEu policy. even
the Republican opposition has offered
nohing more useful than destructive
criticism Of the presidents concep-
iion- u Is fact that today our lack
OF policy IS responsible for the pro-