El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-13
REGARD wilson
NOTE Personal


Z least unwilling TO receive foreign
Z ambassadors. and the office Of secre-
I tary OF state being untitled because
the senate has not confirmed the
nomination Of cambridge Colby, the
plight OF Mr.. Jusserand is an unen-
Tiable one
The question. therefore. is whether
Mr.. Wilson viii receive the French
ambassador and perhaps the charge
d'affafres Of the British embassy and
the new Italian ambassador The eN-
cuse hitherto given was the presl-
dents illness, but the present situa-
ton Is further complicated by the
surprising statement with reference
10 the alleged imperialism Of France
made BY the president in his letter 10
senator Hitchcock The president
said then.
Throughout the sessions OF
the peace conference in Paris. e
was evident that q militaristic
party. under the most fnfluen-
rial leadership WAS seeking 10
gain nscendency in the counsels
Of France. They were defeated
then hut they are in control now
This accusation has brought forth I
storm Of protests from the French
press all the way from yelled refer 4
ence 70 the regretable I'll health Of /
the president to the inexcusably saw
America is being ruled BY lunatic-" I
Grey Letter Recalled
The French government Is reported, I
moreover, 20 have instructed avn i
bassador Jusserand TO express 70 the I
American government its sunrise and /
amazement at the presidents refer /
ence 10 France. but in Washington /
this does not awaken much excite /
ment, because not 50 long ago Wis
count Grey wrote "a letter 70 the Lon
don Times expressing views freely |
about American political affairs and I
the French press supported whole I
neartedly that communication and de- !
Tended II as immune from diplomatic 1
improperly because it was a personal .
and not an official act.
Thus the presidents supporters con-
tend his letter to senator Hitchcock I
should be taken as a personal COM
United States government 10 another.
On the other hand. the insinuaticH OF
imperialism made by me president is
thought 20 be founded uDou his an
noyance over the manner IN which the
socalled -1okers' IN the peace treaty
has already been invoked 10 threaten
a prolonsatiOn OF the French mill
tary occupation OF the left bank OF
the Rhine
The president enfertninE the
frfendliesf feeling for marshal
Fochs but the suspicion in recent
months has been that the disfin-
eulshed military EeniCE OF France
Is much move interested IN ac-
PROPOSE which he Openly ad-
Foc1red during the session OF the
peace conference then he a IN
having carried ont the letter Of the
compromise which Mr.. Wilson
agreed TO nnd which liberals in
America criticised him for Going.
y IS partly Mr. Wilson Enartiug IN
DER the criticism Of liberal opinion
AID partly Mr.. Wilson seeking 10
prevent the predictions Of those who
doubt Frances real intentions which
Is really believed to be back OF the
reference 10 France in the Hitchcock
letter. Il was not inserted as pass
ng argument but unquestionabiv as
4 solemn Warning 70 what ~. Wilson
sees IN France rising military
pin Hope in Lodge.
trenchmen aere say the president
itand French politics and that he is
90 suspicious
Curiousiy enough. senator LODGE
republican leader. BY his statement
leploslng M wilson's reference 10
rance mas ENCOURAGED Frenchmen
% believe that the Republican leader
nay yet revert 70 a passion OF active
riendshio for France II the Ameri-
an senate
But 10 France the true test Of thel
incerity OF either the Democrats OIL
republicans in the United States in
rance VIII depend o a large extent
lpon whether the special French
British American defensive agreement
s ratified There are those who think
.either Mr.. Wilson nor the senate Is
specially anxious al present TO sup
.ort the agreement and as for the
resident some observers profess 10 4
ee him retiring the peldEe given
remier Clemencaau TO support thatl
pecial treaty, a retirement that might
e based upon this supposed ascend
ncy OF the militarists in France
50 the French government Is n
pains how 10 take Mr. Wilson.
how TO approach his support OF
the French treaty and consult him
on the Turkish situation. lest he s
threaten again TO Withdraw s.
America from the domain Of utter p
nation coouerat i0n--Copvri i
go, BY David Lawrence le
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