El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-17

! ercise the larger influence. Together
the United States and Britain were e
enforce upon the world a settlement
OF the war which would be eminently
just Together we were TO compel
3 the French to abandon the Rhine bar
: rler, the Italians to give their Adriatic
{ aspirations, where these exceeded
reason, We were to force the Poles
! to accept restricted boundaries. we
I were TO compel the Rumaniaus and
! the Jugo-Slavs, TO admit our right to
. interfere in their domestic affairs on
behalf Of minorities.
This was. in effect. imposing upon
] the world an Anglo-Saxon hegemony.
I right TO act as the court OF last re-
Z sort in every case where the disputes
( OF other Countries led TO world dis
/ orders Unc0nsciously M Wilson
/ drifted from his original conception TO
this second and British conception, in
the course Of the peace conference.
Thus, again and again we see him
speaking, with the support OF Britain
and Of the United States. in forbid
ding other nations to realize their
aspirations. His recent Fiume utter
ance is only one Of many such decla-
rations. Together the president and
Lloyd George deprived Poland OF her
own seagates ordered Rumania to sur
render a portion OF the Bauat. vetoed
French demands TO annex the Scare
Basin
AngiO-saxon HegemOny Fails.
But this Anglo-Saxon hegemony, IN
its turn fell through for two reasons,
first because the United States senate
declined 10 ratify the treaty which in
reality. put this form Of world control
into effect and second. because the
whole world cried out against the
scheme itself The world protest was
based upon the fact that while the
y "a rrf
recognize French, Italian. Polish and
Rumanian aspirations, il conceded
British claims without debate
wherever the Il points ran
afouI OF British policy the Il
points were suspended. as In the
case Of the freedom Of the seas.
Of the German colonies, Of the
Separation Allowances But these
principles. which were not refused
ngainst the British, were riGidly
implied to continental question
Had the United States senate ac-
cepted the treaty Of Versailles and /
agreed TO the Anglo-Saxon DONNA !
ton OF tne. world by Anglo-American I
partnership, the continental unrest J
would have been for the time. fruit I
less, because no continental nation o. /
group Of nations was strong enough /
70 hold cut against Anglo-American /
power, power mainly economic and, /
therefore. almost exclusively in Amer
lean hands for the moment at least.
Il is not quite true that the whole
theory OF the Anglo-Saxon partner
ship has collapsed as has the original
Wilson conception, IL IS still strongly
held in certain quarters IN Great I
Britain
On the whole. however. It has be-
come fairly clear that the United
States is unwilling to enter into any
partnership with the British for the
81 f-rr~ r.
cordance with the Anglo-Saxon con-
eeption OF Justice This would mean
that in the long run the United States
and Great Britain would have to
maintain large armies to enforce
Anglo-Saxon justice, and British
writer points ont that the greatest
llunder OF British policy was the i'm
mediate disarmament Of the British
lrmy. which deprived Britain OF real
Feight in the peace conference
Reaction in America.
America has grasped the idea that
he league Of nations, instead OF
meaning a free-Will and voluntary as
ociation Of al the nations in the
world to preserve peace, must mean,
or many years to come, an associa-
ion OF powers, probably limited to
he United States, Great Britain and
lerhaps France, TO enforce Anglo
iaLon ideas Of Justice upon the rest ,
u mankluQs 10 compel the EOles 10
urrender their aspirations. the
ITALIANS TO resign their claims. the I
fumanians to give up their age long
.opes- In word. that It means con-
rant regulation OF the affairs be- ]
Ween other nations with the ever ]
resent likelihood that we shall have
o use force to compel Obedience Hav-
ng grasped this idea, the American 7
eaction has been fairly general. and !
{ has taken the line OF hostility, both I
o the idea Of international policing I
nd 70 the Anglo-American partner {
hip. {
do not'think anything like as clear {
n appreciation OF the fact has yet !
cen reached in Britain. Ny judgment ! S
; that there is a very large British '
roup, which still believes in the s
uture development Of the Anglo [
.merican partnership. viii continue l
D work for Il and viii have sufficient Z
lduence TO keep the thing alive IN 7
he British Isles for years TO come Z
british policy in my judgment will /
ontinue for many years to aim al an :
glo-American partnership which. n
arrives, will mean Anglo-Saxon &.
omination Of the world. because no Z
cal counterpoise can be found. at I
EAST until Germany is on her feet and Z
.ussia restored as a great power. Z
Z. 8. Would Not Join Britain. 6
But for the present the Anglo a
axon partnership is no longer a COM y
cling force The United States has S
ldicated clearly that il viii not Join s.
ritain in administering the world. n
1r the benefit Of order and justice as d