The Washington herald., 1920-01-11

European royalty is still thinking
In dynastic terms of matrimony.
Refusing to be bartered for a for
eign princess. Prince Carlo OF Ru-
mania went to democratic mar
ket for a peasant wife. This SEN
sational action almost broke his
mothers diplomatic heart.
But Queen Marie soon went back
to her guns, determined to "unmarry"
her son. Willing or not, he had to
sit upon the Rumanian throne with
the Princess Iolanda of Italy. Carlo
refused to obey this maternal man
date. and the queen in despair threw
scruples. to, the winds.
Although insisting upon Iolanda as
her sons aueenly consort. the royal
mother was willing to agree to the
peasant bride as Carlos backstairs'
mistress. Unsympathetically harassed
by court and government alike and
separated from his bride. the for
mer crown prince recently at
tempted suicide.
Royal Isolation. ~
! Poor, beautiful Iolanda is not like
the princess in the fairy tale. She
seems fated to royal isolation. Nov
that Germany. Austria and Russia
are monarchically gone. there is a
small and even spoiled choice OF
princes.
There was a heeting period. when
the boyish Prince OF Wales stole down
to Rome incognito from the Italian
front, and paid court to this black
haired beauty in the enchanted Quiri-
nal gardens. However, the criticisms
of England's Protestant classes and
aIu'S at Iu
nipped in the bud blossoming love
match. But possibly nipped 1t only
for the time being!
Iolanda's manly brother. the 16-
| year-old Umberto. may be destined
for smoother matrimonial travel.
Dynastic matchmakers have already
married him to little Princess Marie,
the curly-haired daughter of Albert
of Belgium.
| The League of Nations.
A real league of nations would un-
doubtedly tend to neutralize or be an
antidote to the poison of intrigue In
the old worlds political cup. Litti2
by little, the mania could be taken
out OF Europe's diplomania, and
legitimate. unequivocal diplomacy
would result.
The back Of this nationalistic
domination OF of that imperial one
could eventually be broken. and
Europe's dizzy and menacing see-saw
destroyed. Balances of power would
gravitate to natural. international
. equilibrium, and the probability of
war would be considerably leSsened.
But a makeshift body. that had
no soul to develop IL and give 1t
character, would throw mankind
backward instead of forward. Lib
eraI criticism to the organism, now
before the American Senate. comes
from the fear that the proposed
leagues government can be manip-
| ulated more easily by finance than
by people. a worldwide rule of
gold might result. when a world
wide golden rule was intended.
PRtrrnntIonaI Communications
| Needed.
/ However, in the terrible confu-
sions and dangers of the present.
day world, the proposed league can
be made a positive means for the
humanitarianism of international
! reconstruction. The proper reser-
/ yations would protect whatever
sovereignty. essential to America. is
truly thought to be endangered.
A further explanation" should
certainly be made and approved be-
! fore any final ratification of the
; treaty. The treaty's provision rela-
tive TO international communica-
Z tions ought to be democratically
interpreted and Americas under
standing Of it officially set down.
I In the last analysis, the success
or failure of any league of nations
essentially depends not upon for
eign offices. but upon peoples. An
; international press should be one of
the vitals. quickening the too f1eshy
body Of the league. This Journal
istic mechanism would supply. the
/ worlds masses with the raw ma
terial for democratic thought and
conclusion.
| A real news journalism. faithful
ly internationalized, would make for
! the birth of international sympathy
/ between peoples. National Fpropa-
gandas would have to give way to
an international fact agency.
! In the mass. peoples are. every
where, more or less democratic.
Only such systems as the Old
Worlds diplomania conspire
against the popular contagion of in
ternational sympathy. The misun-
derstandings that cause the aver
age war are often more artificial
than, natural in their creation.