Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-19
Wilson Unfolding
as Allies Stall


Euronesn no,;tics than ;deal;stic Mr..
Wilson
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Inc upholding Oh Nitti propapiy means
the cementing of the English French =
italian understanding and. if one could
L,o,,, al tho. ;s .o;n It,,r,s oc.
Nno" q" ,"'' soe ~
ceptance OF certain English and French
plans with regard to the Near East.
The keening of tbe Turk in Constant;-
nonle for religious reasons will require
some some m readiustment of nlans IN Asia
Minor N;tti rel;eved If ANXIETY rc-
ga ding his own nont;rnonca IN ofice
will look w With q less b;l;ous eve nm
theso readi,,stronts thon he otboru,;sa
would
,r,
Inc presene Adrlatlc incident exaetiy
paraheis, US Iar as IL mas gone, tne iett
oank Oh tne hnlne incident, Ihe run IN
siue story OF Wnich andre 1aroieu mas
recently gwen 10 the trench press.
Italy started out demanding fiume IN
perpetuity; france started out demand
ing the thine bank IN perpetuity as
means OF defense. Mr.. Wilson offered
NJ; Clemenceau the Franco American
alliance as an assurance Of Fumes
satety.
Ers,,, pn;soa. p.u,u,,s
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Mr. Ciemenceau felt that this was
not enough IN view OF the uncertainty OF
such an aihance oeing accepted by the
american senate. lie Kept on demand
ing tne hnlne valley In perpetulty. by
expected on the ground that he was fail
ing to obtain from the Peace Conference
sufficient guarantees Of Frances safety.
Mr.. Lloyd George shifted to Frances
side on the dispute and, to help Mr..
Clemenceau politically, indicated his
change in interviews given to the French
press. Mr.. Wilson became angry and
sent for the George Washington. But
in the end a compromise was reached
by which France got the Rhine valley
for fifteen years with the possibility of
extending that occupation, and got the
promise of the French alliance as well.
As Europeans look at it, a mandate
or any limited possession may be con-
verted into possession in full IL the
League of Nations proves ineffective.
Now the French and British Govern
ments have shifted from Wilson 70
Nitti. paralleling LLOYD Georges sen.
sational shift to Clemenceau in the
Rhine valley negotiations. This fact Is
made public through the French Gov.
ernment's allowing the substance of
Mr.. Wilson's note and the allied reniv
to leak into the press. The object of
this publicity is to help Nit; noj;t;.
cally In Italy, as the object of the I,ioyd
George interviews in Paris was to helm
NJ. Clemenceau politically.
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A''' uo !" FORM
Mt. wilson parallels his George
w asnlEgton 10 brest gesture by his
presenL Gesture regarding the with
oraWai on t4e !rea'1es;
wilson in the end % vis,dad nd'.ueaC anS MT
promised the issue 50 tbat Franoo eo ~.
virtually what she wanted tbo 80;
bility Of permanently making the Rh;no
her line of defense, if the world proved
after all ar unregenerate old world. nd.
dicted incurably to war.
Ied fdis as nreSe MR. Mison son is ism not likely
DESTROYED by his compromises at Pss Par;s
He is obstinate. sick and angry, More.
over it is easier to keep I'M a stiff fron+
when you are 5000 miles away tban
when you are sitting at tbe same tahIn
with your opponents.
But to allied Europe Mr.. Wilson's re-
fusal to yield now is less imnortant
-har it was a year ago. Pol;t;caiIv ther
have accomnlisbed what thav sot
to accomplish and they can 'sstam"
along through the rest of his term.
If he Should withdraw the treaty