South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27
old World Claims We Built
TO7uer of Babel Not Peace

'If our government had flooded
Europe with propaganda TO irritate
our Allies and the Germanic peo-
pies" writes Frederick Palmer. the
veteran war correspondent, IN Sep
tenber McCIure's. III every Ameri-
can who went abroad had set out TO
lie a auarrelsome boor we could not
have better succeeded iu making
ourselves disliked.
.In the days before the war the
American was an outsider in Euro
pean animosities. He was "a strange
mortal from "A distant rich country
going his own strange way md had
the charm Of paying his bills hper-
ally as he went Then he had not
yet helped TO save Europe, so
Europe had mo- grudEe against MN.
During the war he was courJed ana
BATTERED until he thought very wen
of himself indeed. FOR some lndivid-
uals mistook for personal compi-
ment attention paid TO the balance
Of power which their nation repre-
scented.
The SCapcgoat Of the World.
To-day the land Of the square
deal and good viii in foreign rela-
lions. II the motherhood OF young
republics. keeping her hands OF
Mexico i'm the hope that Mexico can
save herself is becoming the scape-
GOAT II the world Sometimes /
smiled AT this new national distinc-
ton. again. 1 thought irritablN.
"Oh. well. If you don't want 10 Ike
Us. then don't.
but that gained no real informa
ton. All the time ] was asking
Nshv-why from French peasihl
or Polish poliucian-why PEG
ple who had sent 100000 soldier
across the seas to. fight for no re
ward and had received none ana
who are quite the same people they
were two years ago should be the
object of so much resentment.
9" Tell me honestly how YOU see
MS I would say with my most lngra-
tiatiug smile. 'YouU not offend me.
Tor the truth comes out IN friendly
converse ton. you do not get IL I'D
what you read.
AN English statesman whom i
had known for some time. thus en-
couraged. visualized the European
view with singular completeness anu
ucidity. IF I were 10 give MS iidiiie
end ask 10 quote him he would emit
3 vceu considered rubber stamp sort
If statement of diplomatic tribute 10
America. II would not tell what ne
ond the Dublic behind him were
III. tbinking That is the trou-
Die with official interviews
'Aftcr the armistice your presi-
don't came 10 France-a man Oh
,nvsterv. of unequaled world pres
t{rs the statesman began. lie helo
the purse strings Of the world. We
knew we had 10 look TO him Tor al
m syr1 lou PIP an q5uoul 'uoll00I
think thot we had TO.
\ Gold Chair for Wilson.
he sat in the gold chair with
C1ancnceau on his right ana 10y u
George on his left. and We Walteu
him a shipload of maps ana geo
him a shpload Of maps and geo
graphical chronological and IeSoi eN-
merits and a shipIoad of newspaper
men. American automoolIes Coul sou
the streets. YOUR soldiers were every
where America dominated Paris
and Europc. She was 70 make
peace for US when il had been our
war for which we had paid the
nrice in blood and money.
&c Thank YOU 7 said. This Is more
interesting than all the peace con
ference communicates that appeared
al the time
"yVbat TODD such 4 statement
from an English statesman would
have made during the conference
which was 20 end all secret dlplo-
roacv and in frank. open discussion
settle the affairs Of the world.
And your architects planned 70
build a temple of eternal peace
called the League of Nations ne
continued
But we think that an English