Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-15

| deal OF. anxiety. -, The GREEKS on
not lift a finger to help US at Gallip
to them. AS for Smyrna, the only
apparent reason for adding it t.
Greece is that the Greeks occupied i
as soon as they could. Clever, cleve
M. Venizelos! Greek influence and in
| trigue have been far too prevalent a
Constantinople.
Frances American Policy"
While bitterness against the United
| States is quite general in France be
cause of the non-ratification of tn
| peace treaty, there are a few Frencl
| gotiators rather than the UNITED
| States. Such a one is M. Henri
| Franklin Bouillen, formerly chairmal
| Of the foreign affairs committee o.
| the chamber of deputies. During TIL
negotiations of the treaty M. Bouil
lon declared that the United state
would never 'ratify, and he urged TIL
French government not to be to|
hasty about ratifying without rese1l
| vations. Mr.. Bouillon now says il
| LIE Matin, Paris:
Have we any right to complain q
| the attitude of our associate power
Not in the least. We may deplotI
its withdrawal for the aid of Amel|
| lea now in settling the worlds al
fairs is more needed than ever. B u
| the Americans made their poSitioI
clear in ample time, and we simplI
refused to listen.
| President Wilson came to Frane'
Immediately after defeat in the ger
| eral elections, after having asked til
voters to give him carte blanche Il
make peace in his own way. All in
| formed men, all men of commoH
sense, knew then that his signaturz
would not permit him to, negotiat
| peace alone; and during the confe
| ence the senate on several occasion
course that was being pursued. w
| had no right to ignore these fact
any more than we have a right
protest against the votes of a legi
| lative body that has never swerve
from it's opposition to the treaty.
There is the truth, hidden fro
our people by the censorship of
| government anxious above all
maintain false prestige and repl
| tation for infallibility.
Well, the post-armistice negotior
have apparently achieved the 81
premacy Of England in world a
fairs; the United States refuse
recognize this result, and still nor
do they refuse to defend 1t in tt
| future. This statement is not il
| tended as a criticism of our Englis#
allies. They have admirably prS
| tected their own interests; we migl#
express the wish that the same cou
brutal and undeniable fact. An
that is what American public opi1z
ion rises against. 1t will not ratifE
| what it was unable to prevent. With
out the least hostility against us,
simply means to maintain its liber
of action for the future.
M. Bouillon goes on to say thu
France has given up all the m1l1ta1
guarantees for the promise of Emf
League of Nations. Now the Unitd
States refuses to join the league, ar
thus it becomes IAN organism wit
out power-I might almost say real
dangerous to us, because of it's cor
osition"-doubtless having in mir
that the Italians and Japane
have leaned consistently to the Bri
ish side thus far in all controversi
treaty, he thinks, will not be appro
work without complete and perm
nent political harmony between En-
land and the United States-a thir
that grows more and more hopele
in view of commercial rivalrieS al
Fifteen million Irish-American
whose leaders hold all the approac
es to power, and who have but OF
doctrine-hatred of England"
Thus, the writer says, the Frend
statesmen who sacrificed the Rhi
safeguards for vain hopes of Angl
American alliance, are to blame I
the difficult situation of France
day. And yet, he adds:
Never was the need so pressi1
for an american policy" to suppl
ment the European policy viii
France is so stoutly championing.
The "Tiger" is Wrtting-whatp
Since M. Clemenceau got ba
from Egypt he has received hume
Gus offers to become contributir
editor to various newspapers-t
Petit Parisien, the Homme Lib
(Which he founded), and others, al
many of his friends have urged h
to return to the pen.
"That is just what am doing"
answers. "Only I am writing
myself. We are still too near
events to judge them wisely. Lea
that to history"
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