The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Peace Hath Defeats No ess Renowned Than Wal

brought against President Wilson, Clemenceau
and Orlando in identical form-it is that each
OF them yielded too much at Versailles in the
spirit of compromise. France says that
Cemenceau did not insist upon terms suf-
fciently harsh against Germany. Italy charges
Orlando with failure to uphold the demand
for Fiume strongly as he might have done
and the American Senate has voted changes
in the peace treaty which in effect lay at Mr.
Wilson'S door the responsibility for what has
been termed subordination of American
self-government to the Council of the League
That there is inconsistency in the charges
against the three men does not bother those
who oppose them. First of all. Clemenceau is
too strong to be President, but he was weak
at the peace table!
Then Came D'Annunzio
Orlando all right as long the Italians
thought they were going to get Fiume. When
they realized that Mr.. Wilson and the other
plenipotentiaries at Versailles would not yield
they vented their anger Orlando. Then
D'Annunzio seized the disputed city but far
as causing Mr.. Wilson to back down on his
stand is concerned Orlandos successor has
had no better success than he had.
Four made the League of Nations
President Wilson Clemenceau, Lloyd George
and Orlando. There was widespread belief
that Mr. Wilson would be it's first president
Yet the league is being organized at
Paris without American representation and
Clemenceau and Orlando out of office
Mr.. Lloyd George so far retains power yet
the storm clouds have been gathering around
him for months. England is beginning to
listen to the talk of the politicians that it
might be well to dissolve the coalition of par
ties which has kept him in office. He is a
shrewd of politics himself and it will be
interesting to watch the developments of
events as his enemies carry out their plots to
wrest the Premiership from him.
When it became more and more apparent in
the last days Of July. 1914. that Germany
determined to make war a secret order was
given by the First Lord OF the Admiralty for
the mobilization of the Grand Fleet. THE order
vas given by Winston Spencer Churchill, then
in control of the British navy. without con-
sutation with the other members of the Cabi-
net Expert commentators on the war have
declared that the Allies could never have been
victorious had 1t not been for this order. which
kept Germany off the and made it pos
sible to blockade her ports that she coud
not receive food or munitions from the out
side world England rang with his praises
then Yet later when the Gallipol campaign
resulted in failure Mr.. Churchill was decried
as a bungler.
Mr. Churchfll's associates in the Cabinet
were loyal to him and prevented the popular
outcry from causing him to lose office. al
though he was not able to hold his place at the
head of the navy.
Again Mr. Churchill is the object of attack,
Now it is asserted that he stands for war
against the Boshevki in Russia and that il
was due to his initiative that he recent con-
ference of British military and naval chiefs
was held in Paris to discuss the possibility OF
taking definite action against Lenne and
Trotzky. Mr.. Churchill is treating the charges
with contempt and he has not yet suffered the
loss of his post in the abinet. But. like the
others he is the object of envous plottings
Who hears these days of Marshal Joffre?
The world rang with his praises when Won
Kluck was turned back from the Marine. Today
he holds high office, it is true. but it is an
office shorn of every vestige of power. He
was either accidentally or with deliberate pur-
pose overlooked in the Victory Parade ar
rangements Only when outsiders raised their
voices in protest was he gwen his rightfu
place in the line of march And since then. as
if it were the result of concerted action, he has
been kept in oblivion