New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21

Hellenlc Ihrace, refuses him Korif.
sa and his Epirote frontiers, wh;,s
we unhesitatingly assign to the Brit
lsh colonies in which the population
is either German or native. The
Ramanian speculates on our unyield.
ing hostility to his occupation a.
Bessarabia, Rumanian by tongue and
tradition; the Italian ponders on
American veto to all his projsets,
the Frenchman speculates upon
American denunciation Of his aspi-
rations for security when the mar
Of Asia, and even more Of Africa.
shows the British color, with Amer
lean approval, newly applied to ter
ritories vastly in excess of the are.
Of France, of Italy, of all Of our
European associates combined.
What Would We Do?
Moreover, at Paris We insisted
that the Rumanian and the JuRo-
Slav should consent to the vestins
in the league Of nations Of the NJ.
thority to interfere IN the domestic
affairs Of these nations on behalf Of
ninorities. But would America s9en
listen to a proposal that the league
Of nations should have the right to
interfere in American affairs on be-
half of the negro? No; here again
we insisted upon our own immunity
to the principles We championed and
imposed on other nations We ware
tremendously solicitous Ct tho rights
Of the Jews in Poland, but we met
the Japanese demand for tho aboli-
ton Of color distinctions, which
struck the Japanese with enduring
humiliation, with an immediate and
emphatic rebuff. And the Euro
peans, the French, for example, who
have no color prejudice and 10 anti
Japanese sentiment, looked on IN
cynical amazement at this new An
glo-Saxon revelation, this ultimate
demonstration Of the meaning Of
the American crusade"
The simple truth is that militia
rism In France, navalism in Britain,
in the United States. all
the same underlying seek
ing after security, the desire to
erect barriers along the known path
way of danger, which for the French
is the Rhine, for the British tho sea,
for America Europe and Asia. No
idealism, however genuine, will lead
any nation to open its frontiers to
invasion or to miss the chance to
fortify itself against further inva-
sion when the enemy has already
come and been beaten
Wilson's Bargains
In Paris we demanded In advance
that the world should accept eur
then we agreed with ths
British to exclude from questlor
their nayalism and finally We 90
and obtained from tho Bit
ish invaluable assistance In an a.
sault upon the militarism on int
Continent Of France, Italy, Ru
mania, Poland, etc. But becsuss
heir militarism represented . nas
tional instinct, every bit as deeply
rooted as our respective nationa
policies, the French, Italian, Poun
and Rumanian peoples rallied y
their governments or to the polleae
Of their governments. AS result
Mr.. Wilson had to buy French retg,
nation Of the Rhine by the promise
IF an Angio-American ,nilitsg
guaranty; he failed to win ltali#
and outside of Europe
ne hao to yield to the japanese o.
he matter Of Shantung. n
# we are to engage in Europsas
affairs we shall have first Of all q
certain facts, to seceE
hem, not TO attempt Co oblitersn
hem by the sheer force Of our ~
.alled idealistic conceptions W.
shall have to perceive the si,nilsssV
between the three dominant con
,eptions Of militarism, pavalism sns
We shall either have %
discard our instinct, invite the BIZ
sh to set aside theirs and then on
Deal to the Continent to lay doRA
is, or we shall have to recognize e
,hree as permanent and always
,e reckoned with. IL.
And one last word, We shall heN
% avoid giving inevitable o6ensaw
he assumption that while eur e.s
policy Of national interest Is hc's'
hat of others is shot through WI
original sin. Just now our repu:
ion for hypocrisy in Europe q
Alpine in it, proportions ~ In
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