Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-14
pO|ACARE STANDS FOR
sEVREs PACT CHANGES
Not Too Late, He Indicates, to AL
ter Treaty as to Greece, Tur-
key and Armenia.
CALLS 1T PORCELAIN TEAsEr''
Takes View That All the Allies
Agreements Were Effective and
Satisfactory Until After They
Had Been Ratified.
ny RAYMOND poINCAI,I..

(CopyrtEht. lSsn, ny the Revue l'ncS
SIundcs. Paris. American Rights Re
served by United News)
PARIS, Dec. HAZARDOUS treaties
have been signed hut the treaty of
Sevres has not satisfied tic French
Chamber. The United States. "A free
country refused To ratify the Yer
sailles treaty even though it was ne
eot!a;cd by President Wilson him
self Nobody can compel the French
Parliament o vote for a treaty which
appears contrary TO our interests.
England. which also is land of free
dom, could not be surprised 10 see
our national representatives exploit
their most elementary preroEativcs.
Tie Versailles treaty even as all
diplomatic acts, was effective unt!l
ii was ratified by the French Cham
Der, the House of Commons. the
Re.chstaS and the Italian Chamber.
Since then il has become intangible
j WAS never challenged before IL
was ratified. II has been since, both
among the allies and ay our enemies
If tie criticism now offered against
the Versailles pact had developed be-
fore its ratification. II the deputies
"''N - ~ 'sStd a. tiih btt'i supported
in France or elsewhere by n majority
OF the public. none OF the sisnatory
powers would now be justified IN
seeing abuse OF power In Il. Until
treaty is regularly endorsed BY a
whole nation il is only project
Calls Rhine Peace Feeble.
As regards the Sevres treaty the
two chambers found themselves face
TO face viii. porcelain teaset. con-
sisting of six treaties. all dated Au-
gust 10. and all of discouraE!ng
fraE!liiy. on the very day OF the
M!liorand banquet. the Paris bar de-
ciared the peace returned is st!l so
feeble ard 50 delicate" Yes, and
however feeble is the Rhine peace.
even more feeble is that in tho
Orient where Germany. true 10 her
old self, has tried TO take Europe
from the rear.
The treaty OF Scvres Is typical OF
that unhealthy. sickly peace OF which
Jacques Ba!nv!lie once wrote in his
work The Political Results OF
Peace" saying II is case of anoth-
er European misfortune. There is in
IL
flagra,ion." Into this furnace Tho
SeHres treaties have thrown new
combustihics. Certainly ACUTE Gau-
vain was right when he warned us
against the perfidy OF the younv
Turks. avowed acoomplices Of Boil
Shevism and pan-Gcrmanism Yet
even as wtat General Gourad told
the Chamber Commission the other
day regarding methods employed bv
the Turkish army during the war
couldn't have been said regarding
German armies. so il is equally Ger
tain That the Turkish people general
~ do not deserve 10 be COMPOUNDED
with few leaders.
Would Conciiinte Turks.
While IL is true that the Sevres
treaty establishes England, I,aly and
ourselves firmly in the DardaneIles
straits, the purpose being To assure
freedom cf navigation there. II also is
true that a treaty which makes US
neishbors OF the Turks must no; OK
aspcrate them and prevent us having
good. nciEhboriy relations with them.
Cur syrian mandate puts under oar
control vast territories touching Tur-
key and Asia. Article =. traces the
frontier from this territory. and a
mere glance n that immense line Il,
sufiicien, &c reveal We would 10 in a
seriously disaGfrcablc position If the
population living 10 the northward
were hostile TO us Also, in another
treaty, signed August 10, regarding
Anatoiia' the ihree contracting pow