New-York tribune., 1920-10-20

guaranteed by the armed force Of the
great powers
Protected by Armed Force
According to the official version the
President said:
"'One of the essential conditions
possible Of territories, in accordance
with the atlinities and desires of the
populations. Once this is done, the
Allied and associated powers will
guarantee the maintenance Of them
as nearly as possible (under) just
conditions which we shall have
reached. 1t is they who shall UNDER
take the engagement and burden
thereof. Inevitably the main re-
sponsibility will rest upon them,
since it is they who, by the force Of
things, have made the most consid
cradle effort during the war. 1t must
not be forgotten that it is their force
which is the final guaranty Of the
peace of the world. Under these
conditions, is it unjust that in the
language not of dictat tors but of
councillors and friends they now
say eve cannot guarantee frontiers
IT we do not believe that these from
tiers satisfy certain principles Of
right and that they will not leave
causes of trouble and conflict re-
naming in the world"?
The same reasoning applies to
the minorities. 1t is with the same
idea in mind that the status of the
minorities has been mentioned.
"If you wish that the principal
Allied and associated powers guar
n fsan bn ,,r%N 6 |.
Is 1T unjust that they should have
satisfaction on the conditions which
they deem indispensable to avoid
future causes of war? If
the world is again perturbed, if the
conditions that we consider as fun
damental are again put into ques-
ton, the guaranty which is given to
you means that the United States
Will send their armies and their
fleet from one side of the ocean to
the other
Burden Upon Greater Powers
"Under the version given out at tn,
White House the President says:
And back of this lies this funda-
mentally important fact that when
the decisions are made the Allied
and associated powers guarantee to
MAINTAIN them. 1t is perfectly evil
dent upon moments reflection that
the chief burden Of their maintaining
Will TALL upon the greater powers
The chief burden OF the war fell
upon the greater powers, and if it had
not been for their military action we
would not be here to settle these
questions, and therefore we must not
close our eyes to the fact that in the
last analysis the military and naval
strength of~the great powers will be
the final guaranty of the peace of
the world. How can a power
like the United States, for example
(for | can speak of no other), after
signing this treaty, if it contains
elements which they do not believe
will be permanent, go 5000 miles
away across the sea and report to it's
people that it has made a settlement
of the peace of the world? 1t cannot
do so, and yet there underlies all of
these transactions the expectation on
the part (for example) of Rumania
and of Czecho- Slovakia and of Serbia
that if any covenants of this settle
ment are not observed the United
States will send her armies and her
navies to see that they are observed.
In these circumstances is it unrea-
sonable that the United States should
insist upon being satisfied that the
settlements are correct?'
Upon both Of these reports it is per
fectly plain that the consideration
upon which Rumana and Serbia were
urged to consent to a limitation O.
their sovereignty was d guaranty O
that sovereignty by the United State:
with the justified understanding tha
the guaranty (if need be) would bs
made good by sending armies and fleet,
across the sea. That guaranty wa.
contained in Article X, and that il
what Article X means.
Questions Wilson's Infallibility
~ do not question Mr.. Wilson's be
lief that the dispositions of the treat,
for which he was contending on th'
31st of May, 1919 were just and fair
do not question his belief that all tn
other multitude of dispositions o
those treaties which undertook t.
make over eastern Europe were fair
or were expedient, or were the bcs
that could be done under the circum
stances; but, without disrespect, | d.
question Mr.. Wilson'S infallibility.
do question the complete control o
abstract justice in the processes b.
which the four men who dictated thos
treaties reached their conclusions.
have an impression that there was tn
accommodation of conflicting interests
the giving of something here to ge