El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-27

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while the European nations continue
70 ask for American participation
4 they are led by a total misapprehen-
sion Of what that participation
actually means.
All Want Our Aid.
Quite naturally the Englishman
believes that American participation
means American support Of British
views OF world order The French
man must have the same belief.
/ But II it be made clear to Briton
and Frenchman alike. that America
/ in the nature OF things can only in
/ tervene in world affairs 70 re-
organize them. I am satisfied that
/ both Britain and France would with
I draw their Invitations.
II we are to be a receiver for
I Europe we must have a receiv-
/ er's powers But these nre powers
no nations will or can surrender
20 U.s. These are power which to
attempt 10 exercise is TO invite
/ international discOrd.
/ Paris, when we opposed the Rhine
( barrier; know how the Italians
felt and acted over Fiume. I re-
member the momentary wrath Of the
British when they discovered that
the German ships seized by the United
States would be kept by US
Justice in An Claims.
As an American see the justice
Of the British view, the French view.
the Polish view understand the
emotion Of the Italian. but IL Is not
l less clear 70 me that there is an
American view, that II America were
asked to remal1e the treaty in such
fashion as 10 save Germany from
1 economic ruin. in the interest OF
world stability. and, ST America IN
dertooz the task, our representa-
tives would have to demand equal
contributions from all And IL is
exactly this which the British do not
see, the French have only begun to
discover, and the Italians. having
found out, are protesting against
with approximate violence
One might stfn feel that II was
American duty to incur world
appropriately, II in the end
sOiernble Improvement would be
made, bat is there any such
hopper
We did not compel the French to
give up the Sarre or the Rhine
with the promise Of our military
alliance II was not territory they
desired, but security. and indemnity;
We guaranteed both and they agreed
to retire from the Rhine and the
Sarre, II our guarantee proved suf-
ficient. Not having offered Italy
any quld pro quo. the Italians have
not even promised 70 get out
Why We Cant Do It.
Reluctantly, very reluctantly /
have reached the conclusion that the
United States cannot accept the re-
sponsibiiity for world adjustment;
that our country cannot safely for
itself or profitably for the world put
its mOmentary authority in the path
way Of what other great nations re-
gard as conditions essential to their
existence. TO their security.
We cannot safely use our tenn
porary financial strength to club
the less fortunate into an ac-
eepfamee Of q world order which
we must guarantee with all OF
our strengthened and mCney
alike.
To attempt this IS merely TO under
take 70 DO. for moral purposes for
legitimate and uuselfish ends, what
Germany sought to do, six years ago.
from the hasest Of motives, namely
10 become the dominant world power.
Nor Is there any present reason 70
good. we possess the prerequisite
grasp Of European facts
Security in the mouth Of a French
man or an italian TO US has meant
imperialism yet from caesar to
kaiser the Rhine and the Alps have
been for Latin and Gallic peoples
the symbol Of security while Ameri-
cans. like Englishmeu. having been
blessed with security as a geog-
raphical incident, have invariably
failed 20 recognize European desire
to acquire similar security as other
than evil passion
our Limitations.
Isolated from European affairs We
can only be within limits, hence
The president has been widely
criticised for refusing to accept the
reservations affecting article X but
It seems 70 me he was far more
logical than his opponents, for he
had recognized, as most everyone in
Paris did. that one really life giving
element in the league Of nations was
the promise 10 contained Of an
armies and with its financial re-
sources. IL any nation challenged the
principles embodied in the treaty and
expressed in terms Of territorial ces-
But how can America safely IN
frontiers, some Of which are just
some palpably un1ust2 Guarantee
them. we must however, II We in
sist upon drawing them
The difficulty with the lenEue
Of nations, as constructed at
Paris lies in the fact that Europe
saw in IL an old fashioned
nIIfnnee, which included the
United States, and America saw
in il n voluntary association for
the Improvement Of world condi-
Z tons
! Had the senate accepted the treaty
with its own reservations appended.
we should have been legally exempted
but morally and materially COM
promised Moreover. in adding the
Irish amendment. the senate gave
clear evidence OF exactly the sort
Of controversy which may be expected
to follow closely upon the appIca-
ton Of the treaty.
Certainly the United States
has Just as much right to be
concerned over the condition. Of
the Irish as. say the Jews in
Wumauia. on behalf Of whom We
and the British demanded that
Humnnin consent to drastic
Limitations OF her own national
sovereignty. But actually this
soneedes an equal right TO the
British and to the Rumaniaus 10
Interfere on behalf Of the Ameri-
Fan negro.
, The simple truth semes to me TO
be that in the matter Of the league
OF nations, Europe was talking and