Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-03-22
London Has Fears

Times in a long editorial on the rejec-
ton of the peace treaty by the United
States says that the trout of President
Wilson is being complete" and ex-
presses the fear that the prospect for
the treaty and leaggr Of nations being
the leading issue in the coming presi-
Dental campaign must be accepted
1T IS a regrettable prospect for all
the world and particularly for our
selves" says the Times. None the
less, we adhere TO the belief which we
share with Lord Grey, that the -An1eri-
can people are unlikely in the long run
TO withdraw their influence in world
affairs, or to be satisfied with playing
only a small part in the league of ma
tions.
Washington correspondent that Eng
land1n the campaign will he denounced
rs the oppressor of Ireland, Persia, In
dia. and Egypt. and the supporter. to-
gether with France. of the new imper-
ialism', The Times says:
I'VE have gone through the same
sort of storms before, though this one
promises to be exceptionally violent.
and they have not hurt us very much"
The Morning Post after remarxing
that president Wilson's attempt to
force the peace treaty down the throat
of the senatorial mule again has been
unsuccessful refers to rne irish reser-
vation. TO which this newspaper alone
of the morning journals alludes.
Lincoln it says, had some cause
TO complain of British expressions of
sympathy with the south in the civil
war Here we have a case that pretty
nearly comedies, for the British gov
ernment stands, if not for union, at
least for common sovereignty IN the
United Kingdom. The unity of the is
lands under one supreme government
is as important to the British people
as the unity of the United States was,
and is to the American people"
Reiterating it's hostility to the league
of nations and its sympathy with the
senate in rejecting the covenant OF
the league, the Morning Post says:
1--WE can only congratulate the
Americans-witha a wry face-for hav
ing wiser men in the senate than we
have in our government.
How Paris Views 1t.
PARIS, March 21.-The rejection of
the treaty of Versailles by the United
states senate has been so long dis
counted in France that the news caused
little sensation. The morning news
papers print the fact for the most part
without comment.
The Figaro remarks that the treaty's
fate was largely provoked by party
politics and antagonism TO President
Wilson.
what may be called the hand of
WILSON," says the paper, lis, alas,
most considerable and most incontest-
able in the treaty. 1t is found from the
first to the last line
The Figaro attributes to President
Wilson "A lack of clearness in the solu-
ton of the questions of the Saar val
ley and the left bank of the Rhine, and
says:
..But it was singularlv difficult, and
in certain points dangerous, to clash
with an authoritative and dictatorial
man. stubborn in his theology and
ready to have recourse if need be, to
Iemagogic passions to break down the
resistance Of governments.
lie Clair says:
'tAll the socialists and radical paci-
fists counted upon President Wilson to
mutilate our victory. They have not
been disappointed. But what is the
great idealist going to do now? VIII he
appeal to the country against the slight
he has suStained?"
lie Clair says an immediate meeting
of the representatives of the entente
viii decide upon what policy to follow.
T. Homme Libre accuses some of the
leading French newspapers of having
shared in the development of the oppo-
sition that defeated the treaty