The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-11
VIVA VIII SONSAD
ABOUT IT, s.. AID

the REMARKS that our friends hav
made, | should be very sorry to hav
the impression lodged In your mind
that the great powers desire to assum
or play any arbitrary role in thes
great matters, or assume, because O
any pride OF authority, to exercise al
undue influence in these matters. ant
therefore I want to call your attention
to one aspect OF these questions whicl
has not been dwelt upon,
| we are trying to make a peacefu
| settlement, that is to say to elimirat,
those. elements OF disturbance, so fal
as possible. which may interfere witt
| the peace OF the world. and we are try.
lng to make an equitable distribution
| Of territories. according to the race
the ethnographical character OF the
people inhabting those territories.
| And back of that lies this funda
| mentally important fact that when the
| decisions are made, the allied and as
| sociated powers guarantee to maintain
| thom. 1t Is perfectly evident, upon a
moments reflection, that the chief bur
den OF the war fell upon the greater
powers, and II 1t had not been for their
action. 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 analy-
sis the military and naval strength of
the great powers will be the final guar
antee OF the peace OF the world
I'm these circumstances, IL II unrea-
son9bie and unjust that. not as dicta-
tors. but as friends, the great powers
should say to their associates:
We cannot afford to guarantee ter
rltorial settlements which we do not
believe to be right, and we cannot
agree to leave elements OF disturbance
unremoved which we believe will dis
turb the peace of the world?
Take the rights Of minorities Moth
ing, ] venture to say. is more likely to
ct fNNEtN Nl.A s.fA
treatment which might In certain cir
cumstances be meted out to minorities
And therefore II the great powers are
TO guarantee the peace OF the world in
any sense is IT unjust that they should
be satisfied that the proper fand neces-
sary guarantees have been given?
To Insure Peace Of World,
Il beg our friends from Rumania and
from Serbia to remember that while
Rumania and Serbia are ancient SOW
ereigntes, the settlements of this con
ference are greatly adding to their ter
ritories. You cannot in one part OF our
transactions treat Serbia alone and In
all OF the other parts treat the kingdom
OF the Serbs. the Croats and the Slo-
Venes as different entity. for they
are seeking the recognition OF this CON
ference as, a single entity, and II this
conference is going to recognize these
various powers as new sovereignties
within definite territories the chief
guarantors are entitled to be satisfied
that the territorial settlements are of
character to be permanent, and that
the guarantees given are OF a character
to insure the peace of the world.
IT Is not, therefore. the interventions
OF those who would interfere. but the
action of those who would help. I beg
that our friends will take that view of
it, becanse | see no escape from that
view Of 1t.
How can power like the United
States--for l can speak for no other
after signing this treaty. If it contains
elements which they do not believe
will be permanent. go 1900 miles away
across the seas and report to its people
that 1t has made settlement sof 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- SlovalSia, and of Serbia, that If
not observed, the United Estates will
send her armies and her navies TO see
that they are observed.
Is It Unreasonable7
I'm those circumstances, is 1t unrea-
sonable that the United States should
insist upon being satisfied that the set
Elements are correct? Observe, Mr.. |
Bratiano-and l speak OF his sugges-
tions with the utmost respect--sug- |
gested that we could not, so to say, in
'due tHe sovereignty OF hulnanla, an
ancient sovereignty. and make certain
prescriptions with regard to the rights
Df minorlties. But | beg him TO OBJ
serve that he is overlooking the fact
that he is asking the sanction Of the
allied and associated powers Tor great
additions Of territory which come to
by the common victory of
arms and that, therefore. we are en-
titled to say: II we agree to these ad-
litions Of territory we have the right
o insist upon certain guarantees of
)eace'
"a beg my friend, Mr.. kramara,
and my friend, Mr.. TrumbIc, and
my friend, Mr.. BratIano, to believe
that II we should feel that It Is best
to leave the words which they have
wished 10 omit In the treaty, II is
not because we want to Insist upon
unreasonable conditions. but that
we want the treaty to accord TO us
the right Of Judgment as to whether
those are things which we can af
ford to guarsrt-e.
All Must Co. operate.
Therefore the Impressions with
which we should dispense ought to be
hese. that we are all friends OF course
hat goes without saying-but that we
nust all be associates in a common ef-
ort, and there can be no frank and
arnest association In the common ef-
ort unless there is common agree
nent as to what the rights and settle
nents are;
Now, If the agreement is a separate
greement among groups Of us, that
Oes not meet the object If you should
dopt the language suggested by tn"
zecho- Slovakian delegates and the
crbian dccgation-the Jugo- Slovak
elegation-that it should be left TO ne
citation between the principal allied
nd associated powers and their sew
raj delegates, that would mean that
'ter this whole conference Is adjourned {
ruups Of them would determine what
to he the basis of the peace Of the
urld. II sccms to me that that would 7
q n most dangerous idea to entertain
nd, therefore, ! beg that weNNnay part q
lth scnsc, not Of interference with
lch other. hut Of hc0rty and friendly
'-opcratiun uron the only possible e,
ass II guarantee. Where the great .
gee los. there must be the sanction =
pc r'.
PhRTNER RsHIP OF RIGHT
"a sometimes wish. in hearing an p
argument Ike this, that were the
that what said might be robbed OF
any mistaken significance, but |
think you Will agree with me that
the United States has never shown
any temper OF aggression anywhere.
and II Hes In the heart Of the people \
cf the United States, as am sure
Il lies In the hearts OF the peoples -
ot the other great powers, 20 form b
common partnership Of right and a
TO do serN ice TO our associates, and !
no Kind OF dlsserViee."
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