El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-17

BLAME j. J. FDR.
ANARCHY IN EAST.
Continued from page 1. this seetiOn.)
streets. The hearses for the most
part carry little collins. Babies per
ish like flies, famished and chilled
to death A large proportion Of those
who so far survive suffer from tu-
berculOsis and ricketts,. Food and coal
are wanting. Prices are a night
mare. For lack Of other fuel, people
have to burn their furniture.
Are we going to stop playing
politics ut home and deal with
this situntiOnf II we do, we will
earn and receive more gratitude
from the world than for deciding
the issue Of the European war.
II we do not-but 1 refuse to be-
Ifeve that we Will not.
President Wilson had a hard fight
to get the league OF nations accepted
in Paris as the framework OF the
treaty, and was assured by France
and italy, though not by England.
that it was so accepted only out Of
compliment TO the United States. But
now that the senate refuses to ac-
cept the league of nations without
changes that would in European
opinion, make It worthless, opinion
has veered even among the French
men who formerly opposed the league
most bitterly. They now complain
that by refusing to support the
! league. the United States is robbing
I Europe OF its chance to escape
anarchy.
Two Main Complaints.
But it is not the Reputation Of the
league, or even the doubt as to
whether America viii ratify the
] agreement TO support France against
Germany, II necessary, thae causes
most alarm here
There are two main points in the
chief complaint against US
First, that by holding up the rati-
I fication Of the negotiation OF peace
I in Turkey and the near east, through
delay in saying what part If any we
viii take in the settlement, the United
Z States has plunged those regions into
/ anarchy which it may be too late to
! suppress, and thus increas ed the bur-
I dens Of France and England in Syria,
Asia Minor. Nesopotamia and Thrace.
Second. that by refusing to sta
billie tho exchanges, America is
starving stricken Europe OF food
to keep her alive over the win
ter and OF raw materials 10 get
her Industries going again so
that she can become seIf-sup-
porting.
Nothing that has ever been done IN
[ Washington has SO aroused resent
ment in Paris as the announcement
that the government would take no
I steps TO prevent further depreciation
in the franc.
Need Long Credits.
Give US long term credits, and DO
not make US pay you interest now,
and II these credits are large enough
the franc and lire will recover from
their present fantastic collapse" said
a French banker. 1T is not charity
we ask From your own point Of
view TO divert your surplus capital
ness, for with your help we can re-
cover, but without IL we are all
doomed to complete destruction. and
how can an American who realizes
that If his country does not help the
continent viii relapse into barbarism.
hesitate either on humanitarian or
business grounds2
The tendency in England TO place
upon American shoulders, rather
than upon those Of Germany OF those
Of selfish and grasping entente poll
ticians in Paris the blame Tor pres
Illustrated by quoting J. L Garvin,
the well known Unionist publicist
who has been good friend Of the
United States
The smash OF Europe and the
east" he said. "is far more comnlete
rthan II could have been II the great
republic had not put its utmost power
into the total destruction Of the old
order before refusing its expected aid
Tor the construction OF a new. We're
there no Improvement in the trans
Atlantic attitude then better that
America had never interviewed.
AS We now know from German
revelations the European allies
by steadfastness would still have
won. Their victory would have
been less decisive, but would
have resulted in n more ordered
and manageable world than that
which now eIiEtE
IF America has abdicated the
moral and practical leadership OF the
world. Britain. with all her burdens,
must take up that leadership, ready,
OF course At any time to welcome
Americas return and rejoice in it
Meanwhile Britain must face the
work for there is no one else to do it
~Ihe effect OF Americas alb
Ste1tiOn and delay has been
worse than the worst that was
feared. 1t IS impossible for Us to
repair All the consequence.
Settlement Retarded.
AT every point Of the map real
settlement Is retarded As regards
Constantinopie and what was the
Turkish empire, the results OF the
delay are growing menace through
out the whole east But one great
fact removed the doubt which has
hitherto held up effective action OF
any kind America viii take no na-
tional mandate either for Armenia or
Constantinople. 1t would neverthe-
less be well worth while to put that
city and the straits under an inter-
national council. with an American
high commissioner at its head. 10
create for ConstantinOple and the
straits a permanent international
control with an effective executive
means the first step towards any
wider settlement in the east.
Need Systematic Effort.
"A more and more systematic
effort must be made to bring ire
hundred millions of former enemy
populations OF middle Europe into
conference and cooperation. with
out that there can be no order and