The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-04
None Offended
At Grey Letter
fcovyr.rh. BY The ra.suiss.osr.)
ny DAVID LAWnDNCD,

WASHINGTON. Feb. s. Sufficient
time has elapsed 10 make thorough
study OF the true effect which the e1
,raordinary letter OF Viscount Gray &C
the London Time has had on the treaty
hight and the American pouucal slLu@
tion that II gave maximum OF ooInhoI
and aspirations or the oluereht Bioup>
IN the National CApital.
Unprecedented as the document va,
In that Il was the frst time any toIeiss
Statesman OF such prominence ana %
ncial ariliation has entereo INTO IN. Sns
rcan political factions, there Is no QSee
ttSu that II gave q maximum or contUr
20 the ",rreooncilaOles as wei az In'
Lodge reservationists or the RepuoIIcat,
offense 20 tho true friends or tresAoen'
alison in the Democratic party
Apublfcans and those Dsmocrats
~hAse ardor for President w nson a. ss
NoIRed for one reason or another durlhs
q last seven years-saw In tho 4%NS
bar q slap in the face for the Fres
l6ent. To The extent that Eiscount Grey
axonsratsd the Republicans from .tne
sssg s S aylRs ERssss RsSafsi aaf iA:S :T
fhs true friends Of the presidenc on Cap
hol Hnl could not conceal their cnasrln
Stscount Gray Justified the Lodge post
ttnn in TWO important reserFatlons-
even though he omitted to say anything
about Article Ten or tho Monroe ~
rrine or the claims OF tho Irish Tor sex
determlnatton-the document nAlterl
the Republican leaders and drew prolns'
praise. oA,,..,,
who have he"n urging reserNacons ol
the lndKe variety be happy? Dldnt VIE
count Grey th" foremost statesman o.
Europe, say there lurked dangers IN tn'
royCnan+ FOR the United states oecaus,
II flture
70 commit the country 10 pollcy "htcr
might not be TO tho liking OF congress
composed OF the opposite poiltica
party? ard didn't ne admit that al! th'
2Sistorical advice and tradition" OF The
United States had "disapProTed or IN
League which he characterized as
plunge into the unknown.
F'oT the last phrase plunge into nr IN,
and others thank Ntscount Grey mos,
heartily. That's what they have beer
thinking. saying. Grating ana inslstins
for many months. They nave snousr
ammunition now with which 70 contra
dict not only Ppresident Wilson but the
Lodge reservRtionists and moreover theS
see Great Britain so anxious 70 h9S'
America a partner in the league thai Sne
Is willing 10 take practically anything
Amarica may offer. This rouses suSpic
ions which the irreconcilaoles Ike Reec
and Borah and no difficulty in creoltlnK
II was admittedly hard TASK WhicI
10
reasons for Americas hesitation over
the peace treaty and league OF nations
Premier LLOYD George vas urged 10 say
some thing not long asr out gave u W
after q days effort as the easiest thinl
With which to burn ones OFFICIAL hngers
For clearly nothing could be SAID u
please both parties and something mlgh,
So said that would offend. While tht
White House hasn't said word anc
officials there were particularly careIu
10 ash every body not TO involve thu
president in any comment. does anyon'
belieys who has watched the treaty
Sxht that President Wilson was pleasec
with the Grey letter. Hardly. 1t con
tradicted too much Of what ne has beer
saving or has said In his Western
fbing that gave Brother Lodge constd
.rabls 10y or comfort can Be set down a,
giving his eHcellency the resident con
siderable pain and discomfort Such Il
onposite politicians hereabouts.
yiscount Grey didn't see Mr.. Wns"-
before he went 20 Europe. He did see
Ssuator Lodge. He got the impression
that the Republicans were coming into
power and It would behooye foreign In,
party. But insofar as the Lodge grouy
tsnaa 10 draw closer TO England. m,
support Of the Irish which has beer
temporarily deposited on the senatoria
man bsSins It's volatile Journey else
whsra. most-likely In tne direction Of
Senator johnson who has been praised
10 The styles by the Hearst newspaperI
ana ether friends OF the Irish for hil
SUCCESSFUL night against tho six-to.on.
Democrats who have been watching tn,
iEe which has bean made OF the 1risf
s,Ipport arc beginning 20 taunt the Re
pu6iicsns with an enthusiastic insist