Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-11
"PERTINAX' JOINS
IN FRENCH EDITORS
ATTACK ON WILSON
Anonymous Writer Insists Presi-
dents Charge Of Militarisrn is
Aimed at Foch.
SAYS HUNS GOT TOO MUCH
By Associated Press 20 Every Evening

By Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Paris, March ll.--Prusidont Wilson's
charges against France, made in the letter
he sent early this week 10 Gilbert "
Hitchcock Democratic leader in the Unit
ed states Senate, are said by 'Pcrtinaz,
political editor Of the Eeho De Paris, 10 b.
aimed at France by name, but At MAY
shal Foch by implication
The so-called Imprislism u France,
says tho writer, N discussing Mr.. WI
sons lstter, consists in the conviction.
fortified by all tho lessons of history, that.
10 guarantee herself against attacks from
Central Europe, she must hold the Rhine
bridgohoads"
Ia the course Of his srticia 'Per,insr'
says President Wilson went 20 the session
Of the Supreme Council on May 70, 1910.
much perturbcd, and read - Premiers
Clemenoesu and Lloyd George a letter
from Piorrepont u. z Noyes, American
member NJ tho Rhineland Commission,
who declared the sgreeneu. reached on
May for The administration a the
Rhineland was "uorp brutal than ~
authors themselves would desire. "a n
provides for intolerable oppression Of g.,
000,o 600 inhabitants Of the region during
many years Mr. Noyes' letter added
discussed the question strongly supported
his view snh r,-as accompanied bv y plan
Of occupation involving q minimum ~
military domination, II is said.
This plan" the article asserts, was
nothing more or less than The convention
providing for occupation Of the Rhine
land signed with Germany az Versailles
ON juno 2s, 1919, because President VIII
son was able n the meeting Of May ~
20 impose the views of Mr. Moves on The
Supreme Council. and new commission
consisting of Marshal Foch, General
Tasker H Bliss. American pes~s dele
gate, and Field Nsrshal Sir Henry Hughes
Wilson. chief n the imperisl staff of the
British army, received strict orders t6pre-
pare new scheme of occupation bs.ed on
American ideas
The writer declares Marshal Foch. IN
discussing the plan evolved by this com
mission, said The Germans asked for
an imperial commissioner, and they were
gwen not only a commissioner but civil
administration commission which IL much
more than they claimed +"
These words Of Marshal Foch, he
continues, characterize the whole bust
ness today. In consequences Il Is plain 90
sec the Rhineland shares fully In the life
tioh Of coal there Germany goes so far ss
to distinguish between inhabitants she
s1lpposes favorable or unfavorsble 20 ia.
'ffn word the work Of France Is com
promised b. Mr.Wilson after such examples
Of our moderation. Presldent Wilson Has
no right 90 talk OF our imperialism.
The paragraph Of President Wilson's
letter % Senator Hitchcock that has
drawn the FIRE cf Paris editors is requoted
from the text of letter printed in Tues
days Every Evening. II is plea for the
League of Nations, article x Of the
covenant:
Throughout the sessions of The con-
ference in Paris il was evident that a
miIitaristic party, Under the most IN
fuential leadership, was seeking TO gain
in the counseis Of France.
They we're defeated then, but are 10 con
troll now The chief arguments advanced
in Paris in support of the Italian claims on
the Adriatic were strategic arguments.
that is TO say, military arguments, which
had at their back the thought Of naval
in that sea. For my own part,
/ am as intolerant of imperialistic de-
signs on the part Of other nations as ]
1Fas Of such designs on the part of Ger
many.