Evening journal., 1920-02-18
revenge MOTIVE
INPEACE Terms
Shot at Clemenceau Spurred
Allies TO Harsher Action,
Says Mrs. Wilson
GERMANY CANNOT
PAY, SHE ASSERTS

To the assassln's bullet which
wounded Clemenceau. may be traced
the hard pence terms imposed upon
uermany, terms so hard that lt is physj-
raliy Impossible for the GerIsan nation
to carry them out. according TO Mrs
John Glover Wilson. American journal
ist. who for eight months was dallv
attendant at the Peace Conference IN
Paris. Mrs. Wilson lectured at the
New Century Club last night, under the
auspices Of the Business and .Profes-
sional Womens Club
struggle between liberal ideals and
motives Of revenge and conquest
marked the entire history Of the Peace
conference. said Mrs Wilson. who
POINTED out that the struggle was not
international, but between different
parties Of each nation. She said that
whatever OF !iberality and disinter-
ested motives were 10 be found In The
peace treaty, We're directly due TO the
United States delegates. with the CO.
operation Of Great Britain. At first these
Ideas won out, she asserted. but when
the woundng # Clemenceau gave him
the sympathy end support Of the entire
French nation. his harsh ideas began TO
gain the ascendency. From that time
motives Of avaIice and revenge got
more and more control Of the confer
ence, declared the speaker.
She said the public has been bewil-
dered by the discrepancy between the ,
fine speeches Of the delegates and their
policy Of anneXations and indemnities,
when 1t came to actual transactions. As
an example, General SHUTS, the Boer
War leader who wrote the ideallstic
book, which became the basis for the Y
principle in the treaty, was E
IS anxious as anybody to acquire Ger a
nan South African colonies for his o
lwn people, she asserted U
Mrs. Wilson was extremely tpessimis- m
ic over the present situation, saying al
. looked as If the entire fruits of the u
var were to be lost. She said that in p'
tead Of a better understanding be-
ween America and Europe, the war di
as resulted in more distrust and mis- In
than for many years be- ri
ore the conflict Mrs Wilson also to
that the sixty separate Of
COMMISSIONS which have charge Of car IA
ying out the peace treaty tams, co
nd thus have the entire future Of Eu- ar
Ope in their control, are made up of Sc
who will turn the world
ack to the old petty policies which 10
ave always led up to war after war fu
She blamed America for an indif- m'
renee TO world affairs which viii III
rove costly 10 this nation in the fu- fei
Ire. Mrs. Wilson asserted that ais
merlca, weary OF European affairs. is ad
tempting the impossible in trying TO hi.
main isolated With so many eco de
Dmic and other bonds connecting
merica with Europe, said the speaker d
le cannot be separate however, much ~
le may desire It. The evil results OF
nerican indifference are shown al
ady, said Mrs. Wilson. In the permit
lg Of the Turks TO control CONSTANT
pile. Already Armenian massacres
we been renewed She could not un- Ch'
rstand why the question Of an Amer JoI
IN mandate has not been brought rec
fore public attention with any prom ter
ence. 20
the difference OF feeling TO- me-
lrds America now. and year ago, SOL
Europe, Mrs. Wilson spoke Of her q
)pplng at the Wilson Hotel in Fiume eId
year ago. She said the name OF the
tel has now been changed and she
,uld have 20 change her own name IL NJ
E went back TO FiuIhe. Q.
'irs. Wilson pralsed President VIII NEE
!. saying America did not realize his ton
at achievements in connection with IN
, peace treaty and League Of Ma hea
ns. she scored the United States CON
late for It's failure TO ratify treaty Dov
league. men
hat the League Of Nations Is now by
ually in existence Is due directly to
isdent Wilson's refusal to allow the Ch
ice Treaty and draft Of the League A
Nations TO be considered separately Will
erted the speaker She said that II row
delegates had been allowed to Mrs
tpone the league until after the ohai
ity terms were settled, they would are
e gone home and not bothered about sale
league, since It held no immediate
.erial gain for their countries. She
Jared President Wilson returned TE
Paris just in time to keep the other Thlr
ons from putting over" this sepa- A ~
on Of treaty and league. and that slioh
vas at this time differences first teent
,e between the President and former littIe
'etary of State Lansing.
rs. Wilson declared the trouble with
treaty was that 10 demanded huge ~,
nents by Germany and at the same III Is
, so throttled German industries ligAl .t.
these payments could not be made. 's otliJl
rs. Wilson spoke OF the tribute paid iSees s,e
Marshal Foch to the American sol 5. Slsel
5 and General Pershing Hi9N'