New-York tribune., 1921-04-08
u. S. Expects
Allies to Aid
Mandate Plea
CONTINUED from nrst paue)

send n representative to the Supreme
Council or to some other international
conference body to examine fully all
cussion in Paris of the questions Of
the disposition of zap and Mesopo-
tamia.
Wilson's Position Weak
An investigation will show little pos
sible evidence in favor of EXPIRE sident
Wilson, who was the chief American
delegate at the conference when the
questions were discussed. On the other
hand, the evidence will show that MIR.
Wilson failed to take the strong stand
which he should have maintained if the
United States intended to hold its
ground
Approximately the same negative at
titude is attributed to the former
American President in regard to the
Island of Yap as in the case of Shan
tung. Persons who pretend to know
what was taking place in Mr.. Wilson's 8
mind at the time of the peace confer
ence and are conscious of mis- reaction
to these important affairs, believe that
the eX-President's lack of positiveness
in the cases of both Shantung and Yap
was due to a deliberative policy which
might have been a mistaken one, but
one which he hoped eventually would
prove best in the world settlement, For
instance, it is suggested that Mr.. Will
son feared the consequences of insist
ing positively on the internationaliza-
tion of the Island of zap, so he thought
best to leave Americas position mega
lively strong, hoping for later read
justment.
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future war between the United States
and Japan, and looked to the League
OF Nations eventually to prevent this
calamity. He acquired the conviction
IN the long conferences at Paris that if
he insisted on a settlement of, for in
stance, the Shantung question strictly
in accordance with American ideas,
Japan would withdraw from the Su-
preme Council and refuse tc enter the
league (Japan did threaten to with
draw unless Shantung were awarded to
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Hoped for Curb on Japan
The moment came when the ex-
President had to choose Japan's exit
from the league and the Shantung ar
rangement provided in the final treaty.
He decided to accept the latter alter
native, believing that if Japan were
DouHu up Win all the other powers in
worldwide association, which was to
prevent all future wars and injustice,
Japan would be constrained at the
proper time, under pressure from all
sides, to handle territorial matters as
world public opinion demanded.
Otherwise, Mr.. Wilson thought he
foresaw the coming struggle in the
Pacific between the United States and
Japan and considered that this trial
would be spared to his country by
action Of the league.
This apology for Mr.. Wilson's as
tlons in Paris does not dispose of the
Yap question, although it foresh hadows
the great difficulties which American
representatives will encounter in dis
cussing the concessions which the
Harding Administration demands from
Europe.
France, both officially and semi-ofi-
cially, expresses the greatest sympathy
with the American contention that her
share in the victory cannot be alienated
without her consent. And yet even
for the European nations the question
is delicate and complicated. Just as
Great Britain's plea in the case of the
Mesopotamian oil monopoly is prior