The Washington times., 1921-08-09

ing safeguards So
of peace that distinguished statesmen
have thus far turned out conspicu-
ously unable TO establish
A friend Of mine whose English is
imperfect spoke the other day OF this
wild world" He was trying TO say
this wide world" but the mistake
did not carry him far away from the
truth.
More and more, as the unsuccessful
months have passed, humanity comes
to doubt~whether it's political leaders
are adequate to the task of esta blish.
ing a higher international psychology.
Predatory Peace.
The peak of the effort / believe
was In the days when Wilson'S world
propaganda centered in such express
sions as peace without victory"
Instead OF such a peace, peace by
ARRANGEMENT to come as near as pos
sible to satisfying both sides, we
have a peace so predatory that as
rational and learned a man as Lord
Bryce calls 1t more dangerous than
the attempts made after the Napo'
leonic wars or the war OF 1870.
The meeting in Paris yesterday at
tempts to deal with one OF the most
loaded dangers left us by the peace
treaties-the stupid vagueness OF the
Silesian predicament.
The plebeecite gave plenty OF basis
for the Supreme Council to draw a
line fair both to Germany and Po-
land and announce emphaticallv that
such a line must be respected.
Instead of taking that method OF
closing the incident and getting down
to work, as Italy and Great Britain
wish, The French government insists
on Keeping the pot boiling, I'm the
futile hope of thereby finding a
chance of further weakening Ger.
many by some accidental develop
ment.
German Workers Move.
As Lloyd George, BRAND and Or.
lando face this problem today in Paris
one OF the most essential labor groups
in the world meets in a Swiss town to
begin building for the future. While
Mr. Gompers uses his energy to scOld
at German workmen about the past,
the Machinists take advantage of the
freeing OF Germany to make provisions
against war that they were unable TO
make while the German government
was despotic.
This meeting of the Machinists may
lead on ~ the development of forces
beyond the estimate of government.
Under the new circumstances in
Germany labor is not only free from
governmental interference, but is sew
eral times as numerous as political
entity as II was hefore the war. There
fore, II is rather up to British, French
and American labor than up to Ger.
man labor, to make effective such
agreements as are being negotiated in
Switzerland yesterday.
Labor's Opportunity.
Mr.. McAdoo, in his message to the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen OF
America, meeting in their interna-
tional convention at Toronto today,
urging good work by all labor. adds:
"In this way they will build up
their own strength and command
that public respect and confidence
which will enable them at the proper
time to exercise potential and
beneficial influence upon a final set
tlement Of the railroad problem.
And not only on the railroad
problem. To labor belongs the right
and the duty to help solve the larger
questions now expressing mankind"
Mr.. McAdoo then passes on to the
armament question. declaring the
race of ornaments wholly capable OF
destroying civilization and putting
effective opposition to that race up
to labor.
Thus from many directions at once
come straws indicating that the. pro.
ducing masses have not given up
hope of doing for themselves what
their governments have thus far
proved incapable of doing for them.