The New York herald., 1921-05-15


been devised to save us from the destruction
of another world war" and says lit is a
melancholy reflection upon our right 10
exist While he recognizes the Senators
night to safeguard American interests. he
says: TT is to be regretted that they did
not choose another occasion to battle with
The Executive for what they declared to be
their rights" Likewise Mr. Wilson might
have taken any other occasion to infringe
upon the constitutional prerogatives of the
s'enate less important than a challenge Of
American sovereignty
He advocates the limitation of armament
tut does not disclose why he did not seek to
influence his chief when Mr.. Daniels an
nounced his huge building programme on
the very eve of the Peace Conference.
Although it was Col Houses original in
tent TO give us the true story of how peace
was made and the armstice granted at Yer
sailes. he omits it: but he is quoted in
Dr. Mezess chapter all too briefly on this
vital subject. We find here the most ex-
traordinary statement in the book Its
motive doubtless was feeling that some
explanation was due to meet the conviction
now well nigh general, that peace was
made prematurely. House says:
The outstanding problem was 10 have
terms cover what must be unconditional sur
render without imperilline peace itself. The
military spirit in the United States was at its
height and the feeling could not be ignored
'Who does not remember that even Mr.
Eanlels wanted 10 march down Inter den
Linden and dictate terms at Berlin?) With
the Entente the situation was different They
were war-worn and weary. bled white
Germany was retreatng in orderly fashion
she might be able to hold out for
months. II she had done this. and we had
failed to make peace there would
have been political revolution in every
allied country save the United States. The
people would almost Of certainty have over
thrown the existing governments and placed
In power ministers instructed to reopen ne
gotiations the basis of the Fourteen
Points and with more moderate conditions"
As against this remarkable statement /
viii quote Clemenceaus own words. He said
to me on March 90. 1912 THE armistice was
made a month too soon but IL was not
frances fault" Hag in mis- official report
states that on the morning of the armistce
his cavalry penetrated fifteen TO twenty
miles within the enemy lines and in a few
hours their retreat would have been rout
Col. House has still much to tell which
waiting world would welcome
Mr. Hoover on THE Economic Admins
tration During the Armistice" adds little
that IL new. He faced the problem of saving
l60.O0000o Of liberated and enemy peoples
WIN Nut most teITlDie famine
since the Thirty Years War. when third
Of the population concerned died" America
alone fed over 100000 children of twenty
nations Al one time 10000. 900 people were
being supported by charity: 35.000.000 tons
or commodities were obtained and settled for
II is likely that history will regard Mr..
Hoover's work the greatest single handed
achievement of the war, excepting only those
of Joffre and Foch.
In Mr.. Lamont's admirably written chap
ter on Preparations" II is held that Clemen-
ceau and LLOYD George were mistaken in
thinking their constituents would have
turned them out OF office IL the amount had
been definitely fixed, whatever the sum
Clemenceau especially. he thinks would
have withstood any storm He pictures him
i'm these words.
"A great rugged bowlder rock
with AL the forces OF dismay and despair
breaking mpotently against his rugged
flanks BY sheer will and dorgpd de-
termination hc stopped the running tide
re became 2 mighty fortress. around