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with the old The old way was
for group OF diplomats, each re-
a set OF selfish national
interests. 10 hold secret meetings,
and by jockeying. trading, form
Ing private rings and combinations
with one another. come OF last to
@ settlement that was 10 be main
tanned by treaties (often secret
treaties) and balances OF power
based upon military force.
The new way 80 boldly launch
ed at Paris ESQ ineffectively car
ried Quit was. first. to start with
certain general principles OF jus
tice, such as those laid down oy
President Wilson and accepted by
all the world; and, second, 20
have those principles applied. not
by diplomats and politicians each
eager 20 serve his own interests,
but by dispassionate scientists
geographers, ethnologists. econo-
mists-who had made studies OF
the problems involved. II might be
said. in refutation OF the charge
that Wilson had no program that
lhis Was MS program.
This was the American method
and II was moro possible for
America TO practice IL than Tor
other nations because she had so
few material interests TO serve. II
was pre- eminen.ly President VII
sons 3.c;Aod. AMI ne used Il, or
endeavoreJ 70 dss II. a. every
turn
He saw IN Il the only calm. ssfs,
sure basis upon which the peace
could be made TO rest; the only
thing that would take It out OF the
realm Of I'm mediate passion, am
bition and fear While on tbs
way across the Atlantic on ths
George Washin gton the President
said 20 the specialists OF the COM
mission:
Tell me what ia right and
will fight for II. Give ne a guar
anteed position.
No other delegation at Paris
leaned go heavily upon It's scienti-
&c advisers "a the American. for
none 30 desired the truth OF the
matter stripped Of all Immediate
or strategic Interests, and this ap-
piled especially 70 the President.
On Feb 10 IN the Council OF
Ten we find the President giving
this testimony 10 his dependence
upon the experts Of the American
Commission.
PRESIDENT WILSON said that
NJ Clemenceau had paid him an
undeserved compliment. In tech
Meal matters most Of the brains
he used were borrowed; the pos
SCISSORS OF these brains we're IN
Paris.
Dear Charles H. HaSktns and
DR.. Robert II. Lord OF Harvard
University. two OF the territorial
specialists az Paris, have said:
Certainly none OF the chief
delegates was more eager for ira
facts Of the case than the Presi-
dent OF the United States. and
none was able TO assimilate more
quickly or use them more efficient
" in the discussion Of territorial
problems"
AS TO the Presidents depend
ence upon the experts OF the COM
mission. Thomas ". Lamont. one
Of the economic advisers, says: Il
never saw a nan more ready and
enxious 70 consult thap he
Again and again he would say ia
Mr.. Lloyd George or NJ. Clemen-
ceau: Ny expert here. Mr.. So
and So. telts me such-andsuch
and I believe he is right. You will
have to argue with him If you
want 70 get me TO change my opin-
ion
= Criticism has been leveled al the
President. as by Mr. Lansing, fo'
not taking council" Undoubted.
ly- he did not take his own com
q missioners into consultation a.
$, much as he should have done; b
e is too much the solitary worker
lie he delegates authority with diff
a. Guilty; he has too little apprecia
p ton OF the need OF explanation
y. conference, team play. the human
r lubricants; but Mr.. Lansing wa
~ a type of many men at the confer
N ence who were forever giving tn
Oh President opinions. or urging upol
o. him points OF view or principle
G. quite different from his own, whei
sd he wanted facts, knowledge. infoT
Z. nation. He had thought out hi
At general principles and set hi
n course; they were OF the yer.
r warp and wool OF his life. The
t. were his faith. They were hi
a. religion And they were IN
IS changeable so far as he was con
I'd cerned. He did not, then, desir
IS, other principls or opinions MI
IS, Lansing wanted him TO base IN
TO peace primarily upon legal prir
Sc that ID should be based primaril
is upon moral principIes), but he di
al desire. and eagerly seek, intorms
a. ton. facts. all the light he coul
3, get 10 apply the principles whic
W he had set forth and all the WORT
a had accepted as the basis OF th
so peace. " he was adament IN nj
n, general principles. he was th
es humblest OF men before the facts.
IS Mr.. Lansing, of course, was a
ir fully entitled to his own princir
IS les. his faith. as the President
n but finding that they were in fun
nd damental disagreement. for exam
pie. in the matter OF "self-deter
4 minatlon." as he confdes secret
90 to his diary. IL was his duty {
20 resign: for the responsibility 0
~ the peace rested not upon him bu
-, upon the President.
:, Such was the organization an
a intent OF the new order" /,
ar Paris. and surh the Leadership
-. Before describing the actual strus
., gle with the old. which had bee
~ having everything its own wa
la since the armistice. one OF th