Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-15

Conference" Mr.. Balfour had !
proph esied two months before II
began.
II WAS q sagacious prophecy. |
The forces OF the Old Order went |
TO Paris. as has been shown, quite |
confident to making peace OF
their own kind. They were in tbs
stronger tactical position. They
had with them tradition, expert |
snce. trained Diplomatic leader
ship and. above all. oonsummatc
organization. No parts OF the gov
srnmental fabrics OF Europe, sen
sitive 10 their own security, were
30 perfectly developed es the diplo-
matte and military systms.
On the other hand. the forces OF
the Now Order. rs shown in provi-
Gus chapters. were also gathered at
Paris, not without vigorous organ
ixaton and leadership. and. ~
wanting In tradition. full OF enthu-
siasm and aspiration; and conn
dent (howcver JUSTLY that II they
did not have the support - ths
leaders OF the European Govern
ments, At least they had - .Asm nj
tho people OF tho world Th,se two
forces now came strongly into con
fict. and in the first place, natural
ly enough. over tactical problems
or organization and procedure.
Who should control this vital
world conference. Should e be
the military men who had been
controlling Europe for four years.
or should the civil authorities
again ASSERT their dominance
Few people realize what a strur-
gle went on AT Paris-throushoy
the confcrence--betwee the milf
tary group and heads OF States
This effort within the pecret con-
1erences to escape from military
dominance and the military spirit,
VIII be treated IN the present chan
ter. After that came the not les.
vital struggle as TO what powers
should control the conferencs
what procedure should be follow
Cd. and what language-lanruar.
Ii Always \ symhol OF pover-
should be regarded as Official
In the eagerness to know WIN.
was done At Paris too little atten.
ton has been given to thes,
enormously important initial mat.
ters OF organization In any polt
teal convention. any trade unon
any business organization, It IS III,
A B c OF the proceedings to max,
sure OF controlling organization
and procedure. So Il was. pre-
emfnently. at Paris. A large PRO
portion OF the settlements wer,
either decided or profoundly inru
enced before they were even dis
cussed.
Military Uniforms and Frock Coat
remember well my first sigh
OF Marshal Foch, al a curiousl,
dramatic moment. which II shal
think OF always as . kind OF sym
boil OF the entire Peace Conference
II was IN tho ante-room OF NJ
Pichon's Cabinet at the Frencl
Foreign Once In the Quai d'Orsay
that high-ceiled room with its oil,
tapestries and rich carpets and W
holstery sod liveried servants, VIII
were always going noiselessly 4
and out.
In the room beyond were meet
ing the chiefs OF the four gres
powers with their various adviser
and secretaries. The President c
tho United States was there an
the Prime Minister OF Great Br
tain, the Premier Of italy and th
President OF the Council OF Franc,
One entered NJ. Pichon's Cabint
OF State through double doors f
ted with steel rods so that the
closed together and made the rooI
within quite sound proof. ] toun
out later that this secrecy was on
one Of the fine ceremonials {
diplomacy and that the procee'
ings within trickled out throug
channels closed by no doub
doors: but as a ceremonial 1t W;
highly impressive.
One morning-this was in Jam
airy not long after the beginning
the conference saw these doc