Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-01

y teal struggle Of tho entire Peace
conference.-the OF the Dark Period.
The French had suddenly and power
fully marshaled their complete pha-
lanx OF demands-as show In the
last chapter-and the President found
himself in opposition at almost every
point.
But the French were not the only
ones who had been sharpening thelr
while h President was
away. Every rsohlem Of a mad SICK
world now descended nj once upon
him. $50,
The President had scarcely arrived
a, the new White House in the
Place dos Etats Cnis before the
Italians were demanding immediate
attention 90 their matters. ON March
IS Orlando. the Italian
called twice anon the President Inc
Italians feared that their CLAIMS, IN
volytnr Austria-Hungary. would lie
sbclycd until tho German treaty was
comn,eted and they would thus lose
al opportunity FOR bargaining, ana
they determined to prevent TINS AT
all costs.
The Japancse. vastly ENCOURAGED
while tho President was away by W.
s,ranccs under the Balfour reso'u-
,ior ,ha, their claims IN China ana
tho Pacific we're in "A fair way - We
fo~orablv considered. now took oCSa-
sion 70 press forward again WIN
choir demands for he recognition or
,be principle Of racial cquahty'
rhcir ambassador at Washington
Ma oven forwarded 10 the President
:. Narrb A a formal note upon this
subject.
Demands from Small States.
70 tho great States had weishtier
demands 70 present the small states
,verc more importunatc. Neh'ze!os
presented the Greek claims 10 the
President on March IA the Aloah-
,ans and the L~lthuanians appeared
ON the nth, the HunsarIans on 'he
oath. DELEGATIONS of all klnas an"
,ro,, al parts Of the world had been
arr,vtpg al PARIS during the preced-
inc weeks. and they had been organ
,zinr outlining their demands
vnon discovering how much every
one else was demanding. increasing
,hese demands. The international
Thor eronD was already at work.
with samuel Gompers representing
America. a farmers committee was
sending in statements OF lis interhA-
tonal purposes; womcn's commit
toes had come from America ana
England and were eagerly knocking
~ the conference door. ana even "a
group Of negroes was there 10 plead
tho cause az the black man before
The tribune Of the world. The irish
committee appeared with a fighting
programme. the Egyptians were
there the Jews maintained a power
fil representation for many weeks
and were shrewdly and fru!uully &C
tive. Scarcely "a day passed n a
m~0urnful Armen!ans. bearded and
black clad. did not besiegc the Amer
loan delegation. or less frequently
tho President. setting forth the really
terrible conditions IN their own a Y
,shed land. Among the Presidents
papcrs - 20 be found a heart-rend-
irr account Of the starvation in Vi
emma. with a series Of photographs
showing children IN the last stages
Of emaciauon pictures that must
have clt 20 the heart Of any sensi-
tive man.
Wilson's Telling Strokes.
In the fr.t few days after his re-
turn the k-esldent had made q num-
her II telling strokes In the gather.
lrc melee. which. while they indeed
gained him some ground. also serve'
20 .|rritate and consolidate the on
position. Ou March j. las already
e"Np!ainedl he has upset many plans
by declaring that the League mus
Doe an internal part az the treaty
on March i he had destroyed in IN
Courc.! Il Ten the elaborate schem'
of the French for the perpetua
maintenaure % control Of the mill
ta~y and naval affairs 81 Germany
4 little later he was instrumental q
achn defeating IN the League O
Nations Commission the Bourgeo!
proposal 20 make the League pract!
oallv q military alliance for the de
tense a. France. His action also i
refusing hv wireless while on IN
ocean. 90 consent 70 the French pro
posal % include the costs OF war J.
the payments Germany must max
s'lll ranked.
~ the same tine "a wave az pani
and pessim.stn seemed 20 swee
across the world Bclshevism wa
active IN the East and sprcadin
westward. j. seemed that unle,
something was done immediately m
world would sink .r'o complete ar
ar,hy.
The great and crucial point - n
conference u arriving 7 wrote ]
my notes Of March j.. with CORE
spending fevor4shuess Of opinion =
the same tune the whole world
near collapse We hear t1at the il
dustral situation in England
acute. with huge strikes thTeatenc
4 Dutch editor told me yestcrda
that the situation i'm Holland Is ba
d h 20 an over the world. Pea'
must b., swift II il beats anarch
A. me pressure Intcns.fes. the soI
centres .n fewer and fewer hand
smaller conferences quleter dec
sions. Today the Three IN
for "a long conference at the CrillC
W lSoi, l@io5n b'vIBt anu N4cIleI
ceau. ] saw the President ate
ward. and he said that they had co
cred several Of the most impOrta.
questions but while no dec.sio.
were arrived at important progre
Was made"
This private meeting Of the Thr
IN the lSth was only one of sever
held during these turbulent days, al
each meeting served only 10 reYe
the depths OF the differences whi
existed between them. on the 20
q special secret session wal held
Lloyd Georges apartment. and q