Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-29

hak' not only 10 COntrol tho OF
gani1ation, but to make its pro-
gram OF procedure. No ono know
better than tho diplomats at Paris
the truth in tho old maxim that
all great political problems are
st bottom problems OF procedure:"
each knew how much depended
upon securing tho adoption Of his
own plan or program.
Mr. Lansing devotes an entire
chapter in his book to the lack
OF an American program" and
blames President Wilson. NJ. Tar
dieau, in his book, accuses both
Americans and British. who, he as
sumes, have no plan OF their own,
OF defeating the French plan. and
attributes It to that instructive
repugnsnce OF tho Anglo-Saxon
mind to the Systematic construc-
dons OF the Latin mind"
What both Mr.. Lansing and NJ.
Tardieau mean. OF course. by
program is a scheme Of procedure
carefully worked out beforehand.
based upon legal cedents. aud
adopted by the conference.
In this sense the Peace Confer
snce never had a program-no na-
tim had one. except the French.
fT nothing Is clearer than the
struggle over the matter OF proce-
dure; the plan on which the Peace
conference was TO be run; the pro-
grsm OF each nation: II wa.
clear, for example. that It was part
OF the British and American plan
not to accept the French plan. The
trouble at Paris, indeed, lay not in
the want OF a plan, but IN the fact
that there were two plans, two pro-
grams. This was what nearly
broke UP the meeting. II was "A
though IN . political meeting. sav
In wisconsin, two groups wero
struggling for control OF the plat
form; the Old Guard with a pro-
gram and set OF resolutions to
present to the meeting. and the
Progressives with another program
and set OF resolutions. This is cal
culated to make trouble anywhera
AZ Parts ehsrs was th, cIsar-c,,,
FoGramms; the platform OF III. old
diplomacy. advanosd By the French
and called fslicitously BY N. rard,eu
tho systematic cons.ructions Of the
Latin mind There was also tho
programme the platform OF the new
order" advanced by the American,
and fought for by President Wilson
Hcrs. ., thaough..ut tho conference.
the res servsyls was between the
ideas anS the leadership OF the
Fenoh on tho one hand and the
Americans on the other.
Now the Organization IN. INA
en'ne' has always q strength Of po-
s'tion and clearnsss OF purpose
that the insurgents" lack. II al
ways knows exactly wha, It wants.
The Old Guard Is for the thing that
10 and has been, II Is for continu,nr
Its hold upon the offices ana IN.
wards; while the insurgents" M.
only want q change in control b,,
usually change In tho "systern.-
wtls~,'s Zeal Program.
Prss.d.nt Wilson saw with III. ny
most ci~arnsss the lines Of division
wh'eh were certain 10 appear. He
said in his speech at the Guildharl
In London. December Is. 1918. two
weeks bv<>re the conference began.
Our thought was always
that tho key TO ths peace was the
ruarantss OF the peace, not the items
OF Il; that the items would be worth
less unless there stood at the back
OF them a permanent concert Of
power for their maintenance"
He saw that the emphasis Of the
"olt order~-he called II tha.-would
be upon the Items" OF the peace
islands. sripa Of territory. oil wells,
roai yptp~s st.opss - trN,.us11
srations. the punishment o. the
Kaiser. When they made out their
programme and prepared their "skeI-
ston treaty these sisments would
necessarily occupy the foreground.
But "our thought" ss he says, the
plan of the new order" involved a
wholly different emphasis. It in
volevd a ccmplste change OF system;
a new method of cooperation for
mutual defense. not OF limited al
nances. but OF all the nations. And
tho object OF this cooperation was
not islands and oil wells, but inter-
national Justice and peace, guaran-
teed by "a single overwhelming pow
a>ul group OF nations who shall be
tho trustee OF the peace Of the
world" When the now order"
therefore. made out it's programme
and visuslixed It's treaty this new
element would. with equal logic, bc
found In the foreground