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By Lewis H. Nash. '
In line “15.1 the pracitcc adopted by the majority of League
posed to the League—the Editor of the New York '
"u’hat \\'ilson Did in Paris" with the followingwot-us:
“For the cmnhfxaiimi of reactonaries, (putters
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.d’cfcat or eviscerate t‘le ‘I.eague covenant, has yet to 110
Cal idealism oi the nation." ..
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‘am not as other men are.” '
llas no: tl'e u'irul
Editing and practic’al idealiSm of the nation?
guc as drawn 3”
_In some ways, Mr. Baker's book is an L‘
League of Nations has told thetruth.
, .
peed—tnsL;
\Vith childlike simplicity he reveals a state
to the people by advocates of the. League.
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Mr, linker says: t l qttntc page 16) "Now there
.
‘ a Wonderful and highly drmnatic story til the tight
for the League. fionie (If the oldest men in the
world >1: in {it'lll(i<(tlllQ'i1t conferences in Colonel \Ve \2'?" » , r- ".:.f these eminent statesmen
lwous‘e's otliee at the. Lrilion Hotel; there were ‘hil‘l ll‘tiit‘ NW!“ 5“ formulating the LC”i§“°-’
drmnatic clashes lieu-teen pcm’erful personalities
symbolizing the struggle between fundamental .
conceptions of international policy."
. . .
(Page 17:) “it is not far from the 1mm h, ,<"\' The [-li'; ne'v r wiely ashocix'cd, and the mor
that the- C‘cn'cuant when. first presented to the ll l‘ ‘~ l"? l"" “WW" 35 ‘l"cl’9“'~"~l- ‘.
Americzen public, surprised and shocked many peo— It asnunes that all who want a sane Length:
ple. it. Siltll‘kktl purple as any hard cold, <llc‘t'll!t'!l, {IN “til lild‘l'e‘el‘I it claims to he a "beautiful ideal.‘
practical, realization tut" a beautiful ideal mu-z al- It slicers at lil.e:a‘.~ .'nrl conservatives (NHL-‘3)“
l\‘.‘£‘._‘\'a‘. shock People. It falls >0 far short of the “Oh Um“ ll‘m' “WT." “.39 375-“
warm it“sagizaazion oi lmpciul liherais.
(Page 3] r) “it was clear envue‘h thruout the dis: Vic lune lll‘kll aerial that the, covenanteoisflgc
cussiou that mi llllCl‘lll‘ the tlftcc except I‘lr. \\"ili- Lcaz‘ue W73“ ill? Wt“; "l.-l':1‘l'(’l’(«‘i-m statesmeh‘rrezk-
son, had any real faith in the League of Nations. TCSCl‘llll'S lllc “03:?“ 333’3‘1 judgment 0‘ “ml???" na
'1. :it‘lllcllt‘Cfitl treatrd both the manlati‘nrv >VS- 'thllS- ‘ ll '7' ’17
tent and the League of Nation: with finely turned
irrmv which mirrored his entire opposition more It would he v.o"‘.li .‘Slf'n’lO. for a verbatim report
clearly than any direct attack could have done. of the remark-2 of tin: witty statesman.
Mr. \‘Vilson was placed in "the position of hanging" \Vhrt an admission. Mr. \Vilsfln was demanding!
to defend a new principle the working: of which a new gr"inr‘i;~‘rx "he v'ot‘l-rinz of which in minute
in minute detail no one could prophesy.” ‘ detail no one roul‘: prophesy."
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Docs the write-r mean to infer that in greater de-
» , . anyone (1
, tail
(find’. again)
“When it.was seen that the Presi-
dent would
not give in, there began to appear at'
'0ncc~-the very next day—bitter comments upon
him and his ‘impracticablc ideals" in certain French
newspapers.’
Y (t
(Pages 33 and 34) “And there he stood and would
not budge. Mr. Lloyd George as. quoted in one
of the London papers. said that the situation filled
him with despair. and Mr. Clemenceau argued that
such discussion only made for delay. Mr: Hughes
of Australia gave out interviews with scarcclv veil-
ed attacks upon Mr. \Vilson.” (Page 39:) “Now,
this whole procedure was contrary to the long—
held and often asserted policy of the President,
and it endangered the most important of the four-
tccn points acceptet' by all nations as the basis -
of settlement, the fourteenth of which declares that
general association must be formed.’
was
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stop
That
(l’agc 18) “All the governments were shaky; a lit- some
tic nusstcp. on the part of Mr. Lloyd George, M. We t
Clemenceau or Signor Orlando, and their minis- that
tries might have gone down. Thcyywere all sen- e'vcn
‘sitive to publicity; all desperately afraid; all rlnm-
inated by the old European system of diplomacy,
which hates publicity, while Mr. ‘Wilson had not
that problem to face, for he was assuredof the Sta-
bility of his own personal situation until March,
1921. : Th”
.. istry,
In ~ M
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(Pages 40 and 41) "When President W'ilson found
out what the situation really LWaS§ he. acted with
stunning directness and audacity. On March 15th,
just twenty-four hours alter hc set: foot: in Paris, ‘
he authorized the press bureau of the Peace Conv' ‘
fcmce, of which I was a director tosissue. at Once ‘
the following statement: .
“The. President said today“ that the decision
made:at the “Peace Conference in its Plenary Ses- ,
slan, January 25, 1919,: to.the eEcct that the ustab‘
lishment of a League of Nations Shouldbc made
. an integral parrot the Trgaty of Peaceis oLfin‘al
furcc and that there is no “basis whatever for file:
reports.“ that; ,3: richauge jar aflcis decision: was Peon-
templatcd." , ‘» ’ ‘ f”? ‘3 T ' ' 7 " ‘
he di
7 Certai
"was <1
had
in.
‘imes introduces le :1_\'
«2 light been to force the l'rCSident to submit the l
of facts “ilixii «i IliLj
Fett‘vn‘c‘it
of the uorlvl, and: i
be sacrihced.
The fourteen point: were
' the President. 7
the nations as a
A general associ..tion of Nations was desired.
ncverthat a President; of the United States
should arbitrarily dictate
government and repudiation of the Constitution,
by d‘cieeatingjts power to a repreSCntativc appiont—
ed by lumsclt.
' “everywhere? prevailing
with' Germifiy
contain,»
' League were saying
for discussion to some-future.
the "essential » questions ., in‘ thwwar ‘
been suited?” it" wmldcomé'to:
<15!)th ' '
zz=lvotates—Sheeting at all those op—
{Ynnnard Baker-’5 new book—
.tl radicals v-«t::‘:.:‘:;e hediellowsl-«determincd to
M from the awakened common sense and practi-
Clne is reminded Ufa-the remark of the l’hariscc in the Temple: “Oh, Lord, I thank Thee that I
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jlcslioll to “awakened common
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Has not \‘t'ilsou Liclllltl‘..:tft.i tant'the people accept the Lea-
\
p-
. .r 1:2; first time, a defender of the
ll; t,‘ V1336.
in toto many statements made-
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all .lrrnphesy? .
for this he Wits} willing: to hold up peace and
of the war: add billions to the debts
e: thousands of precious lives
.7.
Prozririenr spender; have asserted that the. League
rot the work of Mr.
Vt’ilson, but of Mr. Tait,
Roosevelt an
l the European representatives.
w
. . simply promulgated by
t he; were never “accepted by all
intrh o2 Settlcmcnt."
the terms.
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The President assumed the attitude of Kaiser \Vil-
v
"3 i..ux\~,
molmlization and they refused to obcv me."
cu
is to say among all the
rl on President alone felt himself irresponsi-
0 public opinion until March, 192]. lip to
time he could do anything he 'anth to do,
to the practical revolution of the American
gowrnmcnts repre-
l
is theinaked . ’ , \ stripped of all‘its mph»
auctions, platitudes and pretense.
a plan to bringea s
but (Pages 38 and-g9) “He hadfieeg-l
exactly one
‘ March 14th,, ..
scoverod to his amazement the»: imprajs‘mz.
that a preliminar We
, would soon? he made which would: ~
no reference. to the League toll: Nations;
newspapers and all the opponents of this
quite openly-that Eh * ' V
and: loathe} well knew. that if» layers; 1%
r. Wilson’s absence, the other members 0 e”
the Conference formulated ‘
‘ settlement“
absent from the deliberations for
month; When he arrived in, Paris on
n
.a-
“4“”.
dime againt)‘ “Thwgfitthmmt‘au-e
kndwn—«and are notryet publicly known—9‘ regain-a
.e, fion, fathered -: by Mr. Balfour, had actually been
I {adopted by the Council of Tensntzng m the Presr~
dent’s absence, providing. for an immediate pre-
liminary treaty containiugspmtically all the set—
Filaments involved, not only .military, but financml
,and economic, including the establishmentpi all
7 new boundaries and determining rcsponsrlnleyitor
the war. Practically the only thing omitted was
the Lfiguc of National".
,' ; ... on
(Page 45;) “Vth-n \Vilson went away the. whole
idealistic bottom seemed to drop-out of the Peace
Conference. The \Lcaguc 'of- Nations was scarcely
mentioned in the Council of Ten as a real or po-
tent factor in the future settlement. Most or the
French leaders never really believed to it at all.
unless itcould be made a powerful alliance. hack;
ed by an army in being. thhe story about how
Clemenceau when he awakened each morningr said
to himself f"Now Georges Clemenceau, you do be—
lieve in the League of Nations’ is not literally true.
it well represents the skeptical French [)OSilltlll.
(Page 47:) “The result of all thcsc‘forces, and the
absence of \Vilson, was to produce inc resolution
of which I have spoken to bring about a prelimi-
nary treaty with Germany, containing: not only the
military trrms but practically cvcrytlnpg else ex-
cept the League: of Nations. Gene'al l‘och argued
persistently that the whole thing could and should
be settled in two or three weeks, but the boundary
of Germany permanently established a: the. Rhine
and that'allicd armies should then mart h to Rus-
sia and, with the, assistance of l‘olish, Lithunzau
and CzchSlovak forces, quickly put down the
Bolshcvists.”
(Pages 65 and (36:) “And when he: his made up his
mind he can strike-35 he (till :: llltflll‘t‘l' wt times/
at l"aris-—-with stunning- boldnrhs. it‘luiftt‘il)’. ()3:
April 7th, he acted-wand the action felt like :rthund-
erbolt. It was so unexpected, so ("hallmtg'zngg so
final. that half the newspapers \vouZl not at first
lxclive it. He ordered Tile “tirrwne \\';i~*lungtcm'l’,
which was then under repair at. HT‘H’HVi)“, to sail
immediately. for Brest. (.7125 press human \.::_< die
rectal to makelhe bare ntltftjtfi'I(‘ttlllL‘tet without ex:-
planatiom. Put no explanation vans nevesmryz it
wcs clear to everyone that :he t‘reside:.t hat reach-
eal the extreme limit ot'his patience. :ewl that he
“as: demanding: a show-down" lt v.:t.-. uu hiull;
either the settlement Wm: o in: on. the principles
lai’ down, or else h.- uzzs pzepaz‘cl sail for
l‘rr-c."
lt'
m
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"\'a~ captive Roman atteudel the car of the can»
ten for: but the inag’niiiteztge. th: lavi~h tr~;penclt—
zine, the adulation whiih “or. hogan to make a
king and even a dcmi-gml of Curiar all showed
that the Romahs of the _ acre only fit to he cap-
tives "and "thin tlmicemsLer lmcw how to treat
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And ’he (\Vilson) returning: from Europe with the '
t mmitution of the League'in his \‘cst‘pockct said
"“u‘cpt this LCIt‘bUc tar t.:e heart ol Lu—
rd’pc" and called on all who near no; cowards.
«,u't ers z-nl rcaetionarirs in. im (_I::.ili(hl\l iu lorce
.he League on the Senate. '
i\§(.)\\=', FOR \\’=’.-\'l‘
Mr. llaker sets inrth five points.
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tree.”
Par: of the Treaty, :‘mi thyme \zltt) \vA ited it left i
‘.‘\ hat the Allies wanted. and especially France:
iv: Au immediateclosing;r of the ,war.
2nd: An' association of the Allied nations to give
mum: support in ca.~e of {hither German .aggres—
sion.
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3rd: The salvation of Russia from Red Anarchy.
4 h: Return. to France and Belgium the loot that
the Germans had taken away.
5th: A chance to start in to rebuild their shattered
institutions.
HIS PRESENT AT’l‘l'lTC-‘Dfi' IS;'
Mr. Wilson has intimated that
complied with ‘
Having forced his intrigue on Europe, he is row trying to force it on the l'nited Sn
ing the people, and intimidating the Sena? -
i .
A body of dictators having power to govern the
world, or which he would be the first President.
The» attitude of Mr. V'lflilson towardthis nation is,
the same as'it was toward Lurope. lie demand—
ed :hat the League be accepted as drawn. He- told
the: Senate they had no authority-in treaty malt—
ing, unless he wished their advice: If he were
President of the League, wcul‘fiihc not take the
same attitude.” : A -
@-
Nothing shows the
visions, which they; introd
‘.‘.’\,\‘ MR. \KlllSON CONTENDING? . ‘
I will begin with point No. 2:. ‘ ,
“Second the tight Between li'n‘t‘ \vho wanted the League of -Z\ations Cuvenant
i i . :- discussion after the Treaty was
really the W bctwcm. those who wanted an tfi'cctivc- League and those. who did
: , SUMMARY.
shall be taken unless his League and In»; llllll'li.‘
ambitions are gratified.
he will not consent tri‘ terms of peace unless his donrzu’: :w
NISW WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S IDEAL?
Is this democracy? Is it a g-.-\'ernmeni 1w: .
to the will of the people?
‘ .
The ideal of the earlier advocates of a UV" "‘4’? ‘
that" \Vorld questions were to be detailed by rm 7'
-» once to the Peoples involved. '
IS the Président of the United States .an ulna/nu '
monarch: for four years, with the privilege ..f
.fl _ A all the power of his office to pm‘netunte hi: jr-«x
, ' er for a longer term?
profound wisdom and foresight of the founders; of this Republic, as the
med into the Constituticn‘oi the United States to m
. , and final: installment alkaline arficlc will appear tomorrow
gun. . ‘1, my. 13, 1920 w.
So Mr. \Vilson deliberately kept, the linwgetan
Peoples in misery until he could turrv Ham» 2”
ccpt his League.
.\
lento: The thing: they
did not want \\;|~ rim
g-ne of Nations. ‘
“This hold-mt tell lilu a l: » - ‘1»
in Paris, and in Europe. _\ elm it.» 3‘. l‘.‘_ fixed
could not have tamed greater net»- , .
overuturned the most llllpwi'léllll Pictuiu ot illt' t
fcrcnce during the. President's absence. fun, "i.
parcntly destroyed the popular CARIH‘t‘L-itut
(Page 41:?)
1
early peace “hich not only 7" l '- ~ . .. i
passion of wearxness, a real .and cirrft are-mp
get the. armies demobilized’amf 1,.
dustry started again."
Nutc‘
snéCr-"Sl:cptie:1l. Fri-nth in.“ ' " ,
note Clemeneceau '
did not Wan: in.
u: ‘<‘|_
Note: (it‘neral l‘uch Sill“ ”k “=‘ 9 “
and should be settled in three \xwlx
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So \Vilson deliberately held, up on _. 1 .
peace terms and prevented the sans“ :’ w
from Bolshevists. ,
Then llaker states in wxeral past:
the OppOsitinu to the i,.(~.'l"¥‘.f‘*‘.\'." __
.\nd,vet Mr. “"ilson rcturnel 1..
claim—that this Covenant of tlw l.":;- eze: -~ -- -
European sentiment. at}! twirl lv€~ . ‘-
gress with his celebrated pt ‘
League or break the heart ”a l un 1
it. .5 .m-
‘(ltl' -
Yet he had just said to liurrepe‘: ‘lxt 1 \
League as l lave “tiered :t M I \'.:ll 1
out of the conference.
. .. . ’ q , ‘,
Role: Either his nu) ..'. .r ,
..
’ ihl l beg your full-Lit)”, 'l'lak is nu e'. t:
quotation is from the "Life of .lullu- (1-: ‘-.'!7‘
\‘vz'rd Fowler tl‘age 322 l
“hat I should have. said :.
in: .l« :in
ad, ;‘Tt’ ’l lt \x 1»
not 1".” "‘ whiz;
Mr. \Vilson dem'huded:
A League of all the nations of the l’oe'tlx 1‘"
regard to civilization, size. or ability {.1 :ull «n;
thing to the stability of the League.
A body in which a small llllliiit‘v'l' ..;' incl \ “
take into their “purview" all :itteqv' ‘lf‘
lions and decide what slim-Yul he (lr lit‘ ix, ; :uv
U
case.
A body in which he, as the ,«Ul‘e‘rt-l-iyn a? ,
the United States could dictz’ie teru‘» ". .
manner as he had forced the Lengu. . ., ' *
For this he- has held up Europe lut' murf; .; 30.1
For this hemow stands determined thu' e‘ w t
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