THE MOKNTXG OKEGOyiAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1918.
WISDOM OF WILSON'S
IS Li
COURSE
UDED
Deep Gulf of International Poli
tics Avoided.
INFLUENCE IS PROFOUND
Personality of American President
Is Projected to Furthest
Part of Prance.
BY HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE.
(Copyright, 191H. by the PreM Publishing
Company, the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement)
PARIS. Dec. 19. (Special Cable.)
Out of the seeming inactivity -which
marks the stay in Paris of the Amer
ican peace mission one point emerges
with increasing clearness, and that is
the wisdom of President Wilson's course
in personally heading the delegations.
Americano who had previously opposed
the President's trip now admit that
without his presence the commission
would have been engulfed in a sweep
of international politics, and such com
mitments as America has made would
have small chance of attainment.
It is fain to say that the commission
has done nothing of an official nature
since arrival. That comment does not
apply to the President. He has held
the center of the stage from the mo
ment he set foot upon the soil of
France, and he hss projected his per
sonality to the furthest end of the na
tion. How profoundly his influence is
felt is well reflected by this remark
made to me last night at the American
Embassy, where the President was the
guest of honor, by a Frenchman of dis
tinction, in the hearing of a prominent
Englishman and several American
guests:
People Venerate Wilson.
"President Wilson can upset the gov
ernment of France whenever he chooses,
provided he adheres to the principles
which have made him venerated and
beloved." The Englishman assented to
this, adding that the influence of the
President across the channel was al
most as great as in France.
The President and members of the
mission are devoting themselves to the
task of establishing an understanding.
They are not playing politics, but on
the contrary, they are avoiding it
There Is a notable decrease of ex
pressions of misgiving and of suspicion
on the part of the British press and by
the public men in England.
The feeling of timidity and doubt
that was manifest at the time of the
President's arrival may be laid to the
fear that he might be swayed unduly
toward leniency for Germany. Each
day since his arrival has added to the
strength of the conviction that Amer
ica's position will not antagonize any
proper interest that rests on justice,
and that the only collisions likely are
those in which self-interest and the
spirit of exploitation overrun a fairer
attitude.
French Attitude) Affected.
The intensity and cordiality of the
public reception of the President war
rant the belief that the attitude of the
French government In respect to peace
demands has already been affected by
his visit.
If there were plans afoot to isolate
the President in the peace conference
by diplomatic maneuvers, such intent
bids fair to prove abortive. At this
moment the statement Is justified that
other governments need the President
more than he needs them.
Prsident Wilson has adhered in his
conversations to the plan indicated in
liis 14 points of peace settlement. By
his constancy of purpose, and his
cinglemindedness, he has built the
leadership that is generally acknowl
edged here, both by the French and by
the British. There is no dissent from
this view, except by a handful of re
actionaries, among whom must be in
cluded a few Americans resident in
Paris, who seek to outdo the French
in devotion to France.
Aim to Eliminate War Cimei.
The President's aim may be charac
terized as an attempt to eliminate the
causes of war. Champions of dissent
ing plans have seemed to believe that
the reduction of Germany to impotence
was to be desired above the establish
ment of a restrictive programme of
justice among the nations engaged in
formulating peace terms.
We are too near the heart of things
to get a true perspective. For that
reason trifles are exaggerated into
false importance and prominence has
been given to by-plays.
French opinion now is surely crystal
lized into conviction that President Wil
eon speaks not only for America, but
also for the world, and that he is
heartily determir id to think in terms
of future peace rather than in terms of
past war.
KING SEEKS MR. WILSON
(Continued From F1rt Page.)
with the allies their great responsi
bility to civilization,' he continued. 'It
only is by the most frank personal
counsel with the statesmen of allied
countries that I can in some measure
assist in the solution of these prob
lems.' "When I asked the President what,
in his mind, was the great purpose of
the conference and the great goal to
wards which the delegates should
strive, he replied:
" 'I think the plain man on the street
could answer that question as well as
I. The plain people of all nations are
now looking with anxious expectation
toward Versailles, and I am sure they
are asking themselves this one ques
tion: Will there be found enough wis
dom among the statesmen there, assem
bled to create safeguards against fu
ture wars? Difficulties and responsibili
ties, some of them very urgent and
pressing, which were presented by the
successful termination of the great
war, must, of course, be shared by the
preat nations of the world as comrades
of the less powerful."
Wilson Plans Slndy.
"That Mr. Wilson is approaching
these great responsibilities in the right
spirit is shown clearly by his reply to
questions as to hja plans for the imme
diate future.
" 'It will be my privilege.' he said, 'I
hope, in the near future, not only to
confer with allied statesmen in France,
but also to visit allied countries, and
there learn as much as I can by per
sonal contact of the general sentiment
relative to the chief problems involved.
My first wish, of course, is to visit the
American Army. The soldiers were the
special objects of my thoughts during
the progress of hostilities, for it was
they that we were obliged to sustain
and support in every possible way. Of
course, my heart has become greatly
involved In. their fortunes. I want to
see as many of them as I can con
sistently with my present duties. If I
do not have the opportunity to visit
the allied armies, I hope at least to see
something of our comrades in arms in
their own countries. I am anxious to
visit Italy, a country from which so
many of my fellow citizens have come,
and I am interested and gratified to
learn that there are in the Italian army
so many men who have spent at least
part of their lives in the United States.
Belg-luaB to Be Visited.
" 1 shall look forward also with pe
culiar interest and satisfaction to vis
iting Brussels, now happily delivered
from the hand of her enemies and re
stored to her own people and King. In
the - United States we have felt, and
tried to express, very poignant sym
pathy with, the people of Belgium for
the steadfast faith they have main
tained throughout their terrible trial,
as well as for the peoples of Northern
France and Northern Italy, upon whom
the burden of war has fallen so trag
ically.' "
3IAXX CONFERENCES ARE HELD
President Has Busy Day and Much
Is Accomplished.
PARIS, Dec. 20. President Wilson's
day. Friday, was crowded with confer
ences and visitors a'nd in making final
preparations to proceed to American
headquarters and thence to England
immediately after Christmas. Mrs. Wil
son wtent about Paris for the first time
today unaccompanied by the President.
WJth Admiral Cary T. Grayson, the
President's personal physician, Mrs.
Wilson vfsited the hospital for blind
soldiers organized by Winifred Holt,
of New York.
.Announcement of the details of the
President's trip to England was not
made during the day as had been ex
pected, because information awaited
from London had not arrived. How
ever, about all that remains to be dis
closed is the route the President is to
take and the programme of his move
ments during the three or four days of
his stay in the English capital.
It has been settled that the President
will hold conferences with Premier
Lloyd George and Foreign Minister
Balfour.
When he leaves Paris for Chaumont,
President Wilson will probably not
return until he comes back for the
opening of the peace conference. His
movements in France will be entirely
in charge of the Army, which will take
him from American headquarters to
one of the channel ports.
The members of the American mis
sion continued their work today, dis
posing of much material which must
be arranged before th actual sessions
begin They reel, they declare, that
good progress has been made.
KING GEORGE TO ENTERTAIN
President to Be Guest at Bucking
ham Palace.
LONDON. Dec 20. King George will
give a banquet at Buckingham Palace,
December 27, in honor of President Wil
son. The visit of President Wilson as
an "overnight guest" at Buckingham
will be the first time in history that
any President has been entertained at
the palace.
Earl Curzon Is acting for the War
Cabinet in the arrangements being
made by the Lord Chamberlain's de
partment for the reception and enter
tainment of the President.
John W. Davis, the American Am
bassador, was received by Foreign Sec
retary Balfour today in connection with
the arrangements for the visit.
King George has invited President
Wilson and Mrs. Wilson to.be his guests
at Buckingham Palace during their
stay in London, but no reply has yet
been received. It is assumed that the
President will accept, but the wnole
matter will be deferred to the Presi
dent's personal wishes.
Representatives of the various de
partments concerned with the reception
of the President will hold a meeting
tomorrow to settle all details.
The Associated Press was Informed
by the British Foreign Office today
that, the report printed by the Man
chester Guardian that the President
was coming especially to discuss the
Russian situation Is inaccurate. The
visit of the President will be one of
courtesy and not political, though nat
urally discussion of Russian affairs
may arise in the course of his con
versations here.
From well-informed quarters it is
learned that there Is no foundation for
the reports that British reinforcements
are being sent to Russia. It is under
stood that nothing of this nature will
be done pending the allied conference
in Paris.
PARIS. Dec. 20. Plans for extending
relief to famished Europe, which Pres
ident Wilson regards as the most im
mediately pressing question, are rap
idly maturing in such a way as to se
cure full co-operation by the allies. The
President has made it known to the
allies that he regards the relief meas
ures as of extreme importance, both
for the stricken populations and also
as a means of holding back the wave
of discontent and resentment sweeping
eastward in tne train or the Bolshevist
movement.
1ihe relief plans that have matured
since the arrival of Herbert C. Hoover
are understood to have been referred
to a committee upon which England,
France and Italy are represented. A
number of exchanges have been going
on with the committee, which is
gradually tending toward agreement.
As a great deal of German tonnage is
lying idle in German ports, the use
of this was contemplated, the pas
senger ships to be employed in moving
American troops homeward and the
bulk of the freighters, augmented with
American and allied freight tonnage,
to be devoted to relief work.
Spanish Premier In Paris.
PARIS, Dec 20. Count Romanones,
the Spanish Premier, arrived in Paris
today. He comes for conferences with
President Wilson and representatives
of the allies.
HIGH
T OF SELF-RULE
T BY
SOUGH
AUSTRIA
Foreign Office Outlines Plans
for Peace Conference.
FUSION TO SAVE COUNTRY
HUN FINANCE SCHEME NEW
Plan Gives Government Leverage In
All Corporations.
BERLIN. Dec 12. (By the Associated
Press.) The German finance ministry
is considering a proposition to compel
all corporations in Germany to increase
their capital stock one-fourth, which
will go to the state.
The plan is an attempt to' compromise
on the issue of nationalization of all industries.
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(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by arrangement).
VIENNA, Dec 20. Special Cable.)
Through its Foreign Office, the present
German-Austrian government has given
to this correspondent a summary of the
programme which it was decided to
submit to the peace conference.
The programme is based on the prin
ciple of the right of self-determination,
of which the non-German elements
of the late Hapsburg monarchy have
already availed themselves.
German-Austria looks to the entente
and to America for guarantees that
these principles will be observed both
in defining her lines of territorial de
marcation and in setting her house In
order, according to her clearly defined
rearions inhabited bv German-Austrlans
of the former monarchies, whose people
ardently wish to Identify themselves
with the new republic even though
their doing so may Involve the loss of
certain German island settlements in
the midst of Slav districts.
Fnalon Solution Is Problem.
A plebiscite will be suggested, under
neutral control, for the decision of dis- .
putes over territory. " J
Some sort of union of the republic '
with Germany, the government believes,
will be the natural sequence of the dls
solution of the former monarchy, for
German-Austria cannot exist economic
ally if left to Itself.
The land is poor and mountainous, is
incapable of producing suf f icent food
stuffs, and there are no raw materials
and no foreign markets for the Indus
tries. Fusion with a large country can
alone save the republic
The government holds that such fu
sion will be in accord with the wishes
of the people, who desire only the
privilege which other elements of the
former monarchy sought and obtained,
with the help of the entente.
The republican government consid
ers the establishment of a number of
new and small individual states would
be out of harmony with the laws of
modern economic progress. It thinks
that tendency should be discouraged.
Republic Favored by Massesw
In this connection the proposed union
of Tyrol and Salseburg with Bavaria
will meet with decided opposition from
Vienna, which would thereby be left,
with its unproductive hinterland, in a
position without parallel in history.
German-Austria have almost unani
mously decided upon a republic The
new government emphatically declares
that return to monarchical rule would
be extremely distasteful to the majority
of the people. Therefore, it trusts that
a monarchical form of government will
not be prescribed for the country at
the peace, conference.
This special pleading to let the German-Austrlans
determine for them
selves what they wish to do has led to
rumors that the entente powers are
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Mutt.
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nd whn a "Feller Needs a Friend."
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"Hooligan" after "Jeff and Mutt."
-liu p i- inelr way in THU HOUSK
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BAR,"
Couldn't they have the time of their
life?
And "Jigrs" wouldn't need be afraid of
his wife.
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And he and Maggie needn't fight.
Poor little Snookums could go and play
With the "Kstienjammeri" across the
way.
And Hooligan" take a qnlet smoke.
And "Honorable Pa" could see the joke.
And none of the bunch could be classed
as Mutts.
If they would all get full of the "NUT
HOUSE NUTS."
Laura K. Fuller.
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