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THE-- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY. I MARCH " 13. 1919.
Foreign
IAL
IN PEACE PROM
FACED BY WILSON
Americans - at Paris Conference
. Expected to Shoulder Burden
of Explaining Peace Decisions.
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Involves Retaining Favor of Peo
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X : . iMily News. .
(Coprlht. 1919, by Ttaa Cbkafo Dally News.)
Paris, March lS. The crucial moment
. In the career, of American diplomacy
- abroad is close at hand. When President
Wilson arrives In Paris Friday he .will
find that the foreign delegates will have
cleverly unloaded all their controversies,
all thelfi boundary disputes. . all their
difference over indemnities and repara
tions, dealings with the enemy, and dis
agreements over the treaties and- de
cisions of past t congresses at nhe door
of the American diplomatic mission in
Hotel Crlllon. In plain American lin
guage, they, have "passed the buck" to
the United States.
Wilton Faces Critical Moment
Mr. Wilson faces the most critical
moment in his career as a. statesman.
This does not mean that foreign diplo
mats have left the decisions in all the
mooted questions to America not at ail.
They still hope to , arrive at decisions
that will fit in with their views. Those
who are benefited will' not complain ;
those who lose will not blame Europe,
but America. 1
-It la -Mr. Wilson's task to make clear
to the people of the world how all the
decisions have been arrived at, and to
keep the favor of the peoples In spite
of national aspirations and local preju
dicies. The task of .Hercules was Infan
tile in comparison.
. Europeans Flay Clever Game'
t European diplomacy has played a
Clever game. No matter, what is said
about lack of preparation, each nation
went Into the conference determined to
'win certain . advantages. Ostensibly
every government adopted the "14
points." In actuality, every diplomat
made his own mental reservations. To
all appearances the United States was
the only nation without special interests
to serve. '
This statement is misleading' The
work of the conference shows that va
rious Americans her have decided views
on the Monroe doctrine, immigration,
the free movement of labor and the
tariff. All of them are preferential and
discriminatory if we are going to-begin
embracing the various nationalities of
the world and calling them brothers.
, " America It .Universal Goat
''The blundering diplomacy of the last
60 years was due to a series of com
promises which satisfied no one. Not
a state lost sight of its special interests.
Sometimes people were so dissatisfied
wJth the result that cabinets fell and
careers were broken.
The -difference between this conference
and the other congresses of the Nine
teenth century is that for the first time
Europe has a. universal goat upon which
to unload; the obloquy. In most cases
foreign governments consider a question
In the light of the slogan, "How does it
affect our future?" America's repre
sentatives have been applying the test.
"Is it right, is it just?" Unhappily,
right and Justice frequently run counter
to special interests. -- , .
' i.The situation is as old as man. The
first of the kind is recorded in Genesis.
Suffice it to say the parties which lose
will blame America in such cases as
Judging, the kaiser, the Italy-Jugo-Slav
dispute, the Teschen trouble, the dispo
sition of the.left bank of the Rhine, of
Asia Minor, and, finally, what is most
important for our future, the decision
on the disputed treaties of Shantung
and Kaio Chow.
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STATEMENT .OF IRELAND S POSITION
IN CONTROVERSY WITH ENGLAND IS
GIVEN OUT BY EDWARD DEVALERA
(Her Im tiM itiHamt of tba cat of tba new Irish republic, -which uta Ui pso confernee to
trant It aett determination. It wma -written for the Information or the American people by Edward
1 Valera. bead of to Sinn lo. who has been called "President of Ireland." Da Vilera
reeently escaped from Lincoln jail. Kncland, and n a foeitiTe. After writing this document la
hi hiding place near thifctin, he handed it to a. Sinn Fein member of parliament, who eonTeyad
it to Kaipn i". Couch, the United Press correspondent, who found and interviewed Ie Vaiera.
The correspondent brought it to New York in person, so there was no censorship The United press.
Bj Edward Do Valera,
President of the Hinn Fein Party and Member
of Parliament. -(Copyright,
1919, by the United Press.)
Somewhere in Ireland, Feb. 26. Eng
land has no right in Ireland. ' England's
do facto;;VTfcnment here rests solely on
the fturril ot hr bayonets.
We chillenge. England ito allow Ire
land the jprtnclpla of free) self determi
nation, .Let that principle be applied to
this island as a unit and if a decisive
majority of the whole people declare
for separate independent statehood, then
she will be silent, .
If England accepts the principle of
self determination for this island it will
settle the Irish quest ton forever.
If a decisive majority should declare
for independence would not Ireland be
Justified in claiming that,, and not
something less, represents the free
choice of the people. The recent elec
tions! prove it.
On what grounds does England re
fuse Ireland's demand? England cannot
pretend to misunderstand that the chal
lenge we give her is the challenge of the
Irish people. Let us hear why she re
fuses to meet it.
We can ourselves settle our minority
question (Ulster) because we shall want
to. Kngland will never settle that
! minority question because she desires to
j keep it unsettled. Let her remove her
J interfering hand.
1 We ask the world to listen and to
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judge between Ireland and Kngland, but
if the principle with which tha world
has rung for the last four years shall
prove to be a mockery, if Ireland's claim
still is flouted, then she must find re
fuge once more in her own indomitable
spirit the spirjt which has maintained
her in the past . She can still at least
endure and depend upon It. There is a
generation now grown up In Ireland
that will see to it that if Kngland wants
to still rule her she must do so with a
never-sheathed swoitl.
Do I believe the statesmen In Paris
will force Kngland to do Justice to Ire
land? Many people are asking that
question. They are convinced, I sup.
pose, that of herself Kngland will not
do justice to Ireland. They doubt, per
haps, that the delegates from the other
nations will be either so disinterested
or such determined champions of right
as to risk a quarrel with England on
behalf of a country which possesses less
of the world's goods than Kngland, when
nothing but the principles of justice are
at stake. These doubters may be right,
they may be wrong. I do not pretend
to know. I do know that if this issue
should unhappily be as the doubters are
obviously satisfied it will be, then the
cynic can feel that once more he has
been justified and the simple and trust
ing obviously Imposed upon. Then, in
deed, there will have been deception.
Peace Meet Stand Uiknown
, Hpnest people everywhere will point
the finger of scorn and indignation at
Sole! brGreetrs
on leave at the famous French
tliese statesmen. They will have a right
to ask: Where now Is that impartial
justice that knows no favorites which
recently you spoke so much about?
Where now is this new order and these
handsome foundations of lasting peace?
Were all these beautiful professions
of yours that, simple and grand, seemed
tuned to the eternal verities of our souls,
wakening in them a sympathetic re
sponse that we could not smother
were these beautiful professions but
skilfully spun phrase; finely woven to
enmesh us?
Are you after all, only as were the
rest was this war only as were other
" was it ior your puny ambitions
that humanity has endured the horrors
of the rjaat flvs vmp mnA a Ant.n
of sorrows they have bequeathed to the
luiure .- x uu not Know wnetner the
statesmen at Paris will prove worthy
Of the trust or what her fhov win iv
great enough to grasp the opportunity
uih.1 requires so nine to improve it and
wunu iirmiy now trtose relations be
tween peoples on a basis worthy of our
common Humanity.
People Jtre Behiad Presideat
But it is surely a source of hope to
know that at Paris there is one man
at least who apparently realises his
duty and who can accomplish what he
wills If he only remains stead fjiti
termlned and true. The Machiavellis
may scoir at mm, nut he ought to know
umi no nas we Dest or mankind every
where at his back. Let him hut h& k-i,
enough to lead straight on and that
nv;ioi portion or man Kind, the plain
people, whose spokesman he has been
and whose hearts he has won, will be
ready to march with him to the realiza-
uoo oi meir common aream.
Why should he hesitate to see that
America's aims be accomplished? Were
wuse aims noi staiea unequivocally from
the start? Is the cause less worthy now
that triumnh ia In tlp-hf A -
oppose it now less the enemies of that
anise iiiM.ii uiose wno werei thought late
ly to oppose it?
Cannot Believe Wilson Weak
Why should any of the statesmen In
Paris even seek to oppose President Wil
son in having the cause of luKtir tin.
held? Have their statements not been
atmost aa explicit as his? Have they
not vied with one another In proclaim
ing that the ria-hts of the. weak-
less worthy than the rights of , the
strong : now can any or them claim the
privilege of condoning wrongs? Should
they attempt to do so, President Wilson
should boldly save them from them
selves. Wrong is no less wrong because
It happens to be one of their own num
ber that is guilty of It. If President
Wilson should by any chance prove too
weak for his trust, he will have all the
less excuse, because, luckily, America is
strong enough not to allow herself to be
cheated. She, at any rate, has no need
to tremble when the British; ilon growls
his intimidating warnings to those who
might disturb him at his prey. I can
not believe that the president will be
weak or will allow himself to be deterred
from cutting away a vicious canker at
the core of the new world order by the
conventional diplomatic niceties that be
longed to the order which the blood of
millions was shed to destroy.
Free Ireland Only Demand
But whether Ireland be heard or not
whether the statesmen at Paris stand
forth as the most conspicuous failures
in history or not the duty of Irishmen
and the duty of all lovers of liberty Is
clear. That duty is to see that Oer
alght cannot be pleaded as an excuse.
KnglandT tries to bind and gag Ire
land to throw her Into obscurity as of a
dungeon. It is our duty to support all
who lend a hand at loosening' her. We
must strive at least to let in the purify
ing light to show Ireland as she is,
Struggling ever against the slavery in
which Kngland would confine her, fight
ing through centuries, maintaining In
blood and tears communion with all who
fight for liberty everywherebattling
for It as she ever Is with the foe upon
her own hearth at home.
Ireland seeks nothing from , England
but the removal of England's interfering
hand. Her only demand is the right to
live her own life in her own way with
no limitations except those Imposed by
the necessity of respecting the equal
rights of other peoples. .
Fed nee . Number of Generals
Washington, March 13. (TJ.P.) The
number of generals In the army from
the brigadiers up will be decreased
from 828, the present number, Jo 125
under the war department plans to hold
609,000 men until congress authorises
futuTS strength of the army,' it was said
today,.,- - . ...
4 Prayer Unheard, Taifes His Life
. Chicago. March 13.- "Please God, send
me over to France to help the poor suf
fering American and British soldiers.'
This was the prayer of A. IL Olaen of
this city . and because it was - not an
swered he threw himself to death here
beneath a- train. He was rejected by
the army because he had a wooden teg.
Buck ';io
MONETARY SYSTEM OF
CAUSES UNEASINESS
Czecho-Slovakia Calls in Bank
Notes to Be Officially Stamped;
Vienna Disturbed.
By A. R. Becker
Special Cable to The Journal and The Chicago
Daily News.
(Copyright, 191. t Chicago Daily News Co.)
Vienna, Austria, March 1. Delayed)
Csecho-Slovakia without warning
called In all the bank notes to be
stamped, announcing that unstamped
bank notes henceforth will not be con
sidered currency.
Jugo-Slavia started stamping notes
within her borders and Csecho-Slovakia
followed, while Poland is expected to be
next, but Jugo-Slavia Is poor and
Csechd-Slavia is rich, and that Is why
Prague's act caused such a furor in
Vienna.
With Prague out of Austria the mone
tary soheme of the whole structure falls
in pieces. The Austrian central bank
finds itself face to face with a crisis
which will : perhaps have far reaching
consequences, the first of which perhaps
means the quick union of Austria- with
Germany. Unless the allies wish a
greater Germany It will be necessary
immediately to offer a loan, whether In
dollars or crowns, to Austria to permit
the country to buy the food which the
allies have said it - might purchase.
Siegfried Rosenbaum, -director of the
Anglo-Austrian bank of Vienna, ex
plained to me why. Rosenbaum, to use
his own terms, "comes nearer being a
Socialist than any other banker in Aus
tria. The banker said:
"One can argue from all points of the
compass the question of Austria uniting
with Germany and not come to conclu
sions, but now the answer is forced
upon us. We have no choice. The
Csechs In attempting to better their po
sition, whether or not they wish to hurt
Austria, have done so. Many Czechs
will not have tn finite confidence In the
Csecho-Slovakia- stamp and they will
immediately start to buy in Austria, the
only place where crowns are good, and
likewise other countries like Gal Ida and
Ukraine and even the entente will pour
crowns ' Into Austria. We will be con
fronted by a vast purchasing offensive,
the holders of crowns wishing to con
vert their holdings Into goods and con
sequently prices will jump.
"This Is an impossible situation be
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cause the prices - are T already i se high
that it Is almost Impossible to live and
conduct business. It Is Impossible . by
bookkeeping to rearrange the relation et
values to the note issue. , We must also
stop the notes and war loan certificates.
"If America would loan us $100,000,000
In crowns so that' we could purchase in
crowns - It would enable us to ? live
through August and give us -a new start.
That is ,not much for America. You
say that there are many countries that
wish loans. All right, so much the bet
ter for America. . By placing your
money In many countries you . insure
against the failure of any one of your
proteges." .
British -Oil Ship
Outwits Germans
. With Double Hull
London, Feb. 27.-I.' a) - (By
Mall)-The British outwitted the
U-boats and got oil and gasoline to
this country when a veritable crisis
faced the nation and its army contin
gents in those supplies by use of "dou
ble bottom" ships. An engineering de
vice permitted use and extension of
the water ballast system for carrying
oils. The plan was put into operation
July S, 1917. and when the armistice
had been signed 1.014,670 fons of - oil
and gasoline had been conveyed to this
country by that means.
The U-boat drive against tankers was
nullified. In all, 761 ships. 430 of "them
British and 331 of them American, were
fitted with proper facilities for bringing
over a cargo of oil in addition to the
regular cargoes. But 15,191 tons of oil
w ere lost under this plan by -enemy
action. -
The device permitted the motor trans
port and aerial branches of the army
in France to work at top speed. In addi
tion to maintaining proper supplies for
the navy and work in munition fac
tories. When the plan was inaugu
rated supplies were near the danger
point and could not be increased by the
number of tankers plying between
America and the British .Isles.
Newspaper Rejects '
Hun War History
(Exclusive Cable by the International News
Service and London Daily Express.)
London, March 13. (I. N. 3.) Gen
eral LudendorfTs offer of his history of
the war to the Dally Express for $200,
000 has been rejected. In making known
the .decision today the newspaper said:
"Ludendorff has already cost the allies
dear enough. We are not prepared to
pay him Indemnity."
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Appeal Is Made at Paris
! By Faal Scott Howrer
Special Cable to The Journal and the Chics eo
Daily. News.
Copyrlsbt. 11, br the Qhicaco Dally News Co.
Paris, March t. (Delayed) At least
one European territorial dispute seems
about to be settled amicably. ", The
French, British, Italian "and American
representatives apparently all agree that
the Aaland Islands shall go back to Swe
This group of some 200 islands.
lying across the mouth of the Gulf of
Bothnia between Finland and Sweden,
was ceded to Russia along with Finland
In 1809, and has been considered a part
of Finland ever since. , ? ,
Its . deep water bays offer splendid
naval bases, which the Russians never
entirely- finished fortifying, but Its
thrifty and hardy population of 25.000
farmers, woodcutters, shipbuilders and
fishermen speak Swedish, and despite
more than a century of Finnish rule, still
consider themselves Swedes.
Their principal port. Marlehamn, lies
24 miles from Sweden, but 48 miles from
Finland. Their exports of fish, meat
and wood go principally to Sweden, and
the great city to which they lo.k cul
Asserts
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holm. Of these facta there seems to be
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admit that they are so. The Aaland
Islanders have sent a delegation to
Paris, headed by Julius fiundblom. edi
tor of the principal Marieharan news
paper and former. Aaland representative
In the Finnish diet, ' to ask the peace
conference to apply the principle of self
determination to their case. -
"Sweden has never made a propagan
da for the return of these Islands to
the motherland." said Herr Sundblom
to, me today, "but in 1917 we sent a
deputation to the king to ask him to
help us. . When we learned that the
principle of self-determination was
among Wilson's 14 points wo said.
Thank Ood, our time has come at last-:'
and wjfcjjecided to send n mission to the
peace conference. Finland dislikes to
lose the Islands, but realizes that our
cause, is just.
"When the islands are returned to
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