Show I I Painting a l Moral wanD OKI OR comes lumes from Paris Puis that thc the American can peace 1 r. T V commission has lost ost its bat battle lie for adherence to ilic ideal of or the new c era cia in in dealing ealin with the Ruman- Ruman j J ian inn invasion in of Hungary The decision of the coni conJ con- con 4 i J ference irence n as a whole indicates a desire to handle the thc si situation in ill accordance with the thc principles of ot time old i diplomacy lomay The affair is a n concrete example of one of the chief 1 i objections aai against st rushing rushing- into into the league of nations without mature mature deliberation of the ultimate effect on America It t shows plainly that thai there must be bc a uniform 4 plane for the thc world Either Europe must be I r raised i to the ideals of the thc new order or America must fall full to the of the old diplomacy j 3 In the Hungarian arian controversy the 1 j ican commission sion has stood tood for adherence to the league ideals It demanded settlement on the thc basis of gov ov ii ft by hy the thc consent of the governed Likewise it V iJ StOOl stood for fOl the of national borders in defeat c There is nothing nothing- in the tue stand which is not perpetually I promised by the he ideals of or the lie league of or nations r t Plainly the stand of If the American commission war war- 5 rants the of indorsement-of of the American people Moreover Moreover More More- 1 over it the support ot oL the of-the the world as the hopes ol oJ the thc world arc Hrc voiced in the Paris covenant But in actual practise we wc find the American commission outI out out- I voted 3 and d compelled to forego high ideals for the desires desires de de- de- de sires of ot the thc European majority In this preliminary test we wc have a warning against a n hurried acceptance of or the league of natIOns covenant co without changes change or reservations Substantially the same majority will stand against the thc n United led States in the formal activities of tho league of or nations as presents it itself itself it- it l- l self in the Paris conference Y We c have hac been told plainly plain- plain i Ily ly that our ideals cannot prevail against the the- majority oL vote of Europe S What does it mean Simply that if we wc must forego forego fore fore- go 0 our ide ideals ls in this preliminary skirmish we wc cannot- cannot hope to maintain them once we have destroyed all ave ave- of escape I by hy acceptance of the Paris laris covenant without American reservations Either Europe must mustS mea measure up to the thc American standard of diplomacy or S America must embrace embra c the thc stan standards ards of Europe The American desire in the thc world league ue is to raise the thc standard of civilization It has no inclination to sink sini to a lower level lc which is the ultimate effect of abandonment of existing American ideals The only guarantee that we can have that American ideals will endure at least in the United States is to be had bad I through Am American rica res reservations T at ons to the existing covenant |