Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-03 | Page 4 | Will The President Yield

J i W Will ll the President Yield I l Democratic and arni Republican seniors dead dead- WY locked the treat anti and the l of or i f on peace treaty league legue gue naJ na- na J it would seem that all hope for the thc establishment nt i of peace rests n with President Wilson lson One thing liow- liow ever cr seems certain and that is that Mr Ir Wilson ilson must r show sho a more yielding y el ing spirit in his negotiations with the v r other branch of th the treaty making power if he is to save the treaty from the shoals o oi of disaster dister Since the deadlock between Democratic and Republican t f lican senators arose mose over O the tile pe pet article of Mr Wilson the he chances chalices of ot a a compromise are extremely slender As Asa Asa Ast t a It matter of fact fad it would seem that the treaty raty so far faras as us the tile United States is concerned has pos passed ed the stage of ot compromise Nothing short pf a a. a l complete surrender sun 4 with 1 re regard rd to Article Ten ren on the lie part of Mr r. r Wilson can bring a about out a a. harmonious solution of the SP ties tics No Xo doubt Article Ten is is still regarded as the heart r t of ot the covenant co by Mr lr Wilson Tilson and he lie will not find it it easy is to surrender hi his convictions v His past course is made to 1 app appear al' al more un unyielding T in n the light of the stand of Viscount Grey who cannot sec ce the tue destruction feared b Mr 11 Wilson Vilson t L feared by in in the Lodge reservations In fact lie would seem to give complete indorsement to the tue Lodge Todge plan when he lie expresses expresses' the lie ther r Conviction lon that the lea league uc with the lie Lodge reservations j 5 much better tha than 11 no h league at all This removes one i lf f the h greatest cat st objections voiced b by the supporters of Article Ten since RInCe it riddles the ai argument that European 5 powers would never cr consent to th the the American m 4 rican eser At least one other argument is tempered b by the thc thee attitude of Viscount t i e Grey i We re have heard repeatedly in int the thc course of r the dis- dis lisI I f cushion that thaL the Ica league would be oJ organized in n spite of I i the thc course decided upon by the United States It IL is is now apparent that the thc league cannot be complete without us The ideals of the organization which are not to be bc considered considered considered con con- synonymous with ith the provisions of the thc document in in its present form are arc essentially American V Without this in influence the lie league cannot go far and is bound to find itself enmeshed enmesh cd in the old intrigues and tho the old oM alliances Likewise the tho financial condition of or Europe makes American participation on in any world organization essential to its success In view of these facts it is apparent nt that the fears that the United States would be left out of tho were ill founded And inasmuch as the thc league is dep dependent de de- de- de pendent p upon the American ideal for success is it too much to ask that the initial organization org follow folio the same ame lines linos 7 As we have ha repeatedly have repeatedly stated the leaf league te of nations means more to Europe than it does docs to America It canot become come a 3 gOing concern concern without America and Ind to this end we are arc to insist upon the thc preservation of American Amer Amer- jean ican integrity T We e canot become the lie backbone ack on of the thc league and be he deprived a. a of a voice oice in the conduct of its ilg affairs