Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-22 | Page 26 | Harmony Expected

HARMONY EXPECTED. IV'sirli'iit Wilson litis born interviewed inter-viewed by a CDrrfnuii'lfMit of tho London Lon-don TimoH, Tin; president expressed his cunf iilcn re "Ihat. the big puunc.il of wliitemnen of tlie worKl will he nblo to reach a just and reasonable solution of "tlio problems that will be presented to tli em, nud thus earn Iho gratitude of tho world for tho most critical and necessary servicn which hits over been rendered it.'' After referring to tho congross of Vienna as a congress of ''bosses,'' concerned nioro with their own interests and tho classes -they represented rep-resented than tho wishes of tho people, ! tho president declared that Versailles "must bo a meeting plaeo of the. servants ser-vants of the people represented by dolo-gatcs. dolo-gatcs. There is no master mind who can etllo tho problems of today. If there- is anybody who thinks he knows what is la tbo mind of all peoples, that man is a fool. We have all got to put our heads together and pool everything "wo have got for the benefit of tho ideals which aro common to all." This is the view taken by a great majority of tbo pcoplo of the countries who will bo represented at the coming conference, nud If the problems aro not solved for tho common good of all, thcro will be great disappointment. It will "bo tho first serious attempt to place right beforo might and bring a lasting Ieaco to the world, and it may be hundreds hun-dreds of years beforo another opportunity oppor-tunity to securo such beneficent rosults occurs if the delegates fail to reach a righteous agreement. It is no doubt trno that there arc politicians and men who serve special interests Upon both sides of tho Atlantic ocean who do not desire the Versailles conference to reach a happy solution of all the problems presented, but the voice of a great majority ma-jority of tho people of all Christian nations na-tions is uplifted in behalf of truth and justice. Tho interviewer was convinced by tho accents of the president that "ho is a believer in tho decency and honesty of tho Anglo Saxon race, 1 ' and he quotes Mr. Wilson as saying that "it is essential for the future peace of tho world that there should be tho frankest co-operation and most generous understanding under-standing between the two English-speaking English-speaking democracies. We comprehend and appreciate, I believe, tho gravo problems wdiich the war has brought to the British people, and fully understand the special international questions which arise from tho fact of your pecu- ! liar position as nn island empire." I There have been rumors in eircula- i tion fur some time past that thero was a wide divergence of opinion between ! President Wilson and the rep resent a- j fives of the lirit ish government upon i the question of the freedom of the seas, and it has also been said that Premiers Lloyd George. Clemenceau and Orlando bavo entered into a sort of pact to stand together in the Versailles conference confer-ence in order to secure as much as possible pos-sible for their respective nations. Just At this time, however, it is generally hlieved that the question of the freedom free-dom of the seas will not stand in the w a y v f a n a u ree in en t , and we do not believe that (.treat Britain, France and laly havo made a secret pact concerning concern-ing other matter.- expected to come up, for that would be double dealing at a time when the world had been promised that, the cards should lie face up on the table. Tho thing is inconceivable. President Wilson is to visit London the latter part of the present week to exchange views with Premier Lloyd (ieorgo and other members of tho government. gov-ernment. 1 tie id en tally, he will be entertained en-tertained by King George and onme in : contact with great numbers uf English j people, both lord' and commoners. Jlr. Wilson's sincerity is not doubted in Kngiand. and his visit cannut help but i result in binding the two KtiaUsh-speak-ing nations nitioh closer together. The I Gorman propagandists would make it j appear that Great Britain and America! have nothing in common, and that soon- j er or later the two countries will clash over foreign trade. Tho propagandists 1 mav have weakened the faith of some faint-hearted people in tho league of nation- j lan, but they have nut. jm.--eerde j in, i'rea t ing prejudice in t be mind of those whu are buth intelligent and upright. Tli-' pr-'.-ident believe; in, 'hf Anl" fj'ixoii ra-e, aet-ordin-j to the1 Times interviewer, e-o tlu-re nerd )e i;( , ar that (ireat Briuiin and the Tithed Stat'-s wiil pull apart at this critical, period in the history of the world. But there will be no combination up-' on the part of Kn-'land and America to' rule tho politics ami trade ui the wuild. Trance, Italy, Japan and the other coun-, coun-, trios will have their say, and will cn-i cn-i joy the same rights and privileges as 1 Great Britain and the I'nited States, 'even though the two Knplish-Ppeaking ;i-ountries may take the lead in proposing propos-ing principle and advocating their I adoption. Thi.H much was expected, (particularly as regards the United St at es. Tho president has already exchanged ex-changed views with Premier Clemenceau Clemen-ceau and President Pol n care, lie has also conferred with Premier Orlando and King Victor Kmmanuel of Italy, which country he will visit some time after the first of the year. So far there is nut the least indication that the coming com-ing meeting will be inharmonious. On the contrary, there is every reason to believe that tho statesmen of the four great powers are in substantial agreement, agree-ment, and that the Versailles conference confer-ence w'ill usher in the era for which the people, of the world have long prayed.