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Show arainst possibilil icg of the f u' ure. But since it is seriously projowd, Use alliance alli-ance doubtless will occasion a deal of examination at WahinL'ton. fortunate!;.-, it v.ill come before the senate separated from the treaty and league engagements, and caiij therefore, be discussed and disposed of without involving in-volving the oti:er and more vital L-sucs from the war. TREATY WITH FRANCE. President Wilson's mode of procedure in obtaining the senate's assent to the proposal that the United States fur ; . 5 armed help to Franco in p,ue of unprovoked attack by Germany now seems clear. The first step will be to lay before tho senate a statement of what it is proposed to guarantee to Franco. 'With this statement will De a memorandum ,eUiug forth the guar-unteo guar-unteo in treaty form. The senate will be asked to decUuo whether it would be willing to sanction an arrangement of the character indicated in the treaty, or alliance, as it sometimes is called. Should the declavai.iou be in the affirmative, affirm-ative, the president will proceed through the proper representatives to negotiate the treaty, tho ratification of which would bo a foregone conclusion, conclu-sion, in view of the prior permission of the senate for its negotiations. This is an unusual procedure for an American president to follow, and particularly par-ticularly for .Mr. Wilson, who has been rather indiferent to the sensibilities of the senate. But the proposal is unusual un-usual also in that it involves iho participation par-ticipation of the United States in what is generally construed in Furopje, tit least as a defensive alliance. The memorandum is now being drafted in Paris. The understanding is that it will embody the form of a treaty with France to carrv out the defensive plan. If iu fac.t a treaty it will require tho ratification of the French and will bind France to certain obligations. Thus the senate of the United States will be asked to consider - three proposals pro-posals arising from the war the peace treaty with Germany, the league of na-I na-I tions covenant and the so-called alliance al-liance for France's protection. With reference to the latter it may be said that at this distance and in view of the severity of the peace terms exacted of Germany it is difficult to understand just why France should seek an alliance against her ancient foe. If thone terms ;i re carried into effect Germany will be impotent for generations to come as an inrnediato result of the peace treaty, and the league of nations, admitting ad-mitting that the league becomes an established fact, will give France, along with other members of the world union, all the guarantees needed to insure her |