Show CHAMBERLAiNS CHAMBERLAiN'S LEAGUE LEA ACT ACTS TO lOBE BE WATCHED I Britons Co Col Houses House's Book Stirs Up Uli 11 B A s 's G C mHO G J I st t Liberal Editor S JoI Dl DI to Tue Copyright by The 1 dated Press Association LONDON March Austen 64 6 Chamberlain has bas eluded the huo and try dry and hae ha gone gona to Geneva Genea with a tree treo I hand Iland nd That rough roughly expresses the outcome of the tho storm which w has raged around the British foreign minister and culminated d Thursday In parlia parlia- parliament parliament ment mont when hen the whole house sought to extract from him an under under- undertaking taking not to support the a admission sion slon of any country other than Germany to the council of the tho league at the coming assembly nt at ineva ene a The rhe is quite unprecedented Never b before tore has hns hasa hasa a minister succeeded In mobIlizIng mobilizing ing lug the whole country against himself and then Ihen apparently get get- get away with it Probably the victory Is more Ulan tItan r real al The absolute surrender of o Mr Chamberlain would have meant his resignation and the tho government o presumably him to fo save his face by giving him the thc appearance ot of freedom of action with the tin un- un understanding that he ho supports only the admission of ot German Germany nC L JH URGED It is Inconceivable able that that Mr Chamberlain can t take ke a a contrary course In view of the extraordinary extraordinary nary demonstration of feeling In inthe the tho country in favor f or of a square deal for German Germany This I Is h much the tho most remark remark- remarkable remarkable able ble opinion demor demor of public ion since the war It Indicates complete of the war spirit unexpected weight of popular feeling in fa favor of Impartiality par par- ty tb in the Leagus of Nations It t means that the highest Ideals of th the tho league have ha thoroughly captured the imagination of the countr country Irrespective of party parly and that the public is full fully aroused to the danger of ot concerting the tho league Into a n pro-French pro anti anti- German anti Gorman German organization It Is real realized that such a course would inevitably Ine drive England Into Inlo an alliance with Germany and l restore nil all old of balance o ot power under tile PIC he cover of a tham League of ot Nations STILL a MYSTERY Tile The mystery remains wb why Mr I Chamberlain permitted himself to tobe tobe tobe be 1 III Into apparent sup sup- support sup support port vort nf f the proposal to admit oth others ers to to the he council the spirit of tie the Loc Locarno rno to the tho interests of tho league and to the feeling of the country lie lIo seems to 10 h have ve fallen victim of the blandishments of oC Premier and a 0 slow low man and anda a little headed big a m as the result of popular applause In regard to Locarno lie he gave personal com Corn commitments which could not bo be publicly repudiated without hu- hu humiliation hu humiliation His us proceedings at Genev will vill be watched with an intensity of public interest which no British diplomatist abroad hM has ever evet attracted and if ht ut defies parliament and public opinion he will Ilardi hardly survive sur the storm which will greet his return But Dut the general impression Is that having ha saved ell his face lie will be discreet and obedient of Colonel Houses House's book on Friday has let let loose a torrent of controversies in regard to America and the war The chief Interest J terest centers center in Frost Frost- President dent Wilsons Wilson's proposal to the lie al- al al lie lie- lies allies at tho beginning of 1916 This great episode wa was first disclosed In Viscount Viscount-Grey's book but it Is i ionly only now v revealed In all II its bear bear- bearings bearings ings and the widest disparity ot of view low prevails as to the tho handling of the tho situation by the then SIr Edward Grey On one ono side aide the opinion Is expressed that had the proposal been acted on America would have hoyc been In the war a year sooner On the other ether sl able It Is held that Mr Wilson could have put Into force lii Ills his proposal 11 In the Uie existing frame of mind In his country Probably the allies did not like liko Pre President conditions and trusting to 10 Ambas Ambassador ador Page be- be be believed that American Intervention was without stringent peace conditions The book Is Is- Is regarded here hero as ns a counter blatto blast to Mr Page tage I ge who Is JI ld here hero t to be the American hero of tho the war ar heroically struggling gling to Induce an obstinate president president dent to tak taki a Just and obvious lou course The House book Is a sal sal- sal salutary al- al corrective of his Ills view Mr Ir Pago's excessive i pro-ally pro attitude Is seen Been to have havo lied lad the effect of creating a false here hereof t Americas America's reactions to the war and Incidentally of misrepresent misrepresent- misrepresenting ing lug WIlsons WIlson's position Mr Ir Page became an out and out belligerent nt and the allies may maybe excused for having taken laken their measure of of o American opInion front from him This act cannot be disregarded in 1 attempting to ex- ex explain ex explain plain the lack of enthusiasm In regard to the proposal House brought to Sir Edward Grey In 1916 That this pro pro- pro proposal was put lu in In- In colt cold cohil storage and was wag never discussed by the full cabinet and was never nc formally raised with France or Russia Rula Is Isone isone Isone one of tho the Inexplicable mysteries ot of the war and arid arid- Colonel Houe Houses House's book in throwing the tho facts Into prominence for the tho first time cannot fall fail to have a n profound and dIsquietIng effect on publiC opinion 00 00 |