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Wilson Blinded by League
Obsession, Says Lansing
V - ,
Former Secretary's Book on Peace Parleys
, 5iows Constant Clash With President
- ' Whose Mind "Seemed Inflexible"
Ttobrrt Lansing, formtr secretary of ,
ttatc. in IiIb lonirnvnltcd book. "The
Pence Nnrotlntlons," which Is pub
U.ihrd today by the Houghton Mifflin
Co.. ottcmpti. to justify his own stnnd J
4urin nd previous to the r.rl. con-
lercnco nnd his opposition to President
.Wilson's policies. There is mnde
obvious n constant clash of two lolnll
Irreconcilable personalities. Front the
Tcry start it was evident that they
'could not work together In harmony.
Ono gets the impression that President
"Wilson knew this and that probably
Mr. Lansing also knew (t
The narrative is verv frank, verj
traightforwnrl nmi intimately l,Pr
Fonai it iiuv" uu iiiuviiiuu.v v,ri (
Important question which confronted
the American peace commisloners. Mr
Lansing's views were diametrically op-
rosed to those of Mr. Wilson. Iong
before the peace commission was or ,
Itanized Mr. Lansing shows he felt that
he himself, in his official capacity.
i. ii.. .n.. . .n..iM
would be the head of It when It was
named. He had no thought that the
President would ' far depart from
traditional custom as to go abroad to
"aegotlate in pcrwin
Wanted Wltson to Stn Home
When he learned thnt the President i
wah bent on going, he tried to dissuade
him. He nrgued that Mr. Wilson's
prestige and power would be much
Creator if wielded from n distance ami
through men representing him and his
views. He knew his attitude wus re
feutcd by Mr. Wilson, et he persisted
And hio opposition persisted through
out the hook.
Mr Lansing points out thnt his views
on virtually everj subject that caused
uch discord were the views which have
since been taken by the American peo-
Jile ns a whole. He clashed with the
'resident over Article X of the league
covenant, holding that it was uncon
stitutional and would never be approved
by Congress or the people. He clashed
with the President over the secrecy with
which the negotiations were carried on.
first by the council of ten nnd Intel
by "the four " He fought bitterly
backed by Mr. White and General
Bliss against the Shantung "kettle
ment." He differed with the Presi
dent on the themy of selfdetcrminntion
of nations, on intrrnationnl courts of
justice, on the system of mandatories,
on the lack of a definite program for
the American Commission nnd on the
treaty with France
Entire Lack of Confidence
From the very beginning Mr. Iansing
was hopelessly out of the President's
confidence. They saw each other in
frequently, nnd never alone or in in
timate, confidential discussion. -Mr.
T.anslng's information about the prog
ress of the pence negotiations came
Through others, most frequently from
Colonel House, and never directly rroin
the President.
In a chapter on "Seciet Diplomat' ,"
lr. Lansing writes :
" on the evening of .Tanuar
20 I told him (the President) bluntly
perhaps too bluntly from the point of
vi-v of policy thnt 1 considered the
secret interviews which he wns holding
with European statesmen, where m.
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I'resldeut received my rcmarhB np
penred to me significant of hlo nttftiide
circumstances. I think ti bliim er
on my part to have Mated my views
t rnnlflf-
This sort of thing is irpenteu mrougn
all the chapters of the book.
Mr l.anxliu summarl7.es his Impres
sions of Mr Wilson In these words:
"He seemed to thluk that, unving
marked out n definite plan of action, any
deviation from it would snow Intel
lectual weakness or wicillntion of pur
pose. Kmi when there could be no
doubt that. In view of changed condi
tions, it was wise to rtinugt' n policy
fthich he hod openly adopted or ap
proved, he dung to It with peculiar
,,.;;, rowing or merely
modify it.
' w ,.., jum inflexible
lljr WSOn's mind, once made up,
gp),nitj'((, become indexible. It upenred
t Krow impervious to nrguinpnts und
to facts '..J--'f
X'JL, 'u.1, f ,0itnd judgment nnd
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rlcht thinking lie migut Drcau
but
be would not bend.
"This rigidltv of mind accounts in
large measure for the deplorable nnd.
us it seems to me. nccdlets conflict be
tween the Piesddent and the Hennte
over the Treaty of Versailles. It uc
..nIinia for other incidents in his career
which bae niateriniiv -vnKcncu nis in-
tluencc nnd cast doubtw upon his wis-
,ttm
And again, in n memorandum which
Mr Lansing wiotc on March JiO, during
the conference , i
"The President's obsession ns to n
League of Nations blinds hlni to everj I
thing else An immediate peace is
nothing to him compared to the ndop
tion of the covenant The whole world I
wants pence The President wants bis
league 1 think thnt the world will have
to wait." .
Mr Lansing snjs it wns to force this I
lenciie udoiv the nations that the Presi
dent bargaiued as lie did , that he bought
Jnpnn with Shantung. Clemeiiceaii with
tie French treaty, ltnl with hazy and
indefinite statements nbout Flume,
which led the Italians to depend upon
getting the citj of D'Aununzio's cru
sade Differ on Article X
Mr Wilson, according to Mr Lan
sing, nt nm intended to rusti through
a sort of preliminary international
agreement which would, embody the
League of Nations and which would be
in such form that the consent of the
United States Congress would not he
necessary He minted to come bat It to
Mil coiintn with the league alreadv :
successfully functioning.
Mr Lansing told him that such a
method was impossible, that no foim
of agreement could be binding upon
this country without the consent of i
Congress. Other lawyers upheld this
view nnd the President wns reluctantly
compelled to abandon the plan.
Hut he wns determined that the
league covenant should be written into
whatever tieiity was negotiated mid
here again the limning view differed
radically from his.
Mr. Lansing wanted a quick pence
He advocated a preliminary treaty that
would restore tiade.nnd commerce nnd
that would loutnin a resolution provid
ing for a further convention to draw
up the i onvention for the proposed
league. He himself prcpnied such n
resolution In fact, lie even prepared
a tentative draft of n league covenant
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nccordlng io his own Ideas. These
things he forced tinon the President.
And the President did not like it. .
Mr linnslng felt that Article X binds
tis to be at war with another country
the moment that country docs certain
things, whereas 'the constitution pro
vldes that only Congress can declare
a state of wnr. He wanted no such
affirmative guarantee. His tentative
draft contnined what he termed n
"self-denying" guatnntee which would
not bind the I'nited States to take up
I arms nt n moment's notice nor invali
date the Monroe uoetnno or mc tra
ditional Washington policy against
"entangling alliance."
Commissioners Wanted to Kcslgn
On the Shantung iiuc.it Ion the feeling
between Mr. Lansing nnd the President
became bitter. Miss. White nnd Lnu
nine held n mectlne nt which they dis
cussed the bargain with Japan, nnd
Wlss was nskeil by the other two to
wilte the President protesting ngalnst
tlin Iiptrmnl of China. The letter ac
complished nothing. Mr. Lansing
writes:
"So intense wns the bitterness among
the American 'commissioners over the
tlairrant wrone being nernctrnted thnt
when the decision of the council of four
wns known some of them considered
whether or not they ought to resign or
give notice that tliey would not sign
the treaty if the nrticjes concerning
Shantung nppearcd. The presence nt
Versailles of the Herman plenipoten
tiarlcs, the uncertainty of the return
of the Italian delegates then in Home
nnd the miumurs of disntlsfaction
among the dclegntes of the lessor na
tions made the international situation
precariou.
"To hae added to the serious condi
tions nnd to have possibly precipitated n
crisis by openly rebelling against the
President was to assume a responsibility
which no commissioner wns willing to
take. With the greatest reluctance the
American commissioners submitted
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decision
of the council of
According to Mr. Lansing, the cove
nant of the League of Kntlons, ns it
now stands, ia not n document to pre
serve the peace of the jivorld for tb
future! It is mrrftlv a tinct to enable the
victors of the world wor to' assure them
selves pf the fruits of their victory. He
goes to some lengths to show that the
Presidents worm-democracy theory
wnstuierely an empty phrase.
Laiftlug says he wanted the peace
treaty to assure nil nations an equal
voice in world affairs: lie wanted a
genuine international democrAcy. Hut
Mr. tfansing thinks the treaty ns it
stands destroys nil semblance of such
an Idealistic system. He says the five
greot powers the United States, Great
Itritaln, France, Itnlv and Japan sit
astride the world and ply the whip nnd
spurs. In n memorandum which Mr.
Lansing wrote on May 8. J 1)10, he
says :
"This wnr was fought by the United
States to destroy forever the condi
tions which produced It. Those con
ditions have not been destroyed. They
have been supplanted by other condi
tions equally productive of hatred,
jealousy and suspicion, In place of
tlC Triple Alliance nnd the Entente
hns arisen the Quintuple Alliance which
Is to rule the world. The victors In
'this war intclid to Impose their com
bined will upon the vanqtiljHl nnd
to subordlnato all interests to their
oun."
In such n strain, the writer denls
with ail the complex questions will h
became n part of the insurmountable
barrier thnt aiosc between him nnd
President Wilson. There Is much " n-
side" information that is of absorbing
interest. The style Is frnnk and open
beyond question nnd Lansing, while
trying to Justify his own stand, docs'
not hesitute to blame himself for some
of the mistakes he mnde in dealing
with such n personality as the Presi
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DEBS BACK IN CELL
IN ATLANTA PRISON
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Sociailot Loader Met at Station
by Warden Zerbst and
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Debs, Socialist leader, reached here
nbout noon today on his way back to
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vrty nt Washington.. , ,v .
Ho would not discuss hi trip to
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Washington, Mnrch 25. (Iy A, P.)
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