Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1921, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHING! ON D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921. CERMAN PLANS FOR 50 YEARS TO CRUSH FRANCE FOREVER, ' REVEALED IN TARDIEU'S BOOK Souéhl Territory Lost by ‘Beaten Koe. RUSSIA, AWAKING OBSTACLE TOHOPE | Shows How Invasion: Had Been Aim Since Last War. ' BY ANDRE Captain_of the French ‘ommissioner to Americ Land at the conference TARDIEU. Army. French Clemenceau’s right | of Versailies. GERMA Never was inter: niore flagrant than German on France on August 2, 1914; one more deliberately planned. T can still see Baron von Schoen, the kaiser's ambassador. standing on the steps of the Quai d'Orsay, as with feigned regret he takes leave of M. de Margerfe, now French ambassador at Brussels, but then political director the ministry of foreign affairs. The ierman représentative bows deprecat- ingly. He seems to say, as his.master ald & few weeks later, “T did not will #1 this.” Yet at that very moment an never 2nd without any declaration of war, | ¢ierman -troops had slready (thirty four hours previously) crossed our frontier and invaded our soil. This very invasion had been planned for Palf a contury. Tn 1871 Germany had torn from us Alsace-Lorraine, the flesh of our flesh, two of the most French of the French provinces bound by every tie to all our past; two provinces which for centuries had given us, had given France—the oldest, most closely knit and most re- sponsive of npations—generals = and statesmen, men of sclence and of let- ters. Germany refused to heed the cry of despair raised at Bordeaux by their representatives. Annexation a Necessity.: By “blood and iron,” to guote Bis- marck, she had sealed her victory and welded her unity with the rape of our provinces of which she made the bul- wark of her power at our very door. Five and twenty years later, Bismarck cynically boasted: Ve did not conquer. Alsace ~and Lorraine because their people loved us, or turned their thought to Germany. That did not maiter to Their annexation was a geograph- ical necessity. It is quite presumptuous 10 ask us to worry whether the Alsa- cians and Lorrainers want or do not want to be German. - That is none of our business.” Neither hesitation be- fore, nor repentance after. > This unhallowed galn, won by sheer might, does not suffice to Germany, or rather. to retain it_she has to have something more. Hence the policy which forty-three years later led to another war, by a succession of events the very logic of .which s its most | crushing condemnation. Germany seeks not only to keep the territory stolen from France, but to make se- cure by arms her domination of the continent rendered possible by the treaty of Frankfort. ‘For this it is not ‘enough that France shall be conquer- ed and despoiled; she must be isolated and paralyzed as well. It is not enough that Alsace-Lorraine, the gl.ty of whose popular attachment for nce was unconquerable, shall live beneath the Prussian yoke: the po- litical structure of Europe must be such that never in any manner or at any time shall German domination be challenged.. To build up this domi- nation as weil as to defend it in cas it were ever threatened, every means will be employed—not excepting war. Half a century of history has here its source. 2 Recovering Too Rapidly. As early as 1875 this settled de- termination - reveals f{tself by the threat of a fresh aggression. France 1s recovering too rapidly. To com- plete her ruin i¥ a duty to Germany and to mankind. The awakening of Russia and Great Britain, consclous— 100 late—of the mistake they made in 187 ‘oils Bismarck, who vents his disappointment in bitter jests, but wets to work at once to prevent its SPECIAL NOTICES. lo Secure, || Tardzeu Tells of Steps By Germany for War 1 (In the openlig chapters of hix remarkable narrative of the ar inside history of the and the ' maneuvers lead to peace, M. Tardieu reve step by step Germany's I yenrs of preparation for ‘tl conflict which broke upon the world in_August, 1914—a blow under which the world will stagger to the end of time). recurrence. | Two powers _exerting their influence in favor of Irance have been able to hold him in check: sainst France, therefore, he de- | termines to group forces which w! ot | give him undisputed control of Eu- {Fove and cement his victory forever. ober 7, 1 treaty ustria-Hungary. On May 20. 882, one with Italy. Germany is {now at the head of a coalition of jone hundred and seventy million men. {which from the North sea to the | Mediterranean commands Europe and icuts it in-two. She is the arbiter of hich she both imposes and From the treaties on, which it is based, this coalition bor- frows a_defensive appearance; as a} matter of fact, its aims are offensive To render } more complete, ' Pledges are secured whence. they xpected. defeated l()u O ith he sign were at the congress ¥ _Bismarck's iron w | promises on March 21, 1884, and on vember 18, 1387, to remain neutral if Germany is attacked' by a third power. Great Britain, losing sight, in he: colonial controversies with 'France, of the controlling necessities of her foreign policy, signs extra-European agreements in quick succession with Germany and lends a ready ear to inspirations from Berlin. An un- ylelding armor is thus incased around the treaty of Frankfort to insure the retention of its territorial and po- i lical advantages. Germany is the center of Europe and plays off all her other neighbors against the one she cannot forgive herself for having | spared in 1870, Wounded Hero Fifty \e.vu. Never®did France live more bitter years; never did country so placed show so much restraint or such calm dignity. M. Clemenceau said in 1919: “Just think, for fifty years we were the wounded hero. Wounded heroes are all very fine, but people go their way and pass by>on the other side, looking on 'them with pity.” Such was the plight of France. Impru- dence would have been criminal. for we were alone. Surrender would have been infamous, for the future was in our keeping. To realize the or- deals through which we passed to win the right to victory, our British and American friends must study this period of our history. As our na- tional life revives, Jules Ferry seeks an outlet for it and our activity makes itself felt in the colonies. From 1882 to 1888 the tricolor of peace, order and liberty floats over Tunis, South Algeria, Senegal. the Sudan, Dahomey, the Kongo, Mada- gascar, Djibouti, Tonkin and Annam. At times Bismarck feigns to view our colonial advance without offense, even to encourage it. But how brutally he reminds us again ard again that naught is permitted to us_without his consent. Every year sees Alsace-Lorraine atrociously hazed, frontier incidents pre- precipitated by the imperial police, tary laws ostentatiously passed. Ger- many, it is declared. will enforce the treaty of Frankfort so long as a single German remains. Bismarck Spares No Insult. “With that,”” it is added, “all said.” Bismarck, who in 1870, scorning his is ] | Speed ly Recovery From tance 1870, Taunt to Imperialists. BISMARCK’S WILL || SHOWN IN SCHEME | Rebirth of European Groups Stirred Him -To Rule or Kill.” other bases. - Following all periods of hegemony, ‘no matter who profite thereby—Charles-Quint, Loul i Frederick the Great or Napoleon—the same thing has happene has been restored. itself felt for the first time in 1892 with the Franco-Russian alli- | ance. It is a precious guarantee for France, which thus emerges from the | solitude nobly -endured for twenty at the same time, it gua « he German conquests: for it is concluded on the basis of territorial status quo and, far from raising any hopes that our wrongs may be right- ed, it secures Germany' of Alsace-Lorraine. It is a proof of France's attachment peace. It is not the only one. Dur- ing the ensuing years, the same at- tachment prompts France to enter into colonial agreements with various powers for the settlement of old dis- putes and to pave the way for friend- | y agreements in an unchanged Eu- rope; conventions with Italy in 1900, with Great Britain in 1904, with Spain the same year; conventions of lim- ited- scope In which France—as in the Russian alliance—found proof of the prestige she had regained, but which contained nelther provocation nor threat against any power. Berlin Determined to Raule. From the first, this rebirth of Eu- ropean political activity outside of Germany, directed not against her but against her hegemony, found the Ger- man government determined to domi- nate or to destroy_ the forces which were regrouping. For Bismarck and his successors It did not suffice, as 1 have already pointed out, to keep the conquered territories; it was essen- tial that-German. political suprémacy should remain unchallenged In a divided Europe. On the morrow of the Franco-Russian _alliance Germany had hoped to gain admittance. and events in the far east in 1895— | through the joint action of the three | cabinets of Berlin, Paris and St.| Petersburg—had_justified this expec- tation. But as time passed and other agreements ensued from which Ger- many continued to be excluded a policy of reprisals took the place of the conciliatory opportunism hitherto | practiced. The kaiser seeks “to safe- R. K| is guard the monument reared by his| unforgettable grandfather.” The Aus- tro-Hungarian allfance is still in_ex- istence, as is also the Itallan. Ger- many, no matter what she says to Justify herself, is not “isolated.” But France by political honesty and effi- clepcy has regained the initiative in infernational affairs, and this initia- tive in itself is an insult'to German greatness as conceived by the Hohen- zollerns and their subjects. (Copyrighted by the Bobbs-Merr!ll Company.) SECOND INSTALLMENT TOMORROW sovereign’s reticence, had openly de- N clared that he was making war not only on Napoleon III, but on France her- self, spares”his victim no Insult: We are envious, -turbulent, quarrelsome people; worthless; a herd of 30,000,000 cafers. ‘Scratch the Frenchman, he said,” “and you will fiid the 'nl Year by year, we are lectured on “Ger- man forbearance,” as if it were nearly | exhausted. The imperial war budget is increased by 50, 000.000 _marks; the army by 70,000 men. ‘We Germans fear God, and naught else in the world.” | France and Europe are warned that they have a master. Tt is in vain that, obedient to Gambetta's advice, we hide our sorrow deep Wwithin our hearts, ever speaking of i It is invain that we bear the cross ‘of our coun- itry’s humiliation silently—in the op- pressive- peace imposed upon us. Ger- many is not content with what she has' conquered ;° to military victory she is determined, with proud bolstlng to add political supremacy. Aspired to Breathe .lei. Firm as was her will not_to un- loose war, it was inevitable that | France should aspire to bréathe free- ly once more. ‘It was no less inevi- table that Europe, while keeping the 'peace, should wish it established on- SPECIAL NOTICES. When you use Liguid Asbestos Rooflng Cement. 31 will _upply same d guarantee roof five Years from all leaks. Also ld. in ‘bulk. Madison Clark, 1314 Pa. ave. Lic. 4219, OLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. Renewir ; Heating Plants by Shedd ork OUR TRUCKS LEAVE, WAEEI\GT“\ FOR Philadelphia and New York every Tuesday and Friday. SMITH'S TRANSFER AND STORAGE, | OTR TRUCKS LEAVE WASHINGTON FOR Raltimore, Phfladelphia and York_every Tuesday and. Friday. SMITH'S TRANSI AND STORAGE. NOTICE roaces. ranges and Iatrobes put in firet. conditicn by the “Heating Experts” Grafton & Son., Inc. __Wash. Loan & Trust Bldg., s Tin Roofs—Slag Roofs REPAIRED AND PAINTED. S Call Main 760. ‘Wash. C»rr Slag. “Haating and Roofing Experts ! 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Virginia, | Saturday. officials of the organization for thei coming ‘year are president; E. dent: Cliftord Hasnnu Creasurer; A. ivic League Trac; ing. V directors.’ was made Aty W K. Phillips, In the announcement W. included. Thelor my?’fmh%go de Wells, ce presi- E. Givie | The | Ross’ final statement as retiring president rectting that other achievements the assoclation D ————— : raised more than $2,500 for road and {street improvements, which, with the aid of county and state authorities, resulted in improvement of a cement leading from Wash |nzmn within a mile of Franklin with FEAST. OF TABERNACLES UNDER WAY TODAY' Continues for Seven Days Wlth' -Festival of Conclusion on the Eighth. The feast of tabernacles, or succoth as it is cdlled in Hebrew, occnrs U l day and continues for a period of sev. en days, with a festival of conclusion on the eighth day. The first and last days are observed in the synagogue. | This festlval is a feast of rejoicin the original thanksgliving day, har! ing back to the remote antiquity of | the Israelite when he dwelt in Pales- | {tine and tilled" the soil. As a harvest festival its characteristic note i8 a thankful spirit for the grain harvested and garnered, for the blessings of yineyard and olive grove, for the in- crease of the fields and orchards. . The biblical source of the festival of tabernacles is found in Leviticus 23.34-35, which commands the Israel- ites to celebrate the 15th day of the reventh month of the ancient Hebrew j calendar with a feast of tabernacles and by dwelling in booths seven day in order to remind them that God | caused the children of Israel to dwell {in booths when he brought them out of the land of Bgypt. ! Many observant Jews obey the bib- {lical command literally and dwell in i booths, or temporary dwellings, called xnucmth during the seven days of the !festival. In them, they offer their daily prayer and partake of their meals. The harvest character of the festival is also clearly shown in the symbols which each worshiper brings to the synagogue or which are exhibited from These symbols are the or citron; branches of the stately palm tree, “lulav’ the fragrant myrtle, and | the numble willow of the brook. In many reform congregations, the are claborately decorated with | and vegetables; and the ch dren of the religious school participate {in_the children’s harvest festival. The festival of conclusion, which terminates the feast of tabernacles on the eighth day, is called, in He- brew, Shemini Atzereth. Various con- jectures are put forth regarding its| intens. There is no definite object | stated in the Bible. But it was un-{ | { doubtedly intended to give a sense of completion to the whole series of holy days of this season of the year. .AGAIN PRACTICES LAW. | Judge Waiter W. 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To give )ou extraordinary bargains right at the begmmng of the season we've reduced the prices t0.$31.95. on this! Suits Don’t be caught with last season’s styles The close, straight-front overcoat with narrow collar won’t do for this season, and the correct colors are much lighter than for- merly. The real things are the light-colored polo cloths and the light check and overplaldl, full-belter or with half-belt effect. Be careful that you do not buy one of the old-time, form-fitting ' coats with close, narrow collar. : " The loose, convertible collar is the only correct style. 3 When the $5 and $50 values.came in we marked them $35 and $40. They're the qualities that sold for $65 and $70 a year ago— You can’t go wrong Overcoats . Madein U.S. 4. AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT HARDING, THE HON. 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