Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1924, Page 10

ASSAIL MACDONALD ONRUHRATTITUDE British Labor and Liberals - Suspect Motives of Franco- German Future. BY A. G. GARDINER. By Cable to The Star, 5 LONDON, AUG. 23.—With signature of the London agreement, the most important conference ever held here was dispersed. Prime Minister Mac- Donald has gone to play golf in Seot- land and later to visit the King at Balmoral, Premier Herrlot to face his critics in Paris and Chancellor Marx to allay Nationalist hostility in Ger- many. Mr. MacDonald has the most en- viable role but he does not escape criticism. Public opinfon generally approves the agreement, regarding the event as the first step toward Teal peace. It represents the return of Germany to the comity of nations and the resumption of civilized re- lations on the part of the great pow- ers. In liberal and labor circles much disquiet prevails on the terms of the agreement in relation to the Ruhr. Although the Dawes plan did not al- lude to the Ruhr explicitly, its im- plicit assumption was unequivocal as the foundation of the scheme. ven the official labor press censures Mr. MacDonald for having “at the critical moment cast his vote against the weaker side” and regards con- tinuance of the French in the Ruhr for another year as a menace to ef- fective working of the scheme. upplemental Note. is notorious that this view is shared by Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, who made a gallant fight in- the conference and differed from his chief on the crucial point. Mr. MacDonald’s letter to M. Herriot after the conference. urging _early withdrawal and reiterating the British view that occupation of the Ruhr was not authorized by the treaty of Ver- sailles, is regarded as expressing his own sense that hi® hand had been forced against his better judgment and as a declaration to his followers that he took the French side unwillingly as the only way of saving the conference from failure. But the Ruhr question is over- shadowed by the storm which has arisen in regard to the commercial agreement which the French propose with Germany. Mr. Snowden states publicly that this pact constitutes a serioys menace to the British iron and steel trade, which already is alarmingly depressed as the result of the Poincare policy in Europe. Sees Economic Atm. 1t is notorious that the French occu- pation of the Ruhr had an economic as well as a political motive. The French iron and steel combine needs control of Ruhr coal to secure domination of the continental trade. Force having failed to secure this end, a trade agreement is contemplated to bring it about, and M. Loucheur's visit to M. Herriot in London was connected with that purpose. M. Loucheur, replying to Mr. Snowden, denies that the pro- posed agreement is directed against British intere: but it is alleged here that Loucheur's aim is to continue military occupation of the Ruhr in order to maintain the privilege of sending into Germany, duty free, goods on which this and other countries would pay import duties. It is also alleged that the treaty would provide for French participation in the Ruhr mines and would create one great combine. Mr. MacDonald, when approached on the subject of a Franco-German commercial treaty, said that M. Her- riot has undertaken to communicate to him the nature of his proposal to Germany for M MacDonald's obser- vations. Meanwhile the public awaits with anxiety the reception of the London agreement by France and Germany. Both Herriot and Marx are confronted with irreconcilable na- tionalism, but the impression prevails here that they will pull through. . M. Herriot’s strong card is that ithout an agreement France will be plated and Marx's chief asset is that Ithout an agreement the rentemark 1d no longer be sustained and drmany would be confromted with a igantic pecuniary calamity. i New War Engines. Thursday at Brough, Yorkshire, the trial was witnessed of a new aero- Dplane, the largest single engine in the world of nine tons’ weight and 1,000 Rorsepower engine. It is part of the new coast defense scheme. Thus do the great nations continue U. S. STAND WATCHED CLOSELY IN FRANCO-BRITISH STRUGGLE Latter Nc;tion Declared Fearful of Trade War and Also og Weakened Position in Continental Af- fairs—American Influence Powerful. BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, Ausust 23.—Which side will America take in the new struggle which is now preparing between Great Britain on the one hand and continental Europe on the other? This question is beginning to emerge as one of the most important factors in the prace of the world. Until today England and America have stood side by side in Insisting that the continental nations. notably France and Germany, compose their differences and agree on a peaceable and orderly solution of the problems left by the war. Thanks to this in- sistence, the reparations problem finally has been settled. at least on paper, and France has agreed not to repeat military pressure on Germany in case of another default. Fear Commercial War. So far England was pleased with the result. But England would have Iiked to have Franco-German recon- ciliation cease at that point. Instead of that, however, Premier Herriot, negotiating separately with the Ger- mans over the evacuation -of the Ruhr,-succeeded in obtaining certain commercial facilities for French in- dustries which the British now fear will mean an eventual KFranco-Ger- man commercial alliance and a se- rious threat to British manufacturing interests. And behind this fear of a commercial war is the further fear that Great Britain's political domina- tion of the continent by the age-old policy of balance of power—“divide and conquer’—is doomed to perish, and ' that henceforth the European continent will manage its own desti- nies. 1t this happens all the British elder statesmen will arise to proclaim that it means the end of the British pire and the end of Britain's insular security from ~ continental attack. France and Germany in co-operation could not only reject imperiously any attempt at British interference on the continent, but could—so strategists fear—overcome the British sea power and eubmit the British policy to their will. Such fears may ‘seem fantastic to anybody who merely follows events from day to day without taking ac- count of the larger motives and direc- tions of policy involved. But these fears alone can explain the’ frenzied state- ments of Chancellor of the Exchequer Snowden on the very weve of the Ger- man Reichtstag’s vote on the London agreements. These statements ean only be interpreted as a direct attempt to sabotage what the London confer- ence accomplished toward pacification of the European continent by inspiring the German Nationalists with the hope that, by obstructionist measures, they can play England against France and thus keep alive the stupid jingo eenti- ment which in Germany, as well as in France, has been the mainstay of Eng- land’s continental policy for genera- tions. Whether Mr. Snowden's maneuver will succeed still is doubtful. It may be that the German Nationalists are too cowardly and too unconvinced of their ability to enlist popular sup- port to stick by their gdns, defeat the Dawes plan bills and force a new parliamentary election. But in that case, Great Britain will try by other nd still more subtle means to keep Franco-Germany divided and ek- pecially to prevent the consumma- tion of the proposed industrial agree- ments affecting the exchange of iron and coke. May Be Decisive, America’s attitude In tnis struggle may well be decisive, and every step the Washington government takes will be watched. with the keenest anxiety on both sides. Washington may have to decide whether it will throw its influence on the side of England and maintain the continental peace in a state of unstable equilib- rium, with France and Germany at the ends of the see-saw and England in the middle, throwing its weight ever on the side of the weakest, or will support a purely continental peace pact and insist on England keeping her hands off of continental affairs. (Copyright, 1924.) _— MALAMUTE IN DISGRACE. Famous Dog of Arctic Becomes Nuisance as Civilization Grows. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, August 23.— The malamute dog, for many years the famed steed of the North, ap- parently is destined to go. With the coming of railroads dog teams were driven farther into the interior. And now the prevalence of reindeer herds and the growth of the market garden and the town-lot garden have caused restrictions to be drawn around the malamute until he is coming to be classed a nuisance in the more settled parts of southern Alaska. The malamute had his genesis in the wolves and wild dogs of the North. All fowls and quadru- peds were his common prey. But when, in more modern days, a mala- mute began pulling down reindeer and the live stock of farmers he was | treated as a wolf and hunted down Owing to the light demand for dogs | it is difficult to procure pure-bred specimens south of the Yukon, and the one-time aristocrat of the Arctic is becoming mixed with the blood of g0 many mongrels that he has almost lost his identity. S S Just an Ordinary Fellow. From London Answers. Little Ethel—There was a strange man here to see you today, papa. Papa—Did he have a bill? 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In the fashion centers of Italy, Switzerland and France women wear- ing real dog collars may be sean this year. ‘These collars are identical with those worn by dogs, usually being made of brightly colored leather, the only difference being that the more exclusive stud them with gems or gold spikes. Mme. Reg- nier introduced the idea. Boys HERRIOT'S PLAGE . REMAINS SECURE French Premier Has Promise of Continuance Until Poin- care Errors Ars Righted. BY GERVILLE REACHE. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, August 23.—The French cabinet has successfully defended the London agreement before Parliament. The issue was defined before public opinion in the most simple afd most superficial form. “The London Confe Premier Herriot explained, a begin- ning, but it is beginning of real peace.” And as the ‘country now Is either taking a vacation or is busy with the harvest, it does not inquire deeper into the affair. Indeed, the Herriot government profits from the enormous blunders of its predecessors. Considering the terms of the London agreement, many deputles now regret that former Premier Poincare refused the bank- ers’ offer in April, 1922, and the Bonar Law plan in January, 1923, and failed to exploit the unhoped-for success in the Ruhr when the Germans ceased passive resistance last Autumh. Furthermore, those who aspire to succeed Herriot are quite content to continue the painful liquidations of Poincare’s policies. That is why such groups as Loucheur's, who will par- ticipate in the future center Eovern- ment, vote for Herriot today and make his majority lar | he took office. Bafed Poincaire. Thus the various maneuvers plan- ned against Herriot collapsed in the public session. They wanted him to discuss the agreements first before parliamentary committees, but he re- fused and was upheld. He would have been obliged to confront Poln- care in a closed session of the senate foreign affairs committee. Poincare was afraid to come out in open pub- lic debate for the reasons previously stated and because Herriot has found other weapons in the archives of the Quai D'Orsay. Other opportunities sought to prove that the London conference amended the Treaty of Versailles and necessitated re-ratification of the pact, but this argument, which would have given the German Nationalists splendid ground for ol a vote on the laws required under the Dawes pjan, was easily defeated. These considerations of internal politics were sufficient to assure Her- riot'’s victory. but he had another strong argument, namely. that reparations commission will hence- forth have an American member vot- er than when | ¥ | into | farmhouses of the early periods. structing | the | ing on questions affecting the Dawes plan. The re-entry of-—the United States, even indirectly, into European affairs, will suffice in Paris as well as in Berlin to assure the suctess of the London agreement and the Dawes plan, even though these are not wholly satisfactory to either party. Skeptical at German: France, particularly, is extremely skeptical about the procedure which now has been Instituted. The Berkn debate is watched with anxiety. It is the first time that European nations have agreed unanimously on a general settlement, and the ques- tion is whether this circumstance will induce Germany to execute her en- gagements faithfully. She is hardly encouraged in that directicn by cer- tain members of the British govern- ment, notably Philip”Snowden, who, before the ink is dry on the agree- ment, seeks with the umost bad faith to put spokes in the wheels of certain clauses. Finally, a careful examination shows that under the new arrange- ments France is debtor for much larger sums than she is creditor for, and that her creditors have not yet granted her as favorable terms as Germany has just been granted. In- deed, France comes out of all this as the biggest debtor nation in the world. Unless she takes action im- mediately on this matter she risks allowing it to be supposed that she has tacitly agreed to this situation. France Prey of Creditors: Germany has adjusted her foreign debts by accepting the Dawes plan, and Russia has obtained from Eng- land an annulment of war debts and an indefinite moratorium for her pre- war debts, which will eventually be paid, if at all, by a new Russian loan in England. ' France alone remains prey to the claims of creditors. * So if the London agreement, as Herriot says, is only the beginning of new era of peace, France must, before the end of the year, obtain yme relief on her foreign debts so that she may stabilize her currency and balance the budget without be- ing under constant pressure or threats from foreign treasuries. (Copyright, 1924.) OO it e i OO COPY PEASANT ARTISANS. HAMBURG, August 23.—The furni- ture makers of Germany assembled recently in Hamburg and exhibited their wares for the first time in a number of years. 3 One of the most attractive exhibits as a group of rooms decorated ex- with old North German peasant art which flourished when the rural districw produced and sup- ported their own artisans to supply them with such furniture as fitted the low studded rooms of the The rural artisan disappeared when the industrial age came with its machine- made furniture, and he never has come back. 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