Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 71

—m— . — e ———————————————————_———————— France and Germany Far From Day o (Continued from First Page.) Following Stresemann’s spee hvhm! was then in F rance a general which endur It was explained in eaction | part by the general interpretation of | Stresemann’s <pe-ch as warning of a | German purpose to use the negotia- | tlons with France as the hasis for re- | ' writing all the The fundamental French conception of any understanding with Germany WaE on the basis of (German accept Afce of a state of peace e the treaties, a German accep tiers laid_down *'as one Frenchman after s treaty of Versailles. | | not | power and influence in Furope. r has said to m this p proposal means that Germany will re claim. first, Fupen and Ma'medy, nexi. Danzig and the Corridor. then the an néxation of Austria—and afterward shall ve he sure that the demand for A" plebiscite in Alsace will not be heard? It is one thing to sell our right 1@ a temporary occupation of GGerman tefritery for a price. Tor ultimate evacuation is fores under ihe treaty. but it i assent to s+ A program wh ages the tematic sabotage of the treaty itself The French cabinet. which with sol emn unanimity accepted M. Briand's report of his Geneva performance, did not do more than vote that it might ' be interecting and pryfitable to go on talking with the Germans, always on condition that France did not made any commitment But if M Briand had reported any agreement af any sort the cahinet wonld have heen “hopelessly divided and would have collapsed as a resu't ol inter Atvisions. And even that unanimi which was much emphasized abroad would not have heen had if the domes tie situation had not heen such that 2 cabinet difference might have e duced # new financial erisis, in fact another panie ko ox I @ not think it is anv exacgera tlon tn sav that within and without the cabinet there is a profound sense of anxiety nver the recent actions of M+ Briand. There is a feelinz tha hfs entnusiasm has outrun ail reason ahle Uimite, and i [ * creased hy the Briand's utter ineap) tematic negotiation It you recall th: state of alarm which propagated itse in America as the reports of Precident Wilson was doing in fiowed back vou will have like an idea of what is goinz on in France today with respect of the Ger man arrangement A< long ax ma of French peo ple thought that a peace paet with Germany would without delay sipply money to B from her financiil tronhies the F 1 proposaie or what <eemed 10 be the and proj enjoyed 4 moment of extreme poii Jarity. But the inevitable disillusioa ment followed. when it wag seen that no money was likely to he had. that *thers was no escape from the Ameri can creditor by this door and that, i Stresemann’s speech indicated. a new decoption might he prepaving We are heinz swindied again.” this was a widespread comment. * ok %k Now. ! ohave dweli nnen e or lae Ae aspect of the d «ussion hecan e naching hos heen me s i Ing than the alaerity v Vhich the world haited T . as the openin with Rriand's enteced the L v togerhei beginning, thev w ) than-the disclosire \tendeney. a poweriul tendency conniries toward seme sori of vithle arrinas ' ment On'the evidence which I have = heon o to me that hetwesn Fra from impe are probabiy monihs nomic very comn mons o) new host There ential and active women in hoth by certa are worki understinding. | this is a growing tainly mnst exercise ence. Rt in I witim rona it an e e and Ge on kel the of Hre 1o see i noxt omn awhyich have i il " rests mns o Mtries . Nt newspap w Franco G lieve, too, and little cer influ no he con v however eful one may of ite admsiments and 1 foss 1o minch opiimism myself on this seore i worse than foolish not to perceive hat ; matn to e little short tivels pro have tests from tries with which France n viahle and with Germany mond 1o alanien the annesation af Ansiria the retirn of German e « Br views abstacle: t they ar Fyen the rela -o0-Cierman of coun in alliance. assent gree 1o while mie as 1o colonies i<h torions T France is ready, [ am sure. to make peace with ¢ of rmany did | ent ne Mo »t_and had ! | nored | the Of Alliance or Even Entente Cordiale fn 1873. There are very large nrpzs! of possible and even probable eco- | nomic co-operation. But what makes | the hargain to#ay difficult is the con- | viction in France that the ohject of Germany is to restore all of her old frontiers, destroy the treaty of Ver- sailles, regain her ascendancy on the continent Every Frenchman has a profound | admiration for the statesmanship of | Stresemann, all see in him qualities ¢ which are Bismarckian, and they do: disguise their admiration at the fashion in which in less than three | vears he has heen able to raise his rountry from defeat to a position of | Hut as his success continues there grows | the fear that the Bismarckian re. semblance may he even greater than one thought at first and thus vastly | mora dangerous, | I would. then. caution my Ameri- can reiders against indulging in any too considerable hopes of immediate rezults from the Geneva episode. Any | practical results. however small, will, in my judzgment. come only with | months. and perhaps with years. They | will be preceded by negotiations as intricate as thos» which, carried on | hy the coal and iron magnates of the | two eountries. have, after six or seven vears. only just reached a decigive phasce The great danzeir in all such spec tacular epizodes as thoze of GGeneva is | Mr. and Mrs that hopes mav he raised to impos. Announce her engagement to Mr. Jack | totally ig. |J- Combs of Miami. | zsible heights and realitie: The real ohstacles to nco. “erman adjustment. to an adjustment uch as Britain and France made a quarter of a century ago, colossal, and none of these were el'minated by eloquence or by luncheon. Certainly the fact that they were ultimately eliminated gives reason for hope now ok % % But in sum, the utmosl which it | is possible to sav i that we are conceivably entering A stage of Franco.German negotiations which will be leng and difficult and will Enow many disappointments and much | delay. 1f Germany could find the| money to get France out of its pres- | trouble conceivable that | French necessity upon | French reason But Germany can not. and the zeneral perception of this act elminates one of the main driv- | motives for the present popular | in favor of the German ohstacles is would impose ing sentiment orientation. | There is. in my fudgment. a pro-| found desire and will for peace in hoth Germany and France. 1 think it is equally strong and that ft must exert a stronz influence upon atesmen and opinion. But there are contrast inconceivably different neeptions as 1o what should be the of any agreement and innu merable practical obstacles any one ' which may long postpone. if it does not permanenth prevent. arrange ment. Moreo it France does es cape from fal difficulties her ws of European problems may he modified and her defense of her own interests strengthened. All of which makes for cation and should pro mote guarded views of what has just happened and what is likely to hap nen in the immediate futnre. the Indead. jon now existing aptimism and exag 1t ois in igself a real vory sitns as a revelation and an adequate Warning. CUTS “GAS” PRICE. One Firm Announces Reduction, Others Keep Old Price. The lead of the Penn Oil Co., which announeed a twocent drop ce of itx straight gasoline’ snded motor fuel. was not fol- rday by other e 2 in Washington. Al ouzh Penn. 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