El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15

Q Germans f. TO revise the eastern
settlement NJ the earliest mo
meuts 10 destroy the Polish king
dom. 10 do IL even at the risk OF
another world war.
But the Polish question is not sim
ME and single France has under
! taken her ancient role OF protector
Of the Poles. The Polish army Is OF
] ficered By Frenchmen; IL has. derived
! lis spirit from the French Fol
I France. for French safety in Europe,
I il Is an important circumstance Lnal
! Germany should have on The east a
/ powerful neighbor. ready 70 JON Win
3 France II the German should set Qlt
[ On his old pathways again A Polsn
! state Of S0,O00000 OF inhabitants sol
I idly allied with France, IS a very
= real insurance against German az
But at this point French and Brit
/ ish policies divide. The British rec
I ognfze the necessity to stand with
] France in any German assault upon
I the west The eastern frontiers OF
Belgium and Trance are me s 5-s.si.l
I frontiers Of Britain But II Britain
I is ready 70 stand with France ana
I for France at the Rhine. she ftnus
J herself less willing 10 stand Win
Z France and Poland on the Lower VS.
tula or the Upper Oder she sees vi N
real anxiety and omen protest the de-
velopmeut OF French continental
policy which aims at protecting those
states, particularly that Polish state
called into existence by the treaty Of
Versailles. but forever dependent
upon outside aid for existence
Are Now Accusing France.
American liberals. taking color
from British. are echoing this note
with Increasing insistence- They are
; accusing France Of militaristic ana
imperialistic policies But why 2
Mainly because France IS seeking 10
p rrHrn "a Han hn n n
a Polish state created under the ap-
E plication Of the very principles en-
Enthusiastically affirmed by the lo-
erals Of the world one year ago Yet
I Il was these same liberals who in de-
fiance OF their principles, succeeded
I in persuadinE Lloyd to use his intlu-
. ence 70 have the neck OF the new Fo-
3 land narrowed 50 that there could
Z be no question that Germany could
J encompass Il with her fingers Fo-
/ land was the plain product OF their
; principles. but today they renounce
4 the conclusion. which followed in
{ evitably upon their premises
That we shall have war one day
I over Poland seems TO me certain
( cannot conceive Of any powerful na--
I tion-and Germany viii be powerful
I -consenting 10 the conditions created
I in the Vistula valley. That the war
viii involve France as the protector
. OF Poland, Britain as fatally involved
Z in the maintenance OF France, the
I United States. II we become the guar
I antor OF the treaty OF Versailles, and
a party to the league OF nations, Is at
I least likely But what IS the alter
native; 10 turn back to German ty-
{ ranny 100000 Prussian Poles. 10 re-
cant our declaration in favor OF SELF
I determination in general. and our
] peaceful pledge in the matter OF the
I Poles2 In my judgment a reconcilia-
ton. a peace OF understanding. a
/ healing peace IS possible between
J Germany and France. even on the
basis Of French possession OF Alsace-
{ Lorraine and the Saar, provided
France and Great Britain viii forsake
the Poles as both did a century ago
at the congress Of Vienna
But this Is just the SORT OF bur
gain which made the congress OF
Vienna notorious and preserved
the Balkan disease until IL pol
suned the whole system Of Eu-
rope. That IL Is possible that IA
Is well nigh inevitable II the
United States clears out Of Eu-
rope and turns Its back upon the
small nations. for whose exist
ence IL f. in no small deEree re-
, sponsible, must be patent. This
is the direction British policy Is
taking. This is the policy that
is being more and more fOrcihly
urged upon France by the Brit
ish, this Is the policy which e.
more and more finding favor in
/ many American quarters. In this
there Is nothing newt civilization
has embraced over the murdered
corpse Of Poland on many occn-
sions since the first partition.
and many wars have nj least
been postponed by n mutual par
ttcipatiOn ia plunderinE OF Po-
land, but the astonishing fact Is
that in the end the Polish uues-
tion has reappeared.
However, the thing which seemed
! worth emphasizing was the fact that
I after a year It had become clear that
/ there could be no further hope that
/ Germany would accept the terms OF
the treaty OF Versailles save under
I continuing pressure. that she was
3 bound in the end to seek by force
{ TO amend these terms. not in the west
{ but in the east. that the west the vic
orlous nations were not confronted
I with the choice between mounting
guard on the Vistula and preserving
I the league of nations as an alliance
Z against Germany or retiring from
Poland, surrendering II TO Germany
and by this sacrifice clearing the way
for a healing peace" with Germany
Copyright. 1913, Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.