Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-22
EUROPE F|DGETS
AS DURING WAR
Peace Situation Produces
Nervousness Among All
the Nations.
MANY CHANGES FORECAST
MANY CHANGES FORECAST
BY ARTHUR 9. DRAPER.

BY ARTHUR 9. DRAPER.
CabIegram to The Sunday Star and
New York Tribune, Inc. Copyright, 1919.
LONDON, June 21.-Opinion here
inclines to the belief. first, that Ger
many will sign the peace treaty, and,
second. that the German government
will resign and be reorganized, with
Erzberger at the helm, supported by
the center party.
Germans differ sharply on the ques-
ton of signing, and the same d.
vergence exists among members of
the national assembly.
Both by land and sea the allies
are prepared to resume the blockade
should the Germans give a negative
reply. British warships are in the
Baltic sea, ready to re-establish the
blockade. while the land forces could
move on short notice.
Anxious to Avoid Force.
It IL reported. however. that both
Lloyd George and President Wilson
are anxious to avoid any action which
might give the Germans an excuse
for saying that the allies employed
force to obtain the signature. The
provisional character of the treaty Is
due largely to recent amendments
calculated to induce the Germans to
make the best of the situation and
trust to the future.
Europe is almost as nervous and
fidgety as 1t was a year ago. Paris
advices say that the big four are
about to separate. President Wilson
being prepared to return to America
the day following the signing of the
treaty. Lloyd George also is ready
to come home. 1taly's government
Is shaky. Clemenceau is expected to
be succeeded by BRAND and Tardieu
in a few weeks or months at the most.
Central Europe is as restless as the
ocean, while the Russian bolshevists are
still far from beaten. From Moscow
comes a report that Lenin is forecast
ing startling developments in India.
Unemployment Serious.
The coming winter. in the opinion of
economic experts, will find Europe
even in worse condition than last year.
Business Is regaining its feet slowly
because of the delay and uncertainty
in the peace settlement. Consequent
ly unemployment has reached serious
proportions in all countries. The
masses had an inexplicable belief that
the ending of the war would result in
mira culous changes In conditions.
In Great Britain, where food Is bet
ter and less expensive; where wages
are higher and opportunities for the
enjoyment of greater individual free
dom are more liberal than in other
parts of Europe, there Is a restless
ness which in other days would give
10 hn y-fn 4 In
whites and negroes at Liverpool.
Cardiff and London. the outbreaks in
the Canadian camps. and the refusal
of the Scottish troops to go to India
are minor disorders.
Big Political Issues.
What worries statesmen Infinitely
more is the unrest upon which 1t IL
impossible to put q finger and i'm
possible to remedy without drastic
and fundamental changes. Such ques-
lions as the Russian policy. foreign
| trade relations. government owner
ship Of mines and Ireland's political
future are political issues Of the first
magnitude.
Any Intervention in Russia will be
hard to defend II the economic situa-
ton is hard next winter. The miners
| are likely to have something to say
| II the government decides against ma
tionalization of the mines.
The Sim Feiners are not likely to
| drop into a state of somnolent COM
placency following the Senate reso-
luton and the Walsh report. Any
comparison between Great Britain and
other European belligerents is bound
| to be in her favor from whatever an
| gle it is viewed. Americans must ex-
pect to see many political changes in
Europe within the next six months.
| Even little Portugal cannot settle
down.