The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-29
BY CHARLES NLAURRAS. \ NVnu- -U,,C,z.,, I1v-arr.I, RovaIiSt

peared in LACuOn Franchise O1 rep ruary 25th. It will be seen that Nj Maurras' one "prlnCiple'' and ideal is the forcfble break-up and dissoIu- ton of Germany, and in order to at tain this he is in favor of encouraS- ing in Germany the precious un- rest" civil war, and "DocaI reactions, whether royal or feudal.' Such views, which arc completely incOm- patibIe with any idea of a stable Peace or League of Nations, are unfortunately, not confined to the RoyaIist section of the Right in France: Conservative opinion in that country hesitatcs only between the desire to encourage dissolution in Germany, in order to ''strengthen France, and the fear of the spread ot such "precious unrest' westwards across the Rhine. The following arc the most important extracts from very long article:-)
 For a Guardianship Over Germany.
 The mean political spirit of demoC- racy Conservative, but with no i'm agination, suspicious, but with no capacity for vigilance) is coming to light in the discussion of the Ger man situation. Take care! Ware Fthe dauEer-signal! Don't let Bol- shevism get as far as us!' a legitimate pre-occupation, just anxiety, as long as we do not end by isolatiug ourselves To be sure, we must defend all that there is of or der in France. But we shall de- fend 1t all the better if we tell our selves that the disorder in Munich and the trouble at Carlsruhe are fair asset towards improving our situation throughout central Europe. Wrhe more attracuvely we present, the more trenchantly we enforce the regular advantages of civil law and of the peaceabIe carrying on of so- cial life throughout the convulsed German countries, the more chance we shall have of seeing arise among our ancient enemies a body of the clients of France, on whom there could gradually be imposed the con- ditions of a peace full of promise for the future.
 Triumphing over defeat, anarchy is reviving; anarchy which Oxen stiern used to call providential be- cause 1t Is beneficial to the other ma tions and prevents the Germans from obtaining and organizing power which, in MT Balfours very just OplulCns LLlSy dLb h4ltLCAC NS NSS " AN-- dignity or humanity. The return to childhood, to minority, VOWS them to tutelage- It is only a question now of being towards them well-tn- formed, just, and watchful guard ians.
 Advantages of Allied Rule.
 Military authority has at length taken the initiative in Issuing certain tutelary interdIctions in the Rhine country. We should have preferred if. at the beginning, Marshal Foch had had greater power put in his hands to separate the left bank of the Rhine from the other countries of the Empire. His annulment of the two deCrees issued by the Provis- ionaI Government, his refusal to permit the municipal elections Gin the occupied districts), might have been ill-received a few days previous ly; but, not far from our piled-uD arms, growIs the Revolution; the shelter of our flags gives that secur- itv and that internal peace which now seems the inheritance of the Allied countries alone. It Is almost inevitable that this great advantage should rally the peoples and inspire them. as in November and Decem- Der last, with the taste for living happily and prosperously under our colors A whole new policy may spring from this experience.
 This policy might have the most happy consequences for France. for the Entente, for the world. But it also presupposes a clear idea of the elements contributing to, and those detracting from, our prosperity; that basic element Is the unrest, the pre- cious unrest Bavarian-B -Bado-Prus- sian. To be sure we should not ma liciously aggravate it; but still less should we apply soothing measures of too sudden a nature. We must give nature her head a little We must allow civil war to produce In Germany some of that repulsion which foreign war has not produced. The day when this repulsion might really threaten grave and serious damage to the Allied guarantees" will be the moment for intervention. Nor would intervention be less neces- sary if a too pronounced reaction were to threaten to re-establish Elm peror and King in Prussia, he being one of the symbols of German unity. But local reactions, whether royal or feudaI, might well be encouraged for the sake of the partial order which they could guarantee, and no less for the sake of the partial disorders which they might also most usefully provoke.
 A Superior Principle.
 We shall apply this prin- ciple, and this principle only. All other possible principles, whether Of n moral. humanitarian, or philo- sophical character, are condemned to sfumber, or to have an existence tH9 most precarious and ftful, as long as German unity is not destroyed. The destruction of this unity is the con- dition of the worlds life. If we are to live, we must have this. No one will be able to philosophize, to nor alize, or to practice humanitarian principles, unable to return to the eras of little wars, of small state ar mics $ when the German nations are broken into pieces, and when, in consequence, moral and social inter- course can freely flower again be- tween the nations. AS soon as the German nations are drawn together