The sun., 1919-08-11
LANSING AGAIN TO
FACE INQUISITORS
senator's win Ask Reasons
Back Of French Desire
for Special Pact.
TIGERS" STAND PUZZLES
League Now Regarded as Pos
sible Cause Of War, Many
Believe.
sT1GER's, STAND PUZZLES

sssciai Despafch TO TIE suN.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1o.-With secre-
49,, ~ state Lansing ready to resume
"a. testimony before the Senate Foreign
n.,,,ions Committee tomorrow, interest
!. ,.ntred on some Of the new features
:, no peace treaty and League Of Ma
,Ious covenant which arc going to DO IN
ouired into.
a.. committee wednesday last there has
~ increasing evidence that European
s.,,ons particularly France and Bel
~, have lost much OF the faith they
80 had IN the possibility of the league
= s.vsnant serving as a preventive OF war.
:, ,s expected that Mr.. Lansing Will be
..ssa wby the Foreign Minister OF Bel
-, stated before the Chamber OF
nn.r,,,,es last Friday THAT ''the League
.sNatIons fails to offer Immediate guar
.,,sss and compels us to look to our
,.vn defence" Likewise the decision OK
hs Belgian Government to rely on spe-
lac treaties instead Of the league az
mans Of preventing war has aroused
peculiar interest 4.
ma lack OF faith which both France and
pslgium admit holding in the leagues
.h,lIty- 10 minimize the chance OF war.
pctt these Governments admittedly fear
M the future unless something more
,,hstantial than the league covenant 10
rvol,ed 10 protect them and In each case
a. fear is that wars may be precipi-
,at.d during the early stages OF opera
ton Of the league.
Wilson Opposes Alliance.
President Wilson has told certain Sem
,,ors very frankly that he does not
,aare the fears which Premier Clemen-
seau entertains regarding the danger
u war while the league Is In the nrst
s,9es Of operation. This fact was made
liar by the President in connection
With the Franco-American alliance pro-
pcsal
The President is understood to believe
that the alliance IL not necessary, but
;, Clemenceau thought It was necessary.
the American delegation agreed TO ad-
yocate It as q reinsurance 70 France
ina theory Of the American delegation
vas that Il would do no harm, as Its
o-oyisions never would need to DO car
nd out. But the French standpoint
was very different and some Senators
are naturally a little curious to know
why France expects war to accompany
the first few years OF the new order OF
things
II is particularly pushing for Senators
10 understand why France fears IAN un-
proyoked attack on the part of Ger
many" in the near future According to
terms of the treaty Germany's military
torces have been wiped out, her war ma
terial surrendered to the victor nations.
her navy eliminated and her airplanes
given up.
The Germans cannot operate their mu-
nltions plants, they are forbidden to un-
der,ake any operations which might be
regarded as destined to build up future
military strength and forces Of the victor
nations, armed and ready to strike at q
moments notice. are actually on Ger
man soil enforcing the win Of the Allies
French Fears Pushing.
Under these conditions 1t Is difficult to
understand here why Clemenceau fears
"an unprovoked attack" when Germany
cannot conceivably launch one without
inviting her own complete humiliation.
II would necessarily be German on
Lausht with no effective artillery. no
modern war weapons, no aircraft. no
munitions and no navy.
In response to inquiry officials here
could not possibly attack France for
years to come and II Is added that
Clemenceau fully realizes this. but II Is
then limited that the French Premier
wants the Franco-American pact to
strengthen his political stand in his
own country. In other words the fears
which Clemenceau entertained for the
future were minimized. but now the
fact that the Belgian Foreign Minister
entertains these same fears and openly
states that the reason for them Is that
the League of Nations cannot be relied
upon as a protection against war adj
mittedly puts matters in another light
The crux Of the situation seems to be
that both France and Belgium do not
fear Germany now and realize that the
danger Of immediate war Is negligible,
but they do fear the situation which
would result after few years Of the
league covenant experiment. They fear
mat the league would facilitate rather
than suppress war. particularly after
German diplomacy gains admission to
the league for Wilhelmstrasse intrigue.
They regard the future of Europe I'M
Ger the league covenant as so very in
secure that they demand real protec-
ton Independently of the covenant They
admit that II perchance the league e&-
pertinent should prove beneficial proteo-
ton would be unnecessary. but they dc
rot apparently believe the experiment
has any real chance of proving a sue
cess Anyway they are not willing to
Jake chances on Il.
Seek Cause of Fears.
There is a genuine desire on the part
Of the American people, according to a
number Of Senators. to know why botf
france and Belgium have such little
taith In the league. II IL admittedly q
matter Of life and death with thes!
Countries properly to gauge the leagues
I Possibilities and for this reason alone
NE assessment of the covenants pos
Iole value as a war preventative BY
france and Belgium is regarded as 9
matter Of prime Importance here.
II Is understood that when Presiden
wilson was in Paris these French ant
belgian doubts were made known II
MIN. but the President had impressed
me statesmen that the American peoDl'
were ready to follow his OVID dictates
Without question anG that he woul<
pledge the use OF American man powe
rnd resources to come to the aid o
france Immediately II war broke out b,
herman unprovoked attack while tn,
easue was IN operation.
ny pledging American aid in the way
resources and troops In event OF an
o,ner European war the President wa
oie 1t Is said, 70 persuade France ant
oeHum 10 drop their opposition to tn
oNehant, But now that these nation
,AhIe that the President cannot dellve
riherean resources and man power Il
europe In the face OF an unwilling Con
go. 800 me situation IL said to have ma