Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-25
By FRANK 4. MASON.
international News Service staff
Correspondent.

international News Service Staff
Correspondent.
BERLIN, Dec. 2i.-Frau Grrnania
II rolling coquetiiah eyes and rxorcis.
ing all the arts " political filtration
to capture the heart Of the British
Lion. This new international love tri.
angle. with France In the role 81 the
mclodramntic villain. stalking up and
down the Rhine. kissing and curling
his black mustache. started In dead
earnest during the regime of Herr Err.
berger ana has been progressing stead.
ily ever since.
Colt Strsfo England" and tho
hymn 81 hate against Albion have been
succeeded IN the German mind and
heart by an optimistic trust which pins
Gcrmnnys last hopcH an the mercy
and charity Of Downing Street. Lon
don.
OF course. there are Nlil many o,
the old Junkcrs and pan Germans who
see In England the principal source
81 Gcrmany's present mlsorirR. Count
Rcventluw continues tn pan the llri
tish, hut the Tngcszoitung. his organ
for the past ten years viii no Longer
print his philippines and Count Revent.
low has had to establish his own pub
lcatlon. There Is also q small deter.
mined group II German business men.
led by George Bernhard. whose pro
grammc calls fnr close buriness and
national relations between France an
Germany. Their propaganda takef
the form ~ accusations that England
IL playing France against Germany ~
that England may control the balance
Of power on tho continent
The opposition tu the Arglophllr
propaganda " 'u weak that n Is ~
no practical effect Tho Zig mass o,
the German leaders. except for tho
Bolsheyics. are outspofonly pro Eng.
lish. Your first reaction In Berlin
when you sec repeatedly the indica.
lions ~ the tendency toward lirlt.
ish.Germnn alliance IL a. rub your cyce
IN establishment and demand how IN
earth hate can change go quickly 10
love.
Some observers see an insldious,
decp.lnid plnt en- tho prrt ~ Wilhelm
ftrnssc Co cau"c disscnslon between
England and France and spill ~ the
niles. 81 course To Gcrmanys advan'
tagc. Others. after reading. day by
day. the carefully selected news items
from London appearing IN the Berlin
press. maintain that England stopped
fighting the World War when the ar
misticc was signed. ana that today
she II busy on reconstruction and has
aN 49, VH
lister and future trade relations.
British Are Friendly
Good spurtsmanship the yanquishe1
cungratulatirg the victor and the vic.
tor shaking hands with the van.
uuishcd IL one cf the fundamental ide'
ais bred IN every English schnolhov
The British military mission In Bct'
lin during the past two years has
more than lived up To- every require
mcnt Of good sportsmansiip. The
determination 81 British officers with
their recent enemies has he'd To- bitter
complaint by the French mission anu
been one IT the causes of an cstrang,'
ment between the British and Frcnoh
officers which Is the talk of the car
ital.
The Englirh officer has established
q reputation with the Germans Tor be
ing good sport and good fellow
Ills code iorhids that h" rub II into
the chan he defeated tie keeps him
self and his soldiers In the background
and avoids uNAnta,iun. lie carries
no chip ON his shoulder and - re
suit has had me- insults to his ilas
nor acrgcantg killed In the Berlin ten
d.rloln. The Germans continually
point out what they con adcr the CON
trast between the French ard l'riiisd
missions IN Berlin and their ohscrNl'
iions result In antil'rcuch aud PIC
English propaganda.
French AntagonlSiic
The British officers ON the control
boards charged with supervising the
carrying out ~ the peace treaty NiSt
German factories and casually inquire
n the destruction uf war materials "
progressing properly. Tho Germans
assure the officers that n T., and that
ends the British investigation, The
French offlosrs arrive week later.
They don't take the Germans wori
for ANYTHING. aud make a searching
Investigation: they seldom leave with
on, finding plenty " alleged German
deceit and trlckcry about which =
flv IN rage. The British have won
another point and the French are len
holding the bag.
A British captain during tho kanA
revolution. alone and unarmcd.
knocked down the bullying leader ~
gang of communicate rnwdics who
had insultcd n woman holding high
mud responsible position In the Ger
man Foreign office.
Three British officers IN command
of three districts IN Upper Silcsia ple'
iJscite TERRITORY resigned as q protcS.
against what thcv called General ie
Rond's favuritism and pariiS,nship 20
the Poles. Thrsr designations, coming
as climax to vigorous campaign
IN the German press accusing the
French II refusing 90 Civ" the Cor
mans q square deal In SilcHinn orcv
piod territory. made o tremendous snn-
sntion IN Germany. Tho British were
hrraIdcd from one end ~ ~" country
a. the other as upright and Just; an
c'hor thread was woven In the cable
OF Germany's friendship for England
On Friendly Mission
Dozens and dozens ~ such examples
might be given. scarcely week piss
~ withuu; incidents which renew tho
impression II Grrmany's obligation 70
England. The British officer IN Gov
MANY ~ nm outpost for the furih"r.
ancc and realization 81 Rriiain's prof