The Washington herald., 1920-01-11
Allies Won the War But
Germany Likely to Pick
Fruits of the Victory
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be made the greatest mass educa-
tional agency Of all times, On this
score, "our forefathers' suffer from
continual Interpretations and misin-
depreciation,
Facts are often far less destructive
than fancies or prejudices, 10 square
Iy faced and properly handled. the
essence of Old World politics has
been-and still is-Germau or Anglo
Saxon domination in Europe. ira
ditionally fatalistic, the other Eu-
ropesn nations have made their
choice in the past. and may pc
doomed-or damned-to make tneT
choice in the future. Not what 10
ideal but what per force - prac-
ticar' has always been the Iocomo-
tive force behind these governments .
situation Democraticaiiy Unscund:
Such a situation undoubtedly 10
democraticaIly unsound and militar-
istically unhealthy. but such a SIT
uation. threatening the constant
peace OF the world. undoubtedly cx-
lists. Americas consideration OF II
can be ideaIistic In theory. but to
a certain extent it must be real
lstic' i'm practice-at least, for the
time being, Our reasoning should
never lose sight of the fact that in
ternationalIy. England Is oftene a
snob than a bully, and Germany Is
oftener a bully than a snob.
L am writing from a strictly
American and democratic angle. and
far be ii from me to say or pretend
that the British empire is whole
some example of democracy. Indeed.
1t is a self-evident and tragic truth.
that as far as England is concerned.
liberal democracy is likely to begin
at home and stay there. England's s
good Intentions will never make for
genuine worldwide trust. until she
starts to export her democratic
goods.
Germany's Foreign once.
Likewise Germany's foreign Of
fee, for all its great pretensions,
is still European in soul. There
is even much of the bitter gall
of old Prussia in its taste. Ger
many's traditional diplomacy con.
tinues to de business at the same.
old stands. The German republic
has retained essentially monarchical
ambassadors in their pests. Recent
ly, that reactionary diplomanIac.
Ia Won bulO", was sChL luNo
Italy on a special mission" and
more recently asked to leave. His
wife comes from an influential Ital-
ian family. however. and it is not
unlikely that he left his seeds
/ behind him.
Circumstances are moving and
seconding the settling up of a new
/ balance of power. This, as before.
would have Germany as one weight
and England as the other. with the
tender neck of world peace as a
fulcrum. At last. England has be-
gun to take seriously the possibility
of "a Russian Soviet-Japanese alli-
ance, backed by an Italo-German n
agreement. Therefore. the direction
I of English and possibly Anglo
French diplomacy Has taken a turn
toward peace with the Russian Reds.
BolsheyiSm Flows Toward Orient.
| The English foreign office is far
more fearful of Bolshevism and its
/ possibilities than the Quai d'Orsai.
/ England now seems bound TO adopt
! a different policy from "blunderins
I through" and Lloyd George & Com
pany. although suspicious of Nittis
suggestion of peace with the Soviet.
have just been discussing it at
Paris. For the Bolsheviki have
found tha key to the gates of the
Orient and John Bull is becoming
anxiOusly concerned about his In
dian. Persian and Egyptian posses
Sions.
Undoubtedly. Germany has a hand
in more than little of the RESPONSE
bility for the present and prospective
interna tional confusion. Nevertheless.
France and England are playing the
game in the diplomatic small, and
there is an element of justice in Eng
lands labor plea to the English
foreign office to live and let live"
Moreover. Ludendorff has warned
the Allies that, il Germany be ground
IN the dirt, she will pull the allied
house- in ruins about her ears.
ErzberEer has repeated this challenge
IN other words, and one is a sinister
militarist and the other a sinister
diplomaniac. Germany's allegation
that more than one prop of the allied
house is accessible to her destructive
hands may not be lightly discarded.
/ BY way of illustration. Italy again
is case in point.
German Penetration In Italy.
More than forty years ago Ger
many entered Italy through the
doors of international finance. So
thoroughly did she dig her way into
Italian political soil that not even
all the Kings horses and all the
Kings men of war could entirely
pull her out. Many German root
remained too deeply embedded in
the earth for easy or immediate re-
mOval. Every Anglo-French in
triGue against Italy is now sun and
water for these subterranean plants.
In pre-wartime days Germany had
bought and almost paid for Italy.
German banks either mothered or
closed Italian banks in every nook
and corner of the italian peninsula
Germany controlled big business in
Italy, and through big business
Germany held wide sway over the
Italian press.
War. in large measure. changed
the essentials of this situation. but
by no means crushed every head Of
the German financial Argus. The
reactions of Anglo French intrigue
and Germany's defensive and offens-
>ive manoeuvers are tending to piece
together the Frankenstein which
once lorded it oyer Itsly's govern
ment.
Fiume as .English Port,
Last spring the Cunard steamship
people were negotiating with the
JuGo-slavs for monopolistic shipping
facilities in the port of Fiume. the
Italians allege. Although knowing of
the deal Downing street is CHARGED