Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08

NOOntIuutu from FIRST PaRel
arations to the allies
IN other words, it seems to be nm
Questionably the intention of Ger
many to use this Polish situation as
means of undoing every agreement
maze at Versailles, which tends to-
Waro making her pay for having
thrust the world into war.
The advance of the soviet forces
VIII give the schemers sitting upon
WhheimStrasse marvellous instru-
ment of blackmail. and the allies have
let this fall within their reach. The
utterance of Winston Churchill has
oeen accepted by the French press
as proof that Germany has made
dupes of some members of the Brit
ish cabinet
Problem to Be Solved.
~ was sheer madness that the
allies were not ready with troops TO
support Poland. but how to get them
now that rehabilitation everywhere
had progressed extensively; how to
transport them at time when the
ltallan, Austrian and Czechosiovakian
railway workers refuse even to allow
foilsh reI1ef trains 10 pass over the
lines which they and not their gov
ernments in the last analysis control
leaving the only free and safe route
the SLOW one via Danzig, is a prob
lem which inevitably challenges Gar
nest thought.
The powers know that they never
can count upon Polands neigbbors
10 go 10 her aid and theirs. Czecho-
siovakla never will fight Russia.
Whether or not the Russian motive
yelled Masaryk is known '' ~
have faithful If secret personal
anection for the most advanced poIi
tlcaI parties. wherever they NAV be.
humahia surely will not take the
elouDie 10 JOIN in any offensive what
soeVer, and can be counted on to
night only if she herself shall be at
lacked Hungary might offer more
nope in this situation were il not for
the TACT that the allies fully realize
OF course. that once unleashed Hun
against them. even though ar tbe
beginning they fought faithfuliv
against the soviets, an ASSUMPTION
not fully justified by fact
only Immediate Hope
SO II is the belief among the hes,
informed i'll Paris that the only i'm
mediate hope lies in the possibiIitv
OF supreme awakening Of >PoIisb
patriotism or in the possibility ~
hesitation upon the part df the so SO.
VETS before they Absolutely and
practically forever break with tha
great allied group of nations with
out whose recognition they cannot
hope TO establish foreign policy or
that foreign trade which is SO neces.
sary TO their future prosperous ex-
iStence.
For this sacrifice il is not felt tina,
Germany could offer any adequate
reward.
These hopes of soviet hesitation are
recognized being founded upon
feeble promises. Calculating witt
any one except the soviets. a dislike
to delay recognition by the powers
through this new offense against the
world might be considered valuable
but with them nothing of the sort
can be depended on. No matter what
the events of the next few days may
be. they scarcely can be decisive, but
within the week events of world i'm
portance may be looked for.
The situation as il stands is abso
lutely German strategy and. Of
course, the allies know that. 1t may
yet be saved. Poland will not be de-
stroyed. even though Warsaw may
fall, unless the allies fail to send ar
army. II they thus fail. the boishe
visits will have established direct
link with Germany and in the opin.
ion of many experts the world wal
will be on again