South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-23
ENGLAND WORRIED
AT ANGL0-FRENCH
TURN OF AFFAIRS
Whitehall Doesn't Like WAY
French 'Flirt" With
Yanks.
~ EARLE 9. REEYEs.

LONDON, Sept 22.-The chief
cause behind the agitation IN White
hall over the latest Jar" 70 amicable
Anglo-French relations was the
American angle Of the case.
whitehall feared that the Ameri-
can note on soviet Russia and the
action OF Paris in regard 10 Wran-
gel were the beginning OF "a Franco
American diplomatic understand
ing'-not necessarily an alliance
and this suspected understanding
would result in efforts AT over
throwing British international pO-
ncies.
To go back to the beginning
When America dropped out OF the
supreme council and Japan reached
the end OF the questions she was di-
rectly interested IN and withdrew
from active participation in peace
parleys. David Lloyd George pulled
lOS-rOlling arrangement with
Nitti. the then Italian premier. Deli
cately, George and Nitu outvOted
France IN the cOnClaVes OF the peace
makers on several occasions. The
arrangement with Signor Giolitti
isn't quite so hard and fast, but as
regards the question of Russia,
England and Italy. or their pre-
miers. see eye TO eye. To be more
front, even, and beyond the point
reached By Lloyd George.
\ow. what has happened2 Amer
lea has issued "a announcement on
the subject of bolshevism that was
interpreted almost as many off
ferent ways as there are newspa-
peers in England. But the net re-
suit OF Whitehalrs interpreting was
that Wilson or his secretary Of state
D.. - "a.
thing 10 do with the soviet, just as
Britain was trying very hard TO
have something 10 do with the
sOviets. And simultaneously France
recognizes a Gen Wrangel and
threatens 20 repeat the experiment
Of backing someone 20 beat the boil
sneviks.
4 large part Of the permanent
personnel OF the British govern
ment, the civil service and peruan-
ent officials. sees with France or
with America, IN varying degrees
But they are taking their orders
from the duly elected and appoint
ed chiefs OF departments, the elect
eel government
And this is what the elected gov
eminent. the cabinet found. Mil
lerand. the French premier. contin-
ued his toCr OF the devastated re-
EiOus. making campaign speeches
which spoke IN laudatOry fashion Of
the anglo French entente. But he
didn hasten back 20 Paris, or run
over 10 Boulosne for meeting with
Lloyd George in order 20 cement
the entente further in It's time OF
trial And meanwhile so-calIed per
mdnent officials in Paris were call
ia- ON the British diplomats daily
and giving daily expressions OF good
will Then, according 10 reliable
sources I'm Whitehall they were GO
ing back To their offices daily and
doiuE daily thincs that were just
the opposite of their expressed in-
teutIOns.
They were doing these thiuss UNI
der euCOuraEcme from the Amer
l,au note attacEinc the bulsheviks,
and moreover. 10 Isl aVerrCd. they
were hirIng furitusiy with Amer
ica hoping 90 line up American gov
trumcDtal opinion behind France
and italy. There lay the danger.
] have told iu previous dispatches
Ut The whispered word that has
gone along Fleet ST. TO the editors i'm
their sanctums that America should
not be criticized that nothing
should be done 10 cause I'M feeling
between America and England I
..A f-HAAIAH 10 ttllNt L.lf AAII lNtL-rNlA~
behind such action. but 10 is always
possible that The old world has had
slnicleut struggles for the time be-
iu- in trying 20 adjust American
ilcalism and old world practicllities
over the peace tables There's Just
q hint or possibility tha- the old
world doesn't want anything done
10 shake America from us more or
less suddenly resumed position Il
splendid ISOLATION
Certainly 90 wouldn't DE 10 ing.
lands interest just now, as she is
trying 10 make peace with the boil
sheviks. 10 have America reused 90
an active participation in European
usairs Particularly ass Britain
fears such participation would tend
10 b. on the side of France
The FRA Cmc utary supreme coul-
ciTs majority NJ one I'm favor of
LLOYD George might me jeopardized
lv the remittance OF America Folks
g. high estate hereabouts are more
ar less recouci'ed 60 frequent dis
q zrecuents with France. But
a isarreelnent with France In which
there IS a possibility OF America be
ing dragged back into the interna-
roral voting and on the side of
FRANCE IS some thing 70 worry
about. Down in Whitehall they
have been worrying.