Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
PEACE is MADE OVER
IN FINANCE FARLEY
Far-Reaching Concessions to Germany
3, 81 Possible in Order to Insure Prog
ress of All Europe

advance
During the time elapsing between
now and January 10. the allied gov
ernments will take far-reaching de-
mites and their collection. and when
the German and allied delegates re-
assemble at Brussels ii is expected
agreements will be speedily reached.
1t is frankly stated among interna-
tonal experts the real peace between
the allies and Germans will be eff
1ected at that time. for it is not ex-
pected the Germans will attempt
1urtner dllatory tactics nOn-ob-
servance of agreements if they can
he assured adequate economic and
financial aid through which they can
make Germany a going concern, able,
TO meet such obligations as the allies
insist upon.
Watching BOlsheviki.
European capitals today again are
watching with misgiving. develop
ments in Russia. According to advices
which have reached London Paris and
Rome the bolsheviki once more are
maSslng great armies along the east
ern front Notwithstanding the fact.
Joffe and TrotSky but recently have
announced the thoroughly pacific in
tentIonS of the Moscow government
Ihe bolsheviki in their treaty with
roland were suspected of merely eff
iectihS an agreement through which
they would be able to withdraw forces
from the eastern front to extreminate
Wrangel. 1t always has been believed
that they would take advantage of
the defeat of Wrangel to extend their
military efforts against Poland or in
the near east. The latter move they
already have made. but the massing
OF armies along the eastern front
would indicate that the bolsheviks in
tend to make renewed effort to ad-
just the eastern frontiers more in
accord with the old time Russian
INES Though making peace With
Esthonla, Latvia and Lithuania, the
reds. 1T is declared. ever have been
waiting for pretext to move into
these little Baltic states and reannex
them to Russia at the same time max
ing Poland's position one of doubt
With the small Baltic states overrun
and definitely in the hands of the
bolsheviks any future action against
Poland would be enhanced as the
small states would be but jumping off
places for a northern army which. act
ing with one moved westward along
the Bug and Dneister rivers, could
envelope Poland to a point hazarding
the very life of the newly revived ma
ton.
The Poles have been particularly
careful not to antagonize the red.
since the Riga treaty was signed. hav.
the terms of the pact. but the Wilma
incident and other isolated and I'M
authorized incursionS along the long
eastern boundary may be made pre-
texts for the bolshevists to strike if
in fact they do not manufacture their
own pretexts, the latter course being
more characteristic of the despots
Of Moscow.
Near Eastern Situation.
But while the eastern situation may
be a powder chest, the near eastern
crisis continues to vex and fan into
flame the increasing feeling between
the allies. Mustapha Kemal and his
with the aid of the bo1shevists. and
it is confidently believed that the
Greeks will have extreme difficulty
in preventing rout from Galicia and
Smyrna. for the Greek army at the
moment is undermined by royalist
and anti-royalist factions. Neither
England, France or Italy has armies
or funds sufficiently large at the mo-
ment to adequately cope with the
situation and it is up to Greece chiefly
to protect allied interests.
With the Greeks routed the French
position in Syria would become ex-
tremely doubtful, for already the
Turks have approached the Arabs now
under Abdullah, son of King Hussein
of Hedjaz. and it is reported that the
Arabs have agreed to concerted at
tack upon Syria from the northeast
and south.
The French are considered to have
betrayed British pledges which
brought the Arabs into the war on
the side of the allies and pledges of
autonomous government have been tram
pied beneath French heels The Arabs
are bitter and unless Prince Feisal in
London can obtain British assistance
to the point whereby the whole
French course is changed, the Arabs
and the Turks may join hands in ac-
ton leading to the eventual expul-
sion of the allies from all of the
MohamEaedan regions Of the near
east
How far this would go toward the
overrunning of Palestine and once
more placing it in the hands OF the
control. is in doubt, but
the retaining Of the Jewish promised
land would be in grave doubt.
Allied influences, notably British.
are in the balance scales at the mo-
ment in the whole OF the near east