El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-22

From now on the greatest military
ana the greatest naval power IN the
Every other country In Europe. big
and little from proud Italy IN the
south TO humble Latvia On the Baltic.
has made or must make It's choice.
Each must join the English camp and
win the hatred OF France, or decide
to support France and risk the dis
approval OF the mistress OF the seas
That the disagreement between
Paris and London Is final no serious
observer IN either capital now doubts.
although the shams and hypccrisies
OF diplomats, the pretense that unity
can Etin be preserved, VIII continue
FOR some time because Il IS necessary
for both powers TO settle Turkish and
near western problems SOMEHOW at
once even II Professionally This they
cannot 90 without precipitatlnE open
warfare IN these distracted lands, IN
less they act together. And little
wars IN the near east have a habit OF
spreading. as 1914 has taught, some
and care nothing about the causes OF
dispute-countries Ike America
Must Choose Sides
Ignoring the rezssurlng and false
statements officially made TO conceal
what has happened, take the Anglo
French parting as final. and propose
here TO indicate how Il now seems
into two camps, division which on
that unhappy continent seems des-
tined to be permanent So strong
viii be the commercial and financial
pressure on both sides, that Il does
not now seem probable that any
country big or little, can keep out
OF the orbit OF France or England,
excepting perhaps the war neutrals.
All the others can do Is 70 choose
sides, and the choice for some OF
Al this makes clearly for the
success Of boIaherIsm- Lenin IN
the kremlin must be Rejoicing
N he r. getting reports % what
hla been happening NJ san Reno.
II a. possible that the Anglo
Erench split VIII assist the Dol
HheFfk parties in Germany, Aus
trla, Hungary and Italy and that
red revolutions IN some o. these
lands followed By utilization
with the Russian soviet. may fol-
low. On the whole. thIH seems
unlikely 10 the writer.
Bolshevism had its great chance IN
1913 and early this year. and missed
It. hunger and despair were its agents.
and however frishtful the economic
chaos at present. Europe has enor-
mously improved In the last Il
months Food is now circulated.
restrictions and whole cities are no
longer permitted TO lack bread while
their neighbors hoard more than they
want Accordingly Il may be as
sumed that bolshevism viii be re-
strained within something Ike its
present limits This may be right or
wrong II IL is wrong, the clurching
hand OF the red terror may vet
stretch across frontiers and grab for
the Moscow dictators some OF the
now choosing between the oVerlord-
ship Of England and France
So the Europe OF me next year
Il is impossible 20 look more than
year ahead in Europe these days
viii be made Up OF an English and
other on most continental issues. but
forced under pain OF new world
war into some sort OF unwilling part
nership in the east And behind these
background the red colossus OF Nos
This alignment Is further compIi-
Gated By the inclusion in the British
group OF Germany. once the great
est ring-master among small nations
OF them all. and now compelled %
cling for support to that island en-
pire which she recently considered
her deadiiest foe. Germany Is the
unknown quantity IN this equation.
for II and when she RECEIVERS, and
begins forming a group Of her own
in the middle OF Europe as OF old,
England and France may suddenly
find Il necessary TO sink their differ
ences and draw together.
Italy, thar near-Erent power,
has made her choice. Italy Is j
for England. SiEnor Nitti, from
the very first small cloud on the
AnElO-saIon horizon, has held up
the hands OF Lloyd George and
consistently opposed the F0ch-
Millerand policies.
Nitti has openly taken his stand !
with the English doctrine that the I
revived prosperity OF Germany is ]
II a new Europe Is to rise I
from the ruins OF the old.
ltaly's reasons for taking England's