Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-21
FRANCE PINS HOPE
TO UNITED STATES
IN PRESENT CRISIS
Paris Anxious Over Failure to
Reach Agreement With
Britain.
ny PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 1920.

PARIS. August 2l.-The apparent
impossibility of reaching fundamental
agreements with Britain on vital
France once more to turn anxiously
toward the United States in the hope
of finding sympathy and understand
ing there The State Department S
note on the Russian policy. followed
by frequent diplomatic notes in Paris
and Washington between French and
American representatives. has come
as great relief to public opinion
here. which has been looking askance
at Frances recent political isolation.
On the subject of the non-recogni-
ton of the bolshevist regime the two
nations are completely agreed With
regard to Russian ACKNOWLEDGMENT
American view. French. recognition
of the Baltic an Caucasian republic
and Ckrainia was accorded largely at
Britain's instigation and was never
more than half-hearted. Moreover,
tie French government has repeat
edly declared its intention of effect
ing reconciliation between these
border states and Russia as soon as
the hblsheviks are overthrown.
Want RussO-PoIish Pact.
Frances Polish policy has been pro-
foundry misunderstood in America 1t
is true that France has firmly supported
the Poles in their war against the reds,
but the ultimate hope of all French
statesmen. is to see a real friendship
established between Poland and a truly
democratic Russia. That is why the
French advised Gen. Pisudski against
the kiev offensive and why they re-
peatedly urged him, in the day of
victory. to make declaration of FRIEND
ship for the Russian people, which he
N n q hnJr nf
feat, when its whole effect naturally was
lost
Nobody. who has studied the question.
can pretend that it is easy to draw
satisfactory frontier between Russia
and Poland. Poland proper ends at
Brest-Litovsk, but that is not to say
that Russia proper begins there. Cali
cha has a mixed population of Poles and
RuthenianS.
Paris Again Pro-American.
The broad, thinly populated tracts
of swamp and forest lying between
the Bug and Dneiper rivers, where
Gen. Pilsudski had hoped to form
string of buffer states under Polish
influence, is perhaps largely Russian
in character, although with an adj
mixture of many Poles and Jews. But
this is one of the most primitive parts
of former Russia, and it's value is less
economic than political. The French
have always believed that the from
tier would finally be settled between
the Poles and Russians themselves
after bolshevism had fallen. Thus
even on the question of the boun-
daries of Poland it is probable that
the United States and France would
have no difficulty in reaching an
agreement.
The revival of pro-American senti-
ment in France has been strongly
shown by the unusual reception ac-
corded the knights of Columbus dele
cation here and elsewhere. All the
most important military, ecclesiasti-
cal and governmental personages
have taken part in the ceremonies at
tending this visit, and the newspa-
pers, although extremely crowded for
space. have been reporting the
speeches at the banquets and the
itineraries in full