Evening star., 1920-03-07
EUROPE'S JEALOUSIES
MAY SPLIT THE ALLIES
Feelina Between Great Britain and France
Grows-Endaneers Plans for Re-
vitalizin9 Continent.
ny OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

osAAS EAkS y Nv Mn N u 11Ns
In the process OF finding that the
elasticity OF the Paris peace treaty
terms is exceedingly limited: that
provisions drafted in the heat Of Bit
terness against q Justly hated Ger
many are proving troublesome in SO far
as practical application Is concerned.
all the old European jsalousies and
rivalries. heaped up during the CEN
turies. once more are coming into play
In the deliberations between allied
pren,iers in Paris and London.
With strong. aHe-old antirathiea
among their peoples. the allied pre-
mfers are forced to use greatest di-
plomacy to prevent disAgreements
among themselves as to processes
whereby enemy powers may be made
excellent indications that. no matter
what the conclusions. decisions OF
courses OF procedure in allied cOun-
ellis, there are certain to he sweeping
waves OF popular Indignation in prac-
ttcally every country in Europe. These
statesmen who today almost hopeless
ly struggle in the tides Of political
and economic circumstances.
DiRerenees Between Powers.
| That there should be differences be-
tween the larger powers on the one
hand and the smaller ones in ef-
fecting settlements designed to pre-
| serve the future peace and economic
safety Of Europe was natural dur
ing the course Of the peace confer
stantly were emphasized by the lesser
powers Of Europe identified with the
entente victory over the central pow
ers. they insisting upon broad policies
of plain grab" If each had been per
mitted to realize ambitions there
would have come . new holocaust
throughout the length and the breadth
of the continent.
But while statesmen in Paris, set
about determining the extent OF pun
ishment that should be inflicted upon
the common enemy. they moved with
only q degree Of unity among them
selves in broader measures. The dif-
ferences between the Latin and the
|Ahglo-American minds as against the
Latin became more And more pro-
nounced a. the deliberations continu-
ued.
Today finds these diflerences-con
sidered bS the leading statesmen In
significant at the moment-accumu
lated to such q point that She suspl.
cions inherent in all. have grown to
the point where the peoples OF the
larger countries Of Europe today are
thoroughly convinced that X they are
not wary one or another of the sup
posed allies will pursue course di
rectly opposed to their own national
interests-in American slang, fu'
one over"
The feeling is more pronounced be-
tween France and Great Britain or
the one hand and France and Italy on
the other. while it may be stated tina,
Italy has a pronounced distrust OF
their refusal to abide by the strtc'
tenets OF the treaty of London. mas
much as the premiora OF these three
countries have in recent months peer
constantly involved In the maze o!
entangiing European problems ano
are expected to decide the things es-
sential to Europe's rehabilitation. any
trouble between them is considered
exceedingly dangerous at the moment
particularly In view of the fact thai
only in united concord can the treaty
of Versailles ever be carried out IN
its entirety.
xoan 70 Germany Oangefous.
The reported decision Of the supreme
council to countenance . great inter
national loan to Germany, which shall
take precedence over the indemnities
sxacted OF Germany in the peace treaty
If carried to fruition will do more e
estrange France and England Ano
prevent harmony in future actions
LOOKING toward general reconstruction
processes than any one other tnlne
france IL still fearful Of Germany.
Her statesmen admit it. During the
course of the peace conference ana
since they have emphasizes "a .ae sae,nosot aoso
policies IL Germany is not again 10
become a dangerous factor to France
within the period of decade. Gle
|menceau insisted upon this policy even
before the worlds statesmen assem-
bled in Paris He stubbornly olung to
his demand that every fArthing be ex-
acted from Germany and that the
whole war expense be saddled upon
the Teutons, which led to sharp dif-
ferences between the French view. =.
point and that clung to by President
Wilson and Premier Lloyd George.
rying out Of the policy 'ff Germany
has no FUNDS. no raw materials and I:
deprived of her sources Of Industrial
wealth. how can she pay? led to
counter moves or the part OF the
French. The conflict between the two
only during the later days Of the con.
ference that the French profsssed
even partial conviction that the An
glo-American viewpoint was correct.
The French never really believed Ger
many should not be rendered COM
pletely impotent and par1lyzed for q
hundred years that France might live
in safety. 1t was merely expedient for
France to announce that she consent
ed. Therefore it is not in the least
surprising that Premier Millerand
should revive opposition. openly and
pronounced, against any decision OF
the supreme council looking to a more
hasty rehabilitation of Germany from
an economic and financial standpoint.
Owing to the secrecy which sur.
premiers the scope of the proposed in
ternational loan or it's ramifications
are not known. but that it shall take
precedence over indemnity payments
is fact SUFFICIENT to arouse the whole
of the French nation to Q fury OF pro-
test The very fact that the class of
1920 was but recently pressed into
army service shows the scope OF the
French fears and how much they trust
Germany even at the present mo-
ment
British CA1e4y nlamed.
It is but natural, inasmuch ~
the Americans are not represented
in the supreme council at the mo-
ment. that the British should be
chiefly blamed for the policy. MIL
lerand may endeAvor to hide behind
the plea that for Frances future
sake il was absolutely essential to
comnly with the admittedly Lloyd
George policy, but such explanation
hardly will be accepted by France