El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-17
BRITISH WOULD
ASSIST GERMANS

OF the German war fleet and the
aHocatlon TO Britain of the larger
part OF the British commercial fleet.
They find president Wilson and LLOYD
George squarely in their pathway il
Lney ask the Sarre basin in return
Tor the Lens devastation; If they ask
the Rhine barrier and, having aban-
doned the Rhine barrier in return
Tor promised alliance, they discover
America viii not agree 10 the al
nance and that British agreement
was contingent upon American.
Want German Economic Revival.
- ABOVE all they see the British in
tlueuce now being eLerted TO bring
about an economic revival in Ger
many, while French industries are
still naralyzed as result OF German
: devastations. They see Italy frankly
supporting British policy in Germany
{ FOR the sole and single purpose to
find in Germany, presently an ally
. against France in revenge for the
! failure Of France TO support Italian
! claims In the Adriatlc, a failure due
{ TO French submission to the Anglo
I tility in Rumdnia for exactly the
/ same reason As to Russia, they find
[ that their recent allies are support
Z ing Russia agCtnF- Poland and PLAN
least regard for the billions which
I Russia owes France
Now it comes down TO this: The
British in their heart OF hearts feel
L IT,
after having taken the first steps
TO incorporate the AnglO-SaXon part
nership. Still the value of the asso-
citation is so patent that Britain will
continue TO seek ultimate arrange
menL But meantime American fail
ure has greatly embarrassed the
British. who can only afford TO neg
lect the continent entirely II they
are assured OF the American part
nership. As Il stands the British
cannot permanently escape coming
down on one side or the other OF
new European alliances They may
lans, or with the French and the
Poles, but they cannot permanently
hold their present position, which
amounts 10 the position OF the ar
bitter.
Effect OF Americas Decision.
Thus il must be quite clear what
viii be the effect OF an American
decision 70 return 10 Europe IN
stantly British policy viii be re-
established IN the shape OF the Anglo
Saxon partnership. Speaking with ]
US, not impOssibly for US, the British /
viii be able 70 clothe their policies
with authority We and the British /
together VIII be the masters OF the ]
world for a certain time at least
But there Is an obvious danger. ]
Sooner or later the continent may /
begin to develop its own system The i
French may long stand with the /
on the continent VIII unquestionably /
find ultimate OF immediate cause for i
hostility So far the Anglo-Amer-
lean course at Paris has earned for
States particularly, the hostility Of /
all our old enemies who see the 1
treaty OF peace as an Anglo-SaXon i
document destroying the German
rival-and OF the Poles, the Rumau-
ians, the Greeks, not to mention the
Russians, bolshevist and czarist
alike. II has profoundly wounded
the French, whose necessities compel
submission. but do not contribute TO
enthusiasm
A coalition Of the continent
against AmElO-suLOn partner
ship is By no means unlikely, or
improbable, IL the United States
shall now join with the British
in the realization OF what was
actually the second policy OF the
United States senate. Thus. 80
far from Bringing about peace
and n league, we may bring about
new rivalry, new system OF
alliances, another war.
Many Americans have a simple
faith that II only the senate ratifies
the treaty OF peace the European
complications viii disappear But
this is due 20 the fact tina the Euro
pean complications are very little
in the United States.
Actually. Europe is moving toward a
new state OF balance In truth. the
European nations are beginning TO
grope after new partners for the next
dance. France seeks partnership
with the liberated Slavs. Balkan and
Polish, against the German menace
Of the future against German eL-
Dansi0n along the Danube and across
he Vistula-
Italy seeks a new German alliance
against France and the Balkan Slavs.
who constitute for the Italians a bar
-ier to world aspirations Poland is
H. D. .
he Germans, Is similarly the part
Ter OF the Italians against the Slays,
gainst the Serbs. The Germans and
he Italians have a common interest
n destroying the Slavs- Only by
ieeing the new SlaV states become
itrong can France hope for any real
against the Germans
British seek Compromise.
The British are striving 10 prevent
he renaissance OF this old system
II alliances. They are seeking 10
everyTT here. now forcing
he Poles 70 yield, now the Ruman-
ans, supporting Italy in the interests
Il German economic rehabilitation
.gainst France and the French IN
noderaung Italian claims in the
ldriatic- But this Is a pretty I'M
role, for IL leads no
where except TO general unpopular
~ without any compromising gain
The British cannot retire from the
ointment absolutely, because the de-
tructlOn Of France would bring Ger
lany TO the channel and bring Lon
on under their guns, nor can they
isk a possible adjustment between
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