The Washington times., 1920-10-17
FRENCH AVOW
BRITISH LOVE
MiIIerand Extends Hand OF
Friendship TO England In
Propaganda Speech.
by WILLIAM l.. MALLABAR.
International News Service.

lately raised to the presidency OF
France from the premiership, In
which capacity he gave Lloyd
George, prime minister of England,
the strongest opposition he has
snown in the supreme council of the
Allies, is reaching out q hand of
friendship toward England.
BREACH WAS WIDE.
No other construction can be placed
upon his latest statement on Anglo
saxon relations, appearing In the
Morning Post In the form Of an In
tersiew, S. rv
II Is a significant move in; world
politics. For these are the facts as
CLEANED from unnsmabie, but highly Of
ficial sources In White Hail.
Miilersnd's sharp Opposition to any
sort OF dickering With Soviet Russia.
his recognition OF WranRei ms tn
head OF the de facto government OF
Russia, his refsual to meet the Ger
man delegates at Geneva In a confer
ence that was to have ended the
squabble over indemnities. ard his
sharp opposition to the British pre-
mier on many allied questions. have
finally penetrated the studied calm or
the little Welshman.
GEORGE CALLS Off CONFAB.
Lloyd George came back from 4
holiday in Switzerland recently In a
hurry. He had been comforting with
the Italian premier. There was to
have been another conference at
which the premiers OF Britain, France
and Italy were to meet. There was
no such conference. George didn't
pause at Paris on his homeward trip.
n. .l Ill
Irish situations demanded that he
hurry. Subsequently, Paris official
dom announced that George would
soon confer with Millerand in Paris.
He didn't Paris blocked the Geneva
conference and IL was indefinitely
postponed. England, according to re-
liable sources. will make no move to
reopen the question.
Previously, when George has been
blocked by France, he went half way
or further to patch matters up.
Now, It is Millerand's move.
In the words OF certain intimate
friends Of the premier. the usually
affable welshman doesn't propose to
speak ID Miilerand" and most GER
tainly is not going to Paris
Millerand Is consequently moving.
PROTESTS MUTUAL AFFECTION.
Says the Morning Post Paris cor.
respondent:
1T is breach of French practice for
a president to allow himself to be
find in the following words, re-
Election of the sentiment Of the new
president.
Nothing can ever weaken or di-
minlsh the mutual affection and es-
TEEN of the peoples of the United
Kingdom and France. Our union is
inliissoluble.
> "our firm and cordial entente is
moral duty, an absolute obligation.
if We wish to consolidate this peace
of liberty and justice for which Eng
land and France, hghting side by side
sacrificed themselves.
Thanks to our entente, we are
able to oppose the German menace
and ultimately to overthrow it. Fidel-
ity to an alliance that enabled us to
win the war Will also enable us TO
increase the fruits Of our victory and
will help US to preserve the peace of
the world.
HAD SAME PROTECTION.
Thanks to our allies, thanks to
her own strength, France VIII ac-
complish her duty and obtain recog-
milton of her lawful rights.
Our country. like Great Britain, Is
neither militaristic nor imperialistic.
THE existence Of a military menace
on our Eastern frontier constitutes a
serious danger for us. but not only
a danger for us, for the British EN-
pire is not safe when France is
threatened by certain of her neigh
bors.
There may have been misunder-
standings between these allies, but
such misundersta andings, which were
natural-for II is the right and duty
of every people to consider its own
interests first-have not been of long
duration, and our alliance has come
out of them all the stronger.
France and England have the same
ideal and aim. Together we have
brought the war to an end. Together
we have won. We have peace; we
want to keep it definitely
"To accomplish our work of Euro
pean restoration, our two peoples
must cooperate in the real spirit of
fraternity and concord"
1t Is carefully weighed pro-
nouncement AS it appeared only
few days after Millerand became
President, II really ranks as his first
important pronouncement from the
presidential chair, and II is signii-
cant that his first important pro-
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