The Washington herald., 1920-03-27
UNITED ACTION
HOPE OF ALLIES
Common Modified Platform
Believed Only Solution
Of Present Turmoil.
ALL LOOK TO AMERICA
Europe Hoping U. S. Will
Not Delay Entrance Into
Concert Too Late.

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Paris. March 2e.-The chamber
Of deputies in its debate on foreign
affairs 10 likely to decide the future
role of France In relation to her al
lies; as well a. to Germany. That
alliance has been weakened
through dalliance in the present
tGerman crisis. It is declared open
iy in French circles.
That 1T shall be made strong
again IL the unanimous hope Of
French statesmen-but they like
wise voice the unanimous opinion
that he only way to re-estabiish al
lied unity is to have only one pol
Icy toward Germany. namely. exc
cution Of the Treaty Of Versailles.
+ oficialdom admits. that In the
last few days It has been sadly
lacking in deanite. truseworthy
German news on which to forecast
the Immediate future. But even ad-
mitting that the major part Of its
opinion Is based upon Imagination,
there is a definite feeling in all quar-
ters that there is no chance Of tran
guilty in Germany for a long time
to come unless the allies take def
mite. united action.
America Regarded ms onlooker.
America now Is regarded as "a
face at the wiLdow" as a prominent
Official expressed II to me today.
'only an onlooker at the tragedy
Of Europe"
All believe the American people
will not remain Indifferent II the
situation goes from bad to worse
for our own sakes even-and hope
Is expressed she will not again en-
ter the concert Of the allies almost
too late. as was the case in 1917.
A highly placed parsonage with
whom I have been acquainted some
years and whom never have known
to be misinformed concerning the
inside situation in France. talked
frankly to me today on the present
outlook.
Goodness knows" he said,
France does not think the treaty
Of Versailles isi anything to brag
about but the treaty OF Versailles
is what We have got. and France
will insist on looking at the situa-
tion as it actually is. There is
much in the treaty we do not want;
much Of II is far from what II
ought to have been.
German Menace Looms LARGE.
Permitting the political integrity
of the German empire has brought
us to the present pass, and frankly
we believe Germany will remain in
a topsy-turvy condition a long time
IL II does not become an actual
menace. Even IL she does not in
tend to attack us-many of us don't
think she can-the very fact that
she is in such disorder lets her out
OF fulfilling the clauses of the treaty
which are vitality important TO the
future OF France.
Besides. IL we don't act, where is
all this Haunting of the allies go
ing to end? The moment is ter
ribly grave for the future, not only
for Europe, but for the world. The
Supreme Council certainly has been
vested with more power than any
league of nations ever is likely to
be, yet. while II has passed con-
siderable time telling folks how to
behave. none. not even the allies.
paid much attention to 1t.
All Europe Unsettled.
"Rumania, Hungary. Russia have
done about as they pleased; Jupo-
Slavia is preparing insistently for
fro"ble; D'Annunzio still sits in
Fiume.
while. both Premier LLOYD
George and Premier Nitti solemnly
discuss notifications of the treaty
and the alliance Is falling asunder.
The fact remains that enforcement
of the treaty-such as IL isis for
France q matter of life and death.
One after another of the treaty's
clauses have gone into the discard.
and now 1t Is that one pertaining
to the neutrality Of the Rhine.
IF troops OF the German govern
ment enter Ruhr In force, do you
think they will ever get out? Con-
cerning the final outcome in Ger
many. many of US think there will
evolve a strong government, which,
while perhaps not military. will be
antiliberal and very dangerous to
our economic reconstruction. Why,
just today. one of our representa-
tives returned from Ruhr and re-
ported a conversation which he had
had with German coal people, who
declared unequivocally: We shall
not deliver coal nor raw materials;
we shall send manufactured goods
into France. France shall become
out best client
Common Platform Needed.
Meanwhile We can see nothing
but disorder and turmoil for per-
haps long time until the military
leaders who have exactly the same
ideals as in the days Of Kaiserism,
and the Communist leaders. who are
quite as radical as Russians. are
forced into q common modified plat
form. As to France. II is by the
act of God that there has been In
ternal tranquility until now-the act
of God being the mildest winter
we have ever known. But we can
not face another winter in the same
situation.
1.-The question now to be asked is
Can Europe. reconstitute herself or
will she fall. into bankruptcy, fam
inc and anarchy? It not, will Amer
lea assume direction. and at what