Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
FIRM FRENCH WORLD :
POLICIES ASSURED
Millerand, as President, Certain to Direct:
Domestic and International Questions
Deemed Man of Hour.

probably this will be seen mmediate-s
ly when the new French premier
Georges Leagues, completes his cabi-S
net and it gets under way with the
problems before the people. Leygues.
an old-time friend of the new presi-
dent, may be expected to heed closely
the dictates that come from tbs
Elysee Palace, and during the period
of his tenure as head of the govern
ment steps certainly will be taken to-
enlarge the powers of the president
for French people realize that there
must now at least be central and firm
direction of the affairs of the nation
if wartime scars are to be complete
ly eradicated.
Man of the Hour.
In Millerand France evidently sees
the man of the hour.
Though Millerand may be expected '
10 force constitutional changes which
Will give him power to perpetuate his
ideas. even though political upheav-
ais may turn cabinets. and immediate-%
| ly care for domestic ills. IL is in
and's influence is expected to have its
greatest weight. for there is certain
to be no budging from the firm stand
already taken by the French states
men In IN regard to Russia. Germany ands
the upbuilding of French influence in ,
eastern Europe Any cabinet run
ming contrary to Millerand will be-
short lived. Knowing the charactery
! or the man and his desires. it is not
expected that the French chamber
and senate will run contrary to the
| president France has f1oundered aft.
| er the war in the adoption of concrete
constructive policies at home and
abroad AS Millerand nodded firm
policies. So may he be expected to pre-
vent further indecision. -
May Reveal Hand.
Millerand's hand in regard to Rus
sia may be revealed sooner than gen.
crazy has been expected. for every
indication is that the reds of Russia,
soon will usher in new offensive
, against Warsaw. Countless reinforce
ments have been seen behind the Rus
sian red battle line, and though a
WINTER campaign is the least plausible
thing imaginable from both a red and
Polish standpoint, Trotsky has an
nounced his intention of striking for.
ward. Lthuanians again are fighting
against the Poles, the latter charging
that they are openely assisting the
reds The fate of the Polish armies
OF the north which have struck
| steadily forward is problematical at
the moment with this condition pre-
vafing. Should the red offensive in
the Wilma -Grodno region gain i'm
petus, the world again may witness ar
relentless drive for Warsaw with the
| Poles in hot flight. Much. of course,
depends upon the success of Gen
and building up their defensive
! strength during the interim elapsing
! since the Poles renewed the offensive
France Mny Give More Aid.
France has assisted the president
and chief military commander of
Poland and undoubtedly, to continue
her anti-bolshevik policy, will render.
! even greater aid in the Immediate
! future, Particularly should Trotsky
carry out his threats.
| The Trotsky drive, timed almosts
| with the Riga peace parley, if sue
cessful, might put serious weight on
Polands ability to insist upon her
| demands for a far-reaching frontier.
one stretching along the old German
| defensive positions on the eastern
| front. Polish delegates at the mo-
ment are not inclined to discuss more
| than an armistice, leaving the Ques-,
| tions of disarmament, frontiers, etc,
i to later settlement by regularly au-af
delegates headed by NJ. Joffe have an-s
should the military operations drag
1 nounced their Willingness to abandon
the Objectionable Minsk terms and
| vietize Poland, but it cannot be ex-s
pected that these concessions will
| hold should Trotsky's armies usher in
! highe1y successful offensive.
Should the Riga parley fail and
well into the winter, it is believed the
Polish situation would be improved,
particularly if armies held reasonably
| firm, for the Poles with assistance Of
European allies will be in better po-s
sition to withstand the rigors of the
season than the bolsheviks, for Trot-1
sky. in the hope of efectfng q VIC,
| tory. is marshaling the soviet armies
of labor to the front and prolonged
presence there win but bring ln-1
creased misery and woe on the in
terror.
Further paralyzed industry and eco-5
nomic conditions in Russia can DO
nothing more than react against the
soviet regime in Moscow, and par
ticularly will this be true il both
Poles and Wrangel usher in success
full drives after q winter Of suffering
within Russia. - ,