The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-13
GREAT BRITAIN
IS WORRYING
England Tries to Make
Peace With Bolshe-
wiki Leaders
BY Earle G. Reeves
International News Service Staff
CORRESPONDENT

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International News Service Staff
Correspondent
| LONDON.-The chief cause be-
hind the agitation in Whitehall over
the latest Gar" to amicable Anglo
French relations was the American
angle Of the case.
Whitehall feared that the Ameri-
can note on Soviet Russia and the
action of Paris in regard to Wrangel
We're the beginning of a Franco
American diplomatic understanding
not necessarily an alliance-and
this suspected understanding
would result in efforts at overthrow
ing British international policies.
To go back to the beginning:
When America dropped out of the
Supreme Council and Japan reached
the end of the questions she was d.
rectly interested in and withdrew
from active participation in peace
nar!eys. David Lloyd George pulled a
log-rolling arrangement with Nitti,
the then Italian Premier Delicately
George and Nitti outvoted France in
the conclaves of the peace makers
on several occasions. The arrange
ment with Signor Giolitti isn't quite
so hard and fast, but as regards the
question Of Russia, England and
Italy, or their Premiers, see eye to
eye. To be more strictly accurate,
Italy is out in front, even, and be-
yond the point reached by Lloyd
George.
Now, what has happened? America
has issued announcement on the
subject of Bolshevism that was in
terpreted almost as many different
ways as there are newspapers in Eng
land. But the net result of White
halls interpreting was that Wilson
or his secretary Of state said harsh
words about having anything to do
with the Soviet, just as Britain was
trying very hard to have something
to do with the Soviets. And stimuli
taneously France recognizes a Cen
eral Wrangel and threatens to repeat
the experiment of backing someone
to beat the Bolsheviks.
A large part Of the permanent per-
sonnet of the British government,
the civil service and permanent Of
ficials see with France or with Amer
lea, in varying degrees. But they
are taking their orders from the duly
elected and appointed chiefs of de-
partments, the elected govern
ment."
And this is what the elected gov
eminent, the cabinet, found. Miller
and, the French Premier, continued
his tour of the devastated regions,
making campaign speeches which
spoke in laudatory fashion of the
Anglo-French entente. But he didn't
hasten back to Paris, or run over to
Boulogne for meeting with Lloyd
George in order to cement the en-
tente further in its time of trial. And
meanwhile so-called permanent Of
f1cials in Paris were calling on the
British diplomats daily and giving
daily expressions of good will. Then,
according to reliable sources in
Whitehall, they were going back to
their offices daily and doing daily
things that were just the opposite of
their expressed intentions.
They were doing these things
under encouragement from the
American note attacking the Bolshe-
viks, and moreover, it is averred,
they were flirting" furiously with
America, hoping to line up Ameri-
can governmental opinion behind
France and Italy. There lay the
danger.
l have told in previous dispatches
of the whispered word that has gone
along Fleet street to the editors in
their sanctums that America should
not be criticized, that nothing should
be done to cause i'll feeling between
American and England. can't claim
to know the full reasons behind such
action, but it is always possible that
the old world has had sufficient
struggles for the time being in try
ing to adjust American idealism and
old world probabilities over the
peace tables. There's just a hint of
possibility that the old world
doesn't want anything done to shake
America from its more or less sud-
denly resumed position of splendid
isolation.
Certainly it wouldn't be to Eng
lands interest just now, as she is
trying to make peace with the Boil
sheviks, to have America reused to
an active participation in European
affairs. Particularly as Britain fears
such participation would tend to be
on the side of France.
The fragmentary supreme coun-
ellis majority Of one in favor Of
Llyod George might be jeopardized
by the Remittance Of America. Folks
in high estate hereabouts are more
or less reconciled to frequent dis
agreements with France. But a dis
agreement with France in which
there is a possibility of America be-
ing dragged back into the interna-