Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-20
ENGLAND REACT|NG
QUICKLY TO COP.
FOREIGN POLICIES
Europeans Scurrying to Meet
New Situation Of Sup
posed AIoofness.
BY. ARTHUR s. DRAPER.

BY Cable to The Star and the New
York Tribune.
LONDON, June 1s.-Eng1and has re-
acted quickly to the republican for
eign policy. Rightly or wrongly, most
Europeans have come to the conclu-
sion that the republicans intend to
hold aloof, and they also believe that
Senator Warren G., Harding will be
the next President. They are sour
rying around to meet the new sit
uation.
At the beginning Of the week Lon
don nnewspaPsrs published long edi-
torials declaring the league OF ma
4tsas 10 NJ asad The French. who
dfid themselves az variance with this
view. ask heBrttish many questions
ss,.as1 49, s. y,,n an.,,es the
for ssiosnS FORM pf a11f2nee agreement
which will help them as = world power
to stop the Germans, who believed
membership In the league would has
ten their economic recovery. but find
little encouragement in that direc-
taon. The league has had bad setback.
hut it is too early to write its obit-
uary. 49,
The Times is more accurate when it
says the league is nursing child.
crippled 1t that. which its friends and
enemies are feeding with strong meat.
Nationalism Dominant.
What is perfectly obvious to any
European observer is that the spirit
Of nationalism is dominant today. It
was strong before the Chicago con-
vention, but it is more powerful now.
Had America decided to cooperate in
European affairs different situation
might, have existed today. but even
that is a matter of opinion
The mandates have become joke
during the week, there being a de-
bate in parliament over the bill to
give England. Australia and New Zea-
land a monopoly of the phosphate ex-
ports from Naura, little former Ger
man island south of the equator. The
house Of commons approved the meas
,ire. but the debate disclosed the fact
that the. minority considered the bill
fiouted the. league and made sham OF
the principal mandatories. 1t was
clear that it was a case Of imperial
ism and those supporting the bill
frankly admitted it. I cite this in
stance merely to show that the spirit
Of nationalism is dominant. The
British are spending millions in Meso-
potamia to conquer the Arab tribes
and make their country a source of
revenue The Senate turned down the
mandate for Armenia, and nobody else
wanted it, because any protection
given to Armenians means expendi-
ture of much money and perhaps
MANY lives, and there is no financial
benefit to the protecting power.
Persia and League Cited.
In this light all that is said about
self ETC.. sounds mer-
cenary. but that is the situation to-
day. Take tha case of Persia. The
Persian government asked the league
to intervene after the bolsheviki inva-
SION. almost Immediately the French
press began to ridicule the appeal on
the ground that Persia was not a
member of the league, as the Anglo
Persian agreement had not been COM
to the league. This placed
the, British in an unhappy position.
but put the league in even worse
light. Before the council of the
league had met the Persians had
opened negotiations with the bolshe-
Wiki. and an agreement is now being
made. All the. league could do was
to express its approval. Then came
the contemplated trip to Russia by a
league commission. Months were
wasted in correspondence and finally
the plan was dropped. Meanwhile the
British premier opened negotiations
with the soviet government. One
week ago Earl Curzon. as a member
of the British cabinet. shook hands
with Gregory Krassin, the bolshevik
amissary, and the, next. week. the
British minister. sitting in the coun-
ill. Of the league. expressed regret
me commission was not welcome ir
pu.ata- -
one section of the French press
,xults over the successes Of the ma
.ionalists under Mutuapha Kemal and
he French troops sent to replace the
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