El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-21

order 10 induce them not TO strike
50 often and to keep their deliveries
up 20 schedule.
PercensaEe OF Reparati on
The greatest source Of divergence
between the aIlles. the quar- el as 70
~ re-oe-far,s 81 --eparaticn each
country was TO take as rs sn are mas
been settled. after much hear nlr1-
ing. France getting hui Britain Y
percent italy 10 nerc enIs Esel = -
10 percent. and the other allies ulvlo-
ing the odd 8 per cent a nleflc-'
asked for. and got. nothing
II IS true that the Germans have not
fulfilled the treaty as a y noi E DuI
they have carried cut great ue4i
o. # -
The more important eone4'us lon
10 be drawn from spa IS the VIZ
funT reeoenIffon by The allies char
the treaty cannot be carried s'ut
ur If stands, and the considerably
unfeIiorafIon Of the terms accun4-
ed Germany rs n result OF Ia -
decision.
The principal reason why -teyd
George was able to put across MS
plans for revising the treaty IN Ger
rnauv's favor, in spite OF the lie = &c
opposition OF the French expres.it a
Tor months, was because the F.ren g 2
climbed down in tsce OF the FollaA J
debacte. The Polish war aGainza'
soviet Russia was, If not inspired by
France. at least supported and encour-
AGED. and the French at spa were
much cast down TO find Poland cry
f-E for sFid TO prevent her destruc-
ton. and the German military party
Intriguing with bolsheVlks within
easv marching distance Of the East
Frusslau frpntier-
Germany Must Re Saved
So France reluctantly agreed thar
at all costs the present German gov
eminent must be bolstersd UP against
a Junker- Bolshevlk or Spartaclst-
Bo-shevfk coaIftio that might bring
the power Of lsenin to the Rhine
One interesting sidelight Of the spa
NEGOTIATIONS was the revealed I'M
potence OF the American army in the
Cobleuz area ~ men Inaranal Hocn
was summoned 70 Spa 10 threaten mil-
tar. measures Ior the occupation Of
the Ruhe, there was much curiosity
as 10 the attitude the American troops
on the Rhine would take in the event
az allied action TO ENFORCE the treaty
So anxious IS the EEsr DEPART
uent at home to Urold playing
into the hands Of the Republicans
By ainterTeninEs In European af-
fairs that a situation rs inughahle
as it was ridiculous arose, ard
made clear to al those on the Gin
sides in allied councils that for
ali practical importance cur army
Of occupation Is. as Wa described
TO me. eam army OF ghosts
Our military authorities were asked
what would be thef= atutude in the
event that the Spa conference deter
mined to occupy more Of Germany
know Not What to Do.
They said Informally, and in such
q way that II can never be proved
that they cid say II, that they hadn't
the least idea what they would DO IN
such q contingency, and could not
find out from home
Thus came to a head the natural
fruit Of the policy pursued by wash
inEton towards our forgotten and for
saken little army for many months.
The position IS in the highest de-
gree absurd. Aliens couple Of bri-
Eades are occupying German soil
under the terms OF tbs armistices
which was not an armistice between
Germany and the United States but
between Germany and the allied and
associated powers, and which was
superseded By the terms OF the treaty