El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-08

nifty. must Be taken &c show France
her Isolation.
Plenty Of Quarrel Reasons.
Whyt There are two principal
reasons. In the first place, the two
great powers OF western Europe are
whole Mediterranean world Each
seeks territory and spheres OF luflu-
ence claimed By the other; material
exists from the Caucasus 70 the
Sahara to cause not one but g hun-
dred European wars, II anybody
wanted to flght-Which nobody does
As always with Victorious coalitions
throughout history England and
divide the enormous spoils without a
But much deeper than this goes the
fundamental cause OF the rupture
This second reason would Be enough,
even without any trouble n the east
to break the entente
Il takes more than the greatest
world war % alter the historic for
eIgn political policy OF England That
policy IS bound uD with the balance
interfere8 when. and only Wne1s that
balancs f. threatened she e1lera a
continental coalition only when she
sees that some power IS growing so
strong that 4 threatens to dominate
the continent. and thus become a men
ace 20 British world power and Eng-
lands island security
An Uncoaaeious Motive.
IN past centuries she fought spain.
the Netherlands ana Frames for these
reasons In our century she fought
Germany But the naval and com
merciaI menace to Britain OF German
competition has been removed, nor do
German armies appear likely % over
ICES these things. she tends 20 sink
back Into her Old apathy and lndlf-
ference 70 rlValrles on the continent
There IS only one military power lete
IN Europe-apa-t from Lenin-and
II would be unfair 70 this country
to 20 further and say that 1ec1use
France is the strongest military pow
er in the west, she must not become
too strong In the British view 90
not believe that with most Brlrons
this traditional balance OF power pol
icy. that has led the country 10 make
friends and enemies IN turn with at
European countries. operates as a
conscious motive But L is not less
determinant for being unconscious
Englishmsu are called hypocrltez
because they always discover excel
lent moral reasons for 1aVorlng the
any European quarrel IN the real n
terests OF the balance OF power. And
Germany Is now the weaker side
The British attitude toward France
ing evaporation. There are not .
thousand Engllshu1en.' a great liberal
editor told ne. who would voluu-
tser for service Il the French provo
cation toward Germany caused a pop
ular rising against the i1va1eTE No
government would dare bring in con-
scriptlon for such a War Ccnse-
Cuently, France By her own actions
has forfeited all possible support
from this country. She IS indeed iso-
lated but her Isolation IS Of her Own
doing"
England Il Through
That analysis believe to be sound
No doubt diplomacy viii compose. on
the surface. the present quarrel be
tween the two governments But the
great salient overwhelming fact re-
mains that the AnEio-French alliance
Is no longer operative II Is ruptured
because II France gets into any quar-
rel with Germany. viii not
so TO the help OF France. and no soft
words, no promises, can alter that
fact
Everywhsre in the last few days I
the use OF Moroccan and Senegalesa
negroes by the French in the occupa-
ton OF German towns This change
IN sympathy has not cone suddenly,
but IL became apparent only when the
French occupied Frankfort and fired
on German mobs in the streets
English people do not do justice 10
the French point Of view which in
previous dispatches from Paris have
explained the fear % France that 3
more populous and more efficient Ger
many may oVerWhelm her in the fu-
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