The New York herald., 1921-01-23

Lrevent French action, although both per-
celve clearly that French action carries
with 1t the possible. perhaps the probable.
destruction OF all present hope Of world res
toration.
In denying France the guarantee of secu
rity against new German attack, We and
the English have condemned her to seek
ON the continent of Europe, by alliances
with Continental Powers. large and small.
the element of security which was inherent
in the Angio-American guarantee. In CIV
ing our chief attention to German rather
than French rehabilitation, we have only
increased the military and economic meas
ures taken by the French against the Ger
mans. with the result that both the German
and the world situations have suffered.
Franco-G German Problem Unsoived
Till Britain and U. S. A. Give Up Aims
The key to the restoration of the economic
stability Of Europe has always lain In two
situations. the German and the Russian.
Conceivably Europe might be restored II
either one were eliminated, but certainly
no solution is to be found while both
Germany and Russia lie outside the area of
settled conditions What has never been
appreciated in London or in Washington has
been the fact that no solution of the German
situation was even remotely possible which
Cid not carry with it a full and complete
recognition of the French position and of
certain French claims.
I. is automatic that at the present hour
both Great Britain and the United States.
unequally. but greatly. suffer in their own
domestic conditions because of the German
chaos and because the German chaos in
wolves the economic stability of the whole
of the central European area from the Baltic
to the Black Sea. There is an enormous mar
set for precisely the things we have and the
British can make There men. women and
children starve. because the, foodstuffs We
have In excess cannot be sold to them I'm
employment grows in Great Britain. finan-
cial stress in the United States hopeless
human misery in middle Europe, because
there Is no settlement of the Franco German
problem and can be no settlement until the
United States and Great Britain cease to
regard the situation from an exclusively
selfish point Of view
The estrangement between Great Britain
and France is the primary cause of the Eu-
ropean chaos, and by estrangement mean
physical separation of policies. Both coun-
tries suffer acutely. the British in their in
dustries. the French in their finance; the
approximate ruin Of both is not beyond the
possibilities If ultimately common necessity
does not bring them to an accord which will
enlist the French people by recognizing
their own peculiar position and circum-
stances. The recent political crisis in France
is only one more of long series of warnings
uttered by the French people to the rest of
the world.
One Of the chief evils of British policy
and of American lack OF policy has been the
revival in Germany Of the belief that the
consequences of the war can he avoided
To keep France aroused the Germans con-
tinually evade and defy the disarmament
clauses Of the Treaty Of Versailles. Their
agents operate in Alsace-Lorraine and their
journals and public men keep alive the pros
pect of reUdnche In Bavaria an armed force
is maintained In excess Of the provisions OF
the treaty Of peace for all Of Germany, and
when the French demand that II be dis
banded under threat of military action the
British and American Governments openly
indicate their disapproval, because Of the
possible dislocation Of trade in Germany as
a consequences.
French Armies Likely to
Invade Germany Within the Year
What follows: In the recent case an
enormous intensication of French resent
ment. the overthrow OF the French Ministry
,,,t;c,, ia a,1snected Of too great complaisance