The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

j Britain hopes feryently Tor American inter-
yention In her behalf in the reparatons tangie. Il
The present situation forbodes an open clash
between England and France &,
that feif government do one of two things, either
obtain treatment for France based upon recognition
Of equality else put an end to the Anglo French
Partnership and proceed to act independently. The
growth Of this sentiment, unmstakable> in recent
months, has produced situation in which it is
exaggeraon to say that the AngloFrench entente is
in grayer danger than any moment since the close
of the war;
underlying all else is the unmista6able diversity
Of interests which separate the two nations. Britain
wants the German market and does not fear the
German military power. knowing that the navy can
be Reconstructed and thus become fresh menace
to Great Britain in the lifetime of anyone
earth The German colonies are, in the main, safely
within the British Empire, British harbors hold
Of the merchant marine of the German Empire. What
is of the utmost importance to Britain is the
restoration of the world markets for British produc
tion--and first of ali the vitality important German
market.
France wants security. recicns her security as
attainabe only Germany is held in perpetual
ace, menace from France on the west, from Poland
on the east The German market counts nothing for
France by contrast Next France wants reparatons,
If she get them directly, she have them by
the simple device of moving her victorious army over
the Rhine into the Ruhr She wants coal and she is
getting it, but getting it from Germany, not from
Britain ., &, <
I Comparison of Unemployment
NJ GU can obtain a. measure of what the present
Il problem means for the British and the French
BY comparing the figures Of unemployment.
In Britain until very recently the unemployed have
numbered over 100000. In France the figure has
never approached 100000 The mere transfer of
French coal importatons~ from Britain to Germany
was the main cause in the recent and disastrous Brit
ish coal strike. Henceforth for years, France will
receive all the coal she needs from Germany the
reparations account and British coal exports will be
correspondingy diminished The same is true meas
ureably so far as Italy is concerned
Thus the single detail Of the payment of portion
of the German reparations in coal has wrought inn
measureable harm to the British ndustrially. IT. by
chance France should ultimately occupy the Ruhr,
not only would British coal trade continue to suffer-
but with the iron fields of Lorraine and the coal
fields Of the Ruhr in her hands, France would be-
come very dangerous competitor of the British In
the steel and iron industry. -.
All of British policy is comprehended today in
the effort to restore the markets of the world. in
which Britain has been supreme and without which
large numbers of the British population must starve
or migrate. But France has totally dffesent prob
lem. She can practically feed her population
the production of her own fields and her nearby
African colonies. She is not great industrial
ton and therefore suffers less from the world paray
sis The German market is not by any means as inn
portant in her eyes as security from German
attack
In the Near East the British desire to control
Constannopie and in addition to make good their
position upon the Euphrates. At Paris and since
Paris they have resented French presence in Syria
In the present war between the Greeks and the Turks
the British have backed the Greeks, the French the
Turks The resentment felt by the British over the
French in Upper Silesia is returned with full
measure by the French indignant at the British
cess in r- sta tuanI. and in the Near East