The daily times., 1921-11-23
FRENCH ANXIOUS
Of EFFECTS OF HER
PLEAS FOR ARMIES
HOME
GOES
There Will Not Likely be Amy
Resolution Adopted Before
the French Premier Leaves
Approving the French Poll
cy; France Fears Disap-
proval from the World.
(By David Lawrence
Copyright, 1921, by The Daily

(By David Lawrence.
Copyright, 1921, by The Daily
Times.)
Washington, Nov. 22.-Premier
BRAND has hoped that the Washing
ton conference would adopt resolu-
tion more or less approving the at
titude of France on land armament.
His speech Of Monday was designed
as a preliminary step toward that
end. Arthur James Balfour, OF Great
Britain, and Secretary Hughes, OF
the United States delegation, endeav-
ored to meet his wishes in their re-
sponse to his speech and the discus
whether Premier BRAND would be
satisfied with those expressions or
whether he would ask for something
more concrete. The chances of his
getting a blanket approval of the
French idea of land armament were
regarded as slim though some state
ment sympathizing with the necessi-
ties of Frances position would not be
as difhcult to get. Premier BRAND
caves tomorrow. To get an agreement
on so knotty point in "a hours
would be indeed a tribute to the skill
of the French statesman as well as
an unprecedented record for action
on such a vital principle.
Premier BRAND has courted some
expression from the conference on
French policy. He has done it by in
timating how unfortunate it would
be for France if the Washington con-
ference by indirection were to point
a finger of disapproval toward the
size of Frances land armament. The
very inclusion of the topic land arm
ament' on the program of the con-
ference has been more or less dis
| tasteful to France and NJ. BRAND has
given the other delegations this
broad hint as to his desires:
"If by direction given to the labors
| of the conference it were possible
somewhere over there in Europe-if
it were possible to say that the out
come of this conference is indirect
blame and opprobrium cast upon
/ France-if it was possible to point
| to France as the only country in the
| the only country that opposes final
disarmament, then, indeed this con-
/ ference would have dealt us a severe
blow-and I am quite sure that moth
ing is further from your minds and
from your intentions. If after listen
ing to my argument, after weighing
the reasons which you have just
heard, you consider it then as valid,
then, you will still be with us and
you will agree with me in saying that
France cannot possibly do anything
but what she has actually DONE
To this sentiment, Great Britain
responded through Arthur James Bal
four, who repeats what Prime Min
and again since the armistice, namely
that if France were attacked again,
tEng1and would come to her assist
ance. But the British wish to make
sure that the French shall do nothing
to provoke an attack. For that reason
Mr.. Balfour carefully chose his
words as he wished France "every
, success in that path of unaggressivt
prosperity which 1 hope and believe
they are now entering"
The emphasis on the word un
Aggressive was unmistakable ano
British spokesmen today called atten
tion to it.
AS for Secretary Hughes, he care
. fully refrained from saying what Mr
Balfour did, namely, that millions O.
;. men would be poured forth again TO
France but he permitted America
;. position to be stated by implication
when he remarked that '.there is NJ
Y moral isolation for the defenders o
liberty and Justice"
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