Evening star., 1921-10-23
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

- REPRESENTATION, the first
impulse Of life, is making itself
manifest In the.greater nations
Of Europe. Some of the smaller
ones are not yet far-sighted enough
TO keep their feet upon the highroads
of progress, but generally speaking
there reigns in Europe today keen
desire for the normal-the wiping
out Of old sores. In the main the
demoniacal strife are passing Mem
cries Of the hideous things that trans
pired under the guise of furthering
sided.
Practical minds have convinced
practical peoples that the war mas
passed, and into the discard with
things military must go. for the mo
Inent, at least, thoughts Of future
conflict, 1t Is not a question as to
whether it is the better part OF expe-
.iiency to. adopt this or that course In
international as we'll as financial re
lationships. Expediency is temporal.
depends on speedy adjustments OF the
economic body and social conditions
Il there Is u return to the old oruer.
Throughout the length and tne
breadth of the continent today there
is heart -rending yearning for settled
order fewer bleats from latent poll
ticians, fewer occasions fo1 the WaN-
ing of firebrands by militarists. REQ.
pie generally at the present monent
hunger for the things that constitute
the better elements OF hfe. ana .ha sne sre
great channels of business, the ar
;eries for the life blood OF all nations.
are adjusting themselves toward tne
end that once more Europe shali pui-
safe with new-found energies ana ac-
complishment.
The moment Is ripe for accomplish
ment. At no time since the war nave
J peoples been so ready to submetse
hatreds for the common cause OF pro
tection and amity. France and Ger
MANY have reached an accord which
provides for the exchange OF billions
in goods in the settlement OF repara-
ttons accounts. This agreement
would have been absolutely impossi-
bls two years-yes. one year-aso.
Both nations, the bitterest OF enc
mics. have begun to awaken. England
nas expanded her commercial inter-
ests throughout the globe In an en-,
deavor to inject new life IN paralyZea
trade channels and help In the gen
eral task of revivifying tns Woriu ~
italy likewise has settled down 70
work in spite OF the political connict
which has tended to divert the
minds of the people ever since the
war was ended. The Balkans grum- :
ble and talk war. but they su6sist
on srumbling and bloodshed. Even
bolshevized Russia isr beginning 10
make informal tenders to other ma :
tions and adopt courses designed 70
bring about greater fellowship
among Slavic peoples and western
nei9hbors. The bolsheviks are begin
ming to realize that isolation and self
ish exploitation Of political or ma
,ional creeds cannot forever exist
without reacting against those VINO
,ropacate national selfishness. The
Scandinavian countries today are
straining their financial and economic
.uersies toward the general plan OF
.onlity. Everywhere the desire OF COM.
mon people is making itself maniisst
through Increased production. me
lime is ripe for the crystallfzation anu
practical working out of some dennite
steps looking toward the rehaeAita-
rion of world exchange. the settling
down to tasks. social. industrial ara
economic, under a new order, oue~
Is Germany to decide whether Eu.
rope is to continue In the ruck OF
dependency?
Is Germany to say whether the rae
tories Of Europe shall hum or Whetn,
ar, the tricky continental mind shaii
not swing back into war mad chan-
Is Germany to be permitted to pro-
long the unsettled conditions Simply