The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-16

HOPEFUL SURVEY FROM DARK PRESENT
By Sir Philip Gibbs

the blacklist hours afterwards told me the following
anecdote: =.
Lord Miner could not resist asking Foch : ,
what do you think of the situation now?"
-, Foch was silent for some seconds Then he looked
UP and said quietly: Ia~
81 cannot help plying ,Ludendorf."
Lord Miner astounded and said: -. IL. q
Surely you cannot mean shati" -
EYES," said Marshal Foch, "his job is more diff
cult than mine and shall beat him 2 s.5 III 81
That revealed the supreme courage, nekve and
genius OF this who has been known to boast
utter a promise which he has not fulfilled. When
another critical day he said: .rN. 49," I. -
Il guarantee Amiens," he seemed to be saying
rash Words But Amens did fall to the Germans:
As soldier, therefore, Marshal Foch will go, down
in history as one of the worlds foremost generals. L.
is another thing with his staemanshp, but it is not
his fault that he sees the policy of France through a
soldiers eyes. @.-."' 7.r..-' $3.50
There is another vision in France, fortunately, and
that is from an economic and not from a military
angle. More and more French economists are begin
ming to influence the French foreign policy though
they still have hard struggle before Them e..
Whereas the Foch school thinks that to Keep Ger
many by the throat pnd shake her pockets is the most
profitable policy, the economists in France have at
last realized that strangaton and pocket shaking
not going to help France get her PREPARATIONS orrevve
her trade .,..s,. O., .-r.-. ,&. ~ - -, ,
:. An agreement has now been made between France
and Germany by which the devastated regions will be
rebuilt with German material and manufactured goods
which are to be counted indemnity instead Of de
liveries of German money which throws the foreign
exchange into commissions. e. .0rI g.. &+%5S ~
This is distinct step forward in Europeah re-
covery. 1t may lead to the miracle of producing
good relations between France and Germany based
on common interests and that would help matters
enormously at the Washington conference. IF il Could
happen quickly IS - ;+iaz.a ~ s,,tsy n
-. But it is miracle, not to be expected by i'm
patient folk Apart from that however it does ihdi-
cate way escape the present fears and dangers for
as have always repeated kind of religious creed
the political chaos of Europe only be Strengthened
out by economic sanity. Trade will never revive,
hatreds will never die down until nation learns that
her prosperity canpot1be regained by running her
neighbor and that we all dependent one another
" for raw material, markets and labor. ,a,E
France has refused to- recognize that natural law
for the last ten years She believed in keeping Ger
many weary and desperate. That y the popular idea
still in France but the recent agreement between Louis
Loucheur and DR.. Walter Rathenau shows a modiFca-
ton in the official policy at least as far making
of German industry and, labor for Repayment is
concerned. .ss 4 "a g,i + 81, W. i Z
IVY HATEVER her representative speaks for
w France at Washington he will demand only
one thing for his country with regard to the limitation
of ornaments and that is security There is no belief
in the French mind that Germany will remain with
peaceful intent and il be admitted that it is not as
a reproach, but as natural fact due to frightful
memories that the French do not go out of their way
to foster friendly feelings. ~ .a
France therefore asks moral guarantee from
America and Great Britain in of German attack
before she will consent to turn her guns into plow-
shares From the United States there is possibility
of sachla guaraad and fnoti Great 9ta there rs
not much chance either owing to the present exhaus-