The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-16
FERRERO, IN "DRANIA OF PEACE"
URGES WORLD PEACE.
20. The peace Crisis" Problem.)
By GUGLIELMO FERRERO,
Famous Italian Historian.

ituiah A4ioloA
Rome. Feb. ga peace treaty works
, only if the vanquished are willing to
observe it or the conquerors are in n
position to impose it.
There must be either agreement or
force if treaty is to exist In the
/, peace treaties of 1910 and 1920 both
agreement and force are lacking, be-
cause, while the vanquished do not
I admit that they are Obliged to observe
them, there is no certainty that the
victors are in position to impose the
more important conditions.
No one, therefore, can say what
F., these treaties are whether they are
the sound basis of new order or
mere scraps of paper
Europe is as II she were suspended
of hate andsof fear. These are the
two prcdominating feelings: The peo.
pies hate one another because each
fears the other, and they fear just
because they hate.
1t is obvious that this strange situa-
alton cannot endure for long. Europe
is tending towards terrible peace
!, crisis" That underlying ferment of
passions that precedes the greater
commissions may already be observed
} everywhere.
1t is difficult to foresee what form
these peace crisis will take, but it il
= almost certain that the place where
they will begin to appear is in the
!, East
Sevres Treaty Stupid.
The Sevres treaty is, perhaps in
I. homage to its name, the most fragile
of all treaties, because it is the most
stupid and fantastic.
The alliance of Turkey and Russia,
that is to say, the most incredible
combination that the mind of diplomat
could conceive, has been concluded; ;
and it will not fail to accomplish its
!, office against Europe, which has more
desires and ambitions in Asia than she
has forces.
But as regards all the rest the fu-
ture is very obscure. We may make
NdIlpuS SupposltIOHs. ht llSl th"t
there may be an overturning of the
two great questions that were mixed
up in the worlds war.
The great war, which began as
new struggle for hegenmony and lib.
erty in Europe, was then extended to
the seas, after America -intcrvened.
!. Then the struggle for liberty ana the
hegemony Of the seas was added as an
appendix to the struggle for the conti-
a nent. But peace has not been able to
4 settle iether the European question or
he question of the seas. And since
wall the European Powers are more or
less displaced, it may even be that the
| European question will become an ap-
\ pendix of the question of the seas.
The competition for naval suprem-
acy has already begun between Eng
land and the United States. 1t could
not happen otherwise, since the seas
were excluded from the peace plans.
Lord Northcliffes wonder Is, in truth,
very ingenious. And if England per-
: sists in her policy. the competition
Will gro" DlttSltl splVuu Ihohi thS
I. waters to the land.
In order to prepare for the struggle
England will cndeavOr to secure the
alliance of France, sharpening, If
necessary, the hatred and suspicion of
Germany In fact. she has already
begun. The United States, in its turn.
will be driven to get into closer rela-
NiOns with Germany.
The two groups will dispute about
Italy and the other States of Europe
They will try to win over Russia,
whenever the day comes that Russia
js ruled by government with which
= u treaty can be made. Who knows!
Tile Iiatreds and fears which are Ia
tent in Europe might burst out again
on the day the first cannon is fired
over the seas.
And that day may be much nearer
than one imagines, unless some change
takes place in the course of events. I
Another not improbable supposition
is this That II revolution should try
10 bring about the peace which the
governments have not succeeded In Civ
ing us. This would be the most prob
able supposition if there were in Eu-
rope parties and doctrics capable of
bringing peace to Il world On the ruins
Of the present regime.
Unfortunately these parties and doc.
trines either do not exist or they are
too feeble, at least for the moment;
liencc comes the danger that there Will
be revolutions, but that they will be
stnriIn and iustn;ll of hriurinis nHnce