The Washington times., 1921-11-26
EUROPEAN ENlMITlES TANNED
TO HOTTER FIRE BY PARLEY|

Icy of her own will not inture Ger
many In the long run, but will fail
to protect France herself"
1t is the historical and invariable
British policy. at the end of any
great war which has ruined q for
midable rival and elevated another
power In it's place, to begin to
raise up the defeated and no long.
er dangerous old rival. and to pull
down the victorious and possibly
dangerous new rival.
Every student of European his
tory knew well when the war end
ed that England would begin at
once to establish an entente, with
Germany and begin to grow cold
toward France. The two things
were as sure rs to come as sun
rise and sunset tomorrow.
Sooner or later France Is going
to propose an entente to Germany
and back 1t up with renouncinR
the indemnities and withdrawing
from occupied German territory, or
else France IL going to draw the
sword while she has q chance to
win by the sword.
The new entente between Italy,
Germany, Russia and herself. upon
which England is 80 hard at work.
would reduce France e. the status
Of a third-rate power and enable
Germany to laugh at French de-
mands for PREPARATIONS.
In Accord With British.
M. BRAND is going home thor
oughly satisfied that our Govern
ment is in accord with English
diplomacy and that France must
rely upon her own entente with
Germany or upon her own military
armament, and he will have to
make the choice from France
quickly, because 1t is now a race
between French security and the
completion Of the new European
partner of England and Italy.
Those who know M. Brands
habit Of mind will not be surprised
at all II he proposes to Germany
easier terms Of indemnity, the
friendly annexation of Austria. an
early withdrawal from the Saar
Valley, and the beginning Of an en-.
tente with the Teutonic Republic.
II this fails. then war will again
break out, with French troops
pouring across the Rhine and
Polish troops pouring into Silesia,
and Jugo-Slav troops pouring into
Hungary, while British ships will
ferry men and provisions and
equipment Of war to Italy, thence
to be fed into Austria and Germany.
It is the irony of events that
conference which so many we'll
meaning but mistaken Americans
believed to be forerunner Of
millennial peace should have been
the medium Of opening American
eyes to the truth that there Is
more militarism in the world today
than there was in 1914. and that
the only safe policies for US to
pursue are the policy OF aloftness
from these foreign political intri-
CUES and the policy of building
more battleships instead Of fool
ishly scrapping any Of those we
have.
Huge British Farce.
And to those trusting and credu-
lous souls who were thrilled by
the British governments dramatic
order to cease work upon the four
super-Hood battleships, would
point out the fact-not dramatically
advertised-that this order meant
in reality only the discharge Of
forty-seven craftsmen. Just that
and nothing more.
1t was was a characteristic prop
uganda gesture-but a gesture only.
England is not dismantling her
navy. Neither is Japan. Nor
does either one intend to do that.
And we'll did M. Aristide BRAND
premier Of France and trained and
able diplomatist, know what Eng
land intends and what a trap she
and Japan are Turing our short
sighted statesmen into.