The New York herald., 1921-08-07
GIBBS SEES ENTENTE
AT AN END BETWEEN
FRANCE And BRITAIN
Painful Fact No Longer Cgn
Be CamOufIaged, Asserts
English Observer in Re
viewing Situation.
GROW FURTHER APART
Paris Militarists Endanuer
Future World Peace by 4
Crush Germany Polic.
in Upper Silesia.
COMMON SENSE AT STAL
Supreme Test of Charity II
Ending Russia's Famine u
| More Effective Than War
on BOlsheviki.
COMMON SENSE AT STAl.
By PHILIP GIBB $.

BY PHILIP GIBBS,
Special Cable to THE NEW York HEas.s
COPYRIGHT, 1921, by THE NEW YORK Eeutp
| LONDON, Aug. Cone painful fact
! to which have alluded several timss
in my recent articles canno 10
longer camouflaged, as the Ft@lch
would say, under insincere phi sea
and must be faced fairly and SOU; raiy
because it is of vital Importance ~ Z
European settlement and will b tas
skeleton at the feast of Pres laeei
Harding's conference of world Pow
ers at Washington. There IS ao
longer an Entente cordiale between
France and Great Britain.
I confess that have tried to avoid
this conviction and to cling & tao
hope that temporary friction aigW
be followed by a renewal of friend
ship based on a common police ans
immortal memories combined with
sacrifice, but / now see that Or ua
tional views in world politics are in
direct opposition and must TO e vs.
further apart, unless the Frencl Gov
ernment and the French peop are
shocked by the pressure Of opininl
throughout the civilized worl enG
among the minorities of Their omI
nation into the surrender Of the.
present official philosophy.
am not alone among Englishmen
I
| II being torn between confietlre
! Emotions in regard to France. 5g
lieve represent the average opiriea
OF Great Britain when l say thst
think we ought to sacrifice many tan.
terial interests in order TO mainaio
friendship with that nation which
has suffered most, lost most and wss
marvelously heroic in the great war
when we fought together.
Cannot Sacrifice Some Thing.
But there are certain things ~
should not sacrifice even for France
and those are common sense and rho
peace of the world. 1t is precisely
on those points that we are div dca
hopelessly in spite of the patching I'm
OF cracks with the sticking plaster
of a temporary compromise. Tne
French accuse us of lack of honor
and common sense and of endangog,
ing European peace and their ne.
Their attacks in the press are q
rected against Premier Lloyd George
and they pretend his personality and
policy are the cause OF all this trc sbl8
and do not represent British opiuioa
1t is perfectly true that in home
affairs and in much of his for ea
policy Lloyd George has many a
emies at home. but as regards France
the majority of the British parpia
think as he does and support hiw
his political duel with BRAND. bcth
men being more friendly to each ctlsr
than they appear, but having to n.y
TO the gallery of public sentimert
Now the French official polio, hos
been revealed clearly over Uprer
Silesia, and privately as ! know 0v
correspondence and conversation
unmistakable ways. Their political
philosophy, mainly directed by FOR.
eign Office officials and military
cliques, is clear cut and realistic
They don't believe at all in a change
OF heart in Germany and are certain
that II she becomes strong again Auf
as soon as she becomes strong, sA8
will seek revenge by another WAT
Their whole policy therefore is C. h,e
vent her from regaining her streegh h..
Rut they are under no illusions p e.
her present potentialities.
Must Keep Germany Dowr.
They know Germanys populstler
is increasing while their own a de
creasing. They know German ir5us
try and organization are boura 70
create a strong Germany. whetter or
not she pays indemnities, and stronger
II she pays than IL she does not pay
They reckon. also, and believe their
reckonings are true, that Will her
present resources in industry, Cor
many could reconstitute her wa mo-
chine within two years II give Ho
interference from outside Power
Looking at these facts as cien-
tiflc problem. the French Fo sn
Ofice SAYS The solution Is obrlae
Germany must be broken UP. 1NA
must be cut off from her resousN
Her industry and organization s4sA.
be crippled. France must strengthen
Poland and drive wedge between
Germany and Russia. who would
otherwise unite for military aggres.