South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-02
ARE FRANCE AND
GREAT BRITAIN
NEARING BREAK?
Correspondent Asks Whether
Allies Are Provoking
Last Great War.

know d. i'm spite Df their obvious
need and expressed wish for peace.
Tho allies arlurdlue To- Herbert
Adams Gibbons. .sxnpricrc-d foreign
OBSERVER rrtI..f.t lecturer and su-
mon ~ e.,-.-.f hooks uuon fnte-u..-
uonaI affairs. ars pursuing course
which Oh .Uerra- tho worst THAT can
happen.
~ points out. ir tH. January Cen
fflr, rra..zsr. th.+ fra Zeugousl,i
.scapade 81 not simply another flour
l-h OF nationalist fervor like b.
Anuurzio-s. or "a mere adventitous
-notting of the daily news pages
with fcw more alien and outrage
o5ls uarne--but a step which may
taguy prove 900 Do. frauCht with tre-
mendous consequences.
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called 10 account
froh'lcrS Not Ntulcd.
but suppose Great Britain called
folahd {" account. or succeeded III
lliF4"S III. uc VI" ~ HuppoSe
rance, ihough ostenIhly Acquires
eng continued TO encourage Poland
al neI ui9do'Iouo ItLuSdi 10 accept as
Sufnclent the great Dement'S the al
hes nave conferred upon her sup
pVao HItdl bIlIlIh ana rance were
suddenly revealed facing each other
WI Ho9'itv It5"Iu' f''a"u oehi'u
rance WIhle RUSSIA ana Germany
We're IN natural alignment behind
'Treat britain W'ul0 not the Whoie
insecure structure OFT inc alleged
peace DC shattered
MI OooHS makes il pam thai
because lhose whose combined
forces alone could have established
peace nave IoIo"ed divergent and
conflicting pol'leS ana DO not play
the same iavorites. not single new
7 "H1leI me ID central ana eastern
Europe and IN western Asia is as yet
dennitely settled.
""1 t-'e.. 1".''a Sl'u-u bt III the
ldNoF OF all the allies. az least 20
Jhe extent OF protecting her indie
i''1u ''0e' WI ,fI"ovHN makes tirdI,
~ the END or lel o. he recalls.
LIthua ma Ike Poland was offered
4Huepeliue" 10y "a" AuStFo-'ier-
nuns III eNtiltAEt lVL inc p'lltlcdl
tillahce' economic advantages and
nlllldFy cooperation against the en-
lente. intrigue and intimidation
id"eu- II ne isitHudulalS lol ouiE re-
sisted with success th" pressure or
sulse themselves ass lotraturS, but
held q national council at Wilma ON
Feb- 10, 1918, which proclaimed the
indepcndenr- OF Llthuania. declared
against spe'lal laForS ciihvr 20 the
'onqueror or tne former master.
ana SET UP prpFlslonal govern
menJ' KAISER Wilhelm ilr~t and the
'ting OF SaNony later. tried 90 heguiie
ne LlthuanlaHs INTO an alliance
with Germany is u conceivable
nat the LlthUaniln leaders who de-
ueu Germany DO h-r hour oi tri-
imph ana WAtn iheir l1ud was
held by German army have been
ODD connNance with defeated Ger
many
haNc " ruhE impression
We III Amcrica, the writer SAYS.
nave wrong impression OF ldthu-
ANA. mere mas been d systematic
and persistent propaEanoa, IN which
certain men connected with the state
department nave had their part to
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