The Washington herald., 1921-11-25
Isolation Would Mean
Loss of Protection, Says
Foreign Minister.
WORLD OPPOSING
MENACING STAND
Conference Step Forward
And Showdown Is at
Hand, He Says.


AIMS reply to the French PROPOSE
uon on reduction of armaments,
presented in Washington by Pre-
mier BRAND, has come. not through
Arthur James BaIfour in Washing
ton, but through Lord Curzon, min
lster OF foreign affairs. in an ad-
Dress delivered in London on
thanksgiving Day.
France must not isolate herslf.
Lord Curzon warned, in terms
which did not veil his meaning to
those who understand the language
of diplomacy.
III france adopts an isolated and
individual policy she will not in
Jure Germany in the long run and
naturally she will fail to protect
herself.' Lord Curzon said. The
real protection for France is neither
the great valor and strength of her
soldiers nor the inexhaustible
spirit of her people, Neither is it
the justice of her cause. The real
protection of France is the fact
That the conscience of the world
and the combined physical forces
of the world would not tolerate
the temperance of a great but
dangerous and perpetually menac-
ing power in Europe.
we shall convert Germany into
a peaceful member of the inter-
national court of Europe only II
the great powers combine not
merely to enforce the treaty of
Versailles but also to make IT clear
that no policy of retention
and revenge will be tolerated.
Provided sthat Germany shows sin
cerity and good faith we shall as
sist her to play her part"
Forward stride Made.
Lord Curzon said that the steps
taken in Washington have marked
great forward strine in the moral
progress of mankind.
The sole guarantee of the re-
'ovcry of the world peace Is not
in the old idea of splendid isolation
uf any individual power" he said,
but in harmonious cooperation
Of all the powers.
1t is no use reducing sea arma-
ments il We still contemplate pill
ing up and accommodating vast land
amaments- The example must be
set not by any one nation, nor even
by two or three. 1t must be fol-
lowed by all in proportion to their
position and ability.
Lord CurzOn again was apostro-
phising the French armament pro-
gram when he turned to the naval
phase of the question. 1t was plain
that he referred to the Frnch and.
10 a less degree, the Italian insist
ence on survival of the submarine
when he said:
IF we show that the greatest ma
val power in the world, dependent
for its daily existence on command
Of the seas. is willing to reduce its
navy, let not other powers be per
mitted to. build up other engines
or instruments of attack. either in
the air OF under the sea, which
would render our sacrifice nuga-
tory"
First British Reaction.
Lord Curzon's address is the FIRST
official reaction Of Great Britain to
Brands speech in Washington.
There is undisguised official dis
pleasure with the insistence of
France that she be permitted to
maintain, as the British see the
BRAND program, her present
strength of arms. This irritation
is translated into what may actually
be taken as a government warning,
he pointed out that Great Britain
regards it as futile to reduce her
naval strength il France insists on
amassing power on the land.
The foreign minister went very
close to accusing France of du-
plicity when he said:
Peace never will be achieved II
any one power tries to steal a
march on another and conclude an
ARRANGEMENT on its own account"
1t was plain to those who heard
Lord Curzon before the United
wards Club, a civic organization,
that he referred then to the con-
clusion by France of separate
treaty with the Turkish national
lists. Either Brands speech or the
treaty WITH the Kemalists of iteelf
would have been sufficient to arouse
the ire of Great Britain, but, COM
ing almost simultaneously. these
surprising developments have raised
the anger of the British to the point
where a demand for a showdown
seems inevitable. Perhaps Lord
Curzon's speech will bring the
showdown
As to armaments, the British be-
Iieve the showdown is in progress
rin washington right now. They
believe Americans will sympathize
with their viewpoint
But as to the treaty with th\
Turkish nationalists, it is learnek
from official sources that the British,
intend to raise the issue directly
in the reply to the latest note from
France. In this reply Great Britain
will use. language and express
sentiments which will force France
to state her attitude on the funda-
mental principles of the entente
Great Britain is expected to ask
France whether she intends to rre-
serve the entente.