Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-11-27
MONDAY. NOVEMBER %. 1929.
KEEPING TME fAITB


Former Premier Clemenceau oil
France, in this country to warn
Americans OF the danger OF an
other war and to appeal for their
cooperation TO prevent it. has
put 10 the United States an in
escapable question.
DO they feel they have kept the
faith with other peoples on tho
principles upon which the world
war was brought to an end?
Don't you see what is going
onf" the Tiger" asked, in his
address in New York last week
why, haven't you heard OF the
treaty between the Turks and the
Germans and the Russians? Loci,
ut all this manufacturing that i
going on in Germany, 4fIc says
the Germans are making cannons
by the hundreds and machinery
cverywhcre). Now. say, that
General Ludcndorff and linden
burg are preparing war, civilwar
TO crush the German demociaoS
il they can" With German dem
ocracy destroyed then, OF course
the Prussian militarists would bt
in position to further their anbi'
iton for uniting their country
Russia and Turkey into anothci
gigantic war machine.
We may think that this IS over.
drawn, because it is difficult tc
believe that after the terrible OK.
pcrience the German people had
in the recent war they could. be
hurried into another, or that kais.
crism could be so speedily rcstor-
cd. But there can he no ques.
ton that France believes these
things. After having been twice
invaded by the Germans in com
parativcly short time. and after
living under the fear of such at
taclks for hall century. she> re-
quires more than pious wishes OF
other nations for her security be-
fore reducing her armament. II
is this fear in France that has
kept the Washington conference
on arms limitation from produc-
ing results. Clemenceau i'll his
discussion OF the war danger, is
hut talking from the position OF
Rriand at The Washington con-
ference and in accord with the
sentiment that has kept the
French government from ratify-
ing the treaty foT limiting naval
armament.
1t was, OF course. 10 meet ius,
such fears as this on the part oil
France, that the League OF Ma
tons was designed. That The
League has not met expectations
fully is, obviously, due to the fact
that the most powerful nation
the United States-haS been held
aloof by partianship in the Amer
ican senate and campaign OF
misrepresentation from partici-
pating in it. Had the United
States taken its leading part in
the League arms reduction would
have resulted long ago and the
war danger now threatening the
world could not have developed
AT the Paris conference, the fears
OF France. after her four wears
OF fiery ordeal and rs living be-
side her assailant. were such that
she called for extra assurances.
Premier LLOYD George and
President Wilson agreed to rec
ommend TO The parl;amentar,
bodies OF their countries agree
ments BY which Great Britain
and the United States wonld ro
to the aid Of France II she were
attacked without warning.
Plainly that was the time Tor
all those striving for permanent
world peace TO try 10 reassure the
nations that had been so hard hi.
against future attack. Only Il,
that way could there br hope oi
relief from the armament burden.
1t was at that time of times when
so much could bave been accom-
,,IfSf5ed for i,ui,3-s1i ia. tbe cola,