Evening star., 1922-04-30
'WORLD VEAL TO FORCE
). EUROPE TO AGREEMENTS
Economies Must Supplant Politics.
France Sure to Be Isolated if
She Bolts Genoa.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
\ UROPE'S salvation lies not
I statescraft, but economies.


r. URoPE'S salvation lies not in
H statescraft. but economies.
Eager as many of her states
men may be to bring about
settlements leading to rejuvenation OF
the old world through political pana-
ceas and improvised expedients, they
cannot ignore the fundamental fact
orally soon will reign II. fundamentals
Of international financial and eco
nomic advancement are ignored, To-
day Europe is perilously near COL
lapse. Preachments or doctrines will
not save the situation, but recogni-
tion of the economic situation which
is bearing down millions upon mil
lions of people and hazarding In
duStrial advance will help. There Is
every reason to believe that after the
many trials and tribulations of the
Genoa conference there prevails a
definite conviction that politics must
be relegated: that delegates there
and governments elsewhere must set
in motion very definite moves to al
leviate continual woes.
Hence the conclusion that the Genoa
conference will not have been in
vain.
Determined There Shall
He Agreements.
There yet may be chasm which
cannot be preached. France yet may
step out on the pretext that her ma
tiopal interests are hazarded. But
whatever France may do. there Is
definite understanding among the
delegates at Genoa today that should
they depart without definite agree
ments looking toward the rejuvena-
tion of the continent. there will fol-
low Immediately another conference
at which France will not be consulted
and which. in effect. will lead to the
complete isolation Of France as an
economic factor. with consequent CO.
operation of other powers in bring
ing desired ends to pass.
Genoa has served it's purpose al
ready. Definite avenues of approach
have been established. and whether
future agreements be effected direct
1y through usual diplomatic chan
mis- or through open conferences, the
first great step has been taken to-
ward ending the misunderstanding
existing among the majority of
friendly and enemy nations.
Through the instrumentality of in
formal conferences between the dele
gates at Genoa. the. national desires
and conditions in various nations es-
sential to reconstruction of the con-
tinent have been pretty well aired.
Russia knows what the other powers
will do. how far they will go and
upon what they will base their will
ingness to assist in the general proc
esses. Likewise the allies have learn
ed the true Russian situation and as
a consequence will cut their cloth ac-
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policies. Frances position in the
general process of rehabilitating the
continent has been fully exposed.
likewise Italy's. likewise Germany's.
while the position of neutral nations
Of Europe stands in bold relief. There
can be little misunderstanding in the
future, and as a consequence 1t Is be-
leved there will be taken definite
steps looking to general repproache-
ments. even should the Genoa par
suits because of the outbreak Of ma
tionalistic feeling, centuries-old jeal-
ousies and antipathfes and radical
conflict of present-day policy.
International Veal
Must BE Considered.
International veal yet will be the
leaven for the European loaf, else
any agreements effected in Genoa or
elsewhere will have little chance of
succeeding. The destinies of the
people of Europe. no matter what the
nation. are too closely interviewer,
financially, economically and socially
to permit small jealousies or straight
out-and- -out nationalism to gain the
upper hand and wreck necessary
schemes of bringing a definite state Of
peace.
Even though the Russo.German
pact of Rapallo may have threatened
the breakup of the Genoa parley for
q period, inasmuch as 1t appeared to
be direct defiance to the edicts Of the
allies. 1t nevertheless yet may prove
a blessing in disguise. Dangerous as
it may appear on the surface, the al
lies have it within their power to
make it innocuous. Good may result
for 1t will spur other nations to re-
newed effort in bringing about ad-
justments regardless of strict nation
alistic veal, for it bears potential
menace in case the allies refuse to
recognize the rights of either the
Germans or the Russians in recon-
struction processes and do not ap-
proach them with the express pur-
pose Of treating them fairly in all
future deliberations. 1t is a potential
menace to French aspirations in the
east. but inasmuch as Great Britain.
Italy and all other larger nations OF