The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-16
FRANCES FEAR
OF NEIGHBORS
Keynote of the Present In
. ternational Situation in
Europe
is THE OPINION
OF COL. E. M. HOUSE
France Has An Army In
ferior to None in the
World, He Declares


her neighbors is the key note Of tn
present international situation in Flu
rope, Colonel Edward M. House, per
sonal representative Of President viii
son to the European governments 4
1914, 1915 and 1916, said yesterday OF
his return from Europe after an ex
| tended tour. He arrived on the Cunarc
liner Tyrrhenia, and was more willing
to talk of his experiences aboard this
liner than Of the present attitude d
European statesmen towards America
Colonel House, Captain r. g. Brown
of the Tyrrhenia and others told Of
having witnessed battle on the Irish
coast near Cape Clear, where Irish ir-
regulars and regulars could be seen en-
gagged in combat The view Of the bat
tie was made possible by the stoppage
of the Tyrrhenia's engines for two
hours when the liner was two and a
half miles off the coast, in order that
the vibration would not interfere with
an emergency appendicitis operation
performed upon Robert Fastona, IA
year-old boy Of Providence, r. l., who
was taken i'll shortly after the liner
left Liverpool.
Colonel House declared that the bat
tie was plainly discernible from aboard
ship, and that after a period of heavy
fighting he saw white flag hoisted, a
number Of persons, apparently insur-
genie, surrender and then the castle
which they had been defending was
burned to the ground.
cat the present time" Colonel House
said, France has an army inferior to
none the world has ever seen and if
she wished she could trample Europe
under her feet But France realizes
that her fiscal condition will not allow
her to maintain such an army indef-
nitely. She fears the possibility Of an
alliance against her of Germany and
Russia nations already on very
close relations.
IF the league Of nations had been
rendered success by the participation
of Amefica there would have been none
of these post war troubles in Europe.
Now France has no assurance of pro-
lection from her neighbors in the flu
ture."
Economic conditions of Europe are
bad, he said. but there Is every reason
to look for an improvement in the near
future especially if the move at pres
ent on foot in Europe to have the pow
ers give France guarantee OF future
protection crystallizes into definite &C.
ton.
Speaking of the financial situation in
Europe as a result Of the war Colonel
House said that one of the foremost
European political leaders had asked
him to tell the American people that
Europe. and especially England, was
not nearly so much concerned about
debts to the United States
as to whether the United States would
withhold moral support in the present
world predicament.
what they want Colonel House
said. lis our moral support not our
England is very glad that the Irish
question is off her shoulders" he said,
and ! think II would be very difficult |
% persuade England 10 get mixed up
n an Irish controversy again. As for
Lloyd George, when l saw him last he
appeared in much better health than
when i saw him year ago"
The proposed economic and tariff un-.
on between Italy and Austria, which
colonel House declared was fast be-
'oming realized. he described as one
II the most interesting developments
n the field Of post war reconstruction,
not the most important of all.
Colonel House will remain for several
lays at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Tucker, at Manchester. Mass,
'efore proceeding 20 Washington.
Among other passengers on board the
ryrrhenia were Dr. Milton ]. Rosenau
4 the Harvard Medical school, mem
er of the joint distribution committee
( the federated Jewish charities, and
!. T. P. Plimpton. Boston publisher.
tho was secretary Of the world alliance
or the promotion of good will which
net in Copenhagen recently with repre-
entatives Of the Protestant church of
Q nations and the Greek church pres
Mt.
DIR. Rosenau. who has been travelling
trough Russia and central Europe dur
~ the summer, said cholera was still
aging and the need for food and cloth
~ in many sections was still real and
reat.
Mr.. Plimpton describing the first post
ar meeting of the world alliance I
hich was founded by Andrew Carnegie
aid that he was confident that great I
pod would result as the representa-
ives Of the religious elements Of the I
srions European nations which had
zen at war had come together for the
rst time since the war and had reached
common understanding He said that
E believed that the influence Of this
Getting ultimately as il spread
irouehout Europe would go far to-
ard the settlement Of present inter
stional difficulties.