New-York tribune., 1922-01-15

Genoa, a. which The problem
Q. economic regeneration will replace
saas Of disarmament In reality, how
ever. there will be new field for
battle, tne battle between the British
and French conceptions OF Europe, the
Battle between the two maps, The politi-
"a! and the economic map.
Ard since . IS about these conflict
lne conceptions that the struggle Of
he forthcoming conference will center,
shall t.y in the present article briefly
. present tte French snd British
views. Genoa will DE II many ways
10 most ambitious and important in
-ernat,oral Undertaking since the
s'sris conference. Success the.e w:li
not :naposs;a.y start .he wheels Of the
Industrial wcrld turning, ana failure
ray .pel. .l:2 .or Europe; and success
or failure viii come as British and
French representatives. are able to com
premise o., bound o. the views Of their
respective nations. repeat the recent
Washington performance over the sub
0ariae.
What is tne French conception Of
anropc? Primarily political where tne
British .s economic. France sees the
'iture aafety of the Europe created by
the Treaty OF Versailles, and only in
4acn Europe is there any security for
franct, dependent upon Che survival Of
,ne so-called Succession states"-the
countries created or greatly trans
formed by the Paris srea.iese which
..quicAted tee World War.
he French thesis is quite simple.
oy v.-t1e of the decisions reached at
oaris Poland rega;hed q freedom
sac. hse been destroyed more than g
"a. century before. Rumanis by &C.
curing lands inhabited by Latin ma-
critics more than doubled her popu-
atoa and on th-ee sides obtained
frontiers which give promise .os prov
ng serciDc. Czecho .Slovak:a suc-
:eeded 70 lhal title OF Bohemian ;nde-
9erderce, the last seulblance OF which
'.isappearsd :. The fatal days Of the
Fh.rsy Years War Jugo-slavia gath
are1 LHler enc sovereignty ell CT the
outacrls slars. hitherto divided oyer
.-etrr.e..
Eo,. &c french idea is that il these
ssral s.&tes -Pcia.l, with a popula-
ga = more shan 5000, ,ooo; Ramana,
80 nea-l.- 1900 coo; Czecho-Slo-
s~. rsti. 100000 and Jugo-Slavia,
& moro .han ! 900 ,ooO-~can endure
eng enough - acquire national soil
-1r.'y aid political unity-to get real
start X i;fe, 90 TO spesh-then the
New Europe which is expressed by
ae... VII $50 endure. French di-
7lomaey has sought then, By systems
of A.iiarces, TO insure this survival.
s-.a = S. s.eM u alliance has brought
t..o MEASURE Of agreement nearly
100000 neople.
''rsnce and Ner Great Army
siana behind Combination
Behind tA.s combination, rana,.ca!-
impressive 81 East s,ands France
...h 100000 people acd lie strong
81 4.sny IN the world Tie French
ny i the resl eusrantor CT the III
'e~'erasnco CT Poland, always threat
s-s4 b. Germany, and the Polish ari-y
say oAe day prove as VLluabIe 4r 80
- france ss S,ss the Russian army in
'r.s ve--.bis days r.,.ch preceded The
5ats.e o. the .dsrHe in September, 1919
french s>atesgtcn believe thst &
Do.aaa car nave :l1c to achieve real
fs.io--zl organization size Will become
DC q tae great powers Of Europe. for
SIC Ats Z CREATE ares ara natural re-
sources than I.siy and s. population
"..lc.. increases with very great rapid
~. Poland o: forty or even afty
millions OF inhabitants could one day
aerve ss SOLID barrier to aay German
cxpa..slo.. eastward. any German ex.
2.oitatloa o. Russia, which 70 me
French zaind would threaten TuroDean
'.ber;y
Ramania, to the south, serves s.ni.
srly e : = balwark against Russian al.
Vsr.eo into the center Of Eurooe. Also
lA-ge- tsan ITALY. with Z fertile coun-
,ry and prolific paople, Eur,an!a IS
oound one DAY to hold populat;o. Fl
iease as great as that Of France o.
It2.y So-6ay. AID IN alliance v.sl,
Poland, Hur.an!a becomes 8 suaramto.
81 taings as they stand in the east of
Europe. Moreover, strong Rumania
United BY alliance with Juso- -slavia
aars tie road {: German advance south.
ward, closes the doc- to that ssittel-
.o1opa of which we heard 50 much
during the World War.
L you look al the map you Wal see
ia; Poland. Rumaaia and Jugo-Slayis,
stretching in wide circle from tina
Baltic TO the Adriat;c, bar the pathway
u Germany toward Constantinople
coward the Egean and the Black seas
toward Russia. Moreover the grea;
peninsula Of Bohemia, which detaches
itself from, this mass of non-Gernan
territory and extends northu ard, holds
the dominant fraction OF that Czscho-
Slovak population whose futures de.
pend upon restriction OF German So
pirations.
Little Nations Are United
In Protective Alliances