Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-19
By MAMMALIAN harden
Germany Foremost Publicist
Special Cable to The Great Fails Tribune


Copyright. 1892. by The Great Falls Tribune
Berlin, March 1S.-The proposed
Genoa conference is more threatening
than hopeful today. Only the United
States can change its outlook. What
does America want! Could the gov
eminent at Washington Immediately
make public conditions under which it
would cooperate in such a gathering,
all dangerous pitfalls would be avoided.
The outcome must be substantial
strengthening of the entire economic
structure of the world rather than the
creation of mere judicial frame work
for future international lawsuits. Mr..
Hughes is right when he says that re-
suits only are possible through a
strictly economic council.
To sum up:
First-A way must be found to heal
the economic ills of world without
touching upon treaties of national pref
udices.
Second-Such a plan, when found.
must be sufficiently comprehensive to
be applied to all existing commitments.
French inconsistencies
France. for instance. wrongly az
sumes that German bad faith prevents
easy collection Of 1872 100000 gold
marks, to-day 6,SOO,OOO,O0O,O0O paper
marks) and would like to treat this
lawsuit like private one wherein
the duty of the debtor is above discus
sion. Yet. in southeast Europe, and in
Asia Minor she is willing to abandon
her paper treaty for q reality because
it is to her advantage to do so. There
fore. she rejoices over the Reading
Moutagu- Curzon episode which, it is
possible. may result in the restoration
Of Constantinople, Thrace and Smyr
ma to Turkey. meaning that large and
important districts would continue I'M
der sterile Turkish rule merely be-
ca1se Britain's Indian Mohamm edan
and Frances Islam empire otherwise
might rebel.
Negative proofs of the weakness of
the treaty of Versailles are useless to
the French peasant who. after all,
never would abandon his creditors
right. and in the end he is the decisive
factor in French politics. Instead Of
explaining to him how theoretical real
ties cannot be forced into treaty for
muIas. he must be shown in q prac-
teal way how concessions will make
for his own and his country's pros
perity. In this same connection Ger
maDy's daily bursts Of rage over the
,rcatys injustice equally are worth
less.
Must Abandon Prodigality.
President Marzary of Czecho- Slo-
vakia today is the wisest ruler of an
European state. With Premier Benes,
he has reached the right conclusion.
Economic unity is being worked out
between the Czecho Slav, Serbo- Croat.
Rumanian and Polish nations. Natu
rally this is the initial step toward a
system Of reasonable modern politics
from which something like a miniature
United States yet may be formed
Europe must abandon her prodig-
atty IN expenditures for government
in the maintenance of her fleets and
armies, if she desires to secure out
side credits or international consider
ation. Until she does this she cannot
hope to recover from the effects of
the war Or even to become strong
enough to defend herself against the
arts Of the Moscow government.
The duet from America and Russia
has been registered throughout
Europe. True, it has not sounded so
sweet as the strains from the throat !,
Of Nine Jertzas or from that Of |
Enrico Caruso's heir The voice of |
Mr.. Hughes frankly says: eve ran /
not accept the Genoa invitation be- |
important economic questions and to |
us it seems entirely political Amer |
lea does not wish to mingle in Euro |
pean politics. neither does she desire |
to acknowledge the Russian soviets !
equal simultaneously. the repre-
sentative Of the United States filed |
the claim for the expense of the /
American army of occupation on the |,
Rhine.
Lenine's Voice
From Moscow the voice of Lenine. |
He tells the world that should the |
proposed Genoa conference be post |
poned or abandoned, there must re-
suit danger of renewed war. His as
sociate. TrotZky, passed the word I
through his subordinate commanders /
to emphasize this to every soldier in
Russia, adding:
I'VE are not afraid of the capital /
istic threats. We only laugh at them. !
The capitalistic states need US as /
much as we need them. But we won't /
be there We refuse to accept con /
dtions which give Us worse posi-