The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

means OF distributing tnem. Tne
fact that these pictures have not
found favor. because of lack of ef-
ficient distribution. has led many to
discontinue their use.
Several film producers and mo-
tion picture experts will address the
conference. John Z. Edgerton,
tion of Manufacturers. will preside.
France goes to Genoa TO defend
herself; she expects attack and she
looks to see Lloyd George endeav-
oring to put her in a position of
isolation and to raise all questions
which 1t was not agreed should not
be raised. but If ne undertakes this
course one even hears that France
will withdraw from the conference
altogether. And Polncare, while
not going himself, has at last de-
cided to send Barthou, who will
certainly not prove of a concessive
spirit.
You have the impression in
France of a nation fighting with its
back to the wall, but she has a very
clear notion of what she Is fighting
for and she has not the slightest
intention of yielding. 1t reminds
me little bit of her mood in YER
dun days when l was here six years
ago. 1t is accompanied as / have
tried to explain, by a sense Of in
justice, injury and very profound
feeling of sorrow. so far as America
Is concerned. indignation and an
ger so far as Britain is concerned,
but that doesn't affect the main
fact.
Situation seems Hopeless.
After a month in Paris confess
the European situation seems to me
more hopeless than l could have
imagined. 1t seems to me hopeless
because there is apparently not the
smallest basis of common policy
between the nations. British and
French are separated utterly. They
are hostile and suspicious on both
sides; their feelings are further
embittered by economic and finan-
cial questions. The same is Just as
true OF France and Italy. I have
the impression that politically
speaking the European situation
has grown worse rather than bet
ter since the days of the Paris con-
ference and everyone knows that
this is beyond doubt the situation
so far as financial things are con-
cerned.
Moreover you see in most coun
tries not only bitterness which sep
arates each nation from all others,
but you see acute tension in the
politics in Great Britain. Italy and
Germany with events marching
from crisis to crisis: and not infre-
quently success in the government
at home depends upon its adopting
totally impossible attitude abroad
Britain long has been the model of
stability in Europe. but for weeks
the British crisis has been almost
continual in its character and now
no man can forecast what policy
Georgia will take at Genoa, while
every one knows he must in some
fashion enhance his personal for
tunes or fall when he goes home.
Secret Debates Hurt Conference.
We have just had a conference
in Paris to bring order back in the
Near East where war has continued
without interruption. Ostensibly
the struggle between Greece and
Turkey has actually been between
France and Italy on one hand and
Britain on the othe=. Now new
frontier has been drawn that is
quite impossible-in fact one more
OF those lines which represent a
compromise between statesmen and
has no relation to anything else.
But no sooner is the bargain made
than the French press advises the
Turks to reject it-unnecessary ad-
wise, one may believe-and then a
new battle breaks out between
London and Paris. During the con-
ference secret debates leaked out
and there were the familiar recrim-
nations.
do not mean to seem unduIy
pessimisttc. Great and terrible as
ara the problems which confront
Europe. confront all European ma
ttons, they are not themselves be-
yond solution. Mr.. Boyden, our
very able representative here. said
the other day that he believed that
any one man could settle the re-
parations question. But the dim
Guilty is that there is no one man,
and to each problem there is ap-
piled not one but three or six diff
ferent policies which have their
origin in totally different national
needs. while politicians of each
country to live at home have to
maintain their national solutions
abroad.
Useful Outcome Seems Impos.ibIe,
Europe is not going to Genoa as
an American party might go to a
national convention. to nominate a
candidate who could win. There Is
no broad program on which any two
nations are squarely agreed. No
one expects a solution of anything
and most big questions are actually
eliminated. No, Europe is going 70
Genoa because Lloyd George saw in
the Genoa AFFAIR a promise of do
mestic rehabilitation but I do not
know any words to describe the dis
trust which exists not merely IN
France. but in Great Britain itself
over the whole adventure
At Genoa you are going to have a
battle between rival statesmen rep
resenting rival nations, and inter-
ests; battle between Red Russians
and all the Western world. a battle
between Germany and her recent
conquerors. a battle between Britain
and France. between France ana
ltaly-and every statesman in
Genoa will have his eyes fixed un-
alterably on his own home front
where his slightest mistake Will
precipitate political debacle. 1t Is
easy to see how you may get any
number of combinations. What Is
not clear Is how under heaven you
can arrive at a useful result.
Sitting down calmly reading &c
counts OF reparations for Genoa,
5000 miles away, things NAV look
real, may look like logical exnres