New Ulm review., 1922-01-25

billion was demanded Those on the
Left had d great deal1to' say at the
time. One wonders what the same
gentlemen say now However, that
is no longer point The question is: /:
Where is logic? 1t seems perfectly
reasona BILE for people to return to a
cheaper militarism, when oo-costly
state of disarma ment makes that the
alternative: On the other hand, do
the gentlemen of the, Entente ever
think that they must seem just little
bitincongruous to an admiring world
a world that tadmires much les ;todaya
than it did year ago? Little by little
face values Of the camouhage sort are
being discounted completely. Two
and two make still five, to be sure, but
they no longer make anything more.
The tide Of war fever is receding every
where, and the unlovely things at the
bottom of the deluge of war passions
are being discerned. We recommend
that the statesmen, pseudo and real,
in London, Paris and Washington take
cognizance of this little matter.
Europe and the world suffer today
from the notion that international re-
lations can be standardized, like auto
mobile parts, or could be made sort
Of static condition. French politicians
are trying to freeze Europe into sort
of solid mass politically. Before the
men on the Quai d. orsay dangle visions
of the stateman's forever. All that
has been seen before. Imperialists in
all ages have dreamed Of indestructible
empires, and their successors have
invaria bly, found that the more lasting
this realm seemed the less it could
withstand shock France might do
we'll to read the history of the people
from whom her mixed population
claims descent-Rome. OF course,
right now it still looks all so promising,
Frances sphere of interest is all
Europe, Soviet Russia alone excepted.
Germany must pay tribute. Austria
is a mere condition-hardly state.
Hungary has been obliged to sell out
to the French monopolists. Czecho-
Slovakia is mere French crownland.
Jugo-Slavia is also selling out to the
Paris bourse. Poland is Marianne's
clandestine lover, and Rumania looks
upon herself as the most easterly out
post of that other direct descendant OF
Roma. "
But Italy and Spain are graviitating
away, as it were; Italy because France
has not yet conceded her equality
among the nations, and Spain because
the old friction in Morocco continues
to cloud relations. Moreover, the con.
ditions in the occupied Rhineland re.
mind Italy all too often of what he1
own population had to stand from the
Zouaves in the middle of the Nine
teenth century. 1t look every tricl
of diplomacy Of the able Barrere tt
put little varnish on this sad chapter
The French ambassador at Rome was
rather successful in making northern
Italy forget her experience with th'
brown peril, but what he accomplish
ed has again vanished There ar,
some historic facts one may be able t.
gloss over, but to totally eradicat
them is difficult, if not impossible. Il
such matters one thing leads t.
another, and when the great issue Q
the hour is in the keeping Of the his
torian, the more intimate experienc
of individuals, groups and localitie
regains it's usual prominence. No doub
that will be the case so far as dth
"black'' horror is concerned. All i
all, the chances of France having
quiet future are not very good, excep
it be that new tack is taken befor
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