New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

sorcpl ending o. the Cannes
conference, seems SO sar 20
aasc ief. unaffected the proposed Genoa
conference. Since irvita:ioas have
been issued for March s, it is fair TO
other world conference. Bot before
examining t,c prospects of such a cor
5crcnce i. is uecossary TO return tor
moment % the eternal problem OF
FRENCH politics.
WY did ". Brand faN9 Tse rea-
on is simple. He feil for tac same
reason that N. Clcmcnceau lost the
French Presidency aud his predecessor
~ Leagues. fell, because in the minds
g h.s fellow countrymcn nc had madc
concessions 20 Great Britain ou. Of
proportion 20 wat he had succeeded III
obtaining Cor his own country. More
nan th.s. the Immediate cause % NJ
Bsia.i's fall may he found IL the MS
Dry of thc Va shington conference,
where al or the successes wcre Brit
isf and most 90 thc revcrxcs French.
Not few Americans wil' perhaps be
puzzled b. ne fact that NJ. Briard re-
si2nci al the precise momen. when at
las: &c had obtained an alliance with
Britain, An alliance long sought b.
rance and rcgs rdcd as the irreduc BILE
minimum OF the concessions France
must receive before snc would consent
. psrtici pate in the economic recon
-,ruction OF turopo. But too circum-
st.nccs are overloohcd arst, toe fact
ma. fer year a British alliance has
hcen iosjn. It's attraction for france
and, secondly. that this alliance was
accompanied hy conditions which made
appear dangerous rather taar dcsira-
he TO the French.
Gu the subject os the Ang.o-trench
~ihanco there Is this to be noted:
rcrec years ago at the close Of the
World Var, with the shadow Of The
German Invasion still hanging over
their heads, Frenchmen clung TO The
British alliance as the thing which had
proven the determining factor in t.s
way. they believed that the allianc.
Which had brought s+ctoIy In the war
would prove equally valuable in peace
and that tt" British and the frcncr
poicics would march together in tn.
"orld reconstruction period as they hid
the war time. 1t was in this sp,i,
that tienierccau negotiated the Treaty
CT Guarantee Tor France, signed BY
Nr. Wilson and Mr.. Lloyd George. and
- rctIrn agreed that France should
ro' seck that Rhine frontier which she
surrendered after the fall OF Napoleon.
Three Years Later Finds
trauce Of Different Mind
Three years later, novefcy. france
- ~ q. diHercat state of mind Ger
mary has been disarmcd French
armies stand along The Rhine ard will
remain there for q dozen years to
come under the Treaty OF Versailles.
AZ chance ot a German invasion OF
rance in thc next decade is negligi-
hie. NO military man Will venture to
HGscst that Germany can in ten years
tmc prepare ard deliver a serious at
tack upon Trance. Therefore. thirty
years from now Germany may attack
gain. bur the alliance which Mr.
lloyd George offered to ii. Brand i.
snncs would terminate at the end ot
- Years
Franco. then, feeling herself lor the
moment safe against any German ag-
Sres2'on, ASKS nos unnaturu,iy what arc
'c lurther conditions attached to his
proposrc An@loFrench alliance Her,
fftcr al - discoverablc The immediate
explanation FOR NJ. Drland's faN. lie
*, an alliance Of doubtful prac,ica,
'ai"e nc seems 10 nave agreed III large
measure to accept the British view as 10
"c reconstruction OF Europe, and the
British view. as everybody knows. car
'-es with y great reduction in the
HUta tota! o! German reparations, a con
siueraDc PERIOD o. postponcment OF all
''c9nan payments. and relaxation Of
ri. iorcc and threats OF force tows rel
Germany. Thus, from the Poincare
Po'nt of view, France was asked 70 paw
something serious for next TO nothing
Shs the French Chamber Of Deputies
seems to have taken the view Of the
'ormcr President of the republic.
Nc a-e once more brough. fac. to
ace with The coItlic, OF opinion which
Aas dominated the whole world situa-
Ion since the moment of the armistjce.
II IS the British View that ii. recon
,srIction and restoration in the eco
horic neid have waited and still wait
.pon proper adjustment OF the rep
araGons tangle. Great Britain ha.
ives tina. Germany has been ASKED 10
pay too much. and tha. so far from,
enforcing extreme terms upon Germany
he salvation Of the economic world mus.
no sought IN the restoration Of the
German economic system TO health and
prosperity. Germany is now bankrupt
Therefore, from the British point Of
Hie~, she must be treated like any other
bankrupt and allowed to get back on her
'eet To this end the British insist tina,
france, the principal creditor. should
make concessions ard, above all. recog-
nize The fac, in the German situation.
french Believe Germany
n Concealing Assets
The FTenchman on his side ac:or.s