The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-21
By DAVID LAWRENCE

Especial Despatch to The Reformer.)
| WASHINGTON, Jan. y. = The inter
national situation grows more compli-
Gated for the United States Hardly a
cabinet meeting passes without some
| discussion of the grave effects which an
unstable Europe is having upon the adj
mitted need of markets abroad for the
! farmers and producers of America. The
| iutrigues of European diplomacy reach
/ into the heart of the Washington CON
I ference itself whsre ii the truth be
! told the establishment of American
/ officials as TO the possibility of making
Europe see things from a broad and dis
/ interested viewpoint has been complete.
| The British have taken far seeing
| attitude but they are enmeshed in con-
troversies with France and continental
! powers which do not permit of as
friendly viewpoint toward China as
might be desirable. Some observers are
growing disheartened and pessimistic
Some believe much has been accomplished
and that the conference Is a tremendous
success 1t all depends on what ones
expectations were. The texts of the
treaties are not yet complete, Until
they are disclosed and analyzed judg-
ment - more or less futile for they
must be viewed in their entirety When
all Is SAID and done they VIII represent
only the amount of progress which has
been made since 1919 in pairing down
self nationalisms.
L. =. UnSelfish
The United States entered the Wash
lngton conference is it did the Paris
conference with nselhsh purpose and
clean hands and comes ont the same
way. 1t will always be Il matter Of de!
bate whether more could have been ac-I
comlishcd by this or that maneuycr
strategy but the prevalent feeling is
THAT the American delegation again
showed the world that unskilIed as the
diplomats of the United States may
be in the tricks OF bargaining, mistaken
as they may have been to deal with ALI
cards face up, the course they adopted
for themselves will bear the scrutiny
OF history and the fault for the lack
OF achievement VIII not be difficult toi
locate.
But as the maelstrom of proposals
AMI debates keeps the government here
on the anxious seat for with the con
cluSIon OF the conference another fight ,
begins tor ratification by the senate. (
we cabinet = plainly anEious TO see
something done in Europe 'to. pave the
way for economic reconstruction. Not
. word has been said or viii be said for
some time about the invitation TO the
United States TO attend the Genoa conf
ference France IS in the throcs of GOV
ernmentaI transition. There is no dis g.!
position To hurry matters. The new
IoIncare ministry in France must haveI
time TO get its bearings but II LITERAL
tulhilment of the Versailles treaty turns
out TO be the real purpose of France. i'll
IL means the military occupation of some
TERRITORY of France, the United States
VIII not stand by silently and permit
the American attitude to be construed
rs passively affirmative.
May Withdraw American Troops.
American troops still remain on the
thine as the embodiment of Allied
unity and as the index of our moral
sympathy with the, general princiDIc
that Germany must fulfil her treaty ,
90blgatlonS: For even though the United
states dldn t ratify the Versailles |
treaty, the main clauses about repara |
tion are Incorporated in the treaty of
peace between Germany and the Uni /
ted states. Rather than offend France. /
the United States to be permitted toI
Der OF troops on the Rhine. Win thew
remain now in the face of the French
nolIcy which ayowedly seeks to press +
Germany, still harder and, as limited /
IN the cables, may include more military
coercion! The chances are that thei
hrSt move on the part of France to CO.
cree Germany will be met ny a CON
! Wv !i"i"t Ibt immediate with 4.
drawal of American forces. Such a
step has long been feared nv the French
as ahgning the United States with Ger
many. Many American officials who
think France wrong about exactinp the
Mound Of flesh at this time are of the
opinion that it would he mistake for
the 'nited States to be permitted TO
irItt into policy of too close relation
'h'p with GERMANY The events of the |
next few days will give the kew TO the
American goTernmcnt view. For the
moment everybody is waiting to see
what the POincare policy really means 7
in actual practice. f