The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-23
GERMANY FORCES
new COALITIONS,
SIMONDS ASSERTS
Europe's Situation Trans.
formed by Russo
Teuton Coup.
POINTS TO BLUNDER
France, Poland, Czecho-Slo
vakia, and Rumania
Menaced.
By FRANK H. SIMONDS.

In the present article ! purpose
to discuss two things: First. the
Russo-German coup at Genoa,
which transformed the whole face
OF the situation and, secondly, the
progress Of events la the first week
OF the conference, which foreshad-
owed failure in advance of the great
Russo-German maneuver.
Taking up the Russo-Ge-man n
strategy first. il is clear that what
the representatives of both coun-
tries undertook 10 do was to demon
rstrate TO Europe, 20 the allies and
to the neutrals alike that the cnndi-
ticn created by the allied victory
had passed. For more than three
years the cOnquerors of Germany
have been speaking as the masters
Of the world. They have been fix
ing terms and laying down condI-
tions, not with success but with
every show of authority
Genoa Was SAIIied Piseon.-
Genoa was. in the British phrase,
allied pigeon" 1t was an exten-
sion of allied purpose and it was
proposed to receive Germany and
Russia back into the European fold
only on certain Onerous and little
fiattering conditions. But suddenly
out of the blR comes the announce
ment that Germany and Russia have
made their own bargain-and. to
put the thing quite bluntly. the two
outlaw nations. together the strong
est alike in population and wealth.
that is. potential wealth, have
struck hands
A new Europe. a postwar Europe
return TO unity and amity. proves
then emerges instantly. The Genoa
conference, which was TO mark the
birth Of new psn-European spirit
the point OF departure for one more
Of those vast political combinations
which have been with each succeed d.
ing century primary cause Of Eu-
ropean conflict.
Meaning of Combination.
Now what does this Russo-Ger-
man combination mean" To France
1t means the union of Teuton and
Slav armies. the beginning Of the
resistance Of Germany to repara-
tions payments and the start of or
ganization for the war of revenge
A generation ago Republican France
allied itself with Czarist Russia
against victorious Germany. Today
SaplldllSllC and bourgeois Germany
has allied itself with Red Russia
against victorious France. Ard tn.
menace to Franco is too great TO be
mistaken. 1t means. unless every
sign fails. that France must answer
by military action.
What. moreover, does this new
combination mean to every one OF
the states created or expanded by
the world war and lying along the
frontier Of Russia or Germany or
both? To Poland il means the re-
vival of all the old perils which
cost the ancient Polish kingdom
its independence in the closing
days of the eighteenth century. 1t
means a new coalition Of Slav and
Teuton with the definite purpose
Of extinguishing Polish freedom. II
is the authentic promise OF a new
partition.
Nor is the situation for Czecho-
Slovakia better. Menaced by Ger
many on the north, east and west.
menaced by Hungary on the south,
for Hungary is a certain II momen-
tarily silent partner in this new
combination, Czecho-Slovakia is
doomed IL the new coalition per-
Tonffnued os De-, C.-os