Evening star., 1922-11-19
FRENCH SEEMED
Of BRITISH AM|TY
Recemented Entente Held I'm.
perative, Declares Andre,
Tardieu.
POINCARE AS HiNDRAhCE
premier's Attitude Toward Turk
May Enable Kemal to Black
mail Allies.
POlNCARE AS HiNDRANCE
BY ANDRE TARDIEU,
Former French High Commissionef
to the United states.

BY ANDRE TARDIEU,
Former French High Commissioner
to the United states.
spcciaI Cable Dispatch to The Star.
PARIS, November 1S.-Fer three
years there has been constant feel
Ing of irritation. against the British
policy throughout France. Lioyo
Georges fall rather lessened 1t. and
today the dominant sentiment is that
the entente must be recementeo
through sincere and complete discus
sion of all matters at issue.
Those who, like Matin. let loose
most furiously against Britain To-Day
are reproaching Poincare Tor not
going far enough toward meeting
Bonar Laws. Curzon's and Derby
Overtures toward an understanding.
1t Is significant symptom.
The chamber. at its recent session
weakened Poincare appreciably. The
premier. by again refusing to repu-
date the radical socialists. VINO 80
often vote with the communistic So
cialists. profoundly annoyed the re-
publican liberal majority II Lau.
same were not ali ready set FOR the
Goth yesterday might have meant the
end of the cabinet. ~
The majority. who always have been
faithful to the premier IN mis- ol!ncul-
ties, are getting tired of his flirting
with the left bloc. which so often
betrayed him. The great majority
now are ready to insist that In return
for cooperation Poincare really rep
resent it in the chamber and before
=. the country.
BvItnin Facing Unknown.
The cabinet crisis in Germany and
the English election results empha-
size that Europe is facing an un-
known future. May order and firm
ness prevail. That is the only way
to prepare for that collaboration
which Harding's last message men
tons
What can We say about the Lau-
same conference? 1t is announced
that everybody is in agreement on the
and the French press for the past
week have empha sized the Franco
British tension. which hardly prom
Uses we'll for common action.
The principal obstacle between
France and England, IL seems. is
Curzon's idea that the powers should
adopt toward Turkey the same atti-
tude they took toward Germany
in 191s-namely. peace conditions
agreed on in advance by the allies
and imposed on the adversary. Tn
fortunately. there are two conditions
lacking for such a procedure.
First, there is Frances attitude
since the Angora accord of 1921 and
Poincare's present position today, OF
seeming opposition toward any prior
allied agreement: secondly, the allies
seem to have no political or military
means of imposing their terms.
= Danger From kemaL
Consequently. Kemal would seem to
be in a good position at LauZanne to
blackmail the allies. That Is the
great danger, and 1t does not seem
to have been averted.
Moreover. it is obvious that Eng
land and France do not see the Turk
ish happenings Of the last fortnight
with the same eyes. Kemars repeat
ed and provocative statements that
Angora wants unconditional peace,
his offensive against the capitula-
tions and allied occupation of the
straits and Constantinople. added to
the Turkish persecution Of Europeans
and Christians. has produced lively
reaction in England. There the
question is raised. What is the use
of Lauzanne if the Turks are to set
tie all questions beforehand by force
On the other hand. the Quai d'Orsay
has concealed or belittled these re-
ports. and Poincare's chamber speech
Of November 10, after copiously criti-
cizing the previous English govern
ment. did not have a single word
against KemaI. This difference of
attitude casts doubt on the agree
ment announced in the press. which
everybody here desirea
This desire for an agreement Is
worth nothing.
Copyright, 1921