The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

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What is the French conception Of
t,urope? Primarily political where
thc British Ia economic. France sees
the future safety OF the Europe Gre
,fcd by the Treaty Of Versailles, and
onlv i'm such Europe Is there any
.srIritv for France, dependent upon
the survival of the so-called sue
cossion states" the countries cre-
,tod or gently transformed by the
paris treaties which liquidated the
Tho French thesis is quite simple.
a., yirtup of the decisions reached
al paris. Poland regained freedom
,.hi,b had been destroyed more than
A fun century before. Rumanla ny
acquiring lands inhabited by Latin
ueioritics more than doubled her
population and on three sides OBJ
talncd frontiers which give proimso
nj proving fencible. Czecho-Slo-
yakla succeeded to that title OF Bo-
hruiian Independence. the last
ssmbloncc OF which disappeared In
tho fatal days OF the Thirty Years
war Tugo-Slavia gathered under
one sovereignty all OF the souther
Slayg. hitherto divided over CEN
turtles.
The French Idea.
Nov the French idea is that II
those several states, Poland with
population of more than 3O,OOO,OOO'
Rumania with nearly 1S,OOO,OOO,
Czecho- Slovakia with 13,OOO,OOO ana
Jugo- -Slayla with more than ll'oO'-
600 car endure long enough To ac-
ouire national solidarity and polit-
ical unity. TO get real start in life,
so 10 speak. then the new Europe,
which is expressed by them will also
endure French diplomacy has
sought then. by systems of alliances
10 insure this survival and system
NJ alliance has brought into meas
ure OF agreement nearly 100000
Of people.
Behind this combination, numer-
lcally impressive at least STANDS
France with 100000, OF people
and the strongest army In the
world The French army is the real
guarantor of the independence OF
Poland. always threatened by Ger
many and the Polish army may one
day prove as valuable an aid TO
France as was the Russian army in
the terrible days which preceded the
battle Of the Marine in september
1914
French statesmen believe that IT
Poland can have time to achieve
real national organization, she
will become one of the great pow
crs Of Europe. for she has great
or area and natural resources thah
Italy and "A population which IN
crea,es with very great rapidly
4 Poland Of forty or even MY
millions OF inhabitants could one
day serve as solid barrier Ia any
German expansion eastward, any
which To the French mind would
threaten European liberty.
Rumanla. to the south, serves
similarly as a bulwark against Rus
sian advance into the center OF
Europe Also larger than Italy with
fertile country and prolific peo-
pie Rumania is bound one day TO
hold a population at least as great
as that OF France or Italy today
And In alliance with Poland, Ru-
mania becomes a guarantor Of things
as they stand in the east OF Europe.
Moreover. strong Rumania, united
by alliance with Jugo- -Slavia, bars the
road OF German advance southward
closes the door TO that Mitteleuropa
of which We heard 50 much durinl
the world war.
II you look at the map you vii
see that Poland, Rumania and Jugo'
Siavid, stretching in a wide circlt
nom the Baltic TO the Adrlatic, bal
the pathway of Germany toward
Constantinople toward the Aegean
and the Black seas, toward Russia
Moreover, the great peninsula o
bohemia. which deta ches itself from
This mass OF German territor!
and extends northward, holds tn,
dominant fraction OF that C2eCho
"a
pends upon restriction of German
ASPIRATIONS.
Rumanla and Poland are toda!
united by an alliance which envis
ages any attempt of Russia to de
Mroy the Independence or restric
me area of either. Poland ant
NzecnO-Slovakia are united in com
mon defense OF their independence
against German attack. Czech
oioHakia, Rumania and Jugo- -Slavi
ave united to preserve the status qu
IN the Danube valley. to restrict an
attempts uf the Hunga rians or IN
nurkaridns to regain territories los
recent wars. Finally Greece
iE" bound by an agreement TO az
WIN Rumania and Jugo- -Siayl
a.4InsI any Bulgarian attack upo
France believes that this system O
a'Hdnces will insure the preserva
oh OF existing conditions for a
rast TWO decades. certainly for IN
ulue during which French armie
sand on German soil on the lei
."nk OF the Rhine and German mill
dry regeneration is thus rendere
,hpossible, What may happen 2
- years from now no one ca
sieIy predict, but at least there is
,i r cnance that al the end OF this
she lne succession states" viii i
Fm To defend themselves. th5
ued down TO the existing ord
opNl0usly II the French arm
pr largely reduced. II Frenc
0'ps were Withdrawn from n