Evening star., 1922-10-08
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

w yHAT is today is not tomor-
" No fewer words can be
used in describing the Pc
cuiar effects of the backwashes of Eu-
rOpean politics, and particularly since
the Paris peace conference. which
marked the beginning of very definite
scramble of European nations to perpe-
trate nationalistic interest.
In Paris the world saw the leading
nations of the world-victorious. imperi-
Gus. grand-solemn,y. forcefully and
firmly debating with no show of mercy,
terms that were to be applied against the
vanquiShed. Confer No. The spirit
was dictate-dictate to the enemy. The
one-time ''avowed enemies of humanity
and civilization" were supposed to
handle themselves, act and speak with
humility. They were the scum of the
earth. not to be associated with. to be
despised, to he treated with utmost CON-
tempt. Certainly, oh. certainly lot.
would these great powers deisn even TO
associate with the representatives OF
defeated nations. until peace terms wee
arranged and the humble disciples *
on the dotted line.
Ii All Was So Amusing.
Looking back. looking at events of to-
day and peering into the future, it all
was so amusing.
For today. instead of witnessing
homage TO bombast. instead of the
world seeing continued unity in the
ranks of the one-time great crusaders
for the just rights of the human race"
there is Il disaffectiop. Individual veal
has surmounted concerted accomplish
ment
The Judas has been played more than
once in subsequent European adjust
powers.
Thou shalr' and Thou shall not
have been supplanted by Please" and
oh, won't you do this? In the role OF
Judas against common cause, in the
betrayal of those high principles for
which millions of allied Soldiers died,
several governments have found sur
cease from troubled consciences. Their
palms have been crossed with few
pieces of gold in the way of commercial
concessions and advanced national
political interest
Allied Change in Front.
Instead of a solid allied front in the
enforcement of general principles Of
advance and reconstruction, jealous
les, political bitterness and utter self
iShness have caused weakening.
Instead of being outlawed forever the
'-unSpeakable Turk" who for CEN
turtles has welded a bloody scimitar
and has to his credit barbarous mas
sacres of hundreds of thousands of
innocents who dared believe in the
Christ. is accepted as a bosom friend
by one of the allied powers. a friend
that must be supported to the end.
that another ally must be embar-
ha Nfh fh>~
matically. but nevertheless surely,
backs a nation that sought to be-
tray the best interests of the western
powers at a moment when their very
existence hung in warfare's balance.
One ally that refused completely and
with spirit of finality and defiance
to deal with the soviet representa-
tiveS Of Russia at Prinkipos. and in
the years elapSing since the war end
cd has waged ruthless and unremit-
ting political warfare against Lenin
and his gang in Moscow. now ts
smugly content to heed and hearken.
even place, seat at conference
table designed to revamp and seal
after-the-war enemities between the
one-time advocates of things right
and just in international relation
ships. Soft-heartedness after a period
of strenuous harshness against the
soviet likewise may be followed by
rapprochements designed to enhance
financial and commercial standing of
the one-time ally.
Good Results Vanish.
AS the result of tidal drifts the good
ing more than four years of the bitter
est war in history. that spirit OF blood
sacrifice for the common cause,
esteem, cooperation, friendship be-
tween allied powers today is almost a
thing of memory.
And all NOT created hnf narritfod
to develop in the mad rush toward
the old balance of power theory in
Europe and in which the near east
is a vital factor. 1t may be said truth
fully that events of the near east at
the moment are the foundation stones
for European schisms in the next de-
cade that will shake again the entire
world. Agreements may be effected
before actual warfare comes in the
near east. but the will be temporary
where, If heart instincts and alliances
were permitted to prevail against
seifishness and national greed. there
might have been no near eastern prob
lem today.
Russia's Part In Drift.
Though the allied attitude in re-
gard to the Turks has been the means
ropean political fabric and revealing
the sores on the body of wartime
idealism, the Russian equation in
near eastern settlements will prove
before all is settled how far present.
day European politicians are willing
To go TO perpetuate the political and
commercial struggle which. bad as it
is. is but in It's infancy.
GnQuestionably Russia is aligned
with the Turks-that Russia once
,fouted. While France. remembering
the millions of French francs loan
ed to pre-revolutionary Russia and
renI,6 tad N 10 a..