The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-03-10
ANCL0-FRENCH
ALLIANCE MADE
Its Formation Regarded as Vast
y More important to World
Than Genoa Conference.
TO ADJUST ALL DISPUTES
Accord on Near East Expected to Fol-
low That on Rhine-lts Posi-
biIities Great-Our Stand
Responsible.

Paris.-The flood of words and tor
rents of ink which are flowing over
and around the Genoa conference prof.
ect may easily hide from world public
opinion for the moment the fact tha:
the great outstanding world political
development of the day is the agree-
ment on the Anglo-French alliance.
Its Importance is ten times that of the
Genoa conference.
The Anglo-French treaty Of alliance,
which is to be signed in London before
the opening of the economic negot1a-
tfons on April 10 will of necessity have
its repercussion in all quarters of the
globe. If it means anything it must
mean an end of the tiresome quarrels
between England and France which
have cursed Europe since November
II, 1918 In the present state of fiux
of world affairs a tight union between
England and France has untold posi-
bilities, provided the statesmen OF
those two countries have enough wis
dom and enough skill to maintain that
union, which is really desired by the
two peoples.
After returning to their respective
capitals from the Boulogne meeting
both Premier Poincare and Premier
Lloyd George announced that the alli-
ance might now be considered as con-
summated and that all differences with
respect to it had been removed.
1t is understood that the treaty OF
guarantee by which England pledges
herself to come Immediately to
Frances aid in case Of unprovoked
attack by Gerany and to support
France in enforcing German disarma-
ment will run for twenty years instead
of ten, as originally proposed, and that
there is in addition the important
change that England and France
pledge themselves to act in accord in
case of trouble on the eastern frontier
of Germany. This, Of course, means
that England and France promise to
protect Poland against attack by Ger
many-a considerable victory gained
by France for her protege.
BRAND presented the text of the orig
inal proposed treaty of alliance many
French leaders objected that the short
ness of it's duration made it valueless,
inasmuch as 10 one expected Ger
many to attemrt ~ attack France i'll
the next ten years Doubling the term
of the treaty naturally adds its value
CTR
semblance to the proposed three-cor-
nered agreement among France Eng.
land and America which was never
ratified, except that there is a time
limit.
From the worldwide standpoint the
alliance grows in Importance from the
circumstance that France and England
cannot act together with regard to
Germany without being in accord on
other International questions affecting
them. 1t is not to be expected that
the two nations will be in perfect
harmony on the Rhine and in discord
at the Dardanelles. Conclusion of
the alliance will justify the hope that
the two big allies will at last find a
common policy on reparations and In
Asia Minor.
America has an interest in the
Franco-British alliance. 1t has been
the case ever since the Paris Peace
Conference that with England and
France as rivals, Americas entrance
into world politics on real scale
meant that she would hold the bal
ance of power. The close partnership
between England and France changes
that and puts us on a different foot
ing. In parenthesis it should be said
that the United States stands respon-
sible indirectly for the new alliance,
for had we entered the League of Ma
tions and made it the real organiza-
ton it was intended to be, England
and France would not have faced the
necessity of the alliance about to be
concluded. The covenants trainers in
tended it to make unnecessary the
system of military alliances.