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

nance over the submarine.
Rhine. II Polish and Rumanian and
Slav armies were cut down the sit
uatlon would change. Everyone
knows that the German purpose to
regain the lands lost TO Poland.
lands which contain an ovcrwhelm-
Ing Slav population, has grown
stronger with the years since the
Treaty Of Versailles and has been
intensified by the recent lJss OF
most OF the coal mines OF Upper
Silesia.
II French troops were with
drawn within the frontiers Of
France, then IL IL almost beyond
debate that at no distant time
German troops would go into Po-
land. while bolshcyist troops
would attack from the east. But
VINO can deny that quarter of
century hence, German conditions
might he such that AN attack upon
strong Poland of 10000, 900 of
inhabitants still assured of French
support and backed by n still more
powerful CzcChO-SloVakia would
seem unwlsc.
Anyhow, the fact stands. The
French mean TO defend the Europe
| that is now revealed by the map
They have given their support to
the maintenance of the indcDcnd-
ence and the increase OF the strength
of the small nationalities which
emerged from the storm and stress
OF the world war. They believe that
few years Of effort may transform
these states into going nations and
that then the permanence OF the
new Europe will be assured But
for long time to come this new
Europe will necessarily need support
and the young states will need to
l have strong armies, supplemented
by assurance of the support of
strong French army.
The British Fear.
The British idea IL something
quite different. Britain has no fur
Iher fear of Germany. She thus
finds herself at the outlet able to
dismiss the political factor. What
she fears Is that the restoration OF
| The economic life of Europe may be
so slow that her own population
| will be forced to emigrate before the
old markets can be regained and the
| British factories set TO work anew.
She has two million OF her popula-
J tion out of work and supported by
/ the state. quite as bad Is the fact
that Russian anarchy has deprived
her Of the Russian markets In which
she bought cheap food for the popu-
lation. Instead she has TO buy dear
food IN American and colonial mar.
kets.
What the British would like 20 do
is to get the economic machine to
vork and first of all to get the Ger
man machine To work The whole
British idea is bottomed on the be-
fore.the-war situation in which all
OF central Europe was economically
tributary to Germany, who played
the part OF middleman for much of
British trade. Keynes In hts famous
or notorious book outlined a system
Of economic supremacy for Germany
In middle Europe which amounted
to a restoration OF the old Mittel-
europa of German propaganda.
As to tho aspirations OF the Sue
CesSion states these have never
awakened sympathy in Britain. !
mean in Britikh foreign office quar-
ters for these succession stataR con-
stitute a barrier to the speedy re-
consideration of economic life. You
. have many new frontiers. much
subdivision OF territories, much eco
nomic rivalry. Political frontiers dc
not in the least coincide with old
economic unities and II the present
/ sy stem endures not only viii all re.
= toNfiN ne SlbNs buN ilu'il VI lii' blu
|, situation will never return.
/ SO the British have shown them
selves nelly hostile 10 Polish eNpan'
, sion, they have been severe critics
of CZecho-SlOVak expansion, theS
Z have shown little approval Of the eX
, tension OF Rumaula To the Dnicstci
' and only q little more regard for th'
I Adriatic ambitions of the southerr
. slays. The only nation whose i'm
% perial.sm has Interested them hat
, been the Greeks. whose campaign
IT, H. Asia have had British backing
. But this interest only because In th,
+, near east Greek expansion haC
served "A British purpose.
Z II the British could breakdown
4 1.-THE French army persuade th'
: French 10 reduce IL and to Tytir
= behind their frontiers. thsu In fairg
short order the Germans would re
4. take their old provinces now within
. Polish frontiers and the sovic
:, armies would gather In Russian AM
\ Austrian Poland. CZeChO- -SloNakti
Z would disappear and Rumania woul'
y shrink. Austria, as It now exist
y would unite with Germany ant
y Hungary would regain much ~ 10
a lost territory. You would have
n central block Of territory I'm EurOp
wholly dominated by German influ
u enCe but constituting an economi
- lWhOle.
II \ German Russian FushiOn.
e More than this you would nav
,s Germany very promptly toinin
II hands with Russia and even under
j. taking the economic regeneration q
d a Russia which has already passe
10 out OF thF shadow of extreme an
n archy. Now these changes woul
a imean much very much In the wa
n OF faciiita ing economic development
,e Europe thus recognized Woul
At promise Britain just those market
T. which she must have II she is {
continue great European naIlol
~ You would have sort or Huss'
III German British ecOnumt' ullanc