Evening star., 1922-07-02
.SLAY|NGS DARKEN
EUROPEAN SKIES
Policy Of Crushing Germany
Must Cease to Save Day, 4,
/ Says Gardner.
AMERICAN AID NEEDED
Famed Liberal Editor Tells Effect
of Rathenau Assassination
, and Reaction.
and Reaction.
BY A. G. GARDINER.

BY A. G. GARDINER.
: Britain's Greatest Liberal Editor.
: Special Dispatch to The Star.
- LONDON, July 1.-The clouds are
not lifting from the European skies.
: Assassination has darkened the out
: look. The murder of Rathenau Is the
: heaviest blow that Europe has sus-
+: tained since the killing of Jaures. I
= knew him we'll. His profoundly saga
. cious mind and liberal spirit were a
: pillar Of European civilization. Eng
= land awaits the consequences of the
: dastardly attempt to torpedo the re-
At the moment. OF cabling 1t
: would seem that the criminals have
: overleaped their marx. The revulsion
!. of feeling in Germany is SO great that
= 1t may save the situation. But to
= forecast is impossible. 81.
=. The lesson for the allies is clear
= The policy Of crushing Germany must
= cease The survival Of the republic
r so long amid the difficulties from
= within is miracle. But the miracle
: cannot last Either the allies will
= support the republics reasonable poll
= the devil of monarchism and the deep
= sea of bolshevism. If Germany goes
= the last hope Of saving the European
& system disappears. Strong British
: sentiment now favors Germanys in
: clusion in the league of nations
. There are hopes that even France will
: agree This is a belated expedient.
= but seems the only visible means OF
f. stopping the dissolution of Europe.
= L. S. Sympathy and Help.
The tragedy is that America is out
= side. The sympathy and help OF
: America alone can save Europe from
= utter wreck.
- The German crime still Is over
: shadowed in the English mind by the
. murder of Marshal Wilson. Public
: feeling against this dastardly crime Is
= intense. The campaign of the die
: hards" has been powerfully strength
= ened by it. The demand for the repu-
- diation of the treaty grows. The
g.. danger. of course. is that the British
: government might be stampeded into
- violent courses, and that nothing less
: than a reconquest of Ireland would
: be made necessary. Fortunately, the
. new Free State government has met
4. the ultimatum from Westminster sem
. sibly Prompt steps have been taken
against the rebel headquarters. The
= Courts was promptly begun: II the
Free State chamber eventually re-es-
. tablishes Its authority over the rebels.
: the effect on English opinion will be
great duu lIc may iieo
:, the storm without resort to vio-
. lence.
|. The alternative. of course. would be
: a reversion to the policy of force on
:, scale unprecedented in modern his
tory. The Wilson murder played into
: the hands of the Ulster firebrands
: and the empty headed boys of union
. ism. The violence directed against
: the Catholic minority in Ulster Is
. open and notorious. No adequate
- %oly h1-t tha CT ~
= government to protect the wretched
: victims of intolerance. Life in Ulster
for the Catholics is impossible. There
is no apparent remedy but the de-
: -portation of the whole Catholic pop
. ulation. There has been no protest
: from the British to the Ulster author
: tiles. Craig, the Ulster premier, has
the effrontery to deny there is any
, persecution, while 1t is a notorious
fact that it has been in progress for
: two years.
Irreconcilable Orangeman.
Wilson was one Of the most irre
concilable Orangemen and one Of the
chief authors of the rebel movement
of 1914. His murder was more than
a crime: it was a blunder. 1t in
famed the English opinion afresh on
thoughtless reactiopary lines. Thirty
thousands British troops now have
been imported for the defense of
Ulstare. If events go wrong in the
south, it is not difficult to surmiss
what will follow. But it Is very diff
cult to forecast the end Of such tragic
happenings.
Meanwhile. a domestic storm has
broken over the head of Lloyd George
His distribution of titles has outraged
public decency. South Africa for
mally has repud6ated the peerage
granted J. B. Robinson and threatens
to follow Canada's example and re-
fuse royal honors altogether. It
openly is declared that titles are sold
for cash for party purposes. In one
case peerage was given to a man
who had transferred his business to
South America to dodge taxation.
There is universal indignation, but so
far the premier has refused to grant
an inquiry. But the matter is too big
for suppression. The house of lords
probably will take independent ac-
tion. The sale of honors has been a
scandal for years, but never has it
been SO gross an outrage as under the
present government. No man who
respects himself can any longer af-
ford to accept a title.