The New York herald., 1922-10-08

II she stands alone and still lessfif she
Is challenged and thwartad in tina: =
policy by those who We're her friends.
The plain man in England has
bone to pick with France, for the rea-
son that the pro-Turlxish sympathies
OF France went so far that they he
came ti-European and the action of
the enemy was something like a stab
in the back to Great Britain and to
the young British soldiers in the
trenches facing the Turk, and not
too numerous. Mustapha Kemal would
not have dared play so arrogant part
If England France and Italy had pre-
sented united front both before and
after the destruction of Smyrna. It
was partly Englands fault that that
did not happen, but it was lamentable,
anyhow. to say the least of it. that the.
French Government tore up the treaty
of Sevres. which they had signed, and
made a separate treaty with Mustapha
Kemal without any consultation or
agreement with Great Britain or any
attempt in that direction.
Europe Must Stand Together
or Face Ultimate Ruin
There is one enormous lesson to be
learned from these humiliating and
tragic events. Europe must stand to-
gether in the face OF any common.
menace or suffer further humiliation,
and in my judgment ultimate ruin; for
the British Empire. strong though II
still is. will be unable to make peace
prevail or to maintain authority and
order east and west II it is deserted
and stands alone And without peace
there will be no health in Europe and
no recovery. Asia waits for Europe's
weakness. japan is watching Russia
is active.
There are caldrons seething in the
underworld. 1t is urgent that France
and Great Britain should settle their
differences with each other and with
Germany and play the part of good
Europeans. The hostility of France to
England on many points of policy is
so acute that such hope seems distant
and / am bound to say that France has
not played the game as well. as we
might have expected after such great
sacrifices together. 1t is needless to
add that every F'renchman thinks the
same thing of England.
But what of America in all this? rs
the United States so utterly aloof from
world interests that she will not lift
a little finger to help us or throw the
weight of her influence by any word
OF friendship and advice to the side
of those who work for peace? There
are Americans who tell me so, and re-
cent acts like the Fordney tariff seem
to point to an American policy of
exclusion. I utterly refuse to believe
that. l am convinced in my soul that
il the British Empire has to put UP a
fight against fate on the side of world
order and for interests which are not
selfish but universal, the American
people may be counted on. ! am cer-
tain that If the British people are hard
pressed in a struggle for civilization
against anarchy and for the Western
World against the East the United
States will answer her call with the
full strength of her power. 1t may
come TO that.
Indeed think 1t Is only the United
States that can prevent many Of these
dangers ahead. But associating her
self. not In a military way but by
moral pressure with the forces Of
peace in Europe, with the claims Of
justice and equity and with diplomatic
arbitration, America can even now
help enormously. BY standing silent
and aloof she will not be friend OF
Europe but an enemy. and that can
not believe Is in the heart of the
American people.
Copyright. 1922. by The Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.