The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-19

 900, 900 naper marbs) and would like to treat this lawsuit" like a private one wherein the duty of the debtor is above discussion. Yet in south east Europe and in Asia Minor she is willing to abandon her paper money for a reality because it is to her advantage so to do. Therefore she rejoices over the Reading MontaEu- Curzon episode which. 1t is possible may result in the restoration of Con stantinople, Thrace and Smyrna to Turkey, meaning that large and i'm portant districts would continue un- der sterile Turkish rule merely be- cause Britain's Mohammedans and Frances Islam empire otherwise might rebel.
 Negative Proofs Useless
 Negative proofs of the weakness of the treaty of Versailles arc useless to the French peasant. who. after all, never would abandon his cred itor's right. And. in the end. he is the decisive factor in French poli- tics. Instead of explaining to him how theoretical realities cannot be forced into treaty formulas, he must be shown in practical way how con sessions will make for his own and his country's prosperity In this same connection. Germany's daily bursts of rage over the treaty in- justice equally are worthless.
 President Marzaryk of Czecho- Slovakia today is the wisest ruler of an European state. With Premier Benes he has reached the right conclu- sion. Economic unity is being worked out between thes Czecho- -Siovak- Serbo, Roumsnian and Polish-Rations. N.tt If.r l,t f- s~T toward system of reasonable mod ern politics from which something like miniature United States yet may be formed. Europe must abandon her expenditures for government in the maintenance of her fleets and armies if she desires to secure outside credits or international consideration. Until she does this, she cannot hope. to re- cover from the effects of the war or ever to become strong enough to defend herself against the arts of the Moscow government
 Music Not Sweet
 The duet from America and Russia has been registered throughout Eu- rope. True, it has not sounded so sweet as the strains from the throat of Mime. Jeritisas or from that of Eenrieo Caruso's heir. The voice of MT. Hughes very frankly says:
 We cannot accept the Genoa invi- tation because your program excludes certain important economic questions, and to us, it seems entirely political. America does not wish to mingle in Europe's politics. neither does she de- sire to acknowledge the Russian so- viets as equals"
 Simultaneously the representative of the United States filed the claim for the expenses of the American army of occupation on the Rhine.
 From Moscow came the voice of Lenine. He tells the world that should tho proposed Genoa conference be postponed or abandoned, there must result danger of renewed war. His associate, Trotzky. passed the word through his subordinate commanders to emphasize this to every soldier of Russia, adding:
 We are not afraid of the capital istic threats We only laush at them. The capitalistic states need us as mue4i as we need them. But we won't be tricked. We refuse to accept con ditfons which give us a worse posi- tion than any other nation in the world"
 Would Be Boxing Match
 Unless the world powers shall unitediy make it plain, to Moscow, in polite but unmistakabIe language. that Russia has no right to ask world chrity for 30,eoo, 900 starving people