Evening star., 1923-02-25
BIZ OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

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| ~ Grim ogre that he Is to all
~ those statesmen who dream Of
undisturbed nationalistic i'm
perialistio enterprise. he at the
moment Is bringing some bad half
hours.
| He is the Same old banshee that
hovered over the conference OF peace
in Paris four years ago. He Is the
same grim shadow that has lurked
in the background in all international
negotiations that have transpired
since. He has become so bold In re-
cent weeks that diplomatic Wash
jington has learned that orders have
! gone forth in certain European capi-
l tails to belt on the sword and fare
| forth into world highways that he
may be forever laid low.
I That which is the banshee to
many Of the statesmen Of Europe,
and particularly Poincare Of France.
but which ceases to be a banshee TO
those who have closely studied the
/ political tides with view OF determin-
ing a single great force that shall
| frustrate undue aggression and keep
international scales at balance, Is
Anglo-American financial and COM
mercial understanding. cooperation
which shall lead to tho closest sort
of action in handling the many Ve1-
| atious problems that have arisen as
a result of the world war.
Power to Enforce Edicts.
With tho two nations being the
great creditor countries. with the two
holding three-fourths OF the raw
products OF tho world, with tho two
adopting increasingly Uniform ideas
as to panaceas, with the two having
given clear-cut example OF how
agreement on major issues can Do
reached as in tho debt settlement
the combined influence OF America
and England is nothing which states
men of other nations can ignore.
| That they are not ignoring 1t and
that dimplomatic agents have been
asked to counteract any tendency to-
yard Anglo-American union Is sur
acient to indicate just how much OF
| a menace any cooperative enoeaEoI
J of the two is to mere natlonalstie
| enterprise. ro.,
L "A
| countries are awakening to the tact
| that with co-ordinated action, Eng
| land and America can haIt nams ,I.ss
| nrotects to which neither can sie
sanction IN view OF thelr oesa d ~.
see definite peace and widespread
constructive processes ushereo IN.
Thay might by the voice OF economics
aione undermine the far flung pont-
icaI preachments Of certain EuroPeSa
statesmen not so prone 10 SoHs
tba veal. internationally speaking.
british and American peoples caite
| 90 Lnow one another better ouIihs
the period OF the war. the bIl.isn
reversed their opinion OF the aFeIas
! American. There was dur1ns Ine xtsd
! and after a feeling Of whole-hearteo
| SeiIoWship for the Americans IN tne
r,,Iinp classes in England and an
| eaper desire for future complete anu
| lasting cooperation with the Chlteo
states In the application OF pana
| desiened to hasten peace and settleo
| order. ,..-a,ca
| the banshee now troubling the
| dreams Of certain European STATES
men first began to make himseil 1el,:
| In. nriyate and public deliberations OF
the MANY issues prevailing Premier
! LLOYD George and President wilson
! almost invariably were found stand
| ing together. Other members or the
| American and British delegations Co
| operated to great measure. with the
ultimate result that the British pur-
| noses and those OF America were bet
| ter understood. England and America
| then stood out against the complete
| }dismemberment Of Germany. Both de-
| manded that Germany pay in full. but
that she be not denuded Of the means
| whe erewith to pay. They jointly in
sisted then and when the influence of
America became less felt British con-
| tinued to insist. The British attitude
In regard to the Ruhr indicates that
this policy never has been forsaken.
| RumblinEs Again Heard.
| But during the period OF framing
the peace English and American CO.
operation In all the major issues gave
fair warning that old-fashioned out
and-out imperialistic enterprise would
not be sanctioned by the two larger
powers, the powers most able to
impress their will IL this will be
| manifest in concrete forms against
selfish desire.
Then as now there were rumblings
against combined Anglo-American
activity In world councils. After the
conference there was less heard.
though 1t ever has been in the back
I During the peace conference Eng
land and America offered France a
| defensive alliance In case of undue
| aggression on the part of the Ger
mans America has never ratified this
| agreement, but England offered to on
several occasions in trade for modifica-
| ton of the far-reaching demands
( upon Germany by France. There is no
| such alliance today because Clemen-
| ceau, BRAND and Poincare successive
| ly refused to go to the lengths neces-
sary to insure Germany's recovery
| with consequent ability to settle the
sum total of reparations demanded in
the treaty Of Versailles.
! From the French viewpoint II is
highly desirable that there be build
| ed alliances with other friendly ma
| tions of Europe to gain adequate pro.
lection against unwarranted moves or
| the Germans. But that France should
| go to such lengths as to form an eco
| nomic and financial bloc Of nations to
| combat tAnglo-American unity-as in
| dicated In q regent dispatch of Paul
Scott Mowerer. the eminent interna-
| tional writer in Paris-may be sur
| prising to those not acquainted with
/ the inner tides. But 1t has been In
the background ever since the war
| ended, as statesmen of other Euro
pean nations have witnessed the con-
| stantly growing tide of friendship be-
| tween the American and British view
| points, the feeling OF good fellowship
| being more or less crystauiZed in the
| recent settlement Of the funding of
Britain's tremendous debt to the
United States.
Agreement Causes Stir.
This success. It is learned from re-
liable sources. created CONSERVATION
In political circles Of Europe, which
have not been as much inclined to
| onoaidar reDayment OF just wartime
obligations as they have the extern