The Washington times., 1923-11-10
j. s. ATTITUDE
ON EUROPE
CHANGES
Factions Now Divided, How
ever, on Proper Way to
Proceed.
By WILLIAM HARD.

By WILLIAM HARD.
In the underneath" Of Washing
ton, where things simmer along for
months before breaking out into viSi-
bic events. the one great new ex-
plosion now preparing is violent
open conflict between those states.
men who wish to help Europe by
helping Germany or Britain and
those who wish to help Europe by
helping France.
The Hughes reparation calculation
committee proposal is having do
nestle consequences in Washington
fully as deep as it's foreign conse-
Quences in London, Paris or Berlin.
1t is immensely Fastening the
development which was already
under way toward bringing the
debates Of Europe into America as
well as the helpfulness of America
into Europe.
Factions Differ Yet.
A short time ago in Washington,
In connection with foreign affairs,
there were only two factions: the
help Europe" faction and the
stay out Of Europe" faction. Now,
in the private conversations,
which presently will become public
alterations, there are the follow
ing factions:
The help Europe by checking
the French" faction.
The help Europe by. aiding the
French to check the Germans"
faction.
The ''help Europe by facing the
world with our hands in the hands
Of our cousins the British" faction.
The stay out of Europe" but
SAY that the French are wrong"
faction.
The stay out of Europe, but say
that the French are right" faction.
The stay out Of Europe, but
wait for the chance to suddenly side
with the English against the
French" faction.
Faction Diminishing.
The straightaway stay out Of !
Europe and have no opinions about
European quarrels" faction,
This last faction seems to be at
least temporarily diminishing. The
absolutely simon-pure ''irreconcil. |
able,'' who would not touch Europe
even with his opinions, is really in
danger now of becoming actually
extinct. Today virtually all Wash
ingtonians, 1irreconcilables' and
"interventionists,' '1eaguers" and
..anti-leaguers." ''go-in-ers" and
''stay-out-ers," are united on one
proposition:
Congress this winter will fight
the battles OF Europe to the last
bleeding word.
Congress Will Argue.
Congressman Hamilton Fisk Ct |
New York will show that the
French are to blame. Senator
David Aiken Reed of Pennsylvania
will show that the French are not
to blame. He has already shown
1t. Congressman Fisk, however, IS
going up into Pennsylvania within
q few days to show the contrary.
Congressman A. Piatt Andrew of
Massachusetts,, who served four
years and a half in the French and
American armies during the world |
war, and who got the croix de |
guerra, agrees with Senator Reed. |
Congressman Fish, however, also
got the croix de guerre and dis |
agrees with them both
Southerners Changed.
Several Southern Senators went |
ever to France very pro-French and
remained so until they saw the |
French colored troops. The French |
told them that these colored troops |
were not negroes, but "Berbers." |
The Southern Senators saw only |
these troops. called "Berbers." were
colored, and that the Germans, |
called Huns" were white. Now |
they are anti-French and wish to |
hay so.
The ''stay out of Europe but say |
that the French are wrong faction !
IL large and is growing. Several |
Democratic Senators who once were |
"Leaguers" are adherents of this |
faction now in their talk in their |
offices and presently will be ad- |
herent of it on the Senate floor.
A Stormy Position.
The help Europe by checking
the French" faction is fairly power
full and is earnestly in favor of the |
Hughes reparation calculation COM
mittee proposal. The informed ad- !
herents of this faction know that
our informal representatives have
continuously taken a view much |
more pro-British than pro-French.
They feel confident that our
representatives in the reparation
calculation committee, being ap-
pointed from the same source, will
follow the same policy. They ex-
pect the reparation calculation com
mittee to bring the Americans and
the British closer together to check
the French, and they support the
Hughes proposal accordingly.
Holding Back.
We help Europe by aiding the
French to check the Gernons" fac