Evening star., 1923-05-27


tho debt. IL she will Intervene. OF
course. she cannot, and Great Britain
cannot intervene In the Ruhr unless
France desires mediation. but the
United States can draw closer to
Great Britain and when the time Is
ripe-and II will be soon-she can
help adjust the affairs of the whole
world. Her influence with the world
is enormous, because Europe knows
she has no desire for monetary or
territorial gain, and IL the voice of
her unofficial observer, Richard WASH
burn Child, at Lausanne, was gravely
important, what would 1t be as an
official participant?
She has agreed to an international
court at The Hague officially. 1t
would deal with the difficulties Of
the world, and why should there be
hesitation to share officially in setting
right the affairs of Europe-as she
has done in the settlement Of the
British debt, by which she gave as
surance of national sense of fair
play. for she does not lend as cheaply
to her own people as she has lent
to Great Britain, and yet her own
people must bear any losses as they
share in any successes she makes.
The world has to face certain
things: reasonable reparations to be
paid by Germany-she should pay to
the last farthing of what she is cap
able. and she must; a financial COM
bination of French and German cap
italists which would not be good for
Europe, for in commerce the German
would outdo the Frenchman, and 1T
could not last. for Germans and
Frenchmen cannot combine save for
the sake of the dollar, and that does
not endure; and a combination of
Germany. France and Russia in the
future to the danger of the world.
What is to be feared now Is q
combination of Russia and Germany.
Russia has an army OF 10000 men
under arms, and millions of trained
men besides, and the German war
national factories can quickly be
turned into use again. and of how
much use would Poland or the little
entente be in the case of another war?
Poland No Safeguard.
France loaned Poland a short time
ago scores Of millions of francs.
Why? To make buffer state against
Russian invasion. But how long could
Poland fight without money. and can
France, which has no real intention
of repaying England her debt. be-
cause she is so poor, support a Polish
hat Of
in the case of another war! II there
is another war, can France with her
S5,000,000 fight successfully against
Gerfnanyss 100000 and Russia's un-
numbered millions? II there is war
again between France and Germany,
England and the United States must
intervene should France be in danger.
and IL that war ever comes the treas
ury of Great Britain will be bankrupt.
She is now privately within 80 per cent
Of bankruptcy. and. unlike France
and the United States. Great Britain
must go abroad for her food and most
Of her raw material. and France. like
the United States, can feed herself.
How can Great Britain pay her debt
to the United States unless her for
efgn trade is restored. and with
France in the Ruhr that Is impossible.
for the trade of Europe has been
raralyzed.
Germans Won't Bow Necks.
France regained in Alsace Lorraine
one Of the largest iron resources of
Europe; but Germany had her Ruhr
coal and she bought her iron from
Sweden and other countries. France
has now control Of Ruhr coal and in