Evening star., 1924-10-05
BRITAIN AND JAPAN
ATTITUDE RAPED
Blamed for Work Left Un-
done by League-Continent
Powers Praised.
BY WILLIAM BIRD.

BY WILLIAM BIRD.
BY cable To The Star.
PARIS, October What was aC-
complished at Geneva was due wholly
to the continental powers. What was
left undone can he blamed on two
outSiders-Japan and England.
The Japanese were franker than
the British. who instead of coming
out flatly with objections to the con-
tinental plan Of "A league enforced
peace. used Italy (who is dependent
on British sea power in the Mediter-
ranean)' as catspaw to rake the
British cheStnutS out of the fire and
prevent any Semblance of a continent
tai super-statc. Or, in other words. OF
a united Europe.
However a ter all. England has
traditionally interfered to divide the
continental II" UonS against each
other. which affords her some excuse
for continuing. What is the result?
1t is that wars are not outlawed. but
legaliZcd.
Way Help 1. :. plan.
II WIFI not he surprisin" il this in
"t,-Ir leads toward adoption of the
.>latricda conception OF regional
agreements instead of a worldwide
league America HIS declined to al
low foreign interference in the set.
tirment of purely American disputes.
Should amy European nation insist on
Il yolHe i'll the PAN American confer
srca for example. WASHINGTON would
hrrk Similarly. the feeling grows on
trn continent that participation by
n,I-gt ntlneutal nations whether ia
pan. England or America, cannot help
being detrimental TO ContInentai con-
cord.
~ - I,
had a direct part in III. deliberations
at Geneva md those who hope p"lItI-
callY To profit from them is dlSap-
pointed in the Geneva achievement
But this does not mean that there is
any despair .. accomplishing more.
Indeed this latest attempt at agree
meut has shown precisely where the
obstacles lie And parallel with
Cieueva'S failure To adoI't solution
which. Tor example, would satisfy
Frances need for security and per
NIT discussion OF diSai mrrntnt. there
are negotiations in progress Tor an
extensive tranyo-Gelmdn commercial
treaty, which, if they succeed. will
alone do NOR" I" insure peace than
the piou> pact signed 10y thrt.-fourths
of the civilized world.
F'Icr. II Diplomats View.
y French diplomat To whom The
writer talked today put It thi, way.
If II takes the r"ui,S tive or SIN
months to convict TWO muru,r"rS VIII"
pleaded guilty. how viii YOU get u
Judicial settlt ment in an lutcl ha
tional conflict in whi,h there are not
only juridical but highly compii"at-d
histoI ioal, economic and sociuIoe zeal
tactolS involved within any reason
ably satisfactory period of time
This may be taken as a general
criticism Of the whole system of re-
ferring international disputes TO d
tribunal instead of guarantecing &
against disputes by eliminating the
economic riValrieS and sociological
injustice from which they arise, and
will explain why European pacitists
Gus ed in the best ScnSe) seek Il Solu-
tion rather i'll economic co-opera-
tion between countries havin" COM
mon interests than in providing q
judicial means of settling quarreis.
Europe is less idealistic than An
glo-SaXon countries. and there is lit
tie belief that even economic CO.
operation will abolish wal altogether
A best il would only render war be-
tween cooperating parties unlike ely
Regional agreements would tend to-
ward Il system Of larger units replar-
ing the present system of many single
nations, none Of which are econom-
iCally Self-contained.
In short. without outside interfer-
ence the league could at least have
partly guaranteed continental peace
Thanks to Japan and England the re
suit is thu" far negative.
hopyri=hr. 1874. Icy Consolidated Press,