Evening star., 1924-06-01
CHANCELLOR CHOICE
OF NO IMPORTANCE
England Said to Be Strong Enough
Not to Care About German
Appointment.
ny MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

BY Cable to The Star.
BERLIN, May 31.-It does not mat
ter whether the next German chancel-
Ior is called Marx, Tirpitz, Stegewald
or ANYBODY else. 1t would certainly
be Tirpitz but for fear his name might
endanger the effect of the Dawes
agreement and the all important
loan.
Tirpitz is responsible for German
seizure of Kiochau. for speedy con-
struction of the German navy, for re-
fusing a reasonable ratio agreement
with England. for the blockade ana
for unrestricted submarine warfare
and the sinking of passenger ships
The mere fact that this cunning OLD
fellow. who was Wilhelm's helper In
all his mischief, can be seriously dls-
cussed for the chancellorshlp SHOWS
to what pass the republic has come IN
its sixth year The strongest argu-
ment against Tirpitz is his inoorn
hatred of England. which increases
as he grows older: Yet even ins unis
allied ministers would rather nego-
tiate directly with the widest Ma
tionalist leaders than with politicians
who tremble at those leaders every
frown.
Englnnd's Strength.
England, at the head of the BRIT
ish empire, is so strong tnat sne
could afford to smile beningantly at
a whole squadron of TirpitZes since
they could never secretly reconstruct
the German navy.
This is the outstanding fact as NJ.
Poincare quits the political stage.
England is again master of Europe,
with power perhaps more absolute
than in the seven decades between
Trafalgar and Sedan. As long as the
radical socialist majority rules
France, England has nothing to fear
from the European continent.
Strength can afford to be generous.
Jubaland without payment and may
make treaties with the Czechs and
the Jugoslavs. The little entente
may admit Poland to it's circle. All
this only serves the well arranged
interests of the British empire.
the situation unless they can imagine
Japanese influence penetrating deep
into the American continent on every
side and, constantly acting as arbiter
in local jeaiousies, playing each
tGea tpumpH cards a' An 'efss German as govern nar
ments have failed in their primary
duty, which was direct agreement
with France. All of Germany's deal
ings with France come via London,
inclosed in the same envelope with
neo- wisconsin, now named Macdonald
and Herriot, but it is the old Pax
Britannica with its balance of power
between jealous continental factions
and England using the league of
nations as her scepter.
Impossible to Prosper.
AS Europe can never prosper under
such a regime, the belief grows that
only new wars can clear up the
situation. Small states already are
seeking protective alliances, but mis-
takenly, for If war breaks out again
in the west it will be fought with
the weapons of physics and chemistry,
and army headquarters will be the
laboratory. Under vast concrete
constructions, with miles of galleries,
men, clothed in rubber and hiding
their shame behind gas masks, will
move about gigantic power stations
whence projectiles of quartz, which
alone will resist their deadly chemi-
Gals, will be hurled.
That's what the next war will be
like, and small countries, if they set
earnestly about scientific research,
csh be as powerful as big. ones.
David may easily conquer Goliath.
Even in the last war Dutch pro-
fessors who provided the western
Haber, whose nitrogen saved German
agriculture and also made gas war
possible, were almost more important
than strategists. The generals of the
next war must resemble Edison more
than Foch, and prudent nations
should even now put their war de-
partments in charge of physio-
chemists.
Those who, looking back at the
ancient cultures of Egypt and Hellas,
lose their belief in progress, can find
It here in our scientific barbarian
For mind will conquer howitzers, and
the inventors brain unaided will con-
quer massed battalions.
1t is a pity that the brain is
supreme in war alone. If, we could
put it on our thrones. peace would
no longer be in danger.
(Copyright. 1924.l