Evening star., 1924-11-09
KN0TTy DIPLOMACY
FACED BY TORIES
Peace Protocol, Turk Row,
Russia, French Relations
Up for Decisions.

BY Cable to The star and New York World
Copyright, 1924.
LONDON, November s.--British for.
clgn 20 icy continues unchanged wha t.
ever party constitutes the government
in London. in theory. Even when
Tories and Liberals alternated in of
lice, this was not a together true in
practice. And now that Ramsay Mac.
Donald. as Labor's foreign minister
has been succeeded by a Tory. the
repercussions will be felt over mos,
OF the world. Reations between
s.:,:.s Of The empire and beween the
United States a,lI Great Britain are
Unlikely to be in any way affected
MacDonald's GREAT feat in office was
fhe ach!ever ent of what diplomatists
call detente" in Britain'S re 'ations
with France. Curzon and Poincart
had carried their quarrel to a pitch
or language and temper that must
nave meant war between any two
great nations that had not so recent y
oied themselves white. The sympath,
between tht two Labor governments
IN London and Paris, above all the
success of the London conference, with
the adoption of the Dawes report anC
the alec .nent to evacuate the Ruhr
nave brought France and Britain near
er together than they have been since
ieorFe are both hated and distrus. &c
IN france VIII the return of the
1orleS to .ower result in new disputes
and new tension?
Must Settle Up Soon,
Next month the allied finance minis.
rerS IN Paris must seek to a locate he.
tween the allies the reparation pro.
ceeds under the Dawes plan This
vi give rise to formidable and com.
pitcated disputes. In these the United
states, with its claim for priority nav.
ment of our Rhine occupation costs
must take cart France and Belgium
viii seek to make their Ruhr expenses
priority claim, and this will be at.
tacked by Britain. Most serious of al,
Ihder arran~ements made by MacDon.
aIu and Herriot. the whole problem
or lnterallied debt viii arise in con.
hectlon with reparatious, and there is
undoubtedly growing feeling in this
ountry that France must be induced
70 iund the $500. 900 600 she ouas
i'rltaln and at least commence payine
interest. p''' III
mere are pessimists in high circle.
VINO contend the success of the Lon.
''oh conference was illusory anf
hat the Dawes report will break
h'"h almost at once. no ton the OBJ
Htac1 OF German incapacily or un.
NAlnSnesS to pay. but on the in
Nnliity OF the allies to divide the
SpoliS among themselves. 1t is too
soon to predict the policy OF the nex
IoNernme ut toward these great
issues, but the guess may be hazardeC
mat a Tory government in Londor
VII be unable 10 deal with French
radical cabinet without tenn ,ra
mental and physiological difficulties
that would not have embarrassed
Macdonald
Troubles Within Empire.
Troubles within the empire are also
coming TO the fore. Macdonald has
managed to worry a.ong eight
months without giving anvthins
away or taking any positive steps in
india or Egypt Reports from both
countries Indicate the existence of the
Labor government here encouraged
tho extremists and created difficulties
that must soon be faced. Both Egyp-
tfan and Indian nationals $. beIiev-
ing Labor i'll office meant weakness
abroad have redoubIcd their anti
british activities, and are not likely
TO settle down aCefully because
their old enemies are again in office
in Whitehall.
Macdonald fatty declined TO recogc
nlze the claim Of the nominally indie
pend mt Egyptian kingdom to the
Sudan. and he backed up the urgent
represent tions of the imperial gen
"ral staff by declining to withdraw W
British troops from the Suez Canal or
from Cairo. The gen raj staff in a
secret memorandum reported, it is un-
derStood, that whatever happened,
mill airy control of the canal, the
Jugular vein Of the empire, must be
continued, and that to withdraw
troops from the interior of Egypt is
strategically Impossible, because the
British communications with the Su-
dan would hus be cut. Macdonald,
80 far as Egypt is concerned, has thus
acted as the Tori-S would wish, and
lie leaves his successor the problem
Of dealing with the rising tide of
Egyptian national feeling. l have
met sober Egyptian permanent Of
fcials home on leave, " no are con
inced that before year Is out
wholesale bloodshed will result. ne
cessita ing st-rn punitive measures
nv the army oC occupation and pos
".by restoration of the British pro-
iectorate.
Indian Problems Serious.
India affords a more serious prob
lem. In Beng !, the revolutionary
movement under the guidance of {.
Il. DaS has become formldable; thI
ma jority in the Indian Parliament is
seeking to obstruct British rule in
every way possible. The loyalty of
some of the Indian troops is doubted.
Macdonald the pacifist, had enjoyed
such intimate relations with some of
II he Indian SwarajiSts that Macdonald
the foreign minister felt it necessary
10 address his old friends stern
warning that nothing could be won
from Britain by force. And during
the Labor administration no open
concessions have been made to the
Indian demands.
Nevertheless, according to the
Tories. there has been noticeable in
the Indian administration a weakness
that has dangerously aroused the eX-
tremist element. If serious trouble
breaks out in India in the near future
rs seems highly probable, the neXt
government will take strong meas
lures to put it down, and will blame
Labor. probably unfairly, for the
outbreak.
Relations with the dominions bring
up a different set of problems. Al
the last imperial conference, while
Baldwin was in office, it was agreed
10 extent imperial preference to tn,
dominons on articles of foodstuffs
but abor, with Liberal support afteI
the free trade victory at the election
last year, vetoed these arrangements
But there has been much i'll feeling ir
consequence in Canada and Australia