Evening star., 1924-10-10

treaSlnS in European CiplondtlC cir
rleS.
izing world peace is not merely an
interest" exclaimed Count SkyrZin-
ski: 1T is a necessity
Il agree with you" said Nicolas
PolitiS. The war and the years of
economic and political disequiibrium
(which have followed clearly demon
Strate this truth. Henceforth il may
he taken as automatic All have
something to gain from peace None
can really hope to profit any more
from war and from international dis
order"
Case of the United states.
There really is a common economic
interest" Count SkyrGinski pursued.
The case of the United States proves
il. For nation to have gold. to be
rich in resources. is not enough. II
must also have markets and be rich
Ill customers Otherwise business is
irregular. the great wheels turn less
steadily, the smoke dies away from
the tall chimneys. the farmers har-
vest rots in the barns and there IS no
genuine or lasting prosperity.
Nicolas POlitiS gave a nod OF assent.
while Count SkyrinSlii. warming to
his subject. continued:
As to the common political inter
est OF all nations. who can deny the
great fact of political world Solidar
ity. when two revolver shots al Sera-
jevo 10 years ago could plunge all
. the continents into war" Two re
Noiver shots-and Europe sprang 10
arms. Farthest Asia was shaken by
the thunder Of cannon. From Aus
tralia. Canada and the Cape. hardy
volunteers came forward. la the jun
giles of Africa. obscure battles were
waged. Even the United States was
drawn in. And the peace treaty was
signed by Panama and Brazil.
How much treasure. how many
lives, did those two revolver shots
cost the United States? Yet. like the
United States, most of the nations
aid not want to fight. They were
involved because they could not help
it. Woodrow Wilson did what he
could to keep America out 1t was
no use. The political interrelation
of the world was too compelling.
Americans were driven to arms in
spite of themselves. And what has
happened once may happen again if
nothing is done to prevent it,"
American Aid Essential.
fou mean" I ask ed. that YOU
INK America ought 10 help in your
peace plans
Yes answered Nicolas politis.
with emphasis. We need Americas
cooperation. To accomplish anything
without America is almost impossible.
The United States is prime factor
in world prosperity, and especially
VIC want its political dsinterested-
ness in our European political af-
fairs
We are trying" said Count Skyr-
znskt; we have been trying for sew
eral years. to organize world peace
without America s assistance, for, OF
course. We can't force America TO
cooperate. But it is not easy. We
want the healing support of Amer
lca's great wealth: we want its moral
aid; We want its political aid
ITO be really effective, the guaran-
ties of security on which peace and
disarmament depend must be uni
NerSaL If Russia and Germany stay
out. and especially if the United
states does not come in. we shall go
on trying just the same, but the re-
suit will be that instead of universal
guarantees, in which all may have
equal confidence We shall have to
rely on partial guarantees. In other
words, we shall have merely a new
and more complicated system of par
ticular alliances
knows L. s. Viewpoint
Il know the American point Of
view. Americans fear. naturally
enough, that if they were publicly to
recognize the fact of world solidarity.
they might become involved in com
plicationS which they would prefer TO
avoid. In the earlier stages America
can, indeed, avoid these complications
But when they suddenly tighten and
burst into war, that is another mat
ter. Once the fire is lighted who
knows which way it may be blown?
We are all endang gered we all run the
same risk and il is a risk of some
thing far more serious than diplomatic
complications.
II believe, for my part, that if we
could get a concrete recognition of
world solidarity there w-uld be no
more war. The Germans in 1914 went
to battle with irresistible enthusi-
. aSm, because they felt sure they
would win. They never dreamed that
first Britain, then Italy, then the
United States would be ranged against
them. II they could have foreseen
that. we may be very sure there
would have been no war 4 nation
that knows il will have to fight the
whole world will not dare commit an
aggression.
L. $. Can Change All
do you not see that as long as the
effort to organize peace, Russia and
Germany may feel that they also car
hold off? War then remains possible
But if the United States comes in
with US everything changes. Neither
, Russia nor Germany would dare risk
a. war then. They. too in time, would
come in with us and our real end
which is universally, would be
achieved
uG"Are you implying" | interrupted.
that the United States should Join
the League of Natons-that there Is
no alterna tive--that even America s
promised cooperation with the league
would not be sufficient"
Count Skyrzinski shrugged his
shoulders. Let there be but a formal
announcement of cooperation, a posi-
tive assurance of solidarity. and war
becomes impossible he said. But in
this Nicolas Politis. the jurist, skilled
in International law and in interna-
tional questions, did not wholly con-
cur.
League Would Consider Changes.
"ff American cooperation is to be
really effective" he aid, the United
= States must join the league The
league is the only practical basis for
an international organization. but it