Evening star., 1924-10-20
FOCH CAN SEE NO END TO VARS
UNTIL PEOPLES WANT PEACE
Cites German and Russian Mental attitudes ds
Positire Bars to Laying Do,rn
of arms.

rod of Prussian officials sent from
Berlin.
There are two distinct groups cf
Europe who have been vanduished.
The former. who have suffered much
ard ar" economically ruined, are anX-
iouS to preserve the peace treaties
, which crowned the years bloody Cf-
forts. The latter group is unable 10
stand defeat and is doing its utmost
to destroy the scraps of paper.
Tho Turks succeeded the Germans
and HungarianS in trying to take ad
vantage of every opportunity to make
signed treaties equal to dead letters.
Consequently the map OF Europe
shows two district groups of defeated
central states surrounded by victori-
Gus states. some of which. however,
are too young and inexperienced to
look after themselves. The treaties
| which assured the national existence
of the victors are supposed to have
upheld the society of nations and
were born of the brains of the very
sincere idealist- President Wilson, but
| they are rendered futile by the fact
that the main pillar. the United
States, refused its support.
Policy Of Russia.
The members of this unstable
League of Nations are naturally anx-
ious to preserve peace and willing to
disarm if it We're not for the dangers
! menacing from outside-from Ger
many ard Russia. The former. a
country with democratic facade.
harbors the most reactionary ele-
ments of Europe and cannot forget
the humiliation of her defeat in 1918.
The latter, outlawed among civilized
countries, is not only threatening the
existence of the young border states
created after the war. but is continu-
ing the Pan-Slav policy inaugurated
by Peter the Great of maintaining a
permanent menace to other countries.
We know what to expect from the
Anglo-Saxon and Latin races, be-
cause we know the main characteris-
tics they have shown for many CEN
turtles; but who can understand the
new and rising Slav race? 1t is
hardly two centuries since they be-
came existent as a state, began play
ing their role in world politics and
started their aggressive development
Both these very important nations
do not belong to the League of Ma
of upsetting, If necessary by force.
the treaties which the league has
undertaken to defend. This being
the case, how can one seriously con-
template an early and general dis
armament?
Furthermore, in order to put sin
cerely into effect the great idea of
settling disputes between nations by
other means than by arms. all nations
must be on the same intellectual level
Otherwise, they will not understand
the great humanitarian idea expanded
by the league.
Has Europe reached that stage
vet? I doubt it. Has the ignorant
Russian peasant or the nationalis-
tic minded German bourgeois the
same ideas as the peaceful French
peasant or the English workingman?
Certainly not!
This inequality of education and
thought between the European ma
tions is another serious handicap
which is bound to prevent the full
f1llment of the humanitarian ideas of
the League of Nations"
do you believe that war is i'm
minent?' the writer asked.
The marshal shrugged his shoul-
ders. "I do not know" he answered.
81 do not believe that our generation
will see another general war. But it
will proba bly, see several small wars
and a very general unrest"
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