Evening star., 1925-01-04
ALLIES COLOGNE STAND
AIDS BERLIN ,JUNKERS
German Nationalism Gets Battle Cry.
Future Peaceful Agreements
Believed Retarded.

tolerate outcroppinGs of that brand
of nationalism whish might throw
Europe in an uproar again.
AS matter of fact, Premier Her
riot could not. in the face of the
nterallied control commission report,
risk antagonizing his greatest foes.
The Herriot government would give
the French Nationalists mighty good
ammunition for attack IL his actions
in the Ruhr should make II appear
that Germany was having her way
in preparing for war of revenge.
Justly or unjustly, the Nationalists
would make this outcry and IT prob
ably would be effective. The British
government finds Mr.. Herriot much
easier to deal with than Poincare
and much more has been accom-
plished through cooperative en-
deavor than during that period when
the French pursued their own way
to the complete disinterest of Lon
don. so it is but natural that the
British government should want TO
make concession to Herriot until in
ternational matters are further
cleared up. In the meantime IL will
not give French Nationalists encour-
agement.
British Would Go Slow.
In taking the stand it has, the Brit
ish government, cognizant of possi-
Bile harm done to the cause of Ger
manic cooperation, possibly felt that
the antagonisms to be stirred up
would be of transitery character
Eventually they may be, but unques-
tfonably the peoples of Germany have
~been stirred to new dudgeon, while
the industrialists and financial inter-
ests of England have assailed the
government for taking any step an
tagonistic to the perpetuation of the
closest sort of commercial rela ations
between the two countries. When the
British government began to realize
the trade treaty with Germany, which
can become effective in two to three
months by ratification by the Reichs-
tag at its coming session. might be
endangered. the government imme-
diately notified the French to go
slowly on the general tone of the
communication to Germany notifying
that nation of the allies intention to
continue its occupation of Cologne
further than January 10.
AS result this notification may
be modified to a considerable degree
so as to soften it's evil effects. Great
Britain also may go so far as to
notify Germany that continued oc-
cupation is but temporary and that
their evacuation of the Ruhr dJrinS z
the course of the coming year as
promised by Herriot, Britain will
handle the situation individually. But
tho Germans cannot take much heart
in this, inasmuch as it is exceedingly
unlikely that Britain ever would for
sake Rhineland occupations, though
they be of limited proportions, until
the French have fallen back out of
Germany. Frankly the British be-
lieve that as long as their own
forces are in Germany they have
trading advantage with the French
in the question of settlements with
Germany. Furthermore, it is argued
in London, if the British quit their
position and the French are forced
to take it over by virtue of their
situation in the Rhineland and the
Ruhr, there is no telling when tie
French mlsht retire. At the present
juncture the British can insis. that
the French maintain their promise
to Germany to quit the Ruhr during
the year 1925, thereby enhancing the
chance of fulflllment of the Dawes
plan. With exclusive French occu-
patton, with others not to be con-
sidered, the British argue tho French
could seize upon any pretext to re-
main indefinitely. The British now
are in position to maneuver things
more in line with their way of think
Ting. Away from the Rhine the odds
would be- against them.
Might Remove Sting.
If the Germans can be made to
understand this, at the same time be
given some promises of future CO.
operative endeavor, much of the sting