Evening star., 1925-12-27
ECONOMIC PEACE
NOW HELD NEEDED
Harden Says Political Pacifi-
cation Still Leaves
Great Problem.
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

BN MANIMIIIAN HARDEN.
BY Radio TO The star
BERLIN. December 26.-Europe in
the Middle Ages celebrated the period
between Christmas and Epiphany by
public masquerades in which the he
roes were the prophets of Israel. These
figures marched through the streets
and cathedrals.
Modernizing of the old custom could
he desired for the advent of the season
preceding the second disarmament
conGress-with the appearance in the
parade of all those who. from st.
John the Divine to Sully and Able de
ST. Pierre from Emmanuel Kant 10
Woodrow Wilson. have preached the
blessings of renouncing physical
weapons.
The. danger Of a clerical protest
against names of on-saintly sound is
leSsened by the fact that powerful
leaders of religious orders now occupy
themselves with financial transactions,
with securing an international loan
for churches whose property was lost
as the result of the war.
Sees Pace as Breakneck
More to be feared would he a rush
of candidates for the grateful role of
Deacemaker. Does il not look from
distance AS il the LocarnoiZing of our
continent is achieving breakneck
pace? Sicnor Mussohni. hurdened
with six high offices of state. an
nounceS with astounding franknesS
ltaly's imperialistic demands. Almost
all other European statesmen appear
to he rallyinc around the tricolor from
whose neo-ma sic folds three words
security. arbitration and disarmament
glitter
Denmark. which has long desired 10
diSarm completely. declares il viii do
so soon as the Dano-German treaty
OF arbitration protects the border es
tablished at Versailles in 1919. Nor
ways only continental border is Sc
cured through pact with Sweden.
and Premier Mowinckel, who recently
declared war In be a crime which must
be prevented interna tionally. is ready
to diSarm further the moment the cur
rent from Locarno reaches norI hern
Europe. Swedens Socialist govern
ment would not oppose disarmament.
hut ii cannot go further now because
Russia is an unknown factor.
Russia Still Doubtful.
The plan OF former Premier Erich
Of Finland for northern l., -carno ="
embracing all the countries Of the
Baltic in a union aGainsi any peace.
breaker, can he carried TO execution
only If kussia will Join. instead uf
regarding he union IS ieinp directed
gainst her. And wha- il l;uSsi,; now
aiming at' TIM; has jus, been re~-
dered more uncertain again by the
wearilesS. many-sided activities Of NJ
Tchitcherin. Dav before Yesterday
he endea vored eagerly t. secure
Frances friendship and hence in'ii
rectly. England's. and he appeared
willing to approach the Lncarno
league OF The HAGUE court. YeSter
day he surprised the world by liasty
conclusion of a treair with Turkey,
as a result of which publ opinion in
Great Britain can suspect new intri-
cues in the Orient. excited 10y the
Geneva decision in the NoSul CON
fiict, and new ami dangerous slrnter-
ranean Mohamm ednn activities.
But buffer Tchitcherin trained un-
der the CZariSt regime. is not repre-
sentative of Soviet Russia and now
that globe trotter has returned to
Moscow. il may perhaps soon develop
that his infa allibility is just AS totterinG
as was that of Zinoviev in commu
niSm'S domestic empire-the same Ii
noviev who now is loudly charged
with apostacy from Lenin's evanGel-
ism. The Stains and TrotZkys are
too clever not to see that their Russia
can hope for advantag &c only j peace
full attitude, not from threats of revo-
iutioniZing and war
On the day when the sun dissipates
the blood clouds of eastern menaCes
of war. the la hndran nee to European
will vanish. For German
nationalistS are glad in their hearts
that the Locarno agreement was rati
fed and they are trying To regain in
the next government & place commen-
Surate with the strength Of their
party.
This desire and the wish of rreSi-
dent Hindenhurg and Herr Luther t.
fulhll il are the reason why building
Il cabinet takes 50 long. Without
showing undue optimism one can as
Serj that the aspects for poitiCal
peace were never So favorable aS they
are al This year end.
The difficulty comes from economic
pacitication. which alone will restore
To Europe certainty of permanent eN-
istenCe. This is tomorrow grave
problem. This Christmas-time Eu-
rope can draw its breath and listen to
the aCe-old song Of the shepherds "f
the coming of peace. to men good viii.
tCopyrl-ht. 1921