Evening star., 1925-11-01

months been nerve racking History
! affords many instances Of the lament
able effects of panic in the face of
vague underlined dangers of humane,
| brave and normally sensible men.
| But If the above cited accounts are
correct, the result of that Damascus
episode will be terribly embarrassing
to the French; the French position
with respect to the world of Islam
will be sadly prejudiced.
Gen. Sarrail has been summoned to
! Paris to furnish explanations. 1t is
| understood that he will be replaced as
| high commissioner by a civilian.
| Germany.-The spicy development
! of the week was the resignation Of
the German cabinet OF it's three Ma
tionalist members, on the ground that
the result Of the Locarno treaties at
present available is not acceptable to
| the Nationalist party
The above has the familiar junker
flavor. The hidden meaning is that the
Locarno instrument should be signed
or ratified prior to allied compliance
with certain well known Nationalist
demands; as. evacuation Of the Cologns
area, allied certiflcation of German
fulfillment Of the disarmament clauses
of the treaty, an end to allied military
| control in Germany and a pledge that
league military control shall not be
exercised and end to restrictions on
| aviation, etc.
The Nationalists crate about 1.-THE
spirit of Locarno."
They are waiting for results Of that
spirit not yet available"
Perhaps. they seem to hint, unwrit-
ten promises were made to the Ger
man delegates at Locarpoe fulfllment
OF which would make possible Nation
alist adhesion to the Locarno instru-
ments. It's up to the allies, they say,
to carry out 1.-The spirit of Locarno";
that Is, to hand them (the Nationalists)
all they ask for. and then everything
will be quite "hunky dory.' One Won
ders whether this Nationalist gesture
will make popular appeal, resulting
in embarrassing pressure on the gov
ernment. And. after all. there is such
a thing as "the spirit of Locarno."
though not in the Nationalist sense.
Chancellor Luther has been heard to
speak Of logical consequences of the
| conference, and one would like to
know just what he means
| President Hindenburg, upon the
resignation Of the Nationalist min
listers, acted with his customary good
| sense. He accepted the resignation
and urged Chancellor Luther to carry
| on for the present with q rump cab.
met. and the chancellor consented.
| Three Of the ministers doubled their
| burdens by taking over the resigned
portfolios. The development of the
Socialists attitude is awaited with in.
terest. They approve the Locarno In.
struments. but being violently opposed
to the Luther government on internal
issues they may improve the occasion
to bring about general elections. With
their support two-thirds majority In
the present Reichstag for the Locarno
instruments seems a strong posi-.
bility.
Greece and Bulgaria.-It is scarcely
worth while to go into details of the
Greco-Bulgarian imbroglio. At the in.
stance Of the league council, military
representatives Of Britain, France and
| Italy have been sent to the Greco.
Bulgarian border to collect informa.
ton and report developments, and a
league commission will soon repair
thither for thorough investigation.
We shall know from them how the
foolish row started, what lies have
been told, and all that.
The League Council met at Paris on
| Monday and Immediately issued the
following directions:
"ta) Within "a hours the council
must have official information that
the Bulgarian and Greek governments
have ordered their troops to withdraw
behind their respective frontiers:
''(b) Within 60 hours the council