Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-17
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

new war. Today, in 1926, the war
danger in Europe Is greater than II
yns IL years ago. A. in 1914, when
there was scarcely q European poll
tician desiring war - though they
were all preparing for it---so today
there IL hardly politician who wants
to see the return Of war, though the
events taking place in Europe. when
seen from historical point OF view.
which may break out at any
moment"
He cites what he terms IL new
Alsace- Lorraine problems, any one OF
which might precipitate war, namely:
The Mcneil question. the Wilma ques-
ton, the Danzig-C Corridor question,
the Upper Silesian question, the
Western Ukrainian question, the Ger
man Czech question, the Hungarian
border question. the Southern Tyroi
question, the Italo-Jugoslavia border,
the Albanian question. the Macedo-
Man question and the Bessarabian
question.
II Is noteworthy that the most Of
these vital questions are directly con-
nected with the partition oe Germany
and Austria Hungary. which may ac-
count for their importance in the
mind of this German analyst but, al
lowing fully for all that prejudice,
the analysis Ii received with consider
able respect In Europe. The writer
SThe general impoverishment Of
Europe IL. without any doubt, the
only element that has prevented,
until now, the outbreak Of q Euro
mean war But this obstacle IL not
|ineIrriountable. - : Another peace
guaranty that did not exist in 1914
il the League Of Nations. The league
proved last year that It Is capable OF
preventing war between small states
Of Europe. but It also showed that II
was not sufficiently strong 20 cneck
the imperialism Of the great powers
/ az Europe, ana that It has different
measures for the weak and strong.
| It Is still clearly remembered how the
league surrendered its moral aims ce-
| fore Poland in wilma, before ftaiy IN
| Corfu. before Great Britain in Mosul.
| Therefore the guarantee OF peace
| through the league has to be judged
for the present with much skeptic-
ISM"
The German writer counts italy,
With its innperialistic avowals, az
chief source Of danger. adding: An
incident or crime can lead any DAY 70
the most far-reaching consciousness.
ff. for instance, Miss Gibson, who
made Al, attempt on Mussolini, had
| bAeF, 4 Tyrolese, q Serb, q Greek or
an Albanian, we probably would bel
havine q war now In Southern Eu-'
rome. Thus any mailman can plunge
Europe today into new war-eo
unstable II European peace-only
seven years since the END OF the
World War"
AZ the sole preventive Of war. the
writer advocates e Pan-Eurcpean
peace pact, obligatory arbitrator! ana
dissolution Of all existing pouucal
nrrAn1nents between European states.
! But IL All Europe failed 70 enter the
& Aae,ie and ofen the Locarno Treaty,
Y NOW win Il IS forced into this Pam
Europear pact. and who will enforce
the compulsory ArbltrafionI Right
there. the debate wakes warm
n the Yneantime. dictatorships grow
ntrOn aer III many states. and paper
credits crow weaker. The French
franc. and the Belgian. are now worth
Ieas than one-eiehth OF their face
vai,,es. and upon. the eve Of the efforts
/ cf fhe dictators to stabilize the money
AZ, ~ acld value al merchants and
,ther investors are panic stricken
ovnr thelf Impending losses All the
continent has been dancing over
IidascIai volcano which. aecordipg 20
dry cthles. shows eIene q ttlr1inent
.nnscrl p COME