Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-17

The late World War, according to
high authority. was fought for two
distinct objectives: To make the world
safe for democracy and TO end al
wars. The allies and their aseo-
ciates who avowed these aims were
victorious, hence one should expect TO
find the alleged detectives wen es.
tablished. A review Of today's state
Of the world may be check.up on
the accomplishments aforesaid. How
well established Is democracy? How
safe is the world against revival of
world war?
Italy Is under Muss0lini, dictator
Greece Is under PanGalos, Q dictator
Poland il under Dictator Pilsudski.
Spain obeys Rivera. dictator, Bel.
gium--brave little kinGdom-has been
ObliRed to give absolute dictatorial
power to her King Albert, in order to
save her finances from utter bank.
ruptcy: France ID seriously consider
ing doing the same by making her
minister of finance, Caillaux, financial
dictator, although yesterday her Par.
lament baked at the proposal. Tur-
key, after her defeat in the war,
changed her government from king.
dom 20 a republic, but, day or two
arc, discovered q revolution about to
atart with a. conspiracy TO Assassinate
President Renal, and 20 she hanged
IL prominent statesmen upon the pub
lie streets Of Sn1yrna--to make Tur-
KEY safe for democracy" Pangalos,
dictator of Greece. issues DEGREES OF
banishment against his political op-
ponents to add safety to Grecian
democracy. Pilsudski attempts to dis
solve the Polish Parliament and over
turn his own appointed President, to
make democracy secure in Poland.
Mussolini puts the clamps upon free
speech and the free press to prove
how weak Ii that government of the
people, by the people. and how safe
is the state, because the state, it i
himself"
The Russian car is no more
neither IL the Soviet Republic, for, u
place OF both. there stands the die
tatorial power of the few self-estab
iished rulers, and democracy -
mOckery.
whittier has gone the first objec.
tive OF the ''war to make the world
safe for democracy?
a democracy IS defined by the
standard Dictionary a. follows: "A
IN which the people,
as 8 whole. legislake And choose execu-
tive and judicial ofacers ID, directly,
as in some OF the ancient Greek
states and many towns in the United
States (pure den1ocracy), or, I'd,
through elected Representatives. as IN
every state Of the United States (dem-
0cratic republic).
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The great '.wai- to end warsH Has
II ended then2 IN Asia Minor? In
Africa? In China? An article written
by 3, German named r. ~. Couden.
hove alergi. and published In the
yossisclie Zeitung, contains this state
ment a the writer's conclusion, after
n fliIl analysis OF the situation: This
chaos of treaties, alliances and semi
FINANCES creAfeSsa situation which Is
I1ors dangerous than the situation in
4 such 81 ! statement coming from
Germany might easily be discounted
AZ mere aiaffrfiek or peesimistic, but
II a Endorsed by the American Am
baAeador 10 France, Mr.. Myr0n a.
Herf4clk. as AN interesting and per-
tinent article regarding European
political alignment lie. s
ID VIII be remembered that although
prophets had been uttering direful
|fofeboiirgB for years before the out.
break 81 the 1914 war. when the ca
tAstrophe did arrive, It started most
unexpectedly In q most unforeseen
corner of the continent
The German writer opens his review
u ~. t,s ~, 80 go