Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-25
Hint of Anglo-German Break
and New Naval Treaty
Reverse Arguments.
AMERICAN REACTION
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
Germany Expected to Force Issue
of Premature Evacuation
of Rhineland.
BY PAUL SCOTT MowRER.

BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
Nv Cable to The Star and CHICAGO Daily
News. Copyright, 1898
PARIS. August 25.--Secretary KEEL
Iogg's arrival i'll Europe comedies with
something very much like a turning
point in world politics.
Has Great Britain definitely ceased
to give diplomatic support to Ger
many2 Has the Franco-German rap
prochement been finally or only
temporarily interrupted? Will the
new sensational Franco British entente
last? How will Italy Germany and
the United States react to this unex-
pected accord of Europe's greatest
naval power with Europes greatest
military power
These questions will form the back
ground to all the private converse
tons which Foreign Minister BRAND,
Premier Poincare and President Dou-
mergue of France, Foreign Minister
Stresemann of Germany and Acting
Foreign Minister Cushendun of Great
Britain and others expect to have
with Secretary Kellogg at the official
lunches and dinners, incident to the
signature of the outlawry- of-war pact.
Reparations Question Involved.
Germany. moreover, shows every
sign of an intention to force France
and Great Britain into the open by
pressing them Immediately for prema-
ture evacuation of the Rhineland. AS
The French feel unable to disassociate
the Rhineland question from the ques-
tons of reparations and war debts, and
as these last questions cannot be set
tied without the United States, 1t is
evident that considerable effort Is
likely to be made to sound the Ameri-
can Secretary of State regarding the
possibilities as he sees them.
Look back few years. Great
Britain was working hard for an under
standing with the United States, was
supporting Germany and Italy, was
trying to tame Soviet Russia by kind
ness, and was wrangling almost con-
stantly with France. What is the sit
uation today2 Between the United
States and Great Britain there is re-
grettable GOODNESS. British diplomacy
for over a year has been engaged In
an immense endeavor To subduc Soviet
Russia by the pressure Of diplomatic
isolation. First Germany. Russia s
ally, became aware that Britain no
longer was sympathetic to German
claims; then Italy discovered that
Britain no longer was sympathetic to
Dictator Mussolini's vast ambitions in
the Balkans and the Near East.
France, on the other hand, which
had painfully worked out close cul-
tural and economic rapprochment
with Germany, abruptly found that the
long desired entente with Great Brit
ain had at last become possible.
Situation Is Reversed.
In short, these changes in British
policy have resulted in corresponding
| changes throughout Europe, and the
situation of few years ago Is nov
| practically reversed.
How does this affect the United
States? In the first place, in connec'
ton with naval disarmament, Both
France and Great Britain strongly deny
that the entente comprises any secre'
agreements for common action of the
| two fleets. Nevertheless, the entente
| If it persists, would make writer
| agreement unnecessary and naval CO.
| operation would be natural. The United
| States Is likely to find hereafter that
!
! against some of our fayorite doctrines
| in disarmament negotiations.
| Moreover. In estimating the number
| and kind OF ships that we need it vii
! doubtless be necessary to take into ac-
| count all Of the contingencies which
| the international political situation
renders probable.
Germany Feels Isolated.
! In the second place there is the Ger
man determination TO force the Rhine
| land issue. Germany, since Great Brit
! aims change Of front and the Interrupt
| ton in the rapprochement with
France, feels herself isolated Some
/ Germans advocate an attempt To re-
/ gain British support by dropping the
| Russian alliance. Most however, merely
state foreb0dingly that If the Anglo
French entente persists Germany must
act accordingly" One such action
! has already occurred
The German government has decided
| TO lay down Immediately new 10000"
| ton cruiser Of precisely the type thai
| Great Britain disiikes SO much In the
! United States Navy.
Another example Of what the Ger
mans mean by acting accordingly" viii
doubtless be given in Paris within u
few days
The German thesis Is that as she has
fulfilled faithfully all her obligations
under the Versailles treaty. and a.
French security Is amply insured by the
League, by the LoCarnO treaties anc
by the Kellogg pact, the allies shoult
quit the Rhinelaud Immediately. Thu
French reply Is that Germany still re-
fuses 10 make LOcarnO pact in east
erTl Europe and the new French frontier
dafenses are not get completed How
ever France Is willing TO considel
evacuation II. for example, German!
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