Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
BRANDS FALL DECLARED
DUE TO SNOWDEN'S COURSE
British Chancellor Worked for Nations
Triumph at Hague, French Premier
for European Solidarity

Ladder and Blum, as Marin, Maginot
and Mandel head the Right parties.
In 1924 this combination, the Cartel
DIES Gauches upset Poincare and made
Herriot prime minister, but it collapsed
in the face of the financial crisis Of
1926, when Poincare had to be recalled
to save the franc. At the last general
so indecisive that neither the Right nor
the Left can count safe or lasting
majority, and the whole situation Is
floating.
further complication is added by
the fact that the Left is naturally SYM
pathetic with Brands policy of con-
Citation and concession, while the
Right is just as instinctively suspicious
and hostile. Nevertheless the Left has
long been eager to get back into ONCE,
to get rid OF the Right cabinet which
surrounded BRAND and put its own men
in power. That is why it joined hands
with the Right in the recent crisis. AS
for the Right, it seized upon the Snow
den episode to unseat BRAND, because
1t was hostile to his whole conception.
AS the situation now stands 1t is
equally possible to form a temporary
cabinet by combination of the Radi-
cal Socialists of the Left with the Mod
crate group-constituting a center and
holding the balance of power-or by a
combination of the Right and this same
center. But in either case the founda-
ton. would be slight and the prospects
OF survival small. In either case Bri-
and might be minister Of foreign af-
fairs, but in both he would be in diff
hcult situation, and his hands would
be too completely tied for him to ven
ture any such concessions at. saw. fhs
London conference, as he did at The
Hague.
Illness Opened Door.
For more than three years there has
oeen a sort OF tacit truce in French
politics so far as foreign affairs are
concerned. The combined prestige of
Poincare and BRAND has discouraged
partisan operations But Poincare,s
withdrawal as a result of bad health
opened the door and Brands loss of
prestige at The Hague completed the
disaster. '--S
Moreover, one must perceive clearly
That the overthrow of BRAND following
the death of Stresemann is bound to
nave reciprocal consequences alike in
france and Germany.
Thus, without undertaking to indulre
IN any exaggerated pessimism it must
be stated that both the Young Plan and
the naval conference have been placed
IN real jeopardy. At The Hague. Snow
den hung q brick into the long tram
quill pool of European affairs and the
waves it stirred up are still spreading
in all directions.
Five years ago, at the moment when
Macdonald took Office before, he ex-
planned to me in long talk I had with
him In the House of Commons that no
progress toward peace would be possible
In Europe until new atmosphere was
created. International conference has
become a battle for points" he re-
marked. It was the supreme triumph
OF his brief stay in ONCE, before, that he
did create new atmosphere But It As
not less supreme misfortune for him
that, on the threshold of q new min
tstry the action Of one Of his cabinet
associates has resulted In the restora-
ton OF the older and evil atmosphere
which he so correctly analysed in 1924.
(Copyright, 1921