Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
France and the Specter
Ever Since Versailles

Rhineland, nor of reconstructing forth
fications at your gates. But we have no
designs to take back Alsace and Lor-
ralne. You can sleep in peace. It is
only across there, right across there, a
long way from you, in the extreme east
OF Europe, that we claim an adjust
ment. We have got the Saar belong
ing to us, in spite of the treaty, and it
Is coming back to us. Then there are
Eupen and Malmedy, the Walloon racial
composition Of which M. Renard. the
former Socialist Senator for Liege. has
failed materially in his recent work to
substantiate, and which we shall know
now to take away from Belgium when
the time seems proper There is
austria, too, as German as Zurich.
ana which we propose consequently to
absorb. But SUFFICIENT unto the day /"
at present we are concerned only
With the corridor and with Upper
Silesia. What have you to complain
ITSELF and the covenant it Incorporates
allow us, according to article 10, to
bring up for revision, on determined
point, an existing treaty?"
Reservations Pointed Out.
Herr Treviranus goes further. Read
Tor yourselves again." he tells us. "the
treaties signed at Locarno on the
18th of October. 1928. You will see.
IN the first place, that there are reser-
vations, in article of the Rhine pact.
concerning all rights and obligations
written down In the covenant. We have
thus maintained the right to draw GER
tain advantages at some date, from
article 10. Then again, turn to cur
arbitration pact with Poland. It is not
In the text itself of the convention, but
only In the preamble that we have
promised not to use violence
Moreover, from all appearances, Herr
IreV1ranus seems to have this idea at
the back of his mind: I'VE are not
naive enough to forget that, according
to the decisions of The Hague Court
agreements not figuring in the body of
treaty but only IN its preamble are not
legally binding. This leaves us with full
power to bring about change, in our
manner, in the east"
Be that as 1t may. But let it not be
forgotten that after Locarno GERMANY
signed the Briand-Kellogg pact. And
on the day that she signed she Joined in
the universal choir which l1eralded the
advent OF new era for the human
race and declared war outlawed. In no
circumstances now can she resort to
arms without dishonoring herself. OF
49, OWA SAAOAOCY oAAC HAS 0epTlVeQ nerS
self of this means. Her only loophole
OF escape from her treaties, in the east
as much as In the west, is article 10.
No Time for Joking.
That is quite suficient for us. This
is no time for joking. Germany's lead
ers know quite well, In the first place.
that article 10 can be called up only
IN the cases of treaty which has be-
come inapplicable," or of an interna-
tional situation which "jeopardizes the
peace of the world"
What at the present moment is dam
gerous for the peace Of the world Is not
the maintenance of eastern frontiers.
but Germany's obstinate determination
to upset them. And again, before
article 10, there is in the covenant an
article 5. according to which the de-
ciSionS OF the assembly or of the coun-
Gil must be unanimous. Thus, article
10 can apply only If the assembly Is
unanimous in declaring It applicable.
And, finally, supposing the Assem-
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