Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
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But European people realize that no nation
can live alone and also, that they are so
dependent upon each others goods and good
will that some form of union must eventually
take place
THE verbal outbreaks and storms which
occur in Europe from time to time may best
be described growing pains, Europe is rap
idly growing into new and unaccustomed
frame of mind and new and unaccuStomed
relationship.
THE people are determined to have peace;
but nothing can be more natural than that
such process of growth be accompanied by
those expressions and emotions which in the
case of the individual are described as growing
pains.
Everybody lost the war aid nobody won it.
This fact is generally accepted, and the men
of light and leading do not propose TO have
another war to lose They realize perfectly well
that in the traditional racial, religious, lin
guistic, economic and political frictions and
antagonisms Of Eastern and Southeastern Eu-
rope there are seeds of many difficulties. But
they do not propose to have another world
wide confiagration set going by another pistol
shot at Sarajevo or by any bomb thrown by
casual disturber of the peace
"They are increasingly confident that the
League of Nations which month by month,
and almost day by day, exerts steady pressure
for the improvement of these difficult situa-
tons, will be able, by its conduct and prestige,
to deal with concrete questions of this kind
as they may arise
Very few overlook, or even deny, the mis-
takes made at Versailles in 1919 but all are of
one mind in looking forward to the remedying
of those mistakes as time goes on by consulta-
ton, by conference and by peaceful adjust
ment."
"Is the fact that the naval limitation treaty
makes each nation stronger than its enemies
in home waters but weak in foreign waters the
reason for its peace valued"
This is of secondary Importance. The main
fact is that the nations have renowned
as an instrument of national policy, and that
any one nation which attempts to violate that
pledge will find itself surrounded by several
nations anxious to preserve the peace-and
that situation viii compel the offender to be-
have.
~THE people have had enough and will not
stand for any more punishment; that Is
the underlying fact that makes for peace. On
the whole, the judgment in Europe is that
while the findings of the Naval Conference in
London fall far short of what public opinion
everywhere had expected or would have gladly
sustained, yet these findings a helpful be-
ginning and should be heartily supported.
The opposition to them which has developed
on the part Of the admirals and the interested
militaristic elements in London and Washing
ton has increased the feeling that the findings
themselves were distinctly helpful and ought
quickly to be translated into fixed public
policy.
THE public has no longer any patience with
the professional militaristic talk about guns,
tons, aircraft or gas when these are to be used
to spread death and destruction over the world
under the pretext of protecting somebody or
finding some form of security"
''f1nW does Russia affect the situation?"
In -many, where they have accurate in
formation, it is generally believed that 1901
viii decide the future of the Soviet. If it comes
through this period, the bolshevist government
viii have established itself securely with the
beginnings of an industrial system; If it fails
economically, the government will collapse"
8 - -Does Europe realize that the saving III Vthe