Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-01
PROGRESS ABROAD GIVES
HOPE OFPEACE AND PLENTY
Neither Death of Stresemann Nor Over
throw of BRAND Has Checked Aims
of Germany and France.

the direction of capitalism Trotzky
was expelled from Russia because
Stain, the dictator, couldn't bear being
tainted by him for selling out the
bourgeois" but after getting rid of
Trotzky. Stain Immediately adopted
all or most Of Trotzky's ideas, with the
result that Russia today is more COM
munistic than ever. And Stain hasn't
abandoned the scheme for world revo-
luton, either He regards the present
cations with capitalistic nations as a
necessary but temporary evil, while
waiting for the great day when the red
flag will fly over Buckingham Palace,
the Eiffel Tower and. eventually. the
White House. Lots of Russian COM
munists think world revolution is a
chimera, but Stain doesn't think so,
and his opinion is the only one that
counts in Russia today.
UNITED States of Europe"
1t wouldn't do to pass over without
mentioning the interesting fact that in
1929 for the first time a statesman In
high office definitely proposed the or
gantzation OF United States of Eu-
rope. It's not a new idea but Brands
coming out with it on the Geneva hust-
ings takes it out of the realm of theory
and makes it a political fact to be
reckoned with. It's not simple mat
ter by any means to organize such an
institution. 1t can't be done as it was
done in America, where the 10 colonies
had common language, common po-
lit1eal institutions and equivalent Gull
tural backgrounds. But already much
progress is being made toward the uni
f1cation of European industry and elm
ination of competition between Euro
pean nations in world markets.
This is something that may make
A NN1n wi
very long. We have become accustomed
to think of Europe as old and decrepit
as compared with our modernized in
dustrial methods. but it must not be
forgotten that much of Europe'S indus
trial equipment is new since the var
Europe, too. got big start on us in
aviation, and 1929 saw some tremendous
feats accomplished in the air by Euro
pean proves. Let the world flight of
performance of the giant hydroplane
Do-X stand as reminders that European
enterprise is by no means to be sneered
at.
Another Big Naval Conference.
The year ends with another big naval
limitation conference in prospect.
Prophets are telling us that the London
parley in January, which will bring to-
gether the worlds biggest naval powers,
will fail in its main object of finding a
universally acceptable "yardstick," to
use Ambassador Dawes term, for meas
uring fleets with view to reduction of
expenditures for all classes of ships.
They say that America and Britain will
agree, and probably Japan, too. but
that France will hold oft for more sub
marines and cruisers than the Anglo
Saxon powers want her to have, and
that Franco-Italian rivalry in the Medi-
terranean will make unanimous agree
ment on anything whatever absolutely
impossible.
The picture might be darkened still
further by pointing out that Britains
1nsistence on having as many ships in
the Mediterranean as France and Italy
together Is at least as much of an OBJ
stacle to naval reduction as the claims
Of the rival Mediterranean powers
themselves.
Surprise Nay Be in Prospect.
But suppose the pessimistic prophets
should be wrong? Suppose France and
Italy spring surprise? There is at
least half a chance that when the con-
ference convenes on January 81 it will
be found that Premiers Mussolini and
Tardieu have been having some ex-
changes of views. Italy is in bad way
financially, and is not likely to oppose
any sound scheme for saving money on
shipbuilding. and NJ Tardieu is new
man in French politics, who has amply
shown already that he believes in find
ing new ways out of old difficulties
The London conference will be in one
sence the tombstone of Europe's future.
II 1t succeeds beyond our timid hopes.
it will mark a big uphill milestone on
the road out of chaos to world organi-
cation.
Copyright, 1930)