Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
|PAR|S-ROME CRISIS
| TEMPORARILY PAST
IN NAVAL HOLIDAY
Brands European Union
Idea to Have Better Re-
ception at Geneva.
REAL DISPUTES REMAIN
FOR FINAL DISPOSITION
Loans Desired by Italy and Other
Nations Believed Figuring
in Diplomacy.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

BY RADIO to The Star and the Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, $780,
PARIS, France, July 15.-The crisis
in Franco-Italian relations, which began
during the London Naval Conference
and for the last two months has Sc
riously alarmed even some of the coolest
heads in Europe, seems now temporarily
suspended.
Statesmen in all countries of Europe
are breathing easier again and the
Geneva debates next September on the
momentous question of a European
union can apparently be held in rela-
lively calm atmosphere.
Premier Mussolini's Tuscany speeches
caused France to break off negotiations
with Italy. Nevertheless, as announced
these conversations were presently eau
tiously resumed and have led to the
adoption of a formula for a five
months naval holiday"
What Agreement Means.
This does not mean that either
France or Italy will cease building ships.
1t simply means that Italy's new pro-
gram for 10000 tons. voted Immediately
after the London Conference, will not
be started before the end of the year
and that France meanwhile will prob
ably refrain from voting its 54,o00-ton
reply to Italy, which is still being
studied.
Work will continue in both countries
IN oil Ho
pertS say that it would have been diff
cult for either country actually to do
more than this in the next five months
in any circumstances.
Furthermore, there are Sti1l, of course,
no signs OF real FTNnco-I Italian agree
ment. All the outstanding issues remain
exactly as before. They must now be
taken up one by one. It is foreseen
that a long period of secret talks on
these issues will now begini Doubts are
expressed whether full settlement can
be reached, even in the best circum-
stances, by December /.
Frontier WMk Continues.
simultaneously With the negotiations,
the French on the one hand will con-
tinue their fertilization of the frontiers
including the Island of Corsica and the
North African Coast, as well as the re-
organization of the army and, on the
other hand, will seemingly renew their
efforts for an understanding with Ger
many, for clarificatio nof Great Brit
aims position respecting the covenant
of the League of Nations and for the
ultimate formation of United States
of Europe.
Diplomatic episodes have crowded
thick and fast during the crisis. Italy
sought and was refused German sup
port. France opened conversation with
Germany regarding possible revision of
Germany's eastern frontiers in return
for the continuation of the Franco
German rapprochement and German
support for the European union idea,
which has been further strengthened
by the new American tariff and by the
British plans for an empire tariff union.
Italy's apparent efforts to associate
the little entente and isolate France on
the one hand and JugoSlavia on the
other resulted in the strengthening of
the little entente at its recent meeting
and in the Tightening of the bonds which
unite the little entente nations with
France. These nations, with Frances
help, now in turn are working to secure
better understandings first with Austria
and second with Italy's ally, Hungary.
The French are talking loans, on GER
tain conditions. to Hungary and Austria,
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