Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
PEACE PROGRESS SHOWN
ON WAR ANNIVERSARY
Naval Limitation, League, World Court
and Other Long Steps Taken
by Nations.

time, the World Court had been estab-
lished at The Hague for the peaceful
settlement of certain adjudicable con-
troversies.
The World War, which in the words
of President Woodrow Wilson, was q
war to make the world safe for democ-
racy," at least had the effect of estab-
fishing democracies in place of mon
arches in Russia, Germany and Hun
gary. and saw the collapse of three of
the worlds most famous dynasties, the
Romanoffs, Hohenzollerns and Haps-
burgs. OF the great powers only three
remain monarchies, Great Britain, Italy
and Japan.
Electoral reforms. extensions of the
franchise to women and other enlarge
ments of the democratic system have
been accomplished in practically every
country, while the map of Europe shows
many new republics set up on the terri
tory of former empires.
The Gear of Russia abdicated In
March, 1917. republic was proclaimed
in September, and in the following
Summer the Gear and most of the royal
family were executed. The Union Of
Soviet Socialistic Republics was estab-
lished in 1922.
Royalty Sent Wandering.
Such kin of the Romanoffs as escaped
death wander over the earth seeking a
livelihood, and members of the German
royal family have been shorn of their
glories and reduced to the state of pri-
vate citizen. The Emperor, who escaped
to Doorn Holland, at the close of the
war, was condemned by the treaty of
Versailles to be tried as a war criminal
but as the Netherlands refused to give
up the royal fugitive he has never been
tried
Gen. Won Hindenburg commander of
the German armies. who. next to the
Kaiser and Crown Prince, personified the
German military tradition. also avoided
trial as q war criminal" and In 1928
was elected President Of the German re-
public, without protest on the part of
The establishment Of the Dawes plan
In 1924 for the payment Of reparations
was followed by the adoption of the
Young plan for an international bank
within the last few months, and the
economic rehabilitation of Germany is
now expected to be fastened.
Shorn OF her colonies and of much
OF her mineral wealth in Continental
Europe. with Alsace-Lorraine returned
10 France and large parts of her east,
ern territory to Poland. with her arnys
reduced to minimum. Germany has
paid heavy price for her part in
the war.
Nations Paid High Toll.
Great Britain and France. though
victors, have suffered economic depres-
sion and heavy taxation since the war.
Unemployment in Great Britain and
labor unrest, eliminating in the great
coal strike of 1925. which for time
involved 2.500,000 workers, are after
Is years one of the chief problems of
the government, while unrest in India
Is present crisis. France, however, is
extremely prosperous. with few unem-
ployed and rapidly growing gold re-
serve
Italy. emerging from the war with
added territories. which completed her
national unification. committed her
destiny to the hands of Premier B aito
Mussolino, leader of the Fascist I'm
der his autocratic rule the demon ratio
spirit has vanished, but economic and
social reforms have been instituted and
the national ambition has been fired
with imperialistic dreams.
Between France and italy q new
rivalry exists for domination of the
Adriatic and Eastern Mediterranean,
which, in the minds of some observers,
Is the greatest menace to the present
peace of Europe.