Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

and the suicide Of the capitalistic sys-
tenn.
At this writing the exact nature OF
Frances response to Washington is un-
known, but what appears certain is that
France cannot turn her back upon
Hoover's plan. To as great measure
as possible, taking into account her
handicap of parliamentary opposition,
there is reason to believe France will
cooperate.
Future Worries French.
And at this moment a telephone
communication informs me that the
French government is open to Bruen-
ings suggestion Of holding another
Chequers Conference, this one at Paris
In other words, efforts will be made for
Bruening and Curtius to be invited to
Paris to discuss Europe's situation with
Laval and BRAND, and France Is now
said to be willing.
Such a Franco-German conference
would be the most fortunate thing that
could happen at this moment, and its
ultimate possibilities for creating and
cementing the new cooperation in Eu-
rope far exceed those inherent in the
SI1oQuGIS I1CcbiilB OQJ ~ ~
stated that the German statesmen's visit
to Paris would undoubtedly have re-
manned outside the realm of possibility
had not Hoover's step broken the inter-
national deadlock Of despair and opened
UP an entirely new frame OF mind IN
the cid world, perhaps as well as at
home.
In these kaleidoscope events Frances
position Is bound to change. That Is
what worries thousands Of Frenchmen
who have remained steadfastly blind to
Frances relations and responsibilities
with Central Europe and Germany.
But 1t is no longer possible for France
to stand still. The international politi-
cal procession Is at last under way and
the weight Of French necessity to de-
eide to act and to assume a role Of
one sort or another Is becoming r-
resistible.
New Courses Now Open.
There are many in Paris who mourn
the fact that France has lost the first
initiative, but numerous initiatives re-
main before Europe will find her way
back to stability, and in these ad-
ditional steps Frances role will be OF
tremendous importance. as 1t will be
during the Disarmament Conference
however, II france Is 10 dlO III Eu-
ropes reconstruction and join hands
with the United States. Britain, Ger
many and Italy. there is one essential
fact which thrusts itself upon the diplo-
mats of all these other nations and
especially upon the Americans.
The abruptness of Hoover's interven-
ton, straight shouldered and courage
Gus as it was, greatly disconnected the
French leaders and the parliamenta-
rians in particular because they were
entirely unprepared for such a drastic
proposal. In the early half of this
week the antagonism of the press and
the politicians waxed dangerously strong
through the conviction that France had
not been consulted and had been left
out Of the negotiations This perhaps
was unavoidable, but cannot be risked
again without counting trouble from
French public opinion.
Unison Will Favor Recovery.
For that very reason Bruening's great
common sense in asking q conference
with the French leaders Is a highly
hopeful augury: Close cooperation
with France during the next few
months by British. American and Ger
man statesmen alike would be one of
the greatest contributions toward future
European understanding that could
possibly be made. The economic, finan-
cial and military power and even self
suf1ciency of France could easily render
her stumbling block of dismaying pro-
portions in the sane reconstruction of
the European political situation and