Evening star., 1933-12-24
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CulJ 10 answer JIllS QueSLlOu. 1le tTutIl
is that there is a completely Of reasons
which cause the present world unrest
and the war-like psychology which pre-
walls throughout the world. The i'm
practibility of the Versailles and the
other postwar treaties, the complete
failure of the League of Nations, the
economic depression In every country,
the intense economic and political ma
tionalism, and finally the failure of the
many limitation of arms and other
kinds of conferences which appear to
have served only the purpose Of bring
ing to the surface conflicts which would
have otherwise remained latent, are all
contributing to the present unrest.
The opponents of the Versailles treaty
declare that the treaty is dead. They
realize that the French and their al
lies have a good reason to wish to main
tain 1t, but this, they say, will not be
possible.
1.-THE Versailles treaty Is dead" II Is
said. "and it is a poor plan to keep a
corpse in your home, much as you may
have cherished the deceased" If it is
not disposed Of, while there still Is time,
the political consequences will become
so harmful that even the nations which
have benefited by it will suffer.
Would Abolish Pact.
Consequently, the Italians and the
Germans have taken the lead to abol-
ish that so-called peace pact.
The French and their allies are op-
posing this. The Rumanian foreign
minister, Nicholas Titulesco, made q
statement early in December declaring
that the members of the Little Entente,
a close afiIiate of France, desire peace,
and for that reason they do not want
the postwar treaties changed. II any
nation desires to provoke such change
the nations forming the Little Entente
will fight to the last man against it.
AT the present moment the entire
fight for the official burial of the Ver-
Sailles treaty centers around the Ger
man request to obtain arms equality
and the italian suggestion to change
radically the League Of Nations Ger
many demands the right to possess the
same kind of arms as the other nations
have-airplanes, tanks and heavy ar
tillery. Because this right was refused
to them at Geneva, they have resigned
from the League Of Nations. with the
tac1t support of the Italians, who in
tend to follow their German friends.
In the Far East the situation is even
more tense. The rlmbles of war have
been heard there since September, 1881,
when the japanese began to establish
Conquest Is Completed.
The conquest OF Manchuria and the
adjacent territories has been now COM
pleted. and the japanese are looking
toward the north-the Russian mari
time provinces, with the important port
OF Vladivostock Troops are being
quietly concentrated on the Manchur-
ian-Siberian frontier; on the other
side the Russians are maSsing airplanes
and increasing their ammunition dumps
so as to be ready for any eventualitv.
Two armies, amounting to no less than
500. 1000 men, all ready for a new
slaughter, are facing each other, while
the respective governments are watch
ing tensely each others movements.
Enough incidents to start two wars
nave occurred In that region already;
arrests OF Soviet citizens, incursions
OF each others territory and so forth.
But Japan can afford to wait before
II strikes and Will not rush into a new
adventure unless it is practically GER
tain of success
Naturally, under these circumstances.
the nations are Fastening to cement
friendships and alliances so as not to
be caught isolated in case of new
conflagration.
The French have organized the new
states which have come into existence
as result of the partition of the old
Austrian, Russian and German empires.
There is a close alliance among these
| states and France. The Little Entente.
composed of Rumania, Yugoslavia and
Poland. represents close to sixty million
people capable of putting into the field
six or seven million well equipped and
well trained men.
In addition to this, Czechosloyakia.
another successor state" of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. while not a member
OF the Little Entente, has political agree
ments with France and the other three
Central and Southeastern European
states. Serious efforts are made at
present by Rumania and Yugoslavia
to include in their partnership also
Bulgaria, former ally of the Central
Powers and supposed to be under the
| influence of Italy.
Overtures to Bulgaria.
After 20 years of strained relations
between Bulgaria and her two more
| powerful neighbors, the latter have
mad made IN the ia last few weeks advances to
have been urged to join the other
| Danubian states. and King Boris of
Bulgaria has made an official visit to
| Belgrade. where he was received with
due honors by King Alexander of Yugo-
Slavia.
But while 1t appears that these are
purely friendly negotiations of three
nations to live as good neighbors, the
truth is that good deal of pressure is
put upon Bulgaria to join the Little
Entente. 1t is reliably reported that the
Bulgarians have been practically served
with an ultimatum that they must de-
clare themselves; they must either join
the entente or be considered as enemies.
The Little Entente and Poland are
financially and economically dependent
of France. They will support that
country in case of a conflict The
principal drawback, leaving aside the
disparity of military qualities of certain
Of these allies, is that there is no direct
communication between France and the
Little Entente
The other group of powers has not
yet taken a concrete form, officially, at
least.
There is no doubt that the relations
between the Italian and the German
governments are much more cordial
than they appear on the surface
While Mussolini has been occasionally
scolding Hitler for his impulsive actions,
and has even disavowed him on certain
occasions, unofhcially the two countries
are on the best of terms.
Seeks New Combination.
Italy is crusading now for a new
political combination which would
doom the League of Nations, which
from its very beginning has been con-
sidered by Italy as handy tool in
the hands of France and Great Britain.
Mussolini hopes, if his plans material
ize, to play the leading role in the
| politics of ElIrODe While desiring to