Evening star., 1934-03-05

tiations, and that 1t will mean q new
race in ornaments far worse than the
one preceding the war.
To the French these plans as re-
CARDS Germany are unsatisfactory not
only for the reasons which dissatisfy
the British, but also because first, they
do not guarantee supervision with
sanctions; second, they will not GER
tify Germsny's right to possess an
official army of 100000 men and pri-
vate armies of few millions, and
third, they will not agree to the Ger
man rearmament without knowing
just what arms Germany actually pos
sesses. Consequently the outlook for
an agreement seems dark.
The European situation, meanwhile,
has become even less favorable to the
French situation. Not only the Poles
have apparently made an agreement
with the Germans for supplying the
world with identical propaganda about
the two countries. but the French
think that the Poles have entered into
sort Of convention with the Ger
mans at some future time to wage war
against Soviet Russia and share the
spoils.
1t is reported from a good source
that last Summer Soviet Foreign
Minister Maxim NJ Litvinoff offered
former French Premier Edouard Her.
riot full-fiedged defensive military
alliance. The French to date have
not accepted or refused 1t.
Meanwhile. too, the emergence of
definite plans for restoring Prince
Otto Of Hapsburg to the Austrian
throne have not pleased the French
For Czechoslovakia would prefer that
Germany annex Austria rather than
see restoration of Prince Otto on a
throne which might spread from Aus
tria to Hungary and other countries
Only Reliable Ally.
Czechoslovakia is, with Belgium
about the only reliable ally the French
have left. The combined Franco
Czech-German hostility has induced
the Italians now to say that they are
against restoration of Prince Otto
But they have been behind the move
the French believe. and will try to re-
alize it again as the crowning secur-
ity for their old scheme of Italo- Aus
tro-H Hungarian cooperation.
Hitherto the French had hoped
that, If matters in Austria should
come to the worst. Mussolini would
be compelled to swallow his pride
and turn to them for assistance
Meanwhile it is getting lonely for the
French in Europe.
From the beginning they misiudged
the intentions and success of the
Naz1s. They refused to believe that
Hitler would mean the elimination of
the access Of national frenzy in Ger
many. They tried for a whole year to
close their eyes to the Hitler military
preparations.
They watched Poland's desertion
and the growing coolness of Yugosla-
via with indifference. Then suddenly
Hitler's naughty good by to the League
OF Nations opened their eyes. Still
they did nothing. Hitler for three
days awaited the French vengeance. "
and none came. From that day Eu-
rope began to feel that the day Of
French domination was over.
Today the French are slowly awak-
ening to the fact of their ruined pres
tlge and diminished power. For the
first time the French cabinet came to
he reluctant conclusion that within
10 years war with Germany was in
evitable. The new French appropria-
ton of $40. 900, 900 gold for renewing
the entire French air force will, II
well spent, perhaps again give the
french supremacy in European skies.
But 1t will take three years and q
united people to realize it.
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