Evening star., 1934-09-16
81 FRANK III. SIMONDS.

NIlCIl NClCOIItCu w
Gene, this evident accord between
Franz. and Germany was hailed the
wholn world over as sign of the
arriva of peace. What had prev1-
ouslY seemed impossible had actually
been chieved in Locarno and, on the
siren til of Locarno, Germany was in
Gene and prepared to cooperate
with he League in organizing peace.
This, II least, was what the world be-
lieveC
Th. hopes of 1925 were not real
lied For three years BRAND, Cham
berla Il: and Stresemann met at Ge-
neva and the truce of Locarno en-
dureo Then Stresemann died. Ger
many fell swiftly into the hands of
Hitle and seven years after the ia
nous nd-Stresemann scene in the
Asser :oly Germany was out of the
Leag; and traditional Franco-Ger-
3. man ostility was resumed. Even be-
fore ,iermany quit, Japan, too, had
left, md although Italy stayed, her
antal jnism was not disguised.
TIL, entrance of Russia would once
more put majority of the seven great
powe. In the League. But the coming
of tn Soviet Union can have no such
impli ,ations as had the arrival of
repuI llcan Germany. For Russia
come not in the interests of peace,
but t. close the circle of powers about
Matte al-Socialist Germany. At &C.
neva Russia intends to support
Fran and the other status quo pow
ers i maintaining the treaty of Ver-
saille; against German challenge.
.,,kio-Be Relations Grow.
WI ut has brought the Russians to
Gene ia is the double threat of Ger
man designs upon the Ukraine and
Japa isse upon Siberia. The Russian
decis IN has been hastened by the
obvie IS fact that relations between
Toki and Berlin have been growing
steat y more favorable and there is
q wi spread suspicion that Germany
plan to attack in the West at the
MON 1T when Japan begins in the
East Thus, for the Russians it Is of
utrnt ); Importance to have the pro-
tectis / of the League powers.
FIT ice. fearful of German purposes
ever! there; Italy aroused by Hitler's
prog: m OF Austrian annexation, the
Sovitt Union menaced by a Japanese
Germ n coalition-these three have
now common ground for action both
at G eva and elsewhere. In the Aus
trian 'lffair, moreover, they can count
at LEI t upon the moral support of the
Briti L.. Geneva becomes therefore
the SIT of combination against Ma
tiona Socialist Germany and the
Lesg 81 an instrument to oppose Ger
man lans for territorial revision and
for lrnament increase.
Blu while this combination prob
ably rossesses power to restrain Ger
man 1t holds out no promise of any
erogr n Of peace and order. The oppo-
nent If Germany can and will employ
the ',iachinery and exploit the moral
auth 1ity Of Geneva against Hitler in
the event. of any fresh German adven-
ture / Austria or elsewhere. Under
the notion of the League there will
De lined some form of defensive
pact regional or otherwise-which
Will .ind France, Russia, Czechoslo-
Vakii and possibly Poland to act to-
geth' In the event of German at
tack.
and Shuns Eastern Locarno.
Gt many will be asked to sign a
Loca 10 of the East which will bind
her 4 respect the territorial integrity
OF : neighbors on the Vistula and
the PIPER Elbe. And all parties to
the act will agree to respect each
othei 5 frontiers and to defend them
II tiy are attacked. If Germany
refuses to sign she will be isolated, if
she yrees she will be morally com
mitt Il. But in either event she will
have been put under restraint. Con-
ceivs ly Poland will refuse to Join in
such pact, and that may give the
Gerr ans an excuse for refusing to
Join. But Russia, France and Czecho-
slovs sia will, in any event, agree to
act 1t Geneva to restrain German
aggr fsions.
AS long as Germany, Japan and
the United States decline to Join the
Leag 1e the effectiveness of its ac-
tivit! IS is seriously curtailed. For
peac in Europe depends upon Ger
man cooperation and in Asia upon
Japa 'ese, and no permanent system
OF der can be established in the
Far Cast without American partici-
patio I. To be sure, if both the Ger
man and the Japanese returned to
Gene va, Americas role might become
negll ,ible. And it is far from un-
likely now that France and Great
Brits n may be prepared to recognize
Nam llukuo provided Japan agrees to
come back to Geneva and drop her
dirta ion with Germany
FIR 1ch, Italian and Soviet policy in
Gentra and out must henceforth be
baset upon a common purpose to get
rid = Hitler. That is a platform
upon which Mussolini, Stain and
Dou iergue can all agree. Once Hit
Ter Oes, the combination can and
prob. ,ly will fly apart instantly, for
Mus ,lini is bound to try to find a
basis for some partnership with Ger
man, when the Reich has passed
into lands of those he can trust. Fol
with Hitler. after the deception o1
Venl and the exposure of Vienna
the ] ice is done.
Russia Not to Aid Peace.
Tt. entrance of Russia into the
Leag - will not help the League to
perft IN its larger function, which is
that of organizing peace. 1t will
mere y transform the Geneva body
into one more coalition like that
whic overthrew Napoleon. Geneva
becol les one of the assets of the anti
Germ an group as are French arma-
ment and Russian manpower. In
the ast and in the Balkans regional
pact, may be framed. agreements may
be aached to resist aggression by
cole i've effort, but they will all be
poin d against Berlin.
b. what is really going to happen
Is tn all the great powers of Europe
and lany smaller states are now jus
goin3 to sit down and wait for Hitler
to ": low up" They have been anc
will ontinue to be prepared for any
despt rate resort to war. French
troog2; are ~lready on the Rhine, Ital
ian @ the Alps and Russian on Ger
manys eastern frontier. But moth.
l,n H.