THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1920.
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European Press Comment
Is the eace of Versailles Falling Apart? Aoglo-American
Naval Competition Is Keen -The New Greece, a
Creation of the Allies.
(Bjr ConoliUu4 Prcu AtnocUtion)
.France in Controversy
THE question "Who won the wat?
has been dropped, and the great
controversy "Who lost the peace?" it In
full swing. It broke In France on the
very eve of Armistice day. when the
French nation was preparing the simul
taneous celebration of victory over Oer
manV and the Jubilee of the Third Re
public. Like all matter Involving French par
ty politics, there is much more in it
than appears on the surface. At a dis
tance it may look like a per so mil quar
rel between Andre Tardleu, Clemen
cpau'g right hand man. who has under
taken to be the public defender of the
peace treaty negotiated by the Tifrer
and Marshal Foch. A magazine article
by Tardieu started It. Foch retorted in
a four column newspaper lntrview. But
Tardieu had not attacked . Foch In his
article ; the most that could be said was
that he glonsed over the part that Foch
had In the victory and the armistice.
Koch's reply went much farther than
a mere rectification of the record ; it waa
"a complete arraignment of Clemenceau'e
whole policy, both during the war and
during the' peace negotiations. ,'
It "is. therefore, impossible to believe
that Foch was Speaking for himself
alone, and the theory generally accepted
in political circles Is that he was prompt
ed by Poincare. The ex-president has
by no means retired from politics. He
and Briand are the two politicians who
are watcning nignt ana aay ior tne op
portunity to return to power. But be
fore Poincare can ' think of making a
triumphal "rentree" he must disengage
himself from all responsibility for the
treaty of Versailles, and to do this Clc
menceau must be made to carry the
whole burden he must be the (J,goat-'
It all comes down to tbistt French
politicians have a growing cenvtction
that-the Versailles treaty. , la,; falling
"apart. As tha time for rsachtesva def
inite settlement of the reparations prob-
:ma uirtwrt near mere is .iiuisttsiii
nervousness. Postponement, thV- policy
up to now, must soon be dropped. What
then? Will it .not have to be confessed
that the treaty provides no effective
means of collecting the gigantic indem
nities that French .public opinion has
been led to expect? On the day o that
confesston 'French" opinion Will turn to
the men who are free of responsibility
Tor the Versailles ; treaty and all it
Man tin for." Poincare wants to be ready
for that day", and It Is not unlikely that
Foch somewhat discontented with the
Mlllerand regime because of its obvious
preference for 'his rival, Petaln wants
to be ready, too. ill will necessarily, be
a day of appeal to armed force.
vNo doubt the result of the American
election had much to do with the pre
cipitation of the-quarrel Just at this
time. The choice of Harding was ac
cepted in France as a clear mandate
by the. people 'of the United States
against the. League of Nations and the
peace treaty. It seems to be taken for
granted that Harding's position is that
of Senators Borah and Johnson. A few
French observers who know the com
plexities of American politics have tried
to caution the French government" and
public against jumping to this conclu
sion, pointing out that between the Dem
ocrats and the reservationist Republi
cans In the senate, there IS more than
a clear two thirds in favor of ratifica
tion, and that once freed from WUsonian
Influence,' the Democrats will vote for
the majority reservations. If the United
States should ratify the treaty and join
the League of Nations, with no matter
what reservations, it would be a power
ful setback to those who are planning
to ride into power on the expected wave
of revulsion against Clemenceau's work
and Millerand's continuation of it.
French opinion would be steadied, for
the French people have an unshakable
confidence In the United States and
would be willing to trust any treaty to
which America had lent her lndorsement
(This means the French people as - a
whole, and not of the more sophisticated
and rather cynical "vocal element" of
the capital.)
But will there be time for America's
position to become definitely known be
fore the Btorm breaks? .The treaty pro
vides that the reparations figure must
be fixed before .May 1. 1921. That is
only eight weeks after the inauguration
or Mr. Harding. Will it. be possible to
keep the question open until Marol 4,
and from then until the decision of the
American president and senate is determined?
Anglo-American Naval
Competition
THE race between England and Amer
ica in the matter of naval arma
ments is a subject that Is interesting the
European press, more and more. The
Journal de Geneve gives Borne rather
startling statistics, together with com
ments that deserve attention. . It eays :
"It would be improper to speak of 'ri
valry between the British and American
navies, for the two countries are allies
and are pursuing the same object, name
ly the freedom of the seas and the peace
Of the world. But it Is no exaggeration
to eay that -there exists between them a
sort of competition In their struggle for
naval hegemony.
"Before the war England showed her
self Justly concerned over the progress
of the German navy. The threat which
that navy brought to bear against the
insular security of Great Britain was a
heavy factor in deciding tne British peo
ple to take, the side of France and Bel
glum, the victims of German aggres
sion. The Jutland battle showed that
the admiralty's uneasiness over the de
velopment of the German fleet was not
nujustified. Defeat in the war has bro
ken the progress of that development, for
the'fleet had to surrender without fight
ing, to be interned at Scapa Flow and
subsequently sunk.
"Today there is no longer any German
fleet, but a new star has risen on the
Atlantic horizon which threatens to pale
the brilliance of the English naval lumi
nary. ' ' ' ...
"What is the respective situation of
the two navies? The English flee.,
counts at present 15 superdreadnoughts
(five Royal Sovereigns of 25,000 tons;
five Elisabeths of 27,500 tons ; four Iron
Dukes oT 25,000 tons; one Canada, 28.
000 tons) l 13 Dreadnoughts, the oldest of
which dates back to 1910; seven battle
cruisers, three of which are major fleet
units (two Renowns, 26,000 tons, one
Tiger, 28,500 tons, two Uons, 26,000
tons).
"Against these America has 10 super
dreadnoughts, four of which are of the
Tennessee type, 32,000 tons. 21 knots, ar
mament 12 14-insh mto m t .
two Pennsylvanians of similar type and
'c ew xoras, Z7,&tw, 20V4 knots, 10
14-inch guns and 12 5-Inch. America has
eigni areaanoughts, equipped with from.)
o v iv iz-mch guns, or in all 18 battle
ships, against 28 for Great Britain.
''The margin of superiority Is the more
strikingly in favor of the British, since
the latter possess, in addition, battle
cruisers, and have remarkably well
trained crews and staffs, far superior to
those of the American navy. The latter
thus has a hard task if it Is to overtake
the British navy ; but at a glance the
respective programs of the two countries
will show that America has set out reso
lutely to accomplish this end.
"While Kngiand is constructing no Im
portant ship outside the Hood, a 44,000
ton battle cruiser, with a speed of 31
knots, the American naval program is
considerable. . It Includes five battleships
of the Tennessee class, now being fin
ished or under construction. One of
them, the California, is due to make Its
trials ounng the coming winter. The
pected to be ready for service In 1923.
"When this program Is finished the
United States will be able to oppose 29
battleships and six battle cruisers to the
28 battleships and seven battle cruisers
of England, But the individual power
of the American units will be far su
perior to that of the British.
"What is England to do Jf she desire?
to remain mistress of the seas? The
condemnation and sale of a great part
of her fleet reveal her intention to con
struct new squadrons, that she may keep
the mastery that has never been taken
from her. We are, no doubt, about to
witness a formidable struggle of arma
ments between these two nations."
The remainder of the issue of the
Journal de Geneve, in which the above
article appears. Is devoted almost whol
ly to the session of the League of Na
tions, a fact that gives a certain ironical
quality to the concluding comment.
Glory vs. Potatoes
f LL the statesmen and big-wigs are
x. mystified that the Greek people
should so ignominously have turned out
the great Veniselos, artisan of the new
empire of the Hellenes, restorer of the
"glory that was Greece." Waa It pro
Germanism, was it sympathy for Con
stantine, was It ingratitude, or was it
weariness at hearing Venizelos constant
ly called "great." as an earlier genera
tion grew tired of hearing Arlstides
Called "just"?
The magnified Greece of today is, of
course, the creation of the allies. As a
reward for aid in the war (and also, per
haps as a counterweight to German,
Turkish, and even Italian, ambitions in
the Near East), the little kmgdom has
been given vast territory in the Balkan
American dreadnought fleet will then In- j peninsula, in the islands of the sea and
cluda 19 li n i t o If ... : v. 1 1 1 i . I w ; t i . . .
elude 19 units, 11 of which will be armed
wun supercaiiber guns. When these five
dreadnoughts are finished, there will be
no delay about it ; another series author
ised by congress will Immediately follow.
This series includes battleships (Indiana,
Massachusetts. Montana, North Carolina,
Iowa. South Dakota). -
"In addition, America is building five
cruisers: Lexington, Constitution, Con
stellation. Saratoga and "No. 6.' These
will be of 43,500 tons displacement and
will develop 180,000 horsepower, which
will give them a speed of 35 knots. They
will carry 12 16-inch guns. They are ex-
on the mainland of Asia Minor. Now
obviously Greece, unaided. Is in no posi
tion to hold and exploit this territory.
The allies have given and they may take
away. Every Greek voter must have re
alized that the fall of Venizelos might
result in depriving Greece of all this new
found glory, making her once more an
insignificant little kingdom.
Thus there was a powerful political
Incentive to keep Venizelos in power and
Insure consolidating the gains of the
war. ( This incentive, in fact, must have
been at least as strong as any political
incentive that could be urged by the op
position.' Yet Veniseloe was carried
down In a landslide that loses nothing
in comparison with the landslide that
elected Senator Harding in America.
One cannot help wondering if the
Greek voter was not Induced by the op
position to make some such reflection as
this : . . ;
"Glory ! We have more, glory now
than we have had for 2000 years. What
can we do with It? We can't eat it!
Give us peace and potatoes in ex
change!" History teems with examples Of rulers
who, though spectacularly successful in
foreign affairs, have fallen because, of
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of their own people.
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a portion of one of the beautiful art win
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the front gable of the old Jenny art gal
lery was thrown about 75 feet Into the
street.
Store Owners Bound,
Jeweler Robbed
As Crowd Looks On
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Five bandits who held up William i f:l
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store on South Broadway today, escaped ft
with $5400 in jeewlry and money. After j :
binding Mauch and his son the bandits
valuable jewelry in plain view of the h
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