THURSDAY, FEBRUARY , 2, 1922.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. OREGON.
TEEft ANALYZES
FRENCH DISTRUST
OF GREAT BRITAIN
By Wlekaam SWed
v Editor of tb London Timet.
(Written (or th totted Nwi)
I'arls, Feb. 2. The deeper on looka
itne&'Ui the surface of France, the more
Umately one discusses both the possl
lity of an agreement with Great Britain
nd the obstacles to agreement, the
earer it becomes that the main, if not
he only obstacle, U distrust
To catalogue the reasons for this ais-
rusUwjnna bp 10 write uie nistory or
nelo-FreBtflT relations since Versailles.
here Is no neett to again demonstrate
ie British view of the French short-
iumtnga, nor would it be profitable
erely to list the. matters in wnicn
ranee, feels British statesmen have not
eenfalr with her.
It is more important to explain the
resent position Insofar as.. It may be
uaceptlble to public explanation and
hen face It squarely. For this it is
ecesaary to 'go back further than the
annea conference. The French public.
yen French, public men, are only now
etc Inning;' to realize that the Cannes
nesting was an offspring; of Washing
hn, and that the chief Justification for
he attempt to conclude an Anglo-French
creement nefore the termination of the
fVashlnirton conference was the ex pec
atton that such an agreement might
romote the complete success of the
Vashlngton conference itself, and lnci-
entally. facilitate American cooperation
tne task or the European powers ol
storing the world to more normal econ-
mic conditions. '
nrtnK fbencb niGiD
French public opinion, though subject
o rapid change, is not generally elastic,
luce the war It has tended to become
here rigid and more patient than dur
ing the decade before the war.
I haws an impression, which may be
krone, that since the war French opln-
kB is not so well Informed, particularly
regarding; the way France Is viewed by
he outside world, as It used to be..
A sense of superiority, born of victory,
nd a Justifiable pride In the nation's
eroWnn. may have helped to make
"ranee slightly careless of the rood
pinion of other countries. A conscious
ess of . her rights and Indisputable
Lai ma may have caused her to tempor
rity assign a secondary place to wyiat
leers mav have held to be her Interna
lonal duties except In the cases where
hose duties were clearly coincident to
tier Immediate Interests.
ponrrs out mistakes
When ths Cannes conference convened.
he French had no knowledge of the
Position In which they had been placed
y the mistakes of their Washington
Belegates. . It may be doubted whether
k. Briand himself fully realized this
position Until after his return to Eu
rope. The .failure of the impracticable
Tancq-Brltlsh suggestion that an econ
omic conference at Washington should
te' tacked on to the arms and Pacific
onference seems, however, to have con
I need both Briand and Lloyd George
hat something had to be done In Eu
rope, and quickly.
This conviction was sound itself. It
Iras evident that the Anglo-French dls
ord should stop, and that It should be
Displaced by an agreement andf de
ormlnatlon on the part of the French
nd British governments to work for
Europe's economic restoration concur-
ently with a reasonable handling of the
reparations.
IAMITT FOB EiejIITY
Thus Briand went to London. French
bslnlon. It should be remembered, was
net prepared for the sudden change from
apparent enmity to apparent amity In
stations, m London arrangements were
rertalnly ' made for important changes
n the treatment of reparations and ap
parently for an International conference
Rlong lines similar to those proposed at
Cannes for Genoa. Reports of these ar
rangements, especially concerning Bel
temn priority, caused some anxiety in
IParta. .
Questioned rby prominent parliament-
kury inquirers. Briand created the
(definite, impression that no arrangements
had been entered into and thus went to
(Cannes, leaving important sections of
French legislative opinion under a dis
tinct misapprehension. The spectacular
lapprehenslon at Cannes to summon the
Genoa conference on conditions which
seemed to the Freeh to encroach upon
the provinces of 'the League of Nations
and involve France's recognition of the
Bolsheviks, without sufficient sale-
guards, shocked French feeling. The
shock was accentuated by the publica
tion of the rambling British memoran
dum without simultaneous publication of
the draft of the text of the Anglo
French pact of guarantee for which the
memorandum was meant to serve as a
sort of preamble. Moreover, the memo
randum alluded distinctly to . arrange
ments made by Briand in London and
thus aroused suspicion that he was not
frank In his dealings with the pariiment
ary commissions. When, on the fol
lowing day, the text of the pact was
lesued, it seemed to French opinion an
engagement similar to that which the
United States was a party to In Paris
was being offered France in return for
her assent to a hazy policy of European
reconstruction which she did not understand.
FHEXCH OPINIO KETOLTS
Taken unaware French opinion re
volted. It was assured that the British
(government had sprung another surprise
upon the French government, which had
been caught napping. All the accumulat
ed French dislike for what Lord Grey
called "Jerkineas'T found vent- in the
movement leading to Briand's with
drawaL In these circumstances little
or no attention was paid to an import
ant memorandum exchanged between the
British and Italians at Cannes. If the
British preamble to the proposed pact
guarantee had not been published, or If
it had been preceded by the excellent
British case for -the pact which was in
the British reply to the Italian memoran
dum, .the effect mifrht have been dif-
ftrent As It was French opinion was
nnpresaea ratner py tne Italian conten
tion than the British preamble indicated
that "the consent of France to the Brit
ish plan of economic restoration of Eu
rope nas been made the condition as
against , the British guarantee of safety
of France's eastern frontier."
CALL IT BAD MUDDLE
Therefore, French assent to the Genoa
conference seemed to be bought at the
price of a guarantee which France had
already, paid during the Versailles ne
gotlatlons. There was a bad muddle.
The prospect of escaping from it
not improved by France's apparent
recognition of the British guarantee of
her security to the absence of which
Briand alluded with feeling In his Wash
ington, speech. Nor were Poincare's
views, expounded In his previous writ
ings, regarded in England and else
where as conducive to rapid establish
ment of British and French viewpoints.
In conversation with Lloyd George,
before definite formation of his cabinet.
Poincare's views seem also' to have been
enumerated somewhat more positively
than they have since appeared in
French official communications to the
British foreign office.
FRENCH OPISIO CLARIFIES
Since then, however, the clarification
of French opinion has proceeded rapidly,
As I have often said, the conclusion
of a thorough agreement with Britain.
both as to possible recurrence of Ger
man agpreeskm and outstanding ques
tions tn the Near East and North Af
rica, Is strongly desired : by France.
Even regarding reparations and Euro
pean reconstruction there is an almost
equally strong desire to cooperate with
Great Britain and there is no repug
nance toward, direct Anglo-French un
derstanding with Germany. But there is
a feeling of remarkable firmness and
unanimity against any further jerki-
ness or improvised bargaining of any
kind.
FURTHER HEETTSGS LIXELT
This feeling certainly does not pre
elude further supreme council meetings
or even eventually an International con
ference once the ground is well
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pared to obviate surprises and. off ei a
fair chance of attaining positive results.
In yet another respect I have now a
most definite Impression. .., While it Is
Impossible to answer for the vagaries
of some French journals or writers, there
is good ground for believing that the
leading French politldgns and journal
ists are in a patient. Elpful mood, and
quite ready to enter what may be
called a conspiracy.:- of , patience with
the public men and newspapers on the
other side of the channel.
In the circumstances, ft is important
to conduct the negotiations on the Near
Eastern question, as those concerning a
pact of guarantee itself should be car
ried on, in the utmost friendliness of
spirit.' and readiness to give and take
rather than either la aloofness or eager
ness to score points. "
ISSUES ARE GRATB , , ' V
vThe issues at stake are so grave and
so far reaching in possibilities for good
or evil -to the old world and the new
that nothing should be said or done by
statesmen save with the fullest sense of
responsibility and ; certain' that if and
when the course ; of negotiations are
made public, there can be no question
as to the essential rightness of any
step ' taken.
With a new device operated by a key
board like that of a piano, a person can
play several violins - at the same time.
U CUE
MEMBERS
QUIT
Rome, Feb. 2. (L N. S.) Premier
Bonomi and the entire Italian cabinet
resigned today.
The resignation of the cabinet was ex
pected, due to the growing hostility in
Darliamenthy circles daring the last
week.
The resignation of the cabinet may
I have some effect upon the forthcoming
international economic conference at
Genoa, as Premier Bonomi was in
charge of the preparations.
The resignations were .tendered .to
King Victor Emmanuel by Signor
Bonomi.
It is believed former Premier Orlando
will be in the new ministry.
TWO REASONS ASSIGNED FOB
RESIGS'ATIOX OF CABHTET
Washington, Feb. 2. (L N. S.) There
were two chief causes for the down
fall of the Bonomi ministry at- Rome to
day, according to Italian officials now
in Washington. These are :
First The apparent failure of the
Genoa economic conference.
Second Strong Catholic dissatisfac
tion with the policy of the Bonomi mm-.
toward the. Vatican. -.
istiar
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a result of poisoning from borne canned
beans. Special anti-toxin was adminis
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Pastori were fll less than 24 hours. .
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