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^ Ex - Premier of (Britain Replies to Clemenceau French Policy Means War De clares Llo\d George iu Article Making Start ling Revelations. << onflnuetl From Pn|« One) Ished on vengeance and on* day the struggle *»vii 1 be resumed. And France has no natural defense against the avenging hordes that are now playing on the German streets, and with the liuin of whose voices German kinder gsrt<*is resound. The Rhine is the only possible line of resistance. Provi dence meant it to play that part and it is only the sinister interference of etatomen who love not France that deprives Frenchmen of this security for peace which a far seeing nature < lias provided. The fact that this involved subjec tion to a foreign yoke of millions of men of German blood, history and sympathies, and that the incorpora tion of so large an alien element, hos tile in every fiber to French rule, would he a constant source of trou ble and anxiety to the French gov ernment whilst it would not merely provido an incentive to Germany to renew war. but would Justify and dignify the attack by converting it Into a war of liberation—all that had no effect on the Rhenian school of French politics. ^ This school Is as powerful as ever. In one respect, it is more powerful, fur In 1919. there was a statesman at 1ho head of affairs who had the strength us well as the sagacity to resist their ill-judged claim. Hut what about 1922? Where is the foresight and where is tlie strength? There is a real danger that the 15 years’ occupation may on one pretext or another be indefinitely prolonged. When it comes to an end. will there be a ministry In France strong enough to withdraw the troops? I Evil Pressure Insistent. Before tlie 15 years’ occupation la terminated, will there bo a ministry or a Series of ministries strong enough to resist the demand put forward without cessation In the French press that the occupation should be made effect tve? Upon tlie answer to these questions. ; tlie peace of Europe, the peace of the world, iierhnps the life of our civiliza tion, depend. The pressure to do the evil thing that will once tnore spill titers of human blood is insistent. The temp-J tatlou is growing. Tlie resistance is I getting feebler. America and Britain standing to gether can alone avert the catas trophe. But they can only do so by making it clear tlmt the aggressor— whoever it may be—-will have the invincible might of these two com monwealths arrayed against any nar | How that threatens to embroil the world In another conflict. There are men in Germany who rreach revenge. They must be told that a. war of revenge will find the same allies side by 6ide inflicting pun ishment on the peace breakers. There arc men In Franco who coun sel annexation of territories popu- j lntori by another race. They must : be warned that such a step will alienate the sympathies of Britain and RUPTURE EXPERTS for Men,W omen and Children in OMAHA Representing W. S. RICE ADAMS, N. Y. Our experts, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Williams aijd C. W. Miller, will be at tire Rome Hotel, Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14, 15 and 16. Every ruptured man, woman and child should take advantage of this oppor tunity. The Rice Method for Rup ture is known the world over. You can now see this Method demonstrated and have a Rice Appliance fitted to you. Absolutely no charge unless you are satisfied to keep the Outfit after having the Appliance adjusted and you see how perfectly and comfortably it holds. No harsh, deep-pressing springs; nothing to gouge the flesh and make you sore. 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The pact, giving guarantees to ! France against possibility of Ger ' mail aggression, was designed to strengthen the hand of M. Clemen ceau against the aggressive party which was then and still is anxious to commit France to the colossal er ror of annexing territory which has always been purely German. M. Clcmenceau knows full well that Britain has been ready at any time during the lost three years up to a few months ago, to take upon itself the burden of that pact, with or with out the Fnlted States of America. At Cannes, early this year. I made a definite proposal to that effect. It was a written offer made by me on behalf of the British government to M. Briand. who was then prime min ister of France. I was notions to secure the cooperation of France in a general endeavor to clear lip the Eurpean situation and establish real peaeo'from the L'rals to the Atlantic seaboard. French suspicions and French apprehensions constituted a serious difficulty in the way of settle ment and I thought that if It were made dear to F’rance that the whole strength of the British empire could be depended upon to come to Its aid. In event of threatened Invasion. F'rench opinion would be In a better mood to discuss the outstanding ques tions which agitate Europa. Good WIH Essential. International good will is essential to re-establishment of tho shattered machinery of international comerce. With a great country like France, to which the issue of the war had given a towering position on the continent of Europe, in u condition of fretful mss. it was impossible to settle Kur ope. Hence, the offer which w as made by tire British government. M. Briand was prepared to welcome this luffer and proceed to a calm con sideration of the perplexities of the European situation. It was agreed to summon a conference at Genoa to dis cuss the condition of European ex change. credit and trade. It was also resolved that an effort should be. made to establish peace with Ilussita and to bring that great country once more inside the. community of nations. A great start was made on tlie path of genuine appeasement. The Ger man government was invited to send its chief minister to the Cannes con ference in order to arrive at a work able settlement of the vexing question of reparations. The invitation re ceived prompt response and Dr. Itath enau, accompanied by two or three leading ministers and a retinue of fi nancial experts, reached Cannes In time to take iiart in tlie discussion. The negotiations were proceeding helpfully and another week might have produced results which would have pacified the tumult of suspicious nations and Inaugurated the promise of fraternity. Bui, alas, Satan is not done with Europe. A ministerial crisis in Franca brought our hopes tumbling to the ground. Tho conference was broken up on the threshold of fulfillment. Suspicion once more seized the tiller and Fluropc, Just as it seemed to be entering the harbor of good will, was swung back violently Into the broken seas of International distrust. The offer made by Britain to stand alone on tho pact of guarantee to F’rance was rejected with disdain. We- were told quite rudely that it was of no use without military convention. This we declined to enter into. Europe has suffered too much from military con ventions to warrant repeiition of such a disastrous experiment. The pact with Britain lies for the moment In • the wastepaper basket. But wo never flung it there. Peace Goes With Pact. M. Clemenceau ought to have made, his complaint in Fans against men of his own race and not in New York against Englishmen. With the pact went the effort to make peace in Eur ope. The history of Genoa is too re cent to require any recapitulation o^ its features. The new French ministry did not play the part of an inviting government responsible for pressing to a successful end the objects of the Cannes conference, hut rather that of the captious critic, who had to he per suaded along every inch of the road and who threatened at every obstacle to turn back and leave the rest of Europe to struggle along with Its bur den amid the mocking laughter or France. I am not congdalning of M. Bar thou. lie did his beat under most humiliating conditions to remain loy d to the conference which bis govern ment had scoffed in the summoning. But his task was an impossible one. lie was hampered, embarrassed and tangled at every turn. Whenever he took any step forward, he was lassoed by a dispatch from Paris. I am cred ibly informed that he received 800 of these communications in the course of the conference! What could the poor man do under such bewildering conditions? The other European countries were per plexed and distracted. They were anx ious that Genoa should end In a state of peace. There was no doubt about sincerity—the passionate sincerity of a desire for peace throughout Europe, but the European nations could not help seeing that one of the great pow ers was working for a failure. They had a natural anxiety not to appear to take sides. It is a marvel that in spite of this unfortunate attitude adopted by the French government that a pact,was signed which has, at any rate, preserved the peace in east ern Europe for several months. Be fore the conference we had heard of armies being strengthened along fron tiers and movements of troops with a menacing intent from the Baltic to the Black sea. Genoa, at least, dis pelled that cloud. But a permanent peace has not yet been established, and the pact with Russia will soon expire. I am, huw e\er, hopeful that the spirit of Genoa will stand between the contending armies and prevent the clash of swords. Ail this, however, is leading me away from an examination of M. Ciemenceau's suggestion that Britain did not keep faith in the matter of guaranteeing France against German aggression. The offer was definitely I’enetved at Cannes and M. Foincare has not accepted it. I have my own i opinion ns to why he has not done so. i It is not merely that he does not wish 1 tc aet the seal of his approval upon a predecessor's achievement. 1 am afraid the reason is of a more sinister kind. If France accepts Britain » guar antee of defense of her frontier, every excuse for annexing tlie left hank of the lthine disappears. If this {is the explanation, if the French 1 ministers have made up their minds that under no conditions will they even at the end of the period of oc cupation withdraw from the lthine. then a new chapter opens in the his tory of Europe and the world with a climax of horror such as mankind lias never yet witnessed. The German provinces of the left bank of the Rhine are intensely Ger man In race, language, tradition and sympathies. There are seventy mil lions of Germans in Europe. A gen eration hence, there may be a hun dred millions. They will never rest content as long as millions of tlie'r fellow countrymen are under a for eign yoke on the other side of the Rhine and it wUl only be a question of time and opportunity for the in evitable war of liberation to begin. We know what the last war was like. No one can foretell the terrors of the next. The march of science is inexorable and wherever it goes, it is at the bidding of men whether to build or to destroy, is ft too much to ask that America should In time take an effective Interest in the de velopment along the Rhine? To that extent, I am in complete accord with 51. Clemenceau. Neither Britain nor America can afford to ignore the manoeuvers going on along Its hanks. It Is a far cry from the Rhine to the Mississippi, but not so far as It used to be. There are now graves not far from the Rhine wherein lies the dust of men who less than six years ago came from the banks of the Mississippi. END ARTICLE ONE. Race on to Repeal Esch-Cummins Act Capper and Iowa Congress man Try lo Reaeh Home With Separate Bills. Washington, Dec. 9.—(Special Tele gram.)—House and senate leaders have entered Into a race with each other to see wjiich can secure amend ment of the Esdh-Cummius transpor tation act, first. The contestants are Representative Burton E. Sweet of Iowa and Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. Both aim to secure repeal of 1D-A of the act, the clause containing the so-called guarantee feature and which deprives the state utilities com missions of the powers they formerly exercised relative to intrastate rates and to car service within their jur isdiction. Both Representative Sweet and Sen ator Capper have introduced bills amending the act In this respect. While the Capper bill has received the widest publicity, the Sweet bill ante dates It by several months and has al ready been given hearings before the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, covering six weeks. The Capper bill has had no hearings. The senate interstate commerce committee Is opposed to the Capper bill and will report It adversely. In this way It will get to the senate but not with the support a favorable re port would give it. 5tr. Sweet thinks liis bill will be approved by thv house commerce committee. The Iowa man proposes to push consideration of his bill at once. Neither Capper nor Sweet have taken the position that the entire act should he repealed. Pastor to Expound Catholic Doctrines . Lectures on the doctrines of the ! Catholic church will be given at St. Cecelia cathedral. Fortieth and Burt streets, by Rev. Fr. Charles Cassidy of St. Paul, Kan., each evening tills week | at S starting tonight. The lecture tonight will be intro ductory. At the same time the parish ; retreat which has been conducted by Rev. Father Adalbert will be closed ; with Archbishop Harty presiding. Monday evening. Rev. Father Cas sidy will discuss "Why Catholics are Misunderstood;” Tuesday, "Did Christ Establish Many Churches?" Wednes day. "Church or Bible." Thursday, "'lire Secrets of the Confessional;” Friday, "Marriage and Divorce;" Sat urday. "The Worship of the Virgin Mary,” and next Sunday, "After Death —What?" Rev. Father Cassidy will answer questions each night. 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