Show 4 t J Hope for European Peace i 0 A restless world tile the signing of an accord L l by br G Germany and Fr France nc e regarding 1 g iss issues cs in the is welcome indeed It is IS a significant sig- sig sig- sig i accomplishment of the council of the league J agu of pf nations and and a triumph for the Argentine Ar r f gentine entine Italian and Spanish diplomats comprising com coin the the- councils council's committee Does Docs it mark tt turning for the league leagle out of a long road of fruitless ss endeavors nd into nto a broader broaden highway of promise promis 1 It will be a happy circumstance if if f this is the ease case holding hop hope that it may maybe be increasingly potent in preserving peace in Europe tw e The agreement of peace seems to be bc e that tha the predicated upon Pon the assumption cite on January 13 will return the territory to Thereupon France will receive a aVast aVast aast Vast ast tonnage of coal and nearl nearly investments Im or or her mines and private as this this- economic arrangement is more significant arc are the three political agreements Z It is isto to be bd presumed that in any eventuality a R 8 basis of settlement for the physical proper- proper tics lies ics involved could have ha been worked out best a assurances of peace are to be found I that the inhabitants Sn fin Germanys guarantee Germanys guarantee f the are to have haye equal rights regardless regard regard- t less lh of language race and religion religion clear clear implication im im- inh- inh tio l that J vs Jc s will not suffer Semi anti tic proscriptions ns s' s if f the region comes come under German rule rul that s shall have the I I j ame standing as voters and that all shall have I Iqual rights Tights to social insurance and state as stance These are are are- concessions on the part of Germany ermany almost t to be bc regarded as political magnanimity 1 and if f the they were obtained at athe he insistence of France Prance high credit must go goo goto to o both nations and to the neutral committee i members enberg for or their inclusion in the accord I w Now the committee ee reports its achievement Ho to o the league council for its approval and sane sane- Jion- Jion ion The tote vote of the comes a af f hence France Francc despite continued military mili- mili tary ry preparations in in- inthe the east evidently sees I victory for the Deutsch Front nazi dominated propaganda nd mill b but t she asserts readiness to toT T ace troops at the disposal sal of the commission it if election disorders warrant a call Germany Retorts et that this would constitute te a breach l of r the Locarno pa pact t. t As a gesture of good faith Hitler orders storm troopers n not t t to wear uniforms uni uni- forms lorms O or OJ drill within 25 miles of the and tl that at Germany jermany lias has no intention of staging stag- stag ring ing a a. coup de demain main in the basin The feared putsch though has a nazi complexion even 1 though it is expected t to come if at all from the The accord reached in Rome onda is counted on to dispel the fears which have grown out of the sinister anticipations which a n month ago seemed almost certain er- er r tain ain of fUl fulfillment nt f Under article 47 of th the Ver Versailles illes' illes treaty if France Fran e or Germany should gain sovereignty t is IS to o be in inferred err d that the qu question ti be I for all time If Jf the thc status quo prevails pre- pre vails after the plebiscite there are authorities Who Vho hold that league sovereignty would in- in ude th the power to set another election at a a. u ure date The council has as declined to take H stand on this point in the fear that it might e be be interpreted as an active campaign by bythe the Jea league e ag against Germany Should this new accord acord aeL ac ac- cord ord lead Germany to return to the 1 nent ent conference the league and the world court Europe might then rejoice im in a new hope or or movement toward prolonging peace peace or at t toward ward removing one of the most threatening threat- threat ening ning clouds hanging banging over the continent |