Show HERRIOT'S TASK IN FRANCE TO TOBE TOBE BE LIKE MACDONALD'S By Br ANDRE T Farmer Farmr French Commissioner ti tithe t the tho United States 1324 1124 by The Th Consoli- Consoli Consolidated dat dated d Press Association PARIS May 2 24 Rarely Rarely has ha Europe presented a more mare mor confusIng confusing Ing spectacle than during durin the pat past neck eek and the contusion confusion scorns des des- destined destined des destined tined to last for tor some week weeks It teems seems decided that when the th new French chamber con enes June 3 or ar 4 President will offer power to Edouard Her Her- Herriot Herriot Her riot riot president of ot the th So Radical party parly M lit al- al already already al already ready has hs had numerous Inter Inter- InterI I ws with Ith M t and Paul and so o has ha Premier Po- Po PoIncare Po but since the th Poincare gov- gov government tov cannot quit until parlia- parlia parlia m mutt nt convenes these talk necessarily necessarily are arc Informal which Is a considerable draw dran back But from the very fact t of ot Her Her- Herriot's Herriot's Her riots riot's conversations can with M iiii- iiii Mil lerand brand it Is I evident that ho he op- op op oppose poses pose those tho In the th party who demend resignation As A for or policies there Is I no na pre pre- pr cl o Information M H I Herriot merely declared Cartel Des I i am m of the Gatches and md will follow fallow Its If policy and nd no na other oth r But this appears appear to be bo rather a 8 rash statement tor for the th Cartel flea Dei Gauches Gauche Included the Social Social- Socialist lt 1st party of af which the majority seems determined not to ta antici- antici anticipate anticipate pat pate Socialist participation In the new cabinet c Thus Thu we w corne coue coni to the th question I the tho writer r last la t wok week Where will the tho Radicals get the support they need to govern at at the right or the left This fundamental tUl uncertainty Is what makes Frances France future futuro policy so o obscure Scarcely any ny further advance ha has been made mad than the measures mentioned last l t wee week I namely gen gen- cen central era I amnesty ity which would per per- permit permit per permit mit M to become becom a 0 par par- parliamentary par and rein rein- reinstatement statement o of discharged railway strikers These Thc e are ar what the left s opponents opponent call S 5 es gestures tures ees-tures tures But they do not constitute constitute constitute I tute a II governing policy polley As tar far tara faras tara a as policy Is i concerned France Is In the thickest toe tag I tagI Meanwhile the rest of ot Eu- Eu Europe Europe Eu Europe rope IK Is so o full tull of ot Indecision that lit I it 1 Is more mare mor than eer ever e er necessary I for Prance France to know lenow which way I sho is I going The Th Belgian nin- nin min rn are ar are feverishly flitting from fromon one European capital to another while official Brussels Bru acl d declarations and Foreign Minister 1st- 1st lat lat-ft est speeches are full rull of ot contradictions contradictions contradictions Italy Is attempting to link the war debt question to ta the Dawes report which docs does not say Bay Baya saya ya a ward about war debts debt ilni's diplomatic activity Macdon- Macdon Macdonald's Macdon aldi ald's parliamentary difficulties and careful reeling feeling of af the tha way In for tor- foreign tor eign policy polley and finally German party negotiations tawa d the for for- formation for formation mation motion of ot a a new n w government which Is I bound to be NatIonalist er else elf It may all be-all b all this thi makes an nn exceedingly complicated l game and find that the tho play play- player player I er en who aho ho e expects to ta am win In kno know ex- ex ex exactly what he lc Is doing and do da It Add to this that passage of ot the bonus bill bui scarcely makes make It easier ensler for European nations to dIscuss financial questions with Wash Wash- Washington Washington ash ington rho rhe situation Is full tull of ot pitfalls ani nl especially one gra grae e danger namely that the Pan German ele- ele ele element ment find encouragement there there- thereIn therein therein in T Two Tso a names names and Von recur on every page ot of German ne newspapers If these men eIther cither directly or by proxy become the th masters of ot Germany and find other countries wallow wallow- wallowing wallow wallow-Ine Ing In Indecision they will aill hesi- hesi talo tale tato at ot nothing The expert s plan presuppose complete good faith on Germanys Germany port part But experIence shows that German good tood faith Is I never span spon- pon but Is 1 determined only by stern tern necessity It IC Europe La Is I dis- dis disorganized dis organized Germany will not yi id i Who na knows It if she tho will not turn from passive pa Elve resistance to active f That Is tomorrows tomorrow great danger r |