Show I 1 FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN DARK AS TO WHAT THEIR i AGREED TO DO I t 4 I in BY A t G a GARDINER I Ingland England S a Greatest t Liberal Special Cable CabI to The Th Standard Standard- Standard Examiner Examiner COP Copyright right ht 1924 by The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Pres LONDON LOZ June Acceptance 28 2 8 by the United States of o the tho In- In In Invitation to be bo represented at the conference of ot th the the- allies on July Jul 16 has given riven great treat satIsfaction here her A good deal or xi ts ls l's regard to the ea exact t understanding reached b by Premier and Prime Minister Macdonald at a weel week weel ago aeo A state state- statement ment ment attributed to M H In BelgIum that Mr Macdonald had hadn n reed In e event ent ot of Germany do- do defaulting de faulting to renew the positIOn occupied In 1934 1914 created much criticism here Jere It has he been en promptly denied b by It 35 ItI I In the th chamber of oC deputies deputies ties an and l byr by Mr r Macdonald In the tho house of 01 commons The Th latter thoI re- re repudIate repudiates re repudiates I In the most unqualified term terms that any military or the site she engagements have been en- en entered entered en entered Into os nas TV as created mated by the use of ot the th term terna moral pact In Inthe Inthe Inthe the French but III Id Macdonald acdonald sass sa s this Is only equiv equivalent alent to the th words common common de- de determination determination de determination termination In the English ver version er- er erslon zion sion I O OD OBSCURE The obscurity of the position I is I increased ed by the difficult difficulty of roe roe- rec reconciling II the tone tono of oC M Iii I speech In regard to Germany n lIlt Ith I tile the Interview with him by hy Nor Nor- Norman Nor Norman man Angel publIshed here Thurs Thurs- Thurs Thurs- Thursday Nor Nor-I day dab da In which the th French premier yaa o represented as 83 say Ing In that th-it If Germany fulfilled the of the ne new ne settlement he would fa fator faor or her Inclusion In an an Anglo Anglo- Anglo French mutual assistance agree agree- agreement ment acree-ment ment under the sanction of 01 the league of ot nations nation 21 M t when questioned stil ho he was nas as not tom fOI the Interview but no one I that it represent hi hIs personal at- at attitude at attitude and much emphasis Js Is laid on en the th fact that he ho associates General Maurice Mauric 11 ench mInister of ot war with hi his view It Is to not doubted that a pro pro- profound profound pro profound I found change chance ha has come 0 over er the he attitude In some hero It Is under understood tood that the tho pendulum has hns swung far In the direction ot of a German Un- Un Understanding un understanding It has bas ha alnas al ben been beena beena un-I un a powerful po clement element In French big busIness which favored a a political I understandIng with Germany Germony In order to accomplish economic combine between l- l German France France I industrialists for tor control to fo Euro Euro- European Euro European Iron and steel BRIJS uni BRI JS DOWN DOW The proposal was ws w i discussed dl cus edwith with the th late Hugo Stinnes but broke down on failure of the lat lat- latter lat latter ter to secure from the Soviet So con con- con concessions cessions over Russian resources In order ord r to well swell the pool The Idea now Is re Ived and nd the tho pro pro- promoters promoters pro promoters do not conceal the tho vIew that such ouch uch II a combine would oud be hostile to British Interests The Tho writer dOl dof not suggest I hat sInister t Q ce e of the matter represents nta M H riots riot's riots riot's purpose lie He Is entirely I Hr pub pub- pub spirited lic-spirited and an enthusiastic belle er in the league leacue ot of nations II but It Is undeniable that the In- In Influence influence In Influence fluence of or big business Is still 1 po er and that despite is an all ot of onO a as Poincare was of the theother theother theother I other A disquieting fact fad Is q that Important members of the th Left Bloc Eloc do not conceal In private I tate vate ate their view that the time failure of oC the tho Poincare policy means reo cc- re reliance liance on nn an un standing landIng aith Ith England to the exclusion e of o Eng Eng- England Eng Eng- England land 1 L n 1 These romantic wheels heels working within political wheels create a situation on of much perplexity but the Immediate result will bo be beneficial beneficial bene- bene in a disposItion to toward ard a I settlement England is confident that establishment of peace on the basis of the league of oC o nations Is 19 the first step tep toward to the general weli ell beIng of oC ope and that the tho eco ceo economIc eco economic consequences ot or such huch a step can not be moro more disastrous than halt the present lamentable Lr brak breakdown al down n of ot the tho whole hole life of 01 Europe Europ England continues her recent record for tor second In sport port In which ho he used to lead ead the ss world orld shill In cricket golf tennis and nd polo ha hate hae e passed into other hands OnlY supremacy In football I Is left In England and now that the conti conti- continent conti- conti continent nent neat Is la taking up p the th game garno sail soll- that may be bo expected to toI togo I Ingi Igo go with Ith the tho rest Perhaps Eng Ing- Enc lindi i lond s 8 function 1 i Is to aoth sow ao the tho th seed eed and teach others to grow the flower |