Show France Hurt Hart Because Britain Launches War Plane Program EDiTOR SAYS SAS ENGLAND GI IS s FORGED fORCED ON O London Finds Funds Itself Itsel Vulnerable for First Time In History By U 11 t 1 i GAROL n t nII t tl I 1 I I n n fr Idal Cable le 10 to Tin Till St t t 1 Co Copyright Copi right 1923 LONDON VON June England nd SO has been tOI forced ced lo to enter on an ex- ex extensive c program of ot aerial de de Elop men t fo for pi election s announcement hoe e disguised Is 18 a direct reply to the Iho i rench aim aim alin of supremacy acy In ht the tho theair theair al air No political party parly arly Is anxious to ente enter on j a policy olly which tf It pursued to the tho end put must e event event- eventually e ent- ent ent result In new acv competitions In armament Public opinion through through- throughout throughout out 1111 England Is 13 eary eary of or wa war ond ad and la b genuinely u ed re to adopt t tany any meas mo mou oC o ot ed lma ds ment merit ment agreed on in regards to lied sea EJ or i I lr Until tho the rupture caused by the tho Ruhr occupation tho the country turn turn- turned turned ed rd a blind y eye to 10 the pru- pru pru trance had hd li id adopted f We affected to believe that the preponderance had no relevancy toward vard the British position Tile The first feeling of ot concern was aroused aroused arous- arous aroused ed py by y the French rench In on at Washington ashington This passed but the disquiet was S hen when hen Trance 1 ranee rance adopted an un Independent dent line In the Then ut- ut at attention as was directed to tho the over oter- 0 overwhelming er- er whelming superiority ot of the tho French In hi the tile air LONDON nON DI It was nas reah realized realised ed that thit th t London for tor forthe the first time in her lustor history was as vulnerable to an attack against which no means mans of ot dc- dc de defense f nse This situation was aggravated by the tho knowledge that the I French superiority In arms was as exercising a pov powerful influence on the diplomatic situation t i eo er- er erI I hel e At the I back ah of o the tho Lau Lau- Lausanne Lausanne sanne conferences lurked the shad shad- shadow shadow shadow ow of ot trances military power and the entire episode of o the Ruhr rested on the same assumption assumption It It become became obvious ob that con con- consciously consciously consciously or unconsciously In ass as assuming a dictatorship Europe by 11 tue of ot her unchallenged unchallenged unchallenged military power 10 er This sit sit- situation situation sit situation rapidly has become both In- In in and aDd dangerous and though public opinion deplores the necessity necessity sity of ot th the new policy it unanimously unanimously agrees no other course Is 18 possible It if Is to preserve Os her 11 and liberty of or action I 1 RA CL The significance of the move move- movement movement movement ment isn ism t t quite understood In It is claimed that airplane building Is directed only against Germany but the facts of ot h lA n make n nl A nonsense of ot that claim The Germans aro are forbid forbid- forbidden forbidden den to make war plan planes pianos s at all w bile France Is equipped with squad squad- squadrons squad ions Ions rons a total far exceeding all of othe the rest of Europe put together The seriousness of this fact act Is ap- ap ap appreciated predated only when hen consideration is rs given similar French preponderance preponderance ance In tho the field lel he her equipment p of If alike like 1 I oland her readiness to finance militarism and he her control of ot practically all on the continent west cst of the Vistula These are aro the considerations be- be behind be behind and hind the weeks week's announcement fully understands that England has been bead driven en to the utmost limits of surrender and will go no further r What the tho effect will be on the French policy remains to be bo seen Whether Poincare takes the hint and calls a halt he alone can tell Much depends also aloo ali o upon the result of o the long prolonged Anglo Anglo negotiations in respect to the reply to the tho German note Three seeks have passed since the latest Ger tier German German man after was recen racer recoiled red ed and it ft still Is unanswered cred 1 BELGIUM I IS Kin KEY I Belgium Is largely the key to this situation Opinion la Is sharply dl- dl divided di divided vided there between the Walloons nho rho ho are arc pro French and the nem-ish nem Ish a 1 who ho are re pro pro-E pro English 1 The I he latter lat lat- latter lat latter ter hate o ha e no desire to see BelgIUm become a iry of ot Franco France and suffer burrer horn disruption of ot trading relations with ith Central Europe The Th peril of ot allo ring this dead dead- deadlock deadlock deadlock lock to continue Is that Germany will collapse while the outsiders wrangle about laying out the corpse ero IV Vv ere the moral sense o of Europe not dead this scandalous delay In reaching a decision would bo be Impossible pi probably In view Mew of the over overwhelming conviction of disinterested dis- dis dis disinterested interested opinion that Germany Is sincere and and ought to bo ho accepted for tor what hat it 18 rs worth |