Show German French French Pact Farce Until Troops Are Gone By BT Dr N Ct Central Europe's Foremost t Publicist Special Radio Dispatch to The Standard Examiner StAndard Copyright 1926 6 Con Consolidated Press Association ERLIN Oct 2 ln 2 In Ger- Ger D Ger BERLIN m a thousand thousand- year thousand year old city of ot the n a lieutenant of ot a French ar- ar ar artillery tillery regiment nt killed a Oar Ger German man citizen seriously wounded wounded wound- wound ed d a s second cond and slightly wounded a third Whether his assertion that he h acted in self defense elt-d elt tense ns Is true tru will be investigated by a n French court martial marfal It Ie the th courts court's verdict be favorable to the th French lieutenant suspicion will ariso that esprit de d corps corp and anxIety anxiety anxiety for Frances Francos good rood reputation tation were responsible for the tho fact that the lieutenants lieutenant's testimony was wa as regarded larded amor as asmore asmore more credible than that or of orthe the surviving victims But this bloody Incident discloses again the th whole misery or of o the th occupation France and Germany are of ot the th League Lea u or of Nations have hav discoursed In- In Intimately intimately In Intimately In Locarno and Gen Gen- Geneva Geneva Gen eva and Illuminated their flirtation almost too bright bright- brightly ly 1 ly The r rhetorical Beland has pro with sten sten- stentorian stentorian torian voice les lea can can- canons canons can canons ons ons les lea rusHs But some someI somi I sixty thousand foreign soldiers live among weaponless Oer- Oer German Ger German man citizens on German G soil soli with bayonets swords re- re revolvers re revolver volver ers o rides and cannon and regard themselves as pos pos- possessors pos pos- possessors possessor sessor of ot sent heaven-sent au- au authority authority au authority with no restrictions by earthly powers The Germans look lock with bit bit- bitter bitter bit bitter ter anger at the th Invader who who knowing himself thus ed ed ad becomes become doubly mistrust mistrust- mistrustful mistrustful mistrustful ful and Irritable This con con- con condition dillon dilion Imposed by force pois pois- poisons poisons poisons ons the th souls o of oP all who sur- sur surfer suffer suf suffer fer wrong and do wrong wrone That this condition has ha led only to isolated excesses In Inthe inthe Inthe the course ot or eight years shows what self GOlf restraint and discipline exist on both sides Shall We w wait walt until reports report or of new misdeeds arouse the th pas pas- passions pas passions slon of the masses masse and streams of or blood drown the tender lender seeds seed of or peace The Tho French answer by ask ask- askIng asking ask Ine Ing whether they may many not re- re retain retain re retain assured tain the them on the th Rhino Rhine as se- se securely se securely as the th pledge pled secured by breach of or treaty through the German Imperial govern goern government ment But must Paris Imitate Ben Ber- Berlin's Ber Berlin's lins lin's most fateful mistake It is finally admitted that t France needs no special ter- ter territorial ter territorial protection against tho Inconceivable sadness of o a aGerman aGerman aGerman German attack but it tt Is as- as asserted as asserted that the th speedy evac- evac evacuation evac evacuation of or the tho th Rhino Rhine Rhin would encourage patriotic associations associations and facilitate the th under under- underground underground ground operations of mono mon monarchists mon monarchists who already have hao succeeded In having halnA the th eld- eld eldest eldest eld eldest est son of the th crown prince receive military traIning In Inthe Inthe the elite company ot or the th re- re republican republican re republican publican But occupation Itself fur fur fur- furnishes fur new material to the and communistic enemies of ot the republic for sowing mistrust and hatred The Th tempo ot or economic e In- In Internationalization In grows crows swift swifter er or each year A potash treaty has been followed by an Iron cartel which united almost a third or of o the th worlds world's world steel production In the th hands of Germany German France Belgium and Luxemburg A long lone term German German Franco commercial treaty thus becomes possible Roads now are arc ar open for or or- or or regulation of or the th en- en entire en entire tire continental European production and there is In prospect a new economic prosperity which appeared Im- Im Impossible impossible Im Impossible possible yesterday Discussions by French and German statesmen become so Intimate that Minis Minister ter tar Chamberlain and Premier Mussolini regarded retarded a prelim preliminary inary understanding concern concern- concernIng concerning Inc Ing the tho th suddenly changed chanced sit sit- situation sit situation as necessary uY And In such a world does docs France want to retain Germany under un- un under un under der such a yoke oke as only do- do de defenseless peoples in ancient Roman days bore boro bor to keep under military pow pow- power pow power er for tor another tight rears years a neighbor bor she has hIlS ha Just lust ac- ac accepted accepted ac accepted In a peace organization organization organization tion M Di Poincare Is praised as asa n 1 stron strong strone man He lie now can throw off ort this designation If Ithe he will recommend an end or of orthe the Rhine Rhin occupation hi his act will overshadow all of ot Bri- Bri Briand's Briand's ands Bri-and's ands and's rhetorical art and earn carn hint him und praise |