Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-04-19 | Page 4 | Washington is Sleeping

-oo WASHINGTON IS SLEEPING. Reports from Washington are to th effect that our Matp department is un. concerned fiver the new treat) between be-tween Germany and Russia. Perl) p this is nothing more than an attitude Intended to minimize the whole pro-' ceedings at Genoa. But many Choughl ful men. looking to the future, see in the rapproachment a source of great danger for America. Should Germany and Russia, even tually gain a mastery of Europe, this country would face the coullict which would have come to us had German-, won the world war i With tremendous man power and j latent resources, Russia, under the direction di-rection of Germany, could become tie-most tie-most dangerous force in all the world The statesmen of Europe see clearly What It means, but America, In the meantime, wraps the cloak of speuritv around Its form and lies down to pleas antr dreams, and. without foresight, senses nothing wrong in the understanding under-standing which has waited Germany and Russia. : But Europe realizes the possibilities and the allies arc proceeding to rap Germany over the knuckles.