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FRTTJAY, SEPT. 24, 1020 THE TOILER PAGE S Peace In Twenty Years By Max Worth. European Correspondent for the Federated Press. "Peace I" exclaimed an English diplomat, incredulously, "I see no peace in Europe for twenty years." He was speaking of the conditions growing out of the Treaty and the JSpa conference. The war, he said, had greatly increased the demand for many materials like copper, petroleum, coal, iron awl the like. The tendency was for an ever and greater dependence upon power driven machinery, and the war had speeded the pro cess. At the same time, the leading nations of Europe were all short of some of the, materials necessary for machine production. Britain had no copper and no petroleum; Prance, in addi tion, laciked both coal and iron; Germany, under the treaty, was shorn of some of her most im portant resources; Italy had always been lack ing in the necessary economic resources. To make matters worse, all of the capitalist na tions of Europe had grown to depend, for their food supply, as well as for their supply of raw Duplicating Russian Development. The Council of. Action will continue as an active knifo in the aide of parliamentary gov ernment until the above demands are actually translated into facts. Will it continue longer than tha'tt This question is agitating Britain today. It is clearly recognised that to perpetuate the councils as bodies controlling national policy would he to overthrow the present system of government in England, would be revolution as definite and decisive, if uot as spectacular, as that which took place in Russia three years ago. A strong element is anxious to go an and taike this ultimate stop. Solidarity of the British labor movement at Ihe present time is magnificent, an inspiring if bitter- object-lesson for the American observer. materials, upon importation. Importation is all right, ho continued, in a free trade world. But the world is nOtlfree trade. On the countrary, each nation, even Great Britain, has resorted to import restrictions, and to all kinds of prohibitions on the freedom of commerce. To be sure, they were called war measures, but many of them, particularly on the continent, are still in full fore That means that the nations which depend for their raw stuffs on foreign 'trade, are unable to secure their normal supply. Of course, he continued, the rate of exchange plays an important part in these internation al traoish tons.- Before the war, it was pos sible to sit down in London or Paris, and figure out the costs of international trading to the fraction of a penny, -and to do it for months in advance. To-day, tho rate of exchange be tween the nations varies from day to day and from hour to hour. All is uncertainty chaos. "You Americans seem a little surprised," he added, "at the amounts that the various na tions of Europe are voting for their armies and navies. What else is there to do We need oil. There is oil in the Near East. Wo take it h'Jwf With our military forces! The French have, succeeded in getting an agreement as to the amount of coal that Germany is to furnish be tween this and the Fall. "Suppose Germany fails what is the alter nativcT The occupation of the Ruhr region with a military force. You will notice that I have made no mention of Poland, of Thrace, of Rou mania, of Russia. Trouble is likely to break out at a half dozen points trouble ovor some pety difference of opinion or intrigue. Those things arc always present. "I have spoken of the larger economic forces that are at this moment driving the leading na tions of Europe at each other's throats. It was that fact I had in mind when I said I saw no peace in Europe for twenty years."