France and Germany The tentative conversations between the French Premier
and the German Chancellor, initiated in London; have been continued, though M. Briand's illness will prevent him and M. Laval from visiting Berlin until after the League Council meeting early next month. The creation of good will must be a slow process, but we can at least say that it is going on. Whether it would be expedited by the Cologne Gazette's proposal for a Four or Five Power Pact, between France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and perhaps Soviet Russia, is some- what doubtful. To multiply vague agreements may not increase security but rather diminish it if the parties afterwards begin to interpret those agreements differently. It is better for the powers of Europe and America to continue their discussions of practical measures, and to forward by all the means in their power a working as opposed to a merely juridical agreement between France and Germany, as the first step towards the solidarity of Europe.
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