New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-24
Saws Nations Must Be
Prepared to En-
force Plan
ALLIES EXPECT
AID OF NEUTRALS
Will Welcome Suggestions
to Prevent Future
Wars

London, Oct 23.-The Allies welcome
efforts by neutrals for a combination TO
prevent future wars. This was made
plain by Viscount Grey, Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, in speech to-day be-
fore the Foreign Press Association.
Diplomatic representatives of all the
Allied countries were present.
81 believe the best work neutrsls can
DO for the moment is to try to prevent
war like this from happening again.
II the nations had been united in such
an agreement and prompt resolution to
insist in 1914 that the dispute must be
referred to a conference or The Hague,
that the Belgian treaty must be OBJ
served, there would have been no war"
he said
"Nation- fighting for their existence,
with daily increasing prospects of see
ing victory brought nearer, still know
ing that il they stop short of victory
they stop short of everything for which
they are struggling, cannot be expected
to spend much time thinking about
what might happen after victory is Sc
cured. But the neutrals can do it.
II observe that not only President
Wilson, but Mr.. Hughes. is supporting
league started, not with the object Of
interfering with the beligerents in this
war, but which will do its part in max
ing peace secure in the future.
Force Must Be Factor
at Is a work of neutral countries 20
which we should all look with favor
and hope. Only. We must bear this in
mind: IL the pations after the war are
able to do something effective by bind
ing themselves with the common object
of preserving peace. they must be pre-
pared to undertake not more than they
are able to uphold by force, and TO see,
when the time of crisis comes, that 1t
is upheld by force.
"The question we must ask them Is
this: will you play up when the tima
comes p IL is not merely the sign man
ual of presidents and soverelgns that
is really TO make this worth while; It
must also have behind 1t parliaments
and national sentiments.
Suppose the conditions Of 1914 oc-
cur again and there is such league
in existence, everything will depend on
whether national sentiment behind IT
is so permeated by the lessons Of this
war as 20 compel each nation, as mat
ter Of rital interest to keep peace
other than by force"
Allies Won't Discuss Peace
The Foreign Secretary made it plain
that the Allies were not prepared TO
discuss peace terms, and gave no indI-
cation OF what their terms might be.
81 would like TO talk not, indeed,
about actual conditions Of peace" Grey
said. (which can only be stated and
formulated by tho Allies together, and
not by any one Of them separately, but
about the general objects which the
Allies must secure In this war. And to
do that, | would ask you to recall that
we must never forget how the war
came about. If We are to approach
peace In q proper spirit IT can only be by
recollecting and recalling, and never
for a moment forgetting, what was the
real cause of the war.
"You cannot 20 back 20 il too often;
IL affects the conditions Of peace. Ger
many talks Of peace; her statesmen
talk Of peace to-day. They say: Ger
many must have guarantees against be-
ing attacked again
"If this war had been forced upon
Germany that would be logical state
ment. Il is precisely because it was
not forced upon Germany, but was
forced by Germany upon Europe, that
II is the Allies who must have gusran-
tees for future peace
Blames War on Germany
In July, 1914. continued Viscount
Grey, no one thought OF attacking Ger
MANY. The claim that Russia, BY her
mobilization. forced war upon Ger
many he branded as untenable. Russia
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