New-York tribune., 1917-09-07
v.uber of Chamber of
n.nuties Thrills Hearers
at Waldorf Banquet
Art;.War Propaganda
Is Greatest Menace
L,sserand Says War Will
End When Enemy
Knows His Sin

...-r Of Lafayette's birth and the
',;-5 anniversary of the Battle Of the
80. closed last night in the Wal
.'.tAs,oris with an expression Of the
80 jrdomitable gallsntry which
The MARQUIS adventuring across
-. in behalf Of liberty and turned
=, Germans back from Paris.
while three hundred guests at the
..;v.rsarv dinner cheered themselves
,..r.s Henri Franklin BOuillon, mem
~ the Chamber OF Deputies and
..;5snt Of the Inter-Allied Parlia-
..s-v Commission, turned to Fred
-, 2 Coudert, who presided. and
-. 81 will tell you, sir, that there
:, m peace possible at the present
.-e nor until final victory is won! "
4Vben will the end Gomez" demanded
1,,ssJ Jusserand, French Ambassador
81. can come only when the enemy
r,ssrstsnds, when he sees the evil he
IA, esussd, and regrets it; when he is
,,hsned. The change must not be
rsrsly one on paper, one in the laws of
ri, country, but one in his mind.
aSone favorable signs are already
visible; they do not consist in the word
,saee being repeated, as it is, here or
there but in incipient confessions. A
German general, a member Of the sup
Elementary general staff, stated the
o.bsr day, we are told, that the story
Of the French preparing to invade Bel
r3um was a pure invention, and that, to
,yr Great damage, We had in fact mobi-
Lied toward the regular frontier
New Signs Are Good
~Only d few days ago we had from
,hs lips Of the new German Secretary
Of State the declaration that "a policy
bsse5 on might alone and not on right
!, doomed to failure from the begin
1ing.' A good reading Of history this,
and good sign. Sir Edward Goschen
lad heard different words three years
ago"
The dinner was given by the France
America Society.
Preceding speakers had made La
ssyet,e their theme. Mr.. Bouillon de-
dared his intention Of going into con-
temporaneous history. He was here, he
said 10 deliver a message from the
French Parliament, to voice the sent-
ments Of the French people and to
echo the exhortations that came from
the trenches.
He began with the "black days" that
preceded the Battle Of the Marne, and
praised highly Ambassador Herrlck,
who had declared his intention OF
ticking BY his post and by France,
though the government moved to Mar
seilles and the Germans laid siege to
Paris. There were rays of hope, fore
casts Of the days 70 come, even then,
he said, quoting a dispatch sent by
General Fuchs, Of the French army:
'Ny left is broken; my right is
stunned; I attack in the centre"
Political Parties United
It was in those days, he said, that
political parties in France, always
clearly defined, had it beaten in upon
them tha; they must unite. They
united, he declared, and had been one
for France.ever since. He praised the
Socialists ;or the attitude that they
had taken and adhered 70.
"0ne Of the most dangerous things
We have to fight to-day" he said, "is
the propaganda being carried on
throughout the world for a premature
peace. Is peace a possibility now? l
respond no, sir There is not in
Germany or Austria a single respon-
slole statesman who at this time
thinks of a peace that would be hon
orable 20 us.
"We know for q certainty that the
whole German people are still for the
Kaiser, that they still hope TO crush the
Allied powers and establish in new
lands that system by which the military
powers have ruled Germany. They have
one great hOpe-a division between the
Allies They arc skilfully scheming,
trying in every possible way to dis
fearteu the working classes, whose
members are Justly tired Of this great
war. There is only one answer as to
Why Germany is doing this: They know
that they are already beaten.
we ask no pledge of the United
States We know that in your country
we need none. We know that when
President Wilson spoke the other day
he spoke not only for America put for
the civilized world, for which we are
fghting.
Russia Disintegrating
Russia is practically in q state OF
a.sintcgratiou. We now know definite
y that whatever may have been con-
,ubu.ing causes 20 the revolution, Its
coming az this time was the result OF
propaganda preparing the way for
separate peace. No matter what hap
pens in Russia, France will fight on. We
snail fight until those small nations,
noble Poland, Rumania, Belgium, Serbia,
are restored and the rights Of every
small nation insured.
Whatever may have been the spirit
OF our men, there is but one answer
low since American soldiers are on
french soil; there is but one thing to
90. That is TO hearken to the voice
nat rolls back from the trenches, We
VIII fight on until victory is COM
pletcd.'"