The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-24
believes GERMANY
MEANT TO ATTACK US
Paul Lefaiyrc Declares Our Fight
Now Is Really One uf Self
Preservation.
RECALLS pEwEYs WARNING
Points to Gernaany's Intrigue In
South America and Says Mexico
Would HAVE Been Her BaSC--->tniS-
ter Actions.

Paris. July 2S--raul Lefaiyer. q
retired French diplomat, Is q che
opinion that II there had been no gem
eraI European war against Germany
for the United States to enter tHe
t-nsted states would have had war
all her own forced upon her by Ger
many and that Mexico would have
served as the continental base from
which the enemy would haV" alta N@o
the states
Mr.. Iesaivre had diplomatic ca
reer in North ana South America run
ming over period ol sixteen years.
He served .u BrAga}. where he 50"
rauch OF the coiorlz5ne methods ~
Germany and learned d. ars' han@ "t
Germanvs hatred - the Monroe aet-
yrine. He served Ter several wears 3Tt
the French en- ha%sE ~ Washington
ard while a. the American capital Of
ter rg1eg Admiral Dewey a. the Metro
rsolisan club. and more than o7Fe
heard the hero % Manila bay pre..4@t
that the next war q the United
STATES pecald Re with Germany I'm
sfase days the American admiral RAD
ne rhos:eht 81 the European way tA4t
vams 10 begin in 1874 Azt erls ot hos
sflistes between Germany and the
Tinted states Nir LefasvTe AS also
rTerch minister sc &exeo from 1899
sn 1915 during .he period q he ttaH-
ssae ri The triea6 states with tsaf
cotSu*wv which came So CStese 20 for
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9Faenashtp
since your spanish VAT "'
years age, me @e4.stthi. ,' a'Ta ~.
Fcre-See4F-s CT LeS % vac o4t, ~
states have haa' more or .es '''s
ffnetly the teeiihE th9t Z 'tH'35 US
coming with me f5Efa" empire.
Many 81 iHoNe " a9 3t3tt WIN ~ p
MIRA Dewey. "HFA HA'h toti .fta
r@mnalgn IN the Fh5'ppineS ana aI'eF
his friction with the German SQUAD
drcn "h1ch ne fat t'HH" "'t 3t'i f',
quite by chance, Ia Mania pay he'tFa
him stating over ana over again. wan
prophetic !nSisienGe our next var
Will he with germany ~ Us say
that this sentence, less clearly fN-
pressed among me lhiRE!hE PaHl59,
was FeneraIiy aSS9ctatta Win ~"
growing apprehension OF % clash win
Japan
Every hory knows the great prom
lem 20 ne solved IN ORDER 70 pteseT re
peace on the two shores OF the Pacl lc
ocean 10 nave II right IN eight II IS
enough TO remember the two treaties
signed between the United states and
Japan one IA lkAi, after the victory
OF Japan over emma, the second IN
d lFll, some years after the Russian
japanese war ana the Roosevelt arm
tration at Portsmouth the fr+t one
putting an end to the caphul2tlonS
system tconsularN jurisdiction, ETC.
upholds the American immigration art
against the Asiatic race, The second
marked a concession from the great
republic and suppressed, IN principle
the restrictions against the japanese
coming TO American territory.
We must point out that this treaty
could hardly have been approved u
the senate at Washington, hut for an