The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-25

in Europe and left there If left by us
without disinterested friepdr
do you believe in the Polish cause,
rs l do? Are you goins 10 see ny
Poland, immature, inexperienced as
yet unorganized and leave her with
a circle of armies around her? DO
you believe in the aspiration OF the
Czecho -Siovaks and tho Jugo- Slavs
as ! do? Do you know how many
powers would be quick to pounce
upon them If there were not the
guarantee of world behind their
liberty
'Havc you thought Of the suffer
ings or Armenia You poured out
| your money 20 helm spcror the Ar
menians after they suffered; now set
| up your strength so that they shall
never suffer again.
| THE arrangements OF the prese Mt
peace cannot stand 4 generation I'M
| less they are guaranteed by the
| united forces of the civilized world.
And II We do not guarantee them,
! cannot you see tho picture? Your
! hearts have instructed you where the
| burden of this war fell IT did not
| fall upon the national treasures. 1t
did not fall upon the instruments of
/ the administration, il diA not FAN
/ upon the resources of the nations. II
I fen npon the voiceless homes every
| where, where women were toiling IN
! hope that their men would come
| back.
| Americas Guarantee.
when / think OF the homes upon
which dull despair would settle II
this great hope Is dissipated | should
wish for my part never to have heard
America play any part whatever in
1 ,tr a tan .Tss ~ ~ Asl IA h-
world. But / Talk as II there We're
any question. have no more doubt
OF The verdict of America in this
matter than / have doubt OF the blood
that 1t is in me.
''And SO my fellow citizens
have como beck to report prog
ress and do uot believe that the
progress is going TO stop short of
the goal The nations of the
world have set their hands now
to do a great thing. and they are
not going to. elacken sheir pur-
pose. And when / speak Of the
nations of the world / do not
speak of the governments of the
world I speak Of the peoples
who constitute the nations of
the world. They are in the sad
die and they are going to see to it
that their present governments
Il do not do their will, some other
| government shall. and the secret
is out and the present govern
ments know IL.
There is a great deal of harmony
to be got out of common knowledge
There is a great deal OF sympathy to
phere and except for the 4 differences
OF languages which puzzled m,
American ear very sadly j could have
believed l was at home IA france OF
in Italy or IN England when ! was or
the streets, when ! was in the pres
ence of tho crowds, when ] was II
great halls whore men were gathered
together Irrespective of class.
'T did not feel quite as much at
homo there as, do here. but ! fell
/ that now at any rate, altar this storm
OF the war had cleared the air mer
were seeing eye to eye everywhere
and that these were the kind OF folks
who could understand what the kind
OF folks at home would understand
that they were thinking the same
!, things.
Delightful Familiarity.
! IT feel about you as / am reminded
OF a story of that excellent wit and
good artist. Oliver HEREFORD. who. ore
day sitting at luncheon at his club
was slapped vigorously on the back by
n man who he did not know very well.
lie said: oliver. old boy. how are you?
4 He looked at him rather coldly.
"He said: 4 don't know your name,
/ I drn't know your face. but your man
ners are very familiar And l. must
say that your manners are very famii-
tar, and let me add, very delightful.
| ut is great comfort, for one thing.
to realize that you all understand the
language ! am speaking. A friend of
mine said that to talk through an In
terpreter was like Witnessing com
pound fracture OF an idea, But the
beauty of II is thHt whatever the i'm
pedinents of the channel OF commu-
nication. the idea Is the same, that 1t
| gets registered. and It gets registered
in responsive hearts and receptive
purposes
Y have not come back for a siren
nous attempt to transact business for