The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-30

EUROPE NEEDS our
MEN, SAYSLAMONT'
Banker Tells Harvard "Grads''
U. s. Debt to Allies Is
Not Yet Paid.
THEY FEAR FOR FUTURE
Wise Counsel Needed as Much
as Liberal Credits in Re-
construction.
THEY FEAR FOR FUTURE
sp.essl p..ratcA % rnr sur.

CAMBRipoK. Masa, July 10. - When
Thomas w. Lamont made a hit back In
.e2 as n shy school girl In one OF the
Hasty Pudding Club plays no one Inn
Agined that he would como back In later
Years to point out the course that Har-
ward University should take In the full
niiment OF its obligations to the world.
But Mr. Lamont did that last night.
He also pointed out TO the rest OF the
old grads" attending Summer school
and mapping out the financial future Of
their alma mater some things relating
to our national obligations. declaring
emphatically that our debt to the land
OF Lafayette has not yet been paid,
The address OF the former school girl,
now member OF the firm of ]. p. Nor
gan q Co.. was the first real expression
OF opinion that he has voiced In public
since his return from Europe with the
American Peace Mission. It YVES deliv-
cred at a dinner In the Harvard Club In
the Back Bay district Of Boston, where
the old grads dined amid trophies of the
hunt and reminders OF bygons days ;
where they resurrected many an old
Pipe and snapped many old stories OF
yard and gridiron.
At this dinner II was also announced
that subscriptions to the drive Of the
Harvard Endowment Fund committee
for $1,000. 900 have already begun to
come In. q check for $4,000 having been
received from the banking Arm of Horn
blower q Weeks.
Tells Of Inscription.
Mr.. Lamont told the old grads Of an
Inscription he had seen. on banner
borne by American soldiers in Brest.
which read:
I'VE have paid our debt to Lafayette
Who the hell else do we over" He an
gwered the doushboys' query by declar-
Ing that we still owe much TO cur Euro
pean. allies, and that the best way in
which to pay our debts Is to let them
have. in addition to necessary credits.
the mental fruits OF our great educa-
tional institutions. With the vigorous
youth of Europe wiped out. he said, we
must supply the trained minds that are
to master the problems of the future,
abroad as well as here.
81 should say" he declared. shat Eu.
rope needs above everything else the
power. the energy and the trained minds
Of young educated manhood. II Is true
that II we are to maintain our trade and
prosperity we must grant ample credits
to her for her purchases in America. But
lover and above all that we must land
some of our young men to Europe. to
supply temporarily a part Of that great
fund of vitality and constructive thought,
the loss of which Europe is feeling so
badly"
Mr.. Lamont spoke Of his reflections
upon leaving the people of France, and
said.~'I knew that neither to them nor
10 our kindred OF Great Britain had we
yet paid our debt in full"
THE flower Of the flock Of England
and France" he continued. "is withered
and gone. Those young poets and singers
OF England, the oarsmen and cricketers
OF Oxford and Cambridge. college ath-
letes one day. members of Parliament.
soldiers and heroes the next, are gone.
Those students of France, those artists,
those architects. those keen thinkers,
have been swept away. and lie deep In
the mud of Flanders
Elm all<the reconstruction that she
must face Europe then feels most the
need for those minds and hearts that
have ceased to pulse. What was the cry
of Clemenceau. OF Lloyd George and Of
Orlando as saw them at the conference
day by dayf Was II one of complaint for
the frightful devastation wrought by the
Germans? Was It one for the suffering
and grief of their people?
mo. these chiefs OF state were not
vringing their hands over the past or the