Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-18

iy established, will make future wars
/ little to be feared.
My valued friend, Stephane Lau-
Zaunne of the Paris Mathis, has
/ listed nearly a hundred wars waged
by wild Germanic tribes east of the
Rhine against the French on the
west, and he seems to fear that this
must continue forever, and Prime
Minister Clemenceau seems to agree
| with him, but NJ. Rurgeois seems
more hopeful. Ex-President Taft
! puts ii wildly when he said to me
| last week, The League of Nations
/ has knocked Germany down once
with its big club in November, and
the League of Nations will hold it's
! big club ready to use again when
necessary. This echoes the 'hig
stick of Mr.. Roosevelt and shows
them agreed. 1t is for the sake of
! the peace of France, Belgium, Italy
and England that we must have a
! strong League of Nations. Some
! Democrats as well as Republicans in
| this country fear that we may be
called to fight again in Europe or in
Asia. 1t is not very likely that this
! Will occur and the policing of this
continent will naturally be assigned
to this country, and that of Europe
| to that nearest at hand.
[ Having given my all to this war,
/ with my three sons, two brothers,
| two nephews and eleven cousins
volunteered in the war, and having
| been an officer of the New York
militia for nearly thirty years, / wish
to pledge the United States army
| and navy, and our state troops also,
to be ready. should a similar crisis
| arise, and civilization and liberty be
| again threatened by any robber ma
| ton anywhere, to beat the Turk or
/ Hun and protect women and little
| children.
1T is better to fight American bat
| ties on foreign shores than have in
vaders ravage our own shores and
cities. We came once at your ap-
I peal in the name of Lafayette and
l wish to assure the French govern
ment and people that we are ready
to come again if you call to us in
your hour of need.
"The amphictryonic council of
Greece was probably the first de-
Lucrative assembly formed between
rival governments for offensive and
depensive purposes, but the first real
League of Nations is due to France.
! To Henry of Navarro who became
Henry the " and who not alone
united in harmony Roman Catho-
lies and Huguenots but proposed a
scheme to join fifteen countries of
Europe in League of Nations. The
| Grand Design" offered by him to
Queen Elizabeth of England in 1896
y. d. embraced six hereditary king
doms. England. France, Spain, Swe-
den, Lombardy and Denmark; five
elective Kingdoms the empire, Hun
gary, Bohemia, Poland and the pa
pal states-four republics, Venice,
| Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. Ten
necessary requirements are listed in
| Sully's Memoirs, not fourteen as by
President Wilson. Suspicious of the
| Hapsburg dynasty of the empire and
doubts of each other prevented its
\ adoption. Pray God that no such
suspicion of each others motives
may delay its adoption at the pres
ent time.
IT was pleased to be asked TO re-
ceive the delegation from Alsace and
! Lorraine when they landed in New
! York III 1917, and also to receive
! cablegram of thanks from your illus
| trious President Poincaire through
! Prime Minister Ribot and Consul
| General Liebert, New York, and your
| president afterwards graciously add
! ed to his kindness by sending me
| his framed and signed photograph
| through the consulate. 1t was also
of the Verdun medals in America
! and to receive from the mayor and
several other dignitaries of the city
personal letter of thanks. Mon
sgneur Turinaz. Bishop of Nancy
on the twenty fifth of April sent me
| a most appreciative cablegram. My
children who are also proud of their
| French blood will, / am sure treas
ure these as we'll as plimentary
comments on my fugitive verses
which have been printed on this side
and have received approval in the
| French press.
| "There is a new tie which binds
us together now. In the Revolution
ary war French soldiers died here in
America for us and in many ceme-
teries on the day when we decorate
| the resting places of our revolu-
| tionary ancestors the tricolor is
| placed on their graves, which will
remain ours forever. They contain
all that is left of soldiers born in
| France who came to our aid. So
thousands of Americans boys have
died in France saying to the Hun
You shall not pass Many parents
and wives like President Roosevelt
and his wife will prefer that their
dead shall rest where they fell
| So in your soil and your kindly keep
ing shall rest until the final assize
our dearest and our best. And when
the final dissolution shall take place
and flesh and blood has returned
| fO earth gain VoIIr hattla front will