The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-27

TO 200 tho evidrno. ~ the suffering
and IN. sacrifices OF France. II has
enabled mo 60 como into p~rrunal
touch with the leaders % the French
people and thru the medium Of intrr.
course with them. 10 understand bet
ter. HOPE. than I Understood beforc.
the motives. tho ambitions and the
principles which arfuatc this rrea,
nation. II has therefore been 90 me
lesson In tho roots Of friendship in
those thinE~ which max. the inter,
course Of nations profitable and s-rv-
ie-ahio for All the rest o, mankind.
sc~~ Wisdom
Sometimes the work OF the ron.
ference has seemed 20 go very slow.
~ ind--~d. Sometimes II has s-~snes'
al II there were unnecessary obsta.
cios TO agreement. bat as tho weeks
have ieng,hrn~i have seemed 90 Sc.
the profit that came out % that.
Quick conclusions would not have
produced that intimate knowledge OF
each others mind which think has
come out OF th-H. daily conferences.
1--WE have been constantly In the
presence OF each others minds and
motives and characters and the com.
rndeships which arr based upon that
sor; OF knowiedg. are sure 70 be very
much moro Intelligent not only. but
TO breed much mono intimate gym.
pathy and comprehension than could
othcrwir, b. created.
Intimate sympathy
These sir months have been ak
months which have woven n~w fibrca
ou- people. And something more than
and intimate sympathy
has come out Of this intercourse.
Friendship Is very good thing.
Intimacy ~ n very rnhrhtcninE thing
But friendship may end with senti.
m~nt new thing that has hap.
pened is that we have translated our
common principles and cur common
purposes into a common plan. when
We part. We are not going IN part
with n finished work. but with a
work ono portion ~ which IN fin
ished and the other portion Of which
liz only begun.
we have finished the formation
NJ tho peace. but we have begun
plan of cooperation which. believe
viii broaden and strengthen m the
years 60 by. 30 that this grip Of the
hand that We have taken will not
need IN he RELAXED We have been
and shall continue 10 ho comrades
We shall continue 10 hn coworhcr~
In tasks which. because they are com.
mon, will weave out OF our rcnti
ncnta common conception OF duty
and n common conception Of the
rights ~ men Of every race and Of
every cline. II II be true that that
has boon accomplished. II Ia a very
great thing.
"As 7 Eo away from those seemed
think I shah realize that have been
present Mt one Of tho most vital
things that has happened in the his.
tory Of nations. Nations have
formed contracts with each other be
fore. but they never have formed
They have associated
themselves temporarily. hut they
never before have associated them.
selves permanently.
The wrong that was done in the
waging OF this war was a prca,
wrong. but IL Weakened tho world tn
a great moral necessity OF seeing
that II was necessary that men
should band themselves together I'm
order that such wrong should
never be perpetrated again.
Merely TO beat a nation that was
wrong once is not enough. There
must follow the warning TO an other
nations that would do like things
that they In turn will be vanauished
and shamed n they attempt a dis.
honorable purpose.
Easier 10 Understand
you can see. therefore. sir. with
what deep feelings those OF us who
must now for a little while turn
from France, shah leave your shores.
md though the ocean tx broad II viii
seem very narrow I'm the future. IL
viii be easier to understand each
other than IL ever was before and
with the confident intercourse OF co.
operation. the understanding win be
strengthened into action and action
viii itself educate alike our purpose
and our thought.
80, sir, In saying good bye 10
France. | am only saying a sort OF