Evening star., 1920-12-19
Bx LANYARD MARsHALL.

fES& with Gen. Nivelle. De-
tcHmber 16. 1916, made COM
nf1nder-in-c chief of the French
army. End in America. today at the
reques&M NJ. LeyGues,- premier of
France{9
Thererafe startling things in what
he saidlthings for the United States
to ponderson- If his theory is correct
and gt&ater war than that which
has alrfE9y convulsed the world inn
pends ieYase Germany be not forced
to honesf execution of her treaty
promises. then America must change
it's whole thought trend concerning
world events. He feels that we
have whispered comfortably. Peace"
when. in fact. there is no peace.
1t is because of this belief that Gen.
desideratum in the world is firm.
abiding friendship between France,
Great Britain and America
1t would be the only possible guar
antee OF wrid tranquility he told
me. 1T need not be written into
treaties, although 1 should be glad to
see that. too: but. treaties may be
scraps of paper, while friendships
are of the heart. This friendship of
three nations which stood by through
blood and horror of great wars tre-
mendous effort should be also of the
soul. Such friendship never could be
destroyed and never would be vio-
lated"
THE world-famous French COM
mander paused.
"It would be a guarantee of the
worlds peace" he presently went on,
greater than covenants and pacts. To-
gether these great families of men would
Stand, meaning the same things, having
the same aims, working toward identical
ideals-human liberty, human progress,
human happiness. None could prevail
against them thus united. If they do not
stand together the world will soon be in
voIved in a war greater and more ter
rible than that which ended with the
armistice.
Between France and the United
States there is not now, nor will there.
ever be, need for explanations and as
surancess since the two countries long
have been blood-brethren and must and
will Continue thus.
I'm 1928 the French began to love your
land, and since your war of independ-
ehce, in 1776, there has been that real
blocd-brotherhood. Your union with the
French in the world war, of which the
echoes have not died away, was but
continuation of the union begun by
Washington and Lafayette.
How can a friendship thus COM
menced and now cemented by the blood
of sixty-three thousand of your sons, of
whom forty thousand at this moment lie,
heroes. asleep in the loving soul of
F'rance-how can such a friendship ever
cease to function as a bond between us?
1t never can
Treaties? Honestly feel that be-
tween America and France there need
be none. Our interests are not in con-
fiict and never can be; our sentiments
are one. for liberty. equality, fraternity;
our ideals are the same.
Built on the tremendous tripod Of
1776.- 1870 and 1917. hallowed by the
blood Of patriots born in each land shed
in both. preserved by fair exchange of
sp,endor your understanding friendship
caunot come to failure
The fact that your Senate, granted
certain powers by your Constitution,
admittedly one of the worlds greatest
documents, could not ratffy the YER
our amity. Had 1t subscribed to it
with all It's heart and instantly, that
could have strengthened nothing of 1t.
The prime minister OF France, NJ.
Leygues. said to me before ] left
my country that he felt no fears;
heart that treaties between America
and France are not a requisite of
that. which already has had emphasis
SO utterly supreme.
1.-The faith the countries feel in
one another, he dcfared. is founded
on an understanding growing through
the centuries, which have been the
birth-years of the democratic spirit
in which these nations are world
leaders. Nothing can affect it. save
- ~ in n
asked the distinguished French
man IL his country il recovering from
the wars effects as rapidly as he
had hoped 1t would In this reply
many sensational rumore and grim
theories which have been hinted
carefully. from time to time. about
Geramny's intentions for the future.
but which most Americans. sane and
tired Of war and talk of war. have
put aside as too Incredible for real
belief, az they put aside. at first,
the news that Germany had begun
the war in 1914.
rERANcE is recovering with a
speed which," said Gen. Neville.
els bewildering to those of US who
watched with bleeding hearts and
knew the awful measure of the ruin
which the ruthless enemy found it
possible to wreak within her bor-
ders-to those of US who. command
ing our determined nations gallant
sons. were able to appreciate the
frightful havoc which the war made
among our manhood.
"Of all the nations. France. I think.
because of her unalterable unity, is
recovering with the greatest speed.
The Frenchman thinks first about his
country. The men OF many other
Nations think first about their trade
All Europe. outside of France alone.
save one nation which thinks about
new wars. is thinking about COM
merce. And all Europe. except France,
finds trouble coming from within:
ENGLAND has her strikes and Ire
land: Italy has her strikes and DOL
sheyism; Russia has Travelled the
broad road which has led her to ruin
and Teutonic domination. i
"F'rance Is hard at work Having
won a good fight, and hard one. sne
now builds anew so that she may oe
oufte ready for whatever time may
bring her Of good luck or evil fortune.
Our workers show good sense AS
a whole, our people practice that
fruRality which saved them after the
great Franco-Prussian war, when the
Huns of that day thought that tney
had crushed them.
France has had her slight interior
troubles, aftermath of the tremendous
propaganda of disintegration whicn
the enemy had tried to work among
our ignorant and foolish. and which.
with the armistice. they pressed with
= renewed zeal, but no better oroer ana
drmer solidarity ever existed In any
nation In thS world than cow exists
tn France sThe loyalty OF French
wen and Frenchwomen is now not less
admirable than that of my splendid
soldiers at.Efrdun. France neeos IL
now as shedid then.