New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-29
France Relies
On w ilson w ord
/ Bartlou Says
Fpr1lcr Premier Declares
He Renowned Real Guar
antees for Those Multi
fed by Treaty's Defeat
defense Pact Worthless
Must Be Ratified by Amer
! lea Before 1t Can Come
] Into Operation, He Asserts

PARIS, March 81 (By The Associated
Press).--Jean Louis Barthou, former
Premier, who, while interpellating the
government in the Chamber Of Depu-
ties Thursday, made. an attack on Pre-
mier Lloyd George of Great Britain
and said France stands alone to face
German revenge" to-day in an inter
view amplified his reference to the re-
lection Of the Versailles treaty by the
United States Senate.
'"However free the speakers tribune
in the chamber may be-" he said, "it
involves, above all, in discussions Of
international relations, certain
amount of discretion, to which | had
to submit on Thursday. | understand
the necessity for this, and could not
say all l thought of the situation ere
ated by the Senate's refusal to ratify
the treaty. l admit l was embarrassed
by my role of prophet, since | was the
first at the moment of discussion of
the treaty to take such an eventuality
into consideration. 1t, therefore,
caused me emotion without giving me
undue surprise.
Cites Wilson'S Promises
"What will be it's consequences? 1t
of the pact deprives France of one of
her guarantees which formed part of
the very essence of the treaty. With
the neutra cation of the left bank Of
the Rhine, urged by Marsh Foch, whose
memorandum was strongly supported
by Premier Clemenceau, the roads of
invasion of France from the east would
have been closed and the security of
our country assured. To renounce
guarantees of such Importance, which
appeared at first to be only real ones,
equivalent guarantees of security were
absolutely necessary. President Will
son had promised us them and they
were given us in the treaty. Rejec-
ton of the treaty leaves US with the
league of nations, which is incomplete
and WHICH is symbol, not an instru-
ment, of action.
con the other hand, the guarantee
ing pact ratified by Great Britain has
no practical value, since it cannot
come into operation unless the United
States ratifies what her official repre-
sen.a5ives have signed in her name.
NJ. Barthou was told his address on
Thursday created a stir both in Eng
land and the United States, and he re-
Piled:
i"You lIlst understand the feeling
aroused y France, to which has been
intrusted the guardianship of liberty
without being given means of fulfilling
such glorious but formidable mission.
However, we feel no bitterness and we
have no fear The past makes us con-
hdent of the future. We remember
with gratitude the admirable effort of
the American people and we have con-
tiaenccs. in her faithful friendship,
which needs not toe be sealed on Off
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should necessity arise.
Not Frightened by Reservations
,asThe. American Senate has acted
within it's constitutional rights, and we
nre not frightened by reservations pro-
posed there. Politics calls for reali-
TICS, and it is because l face realities
that | preserve entire confidence. All
the Senators who voted for the treaty
are friends of France, and France
knows what it owes to the tenacity of
their efforts. On the other hand, how
many opponents of the treaty are there
who FASTENED the hour of American
intervention through demanding it
with eloquent energy? Your internal
affairs concern yourselves, but the
United States is an inseparable part
OF the peace and prosperity of the
world"
The former Premier, who has al
ways been deeply interested in Amer
lean affairs, recalled his visit to the
United States with the Champlain mis-
sion in 1912, and said in conclusions:
can equilibrium will be established
in the end by which your country will
play great, perhaps even leading
role. Between the admirable democ-
racy of America and the democracy of
France there is no opposition either
in ideas, feeling or interests. And to-
morrow will be as Yesterday"