New-York tribune., 1920-04-29
Ceddes Pleads
With Industry
To Aid Europe
No Peace Possible i'm World
Until Nations Are Placed
on a Basis of Solvency,
British Envoy Declares
England Ready to Help
Soldier Bonuses Expected
to Cause Fight Among
Z. S. Chamber Delegates
s,,e;or pi.poteh to The Tr;bun,


ATLANTIC CITY, April 2S-Sir
Auckland Geddcs, the new British Am
bassador at Washington, in his first
public address since mis- arrival in this
country, tonight told leaders of the
nations industries that America must
help Europe as "a long range business
proposition" lest the troubles of the
old world come after you and haunt"
Before more than 5000 delegates at
the third days session of the increased
production convention of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States
Sir Auckland warned that the world
will not be made "safe and comfort
able for democracy or business or
trade or for anything that makes the
life of millions worth living" until
all the nations of Europe, including
Germany and Russia, return to work
and to solvency.
The great question you have to de-
eide, the Ambassador said, sis this.
Are you going to stand by and wait for
Europe's troubles to come after you,
as come they will, or are you going out
to help Europe remember, l am ex-
cluding the European part of the Brit
ish commonwealth of nations) to win
through to reasonable conditions? l
do not mean help Europe politically,
but as a business proposition
II shall tell you Brtain's answer to
that question, for She. too, had to an.
swer it -'on a business footing we
charitable basis we cannot do much
more l dare not presume to sugges
what your answer should be. but this
] believe from the bottom of my heart
That all the nations of Europe, in
cluding Germany and Russia, have to
be got back to work and solvency be-
fore the world is going to be safe and
comfortable for democracy.
when You read stories of conflict
between Britain and France and Italy,
| beg you do not believe them. A few
weeks ago sat on the Supreme Council
OF the Allies through q series of dis
cussions. | know the men who are
there. know their mind and temper,
their .policv, and without hesitation |
say the reports published about San
Reno are fantastic.
"Of course there are differences Of
opinion as to method before each con-
pect that all the British, all the French
and all the Italians, not to mention
others, will think precisely alike about
the best way to get Germany weaned
from war and won to work?
"Of course it is not. But it will be
done and Germany and all Europe will
get back to work and life after more
or less suffering. Perhaps there will
be disorder. There may be upheavals,
but the people will win through.
These are difficult times for all of
Us. We need sanity. courage and good
w IL. the roofing out of suspicion the
dying away of anger
Il know you as nation we'll enough
to prophesy that when the building is
done you OF your sons will be able to
look back and say: we are glad that we
took the larger view. This is our han
diwork as we'll as theirs
Nothing has surprised me more in
the few days that | have been back in
this country than the note Of self-de-
probation, almost of pessims SIN, which
is struck in so many of your news
papers and in the speech of so MANY
men whom | have met. You have diff
culties. SO have we.
"Yes, the Continent of Europe is in
trouble, and it is trouble you cannot
get away from, trouble that will come
after you and haunt you, trouble that
the call Of the blood will bring right
here into your domestic .politics-and
there l must leave, for that is for
bidden ground
THE British Empire has troubles,
too, but they are little troubles in COM
parson with those of Europe. A frac
tion of the population is war shocked,
fraction is weary of effort, but
broadly the swell of the great storm
is dying down. Output is improving.
Business is better.
But there is profound change in