The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-25


~ General Ferdinand Foch's
special train as it passed
from Monroe, N. c., to Washington,
and talked with him about world
problems, the Disarmament Con-
ference III It shall turn out to be
one) at Washington and the pos
sibility Of ending war in the world.
"Why is the North Carolina re-
ception to the French marshal held
in Monroe?" asked one of his trav-
cling companions, and he asked:
was it at that place that the Mon
roe Doctrine was proclaimed7"
/ told him that the Monroe Doc
trine bears that name from the
great President who enunciated 1t
and not from the town which had
rendered hospitality to General
Foch, and explained that North
Carolinians had assembled at Mon
roe to greet Foch probably because
it was near that place that Andrew
Jackson was born. and they wished
to invoke the spirit Of Old Hickory
in their welcome to his successor
as the greatest military genius Of
his age.
In the talk General Foch enun-
ciated the latest Monroe Doctrine"
as the train pulled out of tho town
of Monroe. Let me summarize its
points:
I. The allies did not win the war
until there was unity OF command.
The victorious nations must have
unity to win the economic war.
MUST HAVE BASES.
2. Victory In war depends more
upon bases from which military
forces can operate than upon the
number of ships or armies. Given
suitable bases, everything else can
be procured.
8. An end must be put to such
anarchy as exists in Russia.
4. Peace-(who can tell whether
all war can be prevented?>-is pos
sible only by removing the causee
of war. Disarm the mind and the
heart of greed and vengeance. The
world today is in an economic purga'
tory lust as it suffered in a spiritua.
purgatory during the war. II II
would have Paradise regained. II
mus. act with all its heart. with ali
it's soul. We cannot establish a last
ing peace merely by hoping for 1t.
We must work for II. The need Is
imperative. And the great allied
general added, Peace we shall have
on the same condition that we got
war. We must fight for II In the
moral sphere as we did In the physi-
cal sphere. Peace has been prom
Used from the first night Of Chris
tianity only to men Of good WILL.
Good will must be in the bottom OF
the heart; without 1t 1t is only a
sham peace"
Are we to look for the most con-
structive leadership b mon OF the
fighting profession rather than to
statesmen who plan rather than
fight wars7
That question is ono which the
people are seriously asking. in view
of the hemming and having Of civil
ians in high places while military
men have been direct and plain
spoken. Your diplomat, II he
speaks the language that the aver
age man understands, has to defy
tradition. The fighting man has
been trained to be frank to blunt
ness.
NOT ALL STATESMEN.
THE people must not expect too
much from tho conference" has
been the refrain Of some diplomats
or statesmen or both. do not r..
gard all statesmen as diplomats or
all diplomats as statesmen, though
the distinction il not always clear.
Sometimes the difference Is the twi-
light zone. Sometimes 1t Is as far
removed as the North Pole from
the South Pole
Naturally We expect the man who
makes . procession Of bearing arms
to believe II IL tho only way to
settle national disputes. And some
how or other We have schooled our
selves to expect civilians to look
for some other settlement than force
Of arms. Are we wrong? And have
tho tables changed? Is It the SOL
der who must put his life in jeop-
ardy who Is to do more to lead US
to world peace than the statesmen
who DO not go on the battlefield?
Utterances of caution and pru-
dence and Don't expect too much"
from civilian statesmen in contrast
with the straightforward. TT Is
time to reduce armament" from
fighting men would indicate that
men who know most about the trag-
edy Of war from personal experience
-