Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-22
FRANCE DARES NOT REDUCE HER ARMY
WHILE WAR THREATENS SAYS BRAND
Official Interpretation OF
French Premier's S
Speech

Washington. Nov 21.-tBy The AS
sociated Press. THE official inter-
probation of the address OF frsniiei
BRAND of France. follows:
"Gcntlemcn: You will readily aon1a
that l, as a delegate of France, shouio
feel moved when rising to speak from
this platform. whence every woro
that is said. goes to the attentive ana
anxious ear Of the world. wlsn "
thank my colleagues OF the conie.
ence who on the opening OF TINS puonc
meeting so kindly allowed me TO speah'
as the representative of my country.
II shall endcayor to make II ap1ear
to your eyes and to the eyes OF the
world, with its true genuine face as u
10; that will show you France reaos
and | might say perhaps more reaoy
than any other country to direct hcr
attention and her earnest VIII 10
whatever steps may be thought desir-
able in order to insure final peace Tor
tho world Nothing for my colleagues
and myself would be more pleasant
than to tell you this. We bring hcrc
sacrifices TO the fullest extent pos
sible. We have our own security IN
sured. We lay down arms. we
should be so happy to be able to make
that ,.cstuze 10 participate In the trhai
disarmament of the world
'Urfortunateiy We can not speak IN
this way. say also unfortunately we
have no, the right to do so. shai'
briefly explain later for what rcasons.
I shall tell you for France that she
wants to make peace, IL you wanf to
make peace there must be two pco-
pie, yourself and tho neiGhbor oppo-
site. To make pcacc--I am speaking
of course of land armament, II Is not
sufficient to reduce effccttves ana &C.
crease war material, That is the phy-
steal side, n physical aspect OF things.
There is another consideration which
We have no right TO neglect In such
a problem thar touches vital questions
Which Rrc Of :hc most serious cuar-
Rctcr for tho rounfry conceruvn-
- peressary that besides this physical
dtxarrpa n1cnt there should DE In those
same circles what I shall caiia gem
eral atmosphere OF peace. In. other
words moral disarmament Is ~
necessary ms the material one.
have the right to say this, and
hone to he able to prove II to YOU
Aud I have the right to say to you
that in Europe. as II Is q, prss9n.' p,,,,.
there arc serious elements OF instability
there as such conditions prevailing
that France Is Obliged to fare them
and I. contemplate the necessary
matters from the point OF view or
her own security.
~ am now staying In country
many OF the mon of which have al
rcady enioycd tho opportunity OF see
ing France and knowing what she Is:
They came to US In the most critical
time OF the war. They came aud shed
their biood---mingied their blood WIN
ours aud they shared our lie ana tney
have seen France and they now know
what France Is. And certainly these
men have contributed to enlightcn
their own countrymen and they nave
done everything to dtspel and drive
away those noNious gases which nave
been spread about. and under when
certain people have been trying TO
mask and conceal tho true face of
France.
Here in thi. country you are liv-
ing among states which do not know
the entanglcd barriers and frontiers OF
Europe. Here you live In an i'm
mensc expanse. You do not know
any factions ON your land. You have
nothing to fear So that 1t Is rather
difficult ror some of YOU. to realize
what are the conditions prevailing In
Europe after war and after Victory.
II quite admit that every citizen
OF the United States should come ana
tell ME this: The war Is won. Peace
Ia signed. Germany has reduced her
army to a great extent. Most Of her
war material has been destroyed.
What is 1t that prevents peace from
now reigring In Europe. Why is 1t that
France keeps such a considerable army
sbundantiy provided with war ma
tcrials?'
"Of course In saying this only cer-
tain people have got something at the
back OF their minds. They suggest
that France also has some hidden
thought-somc hidden design. II has
been said France wanted TO install in
Europe "a sort OF military supremacy
and that after all she wanted simply
to take the place Germany. occupied
before the war.
"Gcntlcmcn. perhaps this is the
most painful heartrending and cruel
thing that Frcnchman can hear.
Aud for them TO say. after the dire
ful war from which We have Just
cmerged--unprovokc war which we
had 10 undergo--to. be again in the
cruel necessity to give the world only
tho appearance that We have perfidi-
Gus intentions and military. design
this. gentlemen. constitutes I may say,
tho most disheartening thing for us. II
We had not the full confidence OF
those that know my country. those
that have seen it--they can testify
that no ono word of Il Is true. II
there is country that has deliberate
ly turned her steps. toward peace. that
wants peace with all her heart be-
loves In " with her entire faith, "
there II rountry that does this
gentlemen 1t is France. Since the ar
nistice We have had many disap-
pointments. France has had to wait
for certain realizations which she has
not been able to get She has seen
Germany digress-hagsle over the sis-
nature which had been given. Ger
many has refused to stand by her
pledged word. She has refused to
INV compensation due for tho de-
vaststed regions. She has declined
to make gesture of chastisement
that after all every man of sense