The New York herald., 1921-11-22
IS ASSURANCES FOR SAFETY OF FRANCE AGAINST AGGRESSION

pie of the United States, so fonl
of justice, so noble in their pur-
poses, to answer me when l tell
them this.
Suppose that by your side, 0
American people, nation, ma
tion which has been for years
and centuries in bloody conflict
with you. and suppose that this ma
ton, you feel, is still ready, morally
and materially, to enter into a new
struggle. What would you do?
Would you turn away your eyes!
Would you close your eyes to
danger that was threatening you?
You that are said to be such posi-
tive, such a precise people, would
you close your eyes? Would you
not desire to do everything in your
power in order to safeguard your
life, and, what is more, your
honor? Would you do anything
to weaken yourselves? No!
There is not one e--citizen in the
United States who would not an
swer me, mo, never in the world"
France is looking upon what is
happening. France does not eXag-
gerate She is only watching and
waiting.
i now come to the question Of
war materials. We have been told
that there was no more war ma
terial. 1t is true, the commissions
of control in Germany have done
admirable work. A great many
guns-artillery, / mean-have been
destroyed. Some of the destruction
has been supervised by the Allied
officers. 1t is real.
Other destruction has taken
place. as we have been told. We
might have a doubt. We are not
quite certain. But we must give
the opponents the benefit of the
doubt, and we believe the destruc-
tion on that side is practically
completed.
But the problem of war material
is one that can easily be solved.
You have seen, in the war, with
what promptitude-and that was
lucky, because if help had not come
so quickly we might have been
down, finally-you have seen how
quickly immense armies have come
over to us, provided with the most
modern material, and fought on
our side upon the battlefields.
Well, what is Germany but
vast country Of industry-indus-
trially organized. Germany al
ways had two aims. The first one
was trade, commerce, and that was
only natural. The second was war.
All her industries, all her manu-
factures, have been working to the
full during the war, and they have
developed since. Everything is
ready in Germany--the plans, the
designs, the calibres. Everything
is there ready to insure a steady
manufacturing Of guns, machine
guns and rifles. Suppose that DUR
ing period'of diplomatic tension,
purposely protracted for number
Of weeks, certain Of the manu-
facturers, certain of the works,
begin to fabricate, just at the be-
ginning, just to start the war, just
to set the war going, and then 60
on manufacturing guns and rifles
and artillery. What would happen?
1t is not only in Germany that
industry can work to the full.
You can make preparations out
side. In fact, preparations have
actually taken place. In fact, great
captains of industry or great in
dustrial magnates have bought i'm
portant firms in Scandinavia and
in other parts OF Europe. 1t is
easy enough to fabricate these guns
without our seeing it, outside of
our supervision. You know very
well that it is possible to build
great railroads. You know very
well it is impossible to bring here
the proof that Germany is not ac-
tually making or purchasing war
materials.
1t is different from the navy. 1t
is rather difficult to lay the keel
of ship in the stocks, to prepare
the dockyards, without the world
knowing 1t. But suppose that was
possible, do you think you could
launch capital ship without some
body being on the spot and know
ing what is happening? But the
guns. the rifles. the machine guns
any instruments used on the field
of battle-they can be manufac-