Arizona republican., 1921-05-20

 luctantly and laggardly at that
 "We were not too proud to fight We were afraid not to fight. That is the real truth of the matter. So we came along toward the end and helped you and your allies shorten the war. That is ali we did and that is all we claim to have done.
 Discussing what he called the sen tient, perilous present" Ambassador Harvey said:
 For years I have heard 1t pro- claimed that war between Great Britain and America had ceased to be conceivable. Never have l known the declaration to be denied general appreciation. Yet it is clear that what is alleged to be a fact is no more than an assumption. No re- sumption of an armed conflict Is un- | imaginable. Any day may witness renewal of the Wars of the Roses, any day the clash of the Blue and the Gray in tine swamps Of Virginia. | But so unlikely are such happen ' ings that the suggestion, even though | it increasingly were made, would ! evoke no more than a derisive smile But it is one thing to stamp con stantly upon an. absurd notion and another thing never to think of it. Now the question arises. have not our countries reached a point with respect to the remotest possibility Of a conflict that justifies our forgetting it as completely as the battles Of Bosworth field and Appomattox have faded from our recollection.
 Such. I am happy to report faith fully. in the teeth of all the mischief I makers and scandal monEers of both nations, has become the settled con viction of oar people. and I hope, and doubt not. of yours.
 | Must Face Realities
 We will get nowhere until We abruptly put aside academic discus sion of theoretical proposals and manfully face. without mincing or wincing, actual realities. We must realize the time has come 10 practice what we have preached and demon strate our fidelity by our acts. i That is the business primary of with public responsibilities. Very good. our new government. solid in all it's branches in support of it's lead CT, is both willing and ready
 Mir. Harvey recited the Washington administrations proposal for solu- tion of the Pacific communications problem, the American stand on rep arations, and designation of Ameri- can members for the allied councils
  I readiness.
 Because the president has exem |, plified his avowal of obligation, il r must not be inferred that he proposes ! to become an international meddler.' he said. He would be the last to intervene or be drawn into any mat ter of no concern to his own country
 but also no one realizes more clearly than he that the United States is. oi necessity, deeply interested in proper
 economic adjustments and the just settlement of matters of worldwide importance under discussion and de-
 sires hopefully to cooperate.
 Brands impression as Absurd
 There still seems to finger in tho
 minds of many here the impression
 that in some way or other America may yet be beguiled into the league i of nations. Let me show you how ut terly absurd such a notion is.
 T need not recall the long contes waged between the two branches O. our government over this proposal I need hardly mention that the con flict became so sharp that even tn,
 treaty went by the board, to the enc that today, paradoxically enough America continues to be technical! at war but actually at peace. whil, Europe is nominally at peace, but
 according to all reports, is not wholly . free from the clash of arms. t Finally. the question of America : participation in the league came be = fore the people, who decided by Q majority of seven millions. Prior t Q that election there had been mucl f discussion of the real meaning O 1 the word mandate There has beer
 little since A single example pro 0 vided a definition. A majority o seven millions conveyed a mandat d that could neither be misunderstood
 nor disregarded-
 e "lt follows, then, that the pres Q ent government could not with out betrayal of it's creators and 6 masters, and will not, can as- P sure you, have another thing to
 do with the league or any com y mission or committee appointed h by it or responsible to it directly n or indirectly, openly or furtiVely."
 MT. Harvey declared that the gov , l ernment would not dream of crticis
 ing or objecting to the league an - exclaimed:
 But enough of public affairs ! Perhaps I have gone too far alon
 that line already. but, if so, l mus - ask you to attribute the oversteppin ' to the elf-bestowed prerogatives c e a novice. You see. Ishave never bee
 an am bassador before. yet I quit
 proudly deny any suspicion of un
 awareness that suitable acknowledg r ment of this most cordial greeting n all that is expected or probably de e sired of me upon this occasion" 1T On Plane of Perfect Equality e The time was he said, when Joh o Bull appeared to Americans as 'f trifle arrogant; simultaneously Tncl
 sam was regarded by Britons as .' II whiting vulgarian.' but, he cor Q cluded in their places now gleam II perSOnification of our splendid na Q tions the beautiful figures of Britan