Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
By The Associated Press.

Hllef htlaHn OF ffhHSe stollpWs.
Gentlemen, you viii rradily admit
that |, as a delegate OF Fsance, shoulc
ieel moved when rising to speak from
this full-sounding platform, whence
every word that is said goes to III,
attentive and anxious ear of the
world.
wish to thank my colleagues oI
the conference who, on the opening
Of this public meeting, so kindly al.
lowed me TO speak As the representa-.
tive OF my country.
shall endeavor 10 make il ap.
pear TO your eyes and to the eyes Of
the world with its true genuine face
as it is; that will show you that she
is ready, and might say perhaps
more ready than any other country
10 direct her attention and her ear
nest will to whatcxer steps may be
thought desirable, t order to insure
final peace for the world. Nothing
ior my colleagues and myself would
be more pleasant than TO be about
10 tell you this: We bring here sac
rifices 10 the fullest extent possible.
We have our own security insured
We lay down arms. We should be
so happy to be able to make that gcs-
ture to participate i'll the final dis
armament Of the world.
Takes Two to Make Peace.
Unfortunately, we cannot speak in
this way. | say also, unfortunately,
we have not the right to do so. !
shall briefly explain later for what
reasons. | shall tell you, or France,
that she wants to make peace. Ii
YOU want to make peace, there must
be two people. yourself and the
neighbor opposite. To make peace
| am speaking, of course, Cd land
armament--it is not sufficient to re-
duce effectives, and decrease war ma
terial That is the physical side, a
physical aspect of things. There is
another consideration which we have
no right to neglect in such prob
lem, that touches vital questions
which are of the most serious char
acter for the country concerned. J.
is necessary that besides this physi-
cal disarmament there should be r
those same circles what | shall call
general atmosphere Of peace.
In other words, moral disarma-
ment is as necessary as the material
one. | have the right to say this, and
| hope to be able to prove it to you.
And | have the right to say to you
that in Europe, as it is at present,
there are serious elements OF instabil-
itv. there are such conditions pre-
vailing that France is obliged to face
them, and to contemplate the neces-
sary matters from the point OF view
OF her own security. }
Frances Situation Different.
| am now staying in country,
MANY of the men of which have al
ready enjoyed the opportunity of see
ing France and knowing what she is.
They came to us in the most critical
time of the war. They came and
shed their blood--mingled their
blood-with ours, and they shared
our life, and they have seen France,
and they now know what France IS.
And certainly these men have con-
tributed to enlighten their own coun-
trymen, and they have done every
thing to dispel and drive away those
noxious gases which have been
spread about and under which GER
tain people have been trying to mask
and to conceal the true face OF
France. :.
Here in this country you are liv-
ing among states which do not know
the entangled barriers and frontiers
Of Europe. Here you live in an I'M
mense expanse of space. You do
not know any factions on your own
land. You have nothing to fear, so
that it is rather difficult for some
of you-it must be difficult for some
of YOU, to realize what are the con-
ditions prevailing in Europe, alter
war and after victory.
Denies Martial Desire. e.
| quite admit that every citizen
of the United States should como
and tell me this: The war is won.
Peace is signed. Germany has re-
duced her army to great extent
Most OF her war material has been
destroyed. What is it that prevents
peace from now reigning in Europe!
Why is it that France keeps such a
considerable army, abundantly pro-
vided with war materials
OF course, in saying this only GER
nn
the back of their minds. They sug-
gest that France also. has some hid
den thought-some hidden design.
Ii has been said France wanted to
install in Europe sort of military
supremacy and that after all she
wanted to simply take the place
Germany occupied before the war.
Gentlemen, perhaps this is the most
painful. hcart-rending and cruel
thing that Frenchman can hear.
And for them to say, after the
direful war from which we have just
emerged-unprovoked war which we
had to undergo--to be again IN the
cruel necessity to give the world only
the appearance that we have per-
1ic.ous intentions and military de-
sign-this, gentlemen, constitutes, l
NAV say, the most disheartenin5
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 not one word OF
It is true. If there is country that
ha. deliberately turned her steps to-
ward peace. that wants peace with all
her heart, believes in it with her en-
tire faith-if there is country that
does this, gentlemen, it is France.
Since the arn1istice we have had
many disappointments. France has
had to wait for certain realizations
which she has not been able to get.
She has seen Germany digress-
haggle over the signature which had
been given. Germany has refused to
stand b. her pledged word. She has
refused to nav corrneuSa.ion due tor