New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
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ample of sleight-of-hand before the
French Chamber of Deputies.
"I have seen President Wilson,"
said he. ~ communicated to him
conversation l had had before his ar
rival, with Mr.. Lloyd George. In the
course of that conversation Mr.. Lloyd
George asked me: DO you admit that
without the English fleet this war
would not have been won? 2" Yes said
Fl. Then pursued Mr.. Lloyd George,
will you do anything that will prevent
the English feet in the future from
acting in the same way and rendering
the same service?' No. said l. And
not wish to do anything TO oppose
either of US in any way"
You have read. have you not, this
extraordinary story? Read it again,
slowly watch in hand. You will sec
that the dialogue of Mr.. Lloyd George
and Mr.. Clemenceau took exactly two
minutes and half. So in two minutes
and half, in 1918, Mr.. Lloyd George
settled, to England's advantage, the
| controvcrted question os the freedom
of the seas. In two minutes and a
half, even before anything was dis
cussed, America was beaten.
And now, let us take the meeting of
Saturday. November 12, at Memorial
Hall. Read once again Mr.. Iiughes's
speech 1t is longer THAI the con-
versation between Mr. Clemenccau and
Mr.. Lloyd George. 1t lasted forty
minutes. But when tho Secretary of
State, in his deep voice. gave out the
figures which allowed only 5O0,yu0 tons
of ironclads to England and 100000
tons to America, it took but a few
seconds. And those seconds were hM-
torlcal. They proclaimed the equality
OF the two navies. They proclaimed,
tnat there was no longer one mistress
OF the seas, but two. They proclaimed.
as matter of fact, that henceforth
the seas would be free because thew
would no longer be subjected to q
single dominion. They publicly wiped
out, IN the face of all peoples, the
mysterious colloquy between Mr.. Lloyd
George and Mr.. Clemenceau. In q few
seconds Mr.. Hughes avenged Mr.. Will
sons defeat.
All Bow to Hughes Principle
This is what makes the dramatic in
terest in the Washington conference
and what. differentiates it from the
Farls conference. In the first of these
two men secretly settled the question
OF the empire of the sea. In the latter
y, '%ASASH1S ouS HAL puDllcly stated
the new principle And the impression
produced on the public was so strong
That all had to bow down to it,
Any number of philosophic conclu-
slons can be drawn therefrom. The
only sure one is that in this world
when principle is fair, it alwavs
prevails in the end. The American
principle that no one people has the
right of dominating on land or on the
sea to the exclusion of others is q
pflnclpie of justice. 1t is as lust a.
the law of the pendulum that has rul ed
our terrestrial globe for forty CEN
tures. There always will be nations
superior to others through their intel
pgence' their work, their organization
hut there should be no one nation
dominating all others.
When the French Academy, which is
az work on great dictionary. re.
vlscs the letter III" and comes fo the
WORD "Hegemony," it will have to add
this remark: English hegemonv dis. dis
appeared on November 12, 1921. after
speech by Mr.. Hughes, the United
states Secretary of State