The Washington herald., 1921-11-22

remained effective was another war
prevented. he declared. And he de-
elared that Germany still Is able
70 mobilize war materials when sne
may need them. Her magnates
have bought important firms IN
Scandinavia. he said, and are ready
when the time comes.
Cites NapoIeon's Error.
BRAND referred to Napoleons
failure to disarm Prussia as PROOF
that what he had stated was true
He reviewed the situation in RUS
STA and declared that If France
had not aided in holding the Polish
barrier France and all Europe now
would be at the mercy of the boil
sheviks
The premier then appealed to the
conference to speak so that II
would be known in Europe that
France is not morally isolated;
that she still has with her the men
of good will and the heart of the
people who fought with her on the
same battlefield" Such action, he
declared. would aid in the moral
disarmament Of Germany and make
possible eventually material disar-
mament in Europe.
IndorSe Frnce's stand.
Following the French premier
Mr. Balfour outlined the position OF
Great Britain at some length He
was followed by Senator Schanzer.
chairman of the Italian delegation,
who for the first time at the confer
ence spoke in French. The Italian
representative Endorsed the French
position at some length. Baron
KatO. for the Japanese delegation,
then spoke. declaring that Japan
il quite ready to announce her
hearty approval of the principle
which aims to relieve a people Of
heavy burdens by limiting land ar
maments to those which are neces-
sary for national security and the
maintenance of order within her
territory" Baron de Cartier. the
Belgian delegate. explained the
agreement between France and Bel
GUM for mutual protection.
Secretary of State Hughes ended
the formal session by expressing
Clear-cut sympathy for the aims Of
the French government This very
likely will be the last that will be
heard at the present conference Cf
the problem Of land ornaments.
The subject was referred, under the
rules. to the armament mmitJee e,
which can take il Up at It's leisure.
However. with France having an
nounced the limit that she consid-
ers il dangerous to go below in dis
arming. it is unlikely that the con-
ference will take more than a for
nal position OF agreement on this
subject
The Premier's speech.
Mr. BRAND. premier of France
(speaking in French, which was in
terpreted as follows), said:
Gentlemen, you will readily admit
that /. as the delegate OF France.
should feel moved when rising to
speak from this full-sounding plat
form whence every word that is
said goes TO the attentive and anx-
ious ear of the world and OF all
civilized people.
Il wish. first OF all. to thank my
collea CUES Of the conference who,
on the opening of this public meet
ing. SO kindly allowed me to speak
as the representative OF my country
4 shall endeavor to make II ap-
pear to your eyes and to the eyes
of the world with its true, genuine
face. as ii is; that will show you
that she is ready, and 1 might say
perhaps more ready than any other
country to direct her attention and
her earnest will to whatever steps
may be thought desirable in order
to insure final peace for the world.
Nothing, for my colleagues and my
self. would be more pleasant than
to be about 10 tell you this: We
nrlng here sacrifices to 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 gesture in order
to participate in the final disarma-
ment of the world.
For Moral Atmosphere.
Unfortunately. We cannot speak
In this way. I say also. unfortu-
nately. We have not the right to
do 50. I shall briefly explain. later
on. for what reasons. 1 shall tell
you, for France, that she wants to
make peace. If you want to make
peace. there must be two people,
YOU yourself and the neighbor op-
posite. To make peace-I am speak
Eg, of course. Of land armament-it
is not sufficient to reduce electives.
and decrease war material That is
the physical side, the physical as
pect, of things. There is another
consideration which we have no
right to neglect in such a problem,
that touches vital question wnrc,,
are of the most serious character
Tor the country concerned. 1t is
necessary that besides this physical
disarmament there should be in
hose same circles what 1 shall call
4 general atmosphere of peace. In
other words, moral disarmament Is
IS necessary as the material one.
1ave the right to say this, and 1
1ope 10 be about to prove II TO you.
And l have the right to say to you
nat in Europe, as 1t is at present.
there are serious elements of in
stability, there are such conditions
prevailing that France is Obliged to
ace them and to contemplate the
necessary matters from the point of
view of her own security.
Il am now staying in a countrv
many of the men OF which have al
'eady enjoyed the opportunity of
ieeing France and knowing exactly
What she is. They came to US in
he most critical time of the war
They came and shed their blood
mingled their blood-with ours, and
hey shared our life; and they have
seen France. and they now know
What France is They have seen
Europe. and they know what Eu-
'ope Is And certainly these men
rave contributed to enlighten their
'wn country.nen. and they have
lone everything to dispel and drive