The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-19

t,,I... and sending cmlEranis into
3D.. .luntry. Many Frcnchmen,
.s... LOSS of the past and living only
,r tH. present. were content with
s.....r friendship, There was
infiltrntion IN every strata
...r.h society. NJ. Tardicu con-
...... today his narration OF tho
,..r.. and secrets Of the pro-war /
p'.' CHAPTER III
France and Germany as Friends.
80 one it is true, I'm 1900, would
INV. dared 70 propose an alliance
which honor and prudence equally
,,...t.. Not only would such an
.,r...,.a king. necessarily based upon
,....rition Of the fait accompt,
ta,. obliged France TO suhscflqe
sn. to tho treaty OF Frankfort
arg ,a3t without the excuse of
a.. Who in 1871 had signed be-
60 fh, mailed fist. But In aGdi-
,.. HIs surrender would have in
,.... "a breach Of faith which the
......v would have refused To- ac-
anu. , breach of faith which
u..Y.. have been the negation OF
f.,r, Years Of effort and the be-
,r..t of that policy Of peace ana
f.,reo which will remain the I'M
p,r.erablc glory OF. the third re-
pun.r: "A breach Of faith In pro-
claiming by an abrupt reversal or
cur alliance the instability OF our
democracy. a breach OF ialtn IN
suI-ruting for friends who hai
tr,4tpd us as equals an ally who,
un.ousoiously perhaps and by sh "er
historic tradition, would sooner or
later have become "A master But
if no one spoke Of an alliance, many
Welded to the temptation Of extend
ing speCIal agreements such as those
which the desire for peace had
pronptcd the French government 20
ertcr into in 1905, 1905, 1903 an l
flqll. As early as 1890 the aged
jules simon under the spell of the
y1uug emperor had returned from
the labor conference Of Berlin with
the hope Of such a thing, and in the
following years those OF our felluW
countrymen who at the Kiel rcgat-
-as and elsewhere had fallen be-
meath the sway of imperial seduction
were over ready to recommend this
form of mOrganatiC FrdncO-GermaU
alliance Had it not been for the
continual provocHtiou Of Germany IN
Morocco and the near east from
1905 on, there is little doubt tha'
before long the idea Of reap
proachment would have made head
way
BESIDES the political evolution OF
our republic held US aloof from all
idea OF war. Not that the republic
despite the difficulties of its birth
IN the throes of defeat, despite tho
handicap Of constitution drafted
by is onemies-would have been in
capable of having a foreign or a
military policy: the war of 1914 fur
uished a triumphant answer to the
doubts Of Reaction on these scores
by showing that France could count
both on the support Of free peoples
and upon the services OF an army
which at the Marnc single handed
checked the German onslaught. II
is none the less true that the spirit
OF demoCraCy--thc soul OF all our
laws since 1877 and the practical
expression of the Individuals phil
osophy OF the eighteenth century
Is in its very CssenCe9a spirit or
peace Peace I'm its highest express
siH which proclaims the right both
OF iudiyidud1s and Of nations to live
and bo respected; lasting peace be-
cause political power entrusted %
The majority insures the welfare %.
the greatest number and because
legislation inspired thereby is re-
pugnant TO preparation for war and
AAt ll'l'det Oh dIllldlliNlANs
France, the most warlike Of ma
tions on the field OF battle, had Ia
peace lost her military habit OF
mind. At the top. painful contro-
Nersles like the Dreytus case, had
brought about a cleavage between
the political leaders and the mill
tary chiefs, at the bottom the easy
. leisure OF national existence pro-
voked frequent protests against the
obligations imposed by tho military
training OF the nation. In 1908, a,
the very moment when Germany was
beginning to rattle her sabre, the
term Of compulsory service had been
reduced by q third. Three years
later, In 1908, an even worse inn
prudence had reduced the period
OF instruction OF the reserves, "A
measure in flagrant contradiction
with the former. as the shorter the
time spent in tho initial training OF
recruits the more thorough and
complete should be the instruction
given TO the reserves. In n word
no ono believed II was possible. No
one believed 1t possible because no
one wanted war, and that being the
case nobody believed that others
wanted 1t. Not a Frenchman would
supported his government in "A wal
men made the mistake OF judging
Germany by what France was and
or supposing Germany incapaDt,
OF that which they knew France
herself to bo capable or, Anyone
who recalled the past in order &c
throw light upon the future and &c
Hap'l a dangerous sense Of security
met with disapproval, ! have q
lght to say this and TO recall tha
for ten years It was my own eXpe
\ N"nge, 1t took ten years Of Ger
man threats and blaCkmail TO MAKE
NE French government, In 1913
TAKE precautionary measures, whlci
'.''s uurrledlv impgOvised were ma
tuTally imperfect and incomplete
France, full Of optimism and fait'
DO tho progress of mankind, would
not listen to talk OF war.
france would not listen 10 talk o.
war Tor another reason. Conscious
OF her past defeat, and unconsciou
". her present strength, France IN
ehAed TO tho belief that war woulC
euy bring fresh reverses. At tn
beginning OF the Moroccan Crisi
ana in the course OF its evolution
lhrle were not lacking political mel
ana parties who proclaimed tina
france was not ready" dang0rOu
''N IN country whore tho puhli