Evening star., 1921-11-13

The members or tine oenate dhu
House. sitting in the galleries OF
Continental Memorial Hall during the
opening session Of the conference on
limitation of armament yesterday, up
set the prearranged plan of procedure
which ordained that none OF the Vlsit-
ing missions should be heard yester-
day. .,;d-
When Secretary Hughes. as presld.
ing officer of the conference. sousne
to adjourn the session, after the aP-
had been concluded. a shout for
"Briand," ''Briand." arose IN the ga
leries, with the senator's ieaoihs ~ ~
the disturbance if it may oe caLeu o.;
aided and abetted by the memDets @ oa
the House In the twinkling OF an
journment had vanished, ana oece-
tary Hughes was presenting the
French premier. Thereafter, eacn OIL
the foreign missions was hearo from.
Grateful for U. 8. War AID
M BRAND spoke in French. with the
ringing voice and eloquence 1or WHEN
he is famous When he had completed
he was loudly applauded. and the IN
terpreter quickly translated MS re-
marks as follows:
when my country received the the
invitation of the President OF tne
TeDuDllC OF Lne Cnllcu Ot0SSo W W.
represented in this conference my
country Immediately answered Pres
ent' a-.. -
all, by feeling of gratitude, OF un-
forgettable gratitude, because OF tne
links that unite the Republic OF the
United States and my country. It was
also animated by her personal aspi.
rations toward peace. and her eager
desire to associate herself Witt any
action which could insure. consohdate;
and, as far as possible, estaoiish n'i"'
peace in the world.
when my country was s'tuEs tare
against fearful odds; when IN TINS Ter
rible war France felt herself weaken
ing through the blows that were
dealt her when her rs life fhsrf9 an9 nfet of the
world, were attacked and were, az
stake, the great Republic OF me
United States did not hesitate 10 seiio
across the ocean millions or boys 70
share with US the same dangers on
the battlefields Of France; me onTeu e
States has had a powerful snare, 10
sether with our other allies. in saving
the independence and life of my coun-
try. Therefore. having won the war
together. we for ourselves cannot re.
main deaf to the eloquent appear tnat
was addressed to US, In oroer 10 Win
peace together.
In this conference France has a
particular situation, as our American
friends have been willing to recog-
nize-that however heavy and heart-
rending may be our preoccupatlon'
however threatening may be the
dangers that surround us and are SO
very near to us, France, with all her
will and with all her heart, wants 20
find out with you the best means TO
limit these costly armaments.
France has already taken steps IN
this direction. and We shall let you
know what we have done, ana we are
ready to go to the end, because you
can look at the history OF France and
you will find she has never been actu-
ated by any spirit of conquest. Dur
ing fifty years of unbroken peace that
followed a cruel war, although france
still felt the sore wound bieedins on
her side, and 1 think you know. gen
tlemen, with what injustice that war
had been carried on, yet France turn,
ed a deaf ear to all prOvocat1oDs ana
to all challenges, and each time tnat
it was possible so to do France re-
sorted to arbitration with the great
est pleasure.
Sacrifices for Peace.
Tomorrow. gentlemen, the last war
being ~ended. France, which has
known nothing but wars, which has
witnessed the misery of people of our
respective nations shedding their
blood on the same groundF think
am allowed to say that more than
any other country France has but
ing but love of peace. If it is possible
to secure the security which she Is
entitled to expect. II 1t is only quee-
tion of making sacrifices, France Is
ready to consent.
"Here with our friends we shall
speak heart to heart. and, looking
into each others eyes, we shall tell
you in what situation we find our.
selves. and we shall let you know all
We can do. France has come here
for that purpose. and We thank you,
MIR President, for having invited us
here in spite of certain poisonous
propaganda in which you have never
believed. You are all convinced
that France has never been country
of greed and conquest. France has
defended her liberty. and I think at
the same time the liberty of the
world, and If the necessary precau-
tions are taken, in order to insure
her life and safety. France. like you.
gentlemen, is ready to say Down
arms" -.
Cries of "Tokugawa" and Japan,
= arose as soon as the interpreter had
completed the translation of NJ.
BRANDS address.
The Japanese prince, speaking IN
English said:
"The Japanese delegation is happy
to feel that the presidency of this i'm
portent conference has now been
placed in the hands of statesman
who enjoys the r,,sIsS respect and and confidence
"All humanity Is interested in the
great purpose for which this meeting
has been called. We are here to COM
pose difficulties-not to create them.
We mean seriously to promote true
NOT to impair it. We propose, not
TO prescribe terms or to dictate a