Evening journal., 1921-11-08
Welcome to Premier BRAND
CFrom the New York Herald)

America today cordially and heart
fully welcomes Aristide BRAND. the
head OF the French delegation to
the Conference for the Limitation OF
Armament, and his associates.
-Four times Premier OF France
and seven times member OF the
French Cabinet. BRAND is the. man
who took up Frances fight for a
secure and lasting peace after
armies carry on to victory on the
field OF battle. He comes with the
support OF France back OF him. He
would not come otherwise, he said
and called upon the Chamber of
Deputies for it's expression; the par
llamentary majority he received on
vote OF confidence marked the
greatest political triumph OF his
career. Fresh from this victory and
with the assurance OF the sympathy
and strength OF the French people
upholding him he can truly speak
with the voice Of France.
The man America greets today Is
not the typical French statesman
and diplomat OF the past. He is
more representative OF the new
school of the republic and Of the
growth OF democratic Institutions
an able. forceful, practical politician,
elevated to high honors and dis
tincuons through adversely and trial,
a man born Of the common people
and knowing their sorrows and
hopes. From his labors on his own
small farm and his cruises with the
fisher folk Off the shores OF his ma
tive Brittany he intuitively knows
that the French peasantry. the stock
from which he sprang. is the back
bone Of the country. that all govern
mental authority rests in this more
than so per cent Of the population
and that It constitutes the strongest
bulwark against the submergence OF
the nation beneath the waves OF
radicaHsm. communism and disloy-
atty.
When he took over the Premier
shin after NJ. Peret's failure early
last year to form a Cabinet It was
the feeling both in France and the
outside world that the problems
which confronted him and the leg
acies he inherited from Clemenceau'
Millerand and Leygues we're 100
great for him. At the best his CAD
met was believed to be mere tenn
porary expedient. There was stll In
France a vivid remembrance OF MS
arht against syndicalism and of his
part In the separation OF state ana
Church. But critics soon reversed
their Judgment of BRAND. HIS nan
ding OF state affairs. his display OF
WIN power and his tenacity OF pur-
nose compelled them TO acknowledge
that he had capabilities which they
never believed he possessed.
II was unexpected and surprising
manifestations OF power which gave
10 his career its most dramatic ele-
nents. He seemed always able to
rise by pure intellectual strength
above the obstacles which his enc
mics built before him. When in lsiu
General strike was called on the
railwavs in France he promptly Is
s,ed a mobilization order calling the
lstrikinr railway men to ue color'
for twenty-one days. one OF the
stormiest scenes the Chamber ever
saw resulted. When he attempted t'
explain his position BRAND was 81
fenced by cries OF ''Traitorl" "Dicta
torp' and a storm OF demands for hi
resignation.
He stood calm and unmoved OF
the tribune. When luil came ht
said; "Wm you permit me to waive
the personal insults heaped upor
me7 The country has first call-anc
a. is waiting" The Deputies caught
n rlimpse OF the peril in which
France stood when BRAND said thai
railway transportation was OF vita
importance TO the country -Four
years after-ward when the Germans
we're sweeping over Belgium toward
Paris all France knew what ne
meant. His enemies believed he hac
ended his political career when h'
ordered the general mobilization, bu
sober France knew after his speeci
before the Deputies that the destinie
Of the nation we're safe In the hand
OF a man put self aside and stool
resolutely for the good OF the State
Much OF Brands success was du
to his oratorical gifts, He has no
the peculiar polish OF NJ Viviani
who accompanies him and who oi
his former visit with Marshal Joffr
thrilled the United States Senat
with his mastery address on the wal
BRAND is az his best in the gladia
torial contests i'm the French Assem-