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will" while the Chronlcle salu tne
whole speech was an admlraple ex
people regarding the approaching
in Washington.
Mr. Harvey's hopes for the success
Of the conference on the limitation OF
ornaments were indorsed by every
newspaper in London, which reiter-
ated expressions of approval previ-
ously made whenever the conference
has been under discussion
Col. Harvey's Speech.
Col Harvey heralded the coming
,farance az IAN ordeal not OF bat-
tie. but of faith.' the underlying PuT
nose of which was not more cnai-
ienge to the league Of nations than II
was to the Monroe doctrine.
Ambassador Harvey reviewed the
action of the American Congress re-
snectine the limitation of the Army
ana the reduction of naval appro-
priations, which, he said, gave COM
elusive evidence of the American gov
ernment's confidence in the outcome
of the conference. A.
conference is not whether the nations
of the earth can be brought INTO
agreement upon all things, but
whether they can reach an under,
standing with respect to anything,
he said. 1T is to be great test not
the capacity of existing governments
to satisfy the universal longing for
peace, prosperity and happiness"
Parley Plan Pleasing.
Ambassador Harvey opened his ad-
dress by alluding to the clrcum-
stances in which the invitation to the
Washington conference was accepted
by the British.
II cannot permit to pass this oppor-
tunity to make on behalf of my coun-
try due acknowledgment of the
greatly generous way in which un-
failingly and with characteristic
promptitude the decision of the prime
minister accorded wholehearted sup
port Of the brave initiative of the
President" he said. "Never can or
would I forget that peaceful Sunday
afternoon in July when 1 found Mr.
Lloyd George seated under the
spreading branches Of the trees on his
country place engaged in animated
conversation with the premlers or the
dominions Quietly he asked. What is
III? 1 drew a cablegram from my
pocket and held it toward him.
".Read it. he said. 1 did so, slowly
and carefully. 1t is needless to inform
YOU that it was the message from tEe
Secretary of State announcing the IN
tention Of the President to summon a
conference of nations and asking II
II
probation of the British government
In q flash the premier was on his
feet.
ave Accept" Premier Shouted.
"We accept he almost shouted
We accept gladly; we accept CRATE
fully. l do not need to read the tele-
gram. 1t is all right; we will do
everything in our power to make the
conference a great success.
n a
which he has kept to this evening,
when, as we all regretfully realize MS
heart is heavy from apprehension that
tie performance of more urgent
duty may prevent him from affordins
at the beginning the helpfulness OF
the great and unexampled pIestlge
which can be fully rendered only
through the actual presence OF so
vivid a personality.
The ambassador told of the deliv-
cry of the invitation to the confer. :.
ence to Lord Curzon, the minister OF
foreign affairs. and the ambassador
call for the reply which had been
drafted with the conventional open
ing, THE British government con-
firm their acceptance" etc.
Lord Curzon,' said Col: Harvey,
read the answer and remarked, This
does not suffice Then he wrote ln'
with the greatest satisfaction
All Statesmen Dcl1BhteUs
what is true of those two heads
Of the British government" the am
bassador went on, ais equally true
of ali British statesmen, irrespective
Of :heir political or partisan pro-
clivities."
Ambassador Harvey said that when
Lord Robert Cecil perceived in this
conference no challenge to the league
Of nations he evinced accurate dis
and the ambassador
echoed Lord Bryce's assertion that
it was impossible to overrate the
feryor and hope with which the con-
ference was regarded in America and
that America was not disposed to
stand aloof from old world affairs.
Viscount Grey was no less generous
than he was just, the speaker con.
tinued, when he declared his belief
that the American government was
absolutely sincere and single minded
and worthy of the absolute trust OF
all other nations. He quoted King
ing and the latter's reply, and added:
"Back of all their statesmen and
publicists stand in Wistful hope the
entire peoples of our common race.
"our own position is plain he ne
war. why should she? Geographi-
cally she is self-contained and self
supporting in all respects.
"Her long coast lines are made
ouately protected. Some of her most
splendid cities would appear as tempt
ing targets to the warriors of the
lively trivial. The greatest guns in
the world could not create the havoc
of an earthquake such as that from
which San Francisco rose like a phoe-
nix from its ashes, more resplendent
than ever, in bare score of months.
Calls U. 8. "Unconquerable."
1T is a matter of most casual OBJ
seryation that we rebuild New York
every thirty years. And back Of the
cities and the coast lines lies a great
country which constitutes the real
America with q registered total of
more than 24,700,000 men between the
ages Of seventeen and forty-f1ve ca
pable of bearing arms.
ITO pronounce such land uncon-
querable is to utter the merest tru-
ism. No; America does not fear war;
"But the security Of the United
States does not rest upon her physical
resources alone. Her moral position
is impregnable. Not only will she
never seek additional territory by
conquest; she would not accept it as
"Within her borders lie unoccupied
lands sufficient to sustain a popula-
tion treble that which she now has.
Well, indeed, may she rest content-a
friend to all nations and. SO far as her
people are aware, without an enemy
In the world. .a
"The coming conference, therefore,
presages> no arbitrament of the
sword. It Is an ordeal not Of battle,
but Of faith"
Discussing the argument in Con-
gfess whether the Army should COM
prise 100000 or 10000, officers and
men, Ambassador Harvey repeated
the observation of British states
man that Its only excess Is In Its
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