Evening star., 1921-11-25
PREMIER BRAND
SAILS FOR HOME
Appeals to Americans of Ger
man Descent to Further
Cause of Peace.
AWAITS GOODWILL SIGN
France Ready to Aid in Every Way
to Insure Friendly Relations
and Avoid War.

and Avoid War.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 25.-Aristids
BRAND. premier Of France, was d
passenger on the steamship Paris.
! sailing today for Havre, on his trip
home after outlining the position OF
his country in regard to the limita-
tion of armament before the Wash
ington conference. He was in wash
ington only little more than two
weeks. but while there played a vital
part in the conference. his address
outlining Frances rea sons for main
tanning sizable standing army be-
| ing one of the high spots of the last
weeks proceedings. He left express
| ing himself as quite satisfied with
the results of the conference thus
far. especially as respects France"
| NJ BRAND arrived here from tho
capital yesterday, and spent busy
day before his departure. He re-
ceived the degrees of doctor Of laws
from Columbia and New York uni
versities. and gave his farewell mes
sage to the United States in an ad-
| dress at a dinner given by the Lotus
Club in his honor.
Wants German Menace Removed.
In this address the head of the
French cabinet repeated his asset
tons before the Washington confer
ence that France was the barrier
between Germany and the rest of tue
world, and that the disarmament Of
France would be a temptation for
further action by the old militaiist
and imperialistic group in Germany
which brought on the great War.
| Until satisfied that a new and peace
Iui Germany had been born. ne sud.
France could not reduce her army
oeloW the margin of safety.
In his appeal to the Americans of
German descent, he said:
Why don't you speak across the
seas TO those that belong to your for
mer country? Why don't you tell
| TO restore normal conditions? Tell
them that, and you will have nothing
TO fear from France.
Awaits Sign of Good WILL
| That would be an effort. and that
| would be one that certainly would be
| remarkable and would be worthy of
doing. and certainly if ] had been
! citizen originally coming from Ger
| many, and having succeeded in Amer
| lea, in the country of liberty. ] should
1 speak like that And l am quite sure
| that IL all those men of good will
| Joined in our endeavors that the fear
| that weighs upon the world at the
| present time would be finally and
determinedly dispelled. Gentlemen.
/ France, as l said, is lying in wait for
| any gesture of good will on the part
| of Germany.
| I'VE are only ready to encourage
| her and to conciliate her and to help
| the men of good will that want 10
/ make her noble democracy. We
| shall do everything on our side and
everything in our power in order to
discourage and avoid the reasons of
/ war and to insure peaceful relations.
not only between and tsermanN
| but in the whole world. Is that, gen
| tlemen, the duty of nation that
| thinks only of prey and rapine and is
| living with the thoughts of wars and
! provoca ton and attack?
| Il ask the free citizens who are
| listending to me what their opinion
| is in that matter"
| The very fact that the Washington
conference has actually met. that Ger
| tain words have been spoken and that
| the first endeavors have been made,
| he asserted. will be sufficient TO make
! the conference one of the most stir
| ring and momentouS in the history OF
| mankind.
Serious Step Toward Pence.
| "Whatever may be the resolutions
that come out of that conference
and there will be resolutions which
France will be glad to support" he
added-"whatever they may be, they
! will mark a serious step in the road
! of progress and in the road to peace,
and the statesmen of the world have
! begun to raise that insurmountable
barrier before those that would dream
+, of returning to state of barbarity.
! THE time will come when we shall
see an end of all war and of all bar
| barSm. and We owe it that il should
come-we owe it to our glorious
] dead
| Since the armistice, the premier de-
clared, France has remained patient.
| despite the fact that Germany has
tried to deny her signature. to take
back what she had been obliged to
| give and to assert that she was not
| responsi bic for the war and did not
see why she should have to pay com
pensation for the havoc that had been
wrought.
Did Nothing to Destroy Peace.
France did nothing that might
have destroyed peace" he continued.
''and today. in spite of the many
houses of mourning in our country.
| cannot say there is any feeling OF
| hatred in our hearts. We did not
! want to dig deeper the ditch that
may lie between the two peoples, and
| We do not want to do anything that
| might excite the minds of the people
/ and precipitate them into new war.
! Whatever is possible to bring Ger
many to reason. to make her under
stand and realize the situation, France
| has done and will do"
| The premier said that when a Ger
man chancellor who seemed to he sin
! cere came into power he told his
| parliament that he believed in that
| man. and believed that he was Loyalty
| trying to do his duty by his country.
| to fulfill her engagements and to in
still into the hearts of the people the
/ hope of better times to come. There
| was only one condition for this to
succeed, he said, and that was that
1 the old Germany should disappear and
! should leave room for a Germany of
peace, one desirous of liberty and
| recognizing the rights of other peo-
! Piles to have just as much as she has.