New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-18

Millerand Is
Silent Power
In Controvers,
Poincare Backs Pres;a...
Position of Firm Stand :
Spite of Lloyd Ceors. =
Demand for Lep;as,s'

read the news in the papers w,..
happen when we learn It? W.. WI
taInty shall VIC have that onr -, a''
Will help US to stop these Wa. 's'
factures? Will they intervene :. as ~
hrst airplane or the thousands, @
the first gun or the last the NJ,
which they will begin to get a sv.a' q
On that point Mr.. Lloyd Gcores ' -
not word to reassure US with us as
will his number one guaran,s. "As
worth from thas moment:
Il am thinking over nup,bo.
cemetery where lie poor bush..s
men basely shot by the German. M
am wondering whether Mr. r,.~s
George could really have SPOKEN ~.
ousiy when he enunciated his ,..s.,
proposition. What would seevrs
against another attack by German =.
long time to cone is the rer,.-
brgnce, which she cannot fail n 49,.
OF the ruin brought her by III. ,..
what subject for reflection %,
solitary pedestrian. The ruin ~ g.
many. Because her treasury IL d.
IN debt, because the value of ber ~
has deprecated, are her ;ndu...;
dead? Have her companies s,o,..,
Issuing dividends? Are her ;nd;v;s..,
members in misery? And sines xl.~
have we seen that the bad state =,
budget prevents a warlike mower f,.,
lighting a confagration In 1914 y.
financial condition of Austria Hup..,,
was IN very bad way, and this critic,
situation contributed more to drive Ar.
the monarchy than to retain IL. 7, 49,
too close to the. frontier here And !
know only too we'll that misfortnu.
descended on this side and not on II.
other. We are not in need of all th.,.
SAD happenings to make US peaceful
but Germany, who has NOT suss,sa
from them. is not likely to be anv II.
WiSSi LOT our IrlaIS,
There remains number three rb;s,
4 must confess, read in this copnt,,
OF good sense and. simplicity. seer, "a
me obscure and rather strained. Or,
thlrd guarantee, declares Mr.. Ilovd
George, is the knowledge that The M.
ton, whichever it may be, that pro.
vokes a war drags into it, wantonlv
the whole world. And do not say b
Mr.. Lloyd George that the whole world
moves rather slowly, for the volstils
Premier has an answer for everything
and II he trusts to allaying our ans.
lety with a philosophic statement
what does it matter if the er.mx
prangs Oft a success at the begint
n lg! In the end the greater shs|
initial success, the greater the disaster
that will fall upon the aggressor.' Th,
time we are completely treasured and.
what is still better, abundantly con-
soied. My dear friends of Lorraine
how can you possibly expect retufr
offensive from Germany? She has
burned your houses, poisoned your we'll
ravaged your fields. She knows well
that if she attempted to recommencs
1T the other nations would not allow
her to Go it. Doubtless, doubtless; but
in 1870 did they not allow it? And
in 1914, if Germany had not violated
Belgian neutrality, would England have
decided to act? And was not the Luisi-
tania affair necessary to open the eyes
of the Americans? Who is there who
can say, knowing that America has not
ratified the treaty of military assist
ance signed by President Wilson, and
which Mr.. Lloyd George has not at
tempted to have approved by the House
OF Commons-that pact which he him
self drew up-who can say that Ger
many will not one day be inspired to
attempt once more the enterprise which
did not succeed? And shall we then
be condemned to suffer her great sue
cess at the outset in order to be more
convinced that later great disaster
will come upon her? But while await
ing the end, valiant and unhappy
France, it is you whose wounds viii
bleed afresh."