Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-19

United States, told the Daughters OF
the American Revolution last night.
| THE opportunity is there to seize"
he said. There is no nation in the
whole world that would not welcome
| the seizure of that leadership by
| America now"
The British ambassador concluded
with this. statement after a scathing
arraignment of the subtle forces
| which, he said. were working TO Drive
wedges between those countries which
fought side by side during the war; and
| by their co operation won it.
Everywhere he went-in Canada,
France, England and the United
| States-he said, he heard people say
| ing that their respective countries
did more in the war than the other
This is quite right, he said. because II
proud of it they would have nothing
| to be proud Of. But. he warned. the
! opagandists are Selling upon this
feeling to work up hatred between
| the countries.
! Flags PropaEandists.
! There is a danger in that for every
! country in the world" he said. There
are men who didn't and who do not
| like the result of the war. They know
| that there is only one way to have the
| result reversed, and that is by work
j ing to loosen the joints of sympathy
| that the nations working side by side
! during the war made. Those men and
women are, making every enort to
destroy the bonds made by the war
! They suggest to the people OF one
nation that the other did more. and
that the other nation Is trying 10
steal a march. They speak with the
natural pride Of the nation in which
they are in.
"The f1attery that is being used to
sever nations is the most deadly
propaganda being used. Nations must
be on watch for all such forms OF
propaganda. The propagandists play
on national pride that every nation feels
in the war
The best way to combat this propa-
! eanda he pointed out is to give up
talking about who did the most during
the war and settle on the point that
the war. and by that cooperation
overcame the greatest economic Crisis
in the world.
These propa gandists, he said. have
nothing to lose, having lost all in the
central powers. and their only hope
of gaining anything is to start trouble.
BY innuendo they are seeking to TO-
ment discord. and by the steady inf1u-
ence of suggestion trying to ascribe
to all acts of government officials the
wrong meaning.
Corporations Attacked.
He took occasion to attack generally
big international corporations. which.
he said. are striving to bring discord
between the nations. because under
the old regimes of Europe they could
carry out their operations better than
they can under the new systems of
government. These agencies wish to
see trouble: they want to see nations
when the armistice was signed"
he pointed out, ut didn't smean the end
of the struggle. but merely changed to
the form of propaganda which you now
find. You can no more let the nations
sever the ties which bound them to-
gether now than you could during the
war"
In the D. A. r.. he pointed out. there
is a strong organization in this coun-
try for combating this propaganda.
Ambassador Geddes said. and he urged
the members scattered in centers
throughout the country to take the
newspaper headlines away from the
propa gandists and inculcate in the peo-
pie the idea that the people of other
nations want the same thing that they
do to avoid the catastrophe of war.
Mr.. Coolidge Represents Persident.
Vice President Coolidge appeared as
the representative of President Hard
pressed the high ideal in which he
holds the association and it's patriotic
work. and reviewed the history of the
early colonies and the ride of Paul
Revere. which today is being ce1e-
brated in Massachusetts,.
Suggesting a change in the litany
to meet present-day requirements, Am
bassador Jusserand OF France. when
he arose 10 speak. said he would have
it say: From any kind of propa-
ganda, good Lord deliver u.s."
He praised the work Of the d. A. r.
during the war. and said that by it's
orphans and kept them from leading q
camp life. This. he continued. means