The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-23
FRENCH EXCUSES
ARE DISCOUNTED
Gerard Says Mercy, Rath-
er Than Cruelty, Will
Be Her Best Defense
BRAND PARTLY WRONG
And in Spite of His Eloquent
Speech America Should Not
Enter Circle of Hate"
nv JAMES w. GERARD

IW J VI tS W. bbhAiNll
wf,o ,o,l,55; ssgf'',s issi! fG5 BY 'H' p H. 81 N -
WAsIlINGTON, Now 22.--Atter
,bs Normaus won tho battle Of Hast
,prs in 1866 and thereby CONQUERED
Fegland they invaded Wales and
,bssed the native Celts tnto tho
,sstress Of the welsh mountains
Nearly nine centuries Afterwards
,,ovd George. the Welchmnn,
desTcndlng from the same Businesses
|. N the Welsh mountains and armed
with laws imposing taxes and super
,,es chased the descendants OF the
!. srman haron8 from the castles of
4sshIch they could no longer pay the
pkeep. -.
Il would be a pity. indeed, n this
famous OF prcseRt day politicians,
mis- sole survivor of the Versailles
treaty. does not come to the Wash
.ogton conference. There IS 2
tspdency ot regard him AS a clever,
almost acrohattc politician. But the
man who u the face of all England
dared to stand UP for tho Beers as
Blake. ia another generation did for
America, IS no time serving poll
tician.
III ne fOlIANn 70 AllltA ANti NAAfA nav
ipg first satisfactorily settled tho
irish question he will receive a well
come such as no foreigner and you
nav be sure he will arrive at Wash
lngton at tho exact time when his
poyers Of Compromise will settle
what are TO be the final agreements.
Meanwhile, the conference Is
marking time. Possibly, behind
Acosed doors, some progress Is be-
t9ng made toward a settlement OF tho
\ problems Of the east; but greater
progress would be made II Secretary
Hughes methods were followed and
a proposed solution boldly thrown
By each nation into the arena Of
controversy.
Can't "scc" Brands Argument.
Premier BRAND made a passionate
Plea on behalf Of France but when
be quotes Ludendorf and Moltke, he
1 quotes men in whom the mass of
Germans no longer believe. Moltke
4 heat Napoleon III only three days
ago / saw the original OF a letter
written by Napoleon III to James
watson Webb, In whose house
Napoleon had found hospitality
| while an exile in America, in which
Napoleon, writing as emperor, eX-
tused the sending of French troops
on an impcrlalistic excursion TO
Mexico. because the first troops sent
y having been defeated, the military
\ honor Of France was involved" and
h. therefore, had to dispatch re-
q hiOrCements. The same language
4 that Of Moltke of 1870 or the
lldendorf today. In spite of the
Sequence OF BRAND, / do not see
Why America should take part in the
Ate circle OF Europe and agree at
4 all events TO protect France, Then
be would be lin for 1t" indeed.
1t is fortunate for France that
BRAND was not defeated Ia the vot-
Ing which took place in the French
X Chamber Of deputies Just before his
departure. lie represented the
FL broad, and reasonable viewpoint In
n France. His opponents are those who
N would stir UP old antagonlsms and
y future ware.
II The tactful Jusserand, ambassador
b N France, can inform him 81 the
~ mind OF America, ably seconded by
III ne officlally-sent Casenave, one o.
n The most skillful and best informed
VI G diplomats of rope, and
'S Stephan Lauzanne, OF the great
~ ~-et4A AAt " = va ll'fNl = h'FH pbNtA WI VI
"A al things American. II is pity
p iaat Marcel Knecht, so popular here
Gd who served France 80 ably in
II .morica, Is not connected with thC
III dpgatOn.
"a Kaiser Proposed an Alliance.
n Even TO my knowledge, the en-
a ls'or showed a willingness to enter
= a alliance with France. When in
u nay 1914, ] arranged for Colonel
house talk with the German em-
NFor the audience was given at
NE 'sehrippen East" an annual mil
!ary feast and spectacles at Pots
uam After the lunch, the colonel,
shom Europeans regard as our best
uplomat, talked with the cmporer
,a with the lovely crown princess.
later ! Joined the emperor and the
W"hel ana II was then that the
Emperor proposed an alliance an
II AAhce was what he termed II, TO
Asep peace and TO be composed Of
wat he called tho -four civilized
n VoHers-France, Great Britain, the
ui'ed States and Germany" This
,sct never before published.
N nave heard from diplomats OF
v,uer countries that, fsom time TO
lle' the emperor made similar Of1
XII but that ON invitation 1t was
slhd that the emperor in making
ae offers did not seem to have the
'SMhg OF his ow nofficial world.
All such prupositions, looking to
N'9 ehd OF war. should, nowadays,
made openly so that the grea.
-4As OF the people who are against
% IN all countries. including Ger
"any may throw the weight OF their
anoers and their influence into
"s scale OF peace.
,% ono who saw the enthusiasm
~ me great meeting addressed by
'or Borah In New York can
S-gt,on how Americans feel about
n ,s,N'ng an end OF war and It's hor-
.Wy' france should bring about the
M Horauon Of the part takon Of
W ~ Slesia TO Germany, should
~ arS NV desire 10 help the beaten foe
M so,,Iu ,lIeuuce the indemnity, these acts
g,s1 DC a shield OF protection to
GEy. it'0'i'e ''i"h any
W S,.,, Reopen Speedway Park.
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