The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-20
A MEXICAN
AMBASSADOR
is WELCOMED
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pledged unfaltering cooperation in
achieving that aspiration.
Nothing could be more futile, more
delusiye and more mischievous he said.
than to pretend that the Americans
"proffer of helping hand was attrib-
utable primarily to "a tender suscep-
tibility.''
.It is not, Mr.. Harvey declared.
sMy country stands ready to work
with yours, because, first, 1T is to our
Interest to do so; and secondly because
it is to the advantage OF both. X
"W,e deceive ourselves occasionally.
Even to this day at rare Intervals an
ebullient sophomore seeks applause
by shouting that we won the war.
Far more prevalent until recently was
the impression that we went to war
to rescue humanity from all kinds OF
menacing possibilities.
..Now a few remain convinced that
we sent our young soldiers across to
have this kingdom, France and Italy.
That is not fact. We sent them sole
" to save the United States of Amer
lea, and most reluctantly and 1aggardSS
ly at that.
eve We're not too proud to fight,
whatever that may mean. We We're
afraid not to fight. That is the real
truth of the matter. So we came
along toward the end and helped you
and your allies shorten the war. That
is all we did and all we claim to have
DONE"
Discussing what he. called the "sen-
timent, perilous sentiment" Ambas-
sador Harvey said:
.'For years, I have heard it pro-
claimed that war between Great Brit
ain and America had ceased to be
conceiva BILE No resumption of
armed conflict is unimaginable. Any
day may witness a renewal Of the war
of the roses, any day the clash OF the
blue and the grey in the swamps OF
Virginia.
But SO unlikely are such happenings
that suggestions even though 1t in
credibly wera made, would evoke no
more than a derisive smile. Now the
question rises, have not our countries
reached a point with respect to the
remotest possibility of conflict that
justifies our forgetting it as COM
pletely as the battles Of Bosworth
field and Appomatox have faded from
our recollection?
"Such, 1 am happy to report faith
fully In the teeth of all the mischief
makers and scandal mongers Of both
nations, has become the settled con-
viction of our people, and hope, and
doubt not, OF yours.
BECAUSE the president has exem-
pIified his avowal of obligations, 1t
must not be inferred that he proposes
to become an International meddler,"
continued the ambassador. He would
be the last to intervene or be drawn
into any matter of no concern to his
own country, but also no one realizes
more clearly than he that the United
States is, of necessity, deeply inter
ested in, proper economic adjustments
and the just settlement of matters of
worldwide importance under discus
sion and desires helpfully to cooperate.
''There still seems to linger in the
minds of many here the impression
that In some way or other, by hook
or by crook, unwittingly, surely unwil-
lingly, America may yet be beguiled
into the league of nations. Let me
show you how utterly absurd such a
notion is.
IT need not recall the long contest
waged between the two branches, of
the government over this proposal. !
need hardly mention that the conflict
became SO sharp that even the treaty
went by the board to the end that to-
day, alphabetically enough, America
continues TO be technically at war. but
actually att peace, while Europe is
nominally at peace, but according to
all reports is not wholly free from the
clash of arms.
FINALLY, the question Of Americas
participation in the league came be-
fore the people, who decided by ma
jority of seven million.
1T follows then that the present
government could not without be-
trayal Of its creators and masters, and
will not. can assure you, have any
thing whatsoever to do with the league
or any commission or committee APP
pointed by it or responsibility directly
or Indirectly openly or furtively."
The prime minister, Mr.. Lloyd
George, in toasting AIR. Harvey, said:
I'VE never can regard citizens of the
United States as foreigners; therefore.
In the new ambassador, we welcome
brilliant kinsman. The future well be-
ing of the world depends more upon the