New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-05
End Misgiviings
OF War, Is Plea
Made by Harvey
Decries Belief in Britain
That America Grew Rich
From Conflict and Idea
Europe Is Not Aiding Self
Bar to Greater Unity
Declares This Nation, To-
gether With Those Abroad.
Has Burdens From Strife

LONDON, July (By The Associated
Press).-Diplomatic representatives Of
more than thirty foreign governments
were guests tonight at the annual
independence Day dinner Of the Ameri-
can Society Of London. Ambassador
Harvey was the guest of honor
Lord Lee of Fareham, First Lord of
the Admiralty, toasting the guest, re-
ferred to Mr.. Harvey as "a foreign
envoy to whom the muzzle of diplomacy
had not been obtrusive." Therefore"
he said, "both Britain and America
could expect from him open and frank
comment upon Anglo-America reia-
tions."
Referring, in his reply, to the revolt
of the American colonies, Ambassador
Harvey declared:
Whether the territory composing
the United States could have been re-
tanned is wholly speculative. But one
fact is certain-if George III had issued
q proclamation even approximating in
eloquent sincerity and appealing fo-ce
that uttered the. other day by George
v in his faithful endeavor to reconcile
o nation there would have been no
ringing Of bells in Philadelphia l45
! years ago this night or for many years
thereafter.
Won't Measure Money Against Men
"The two men swirling down the
Niagara River did not profit by. drop
ping their paddles to quarrel over the
distance to the falls-they succeeded
only in making their fate certain. Let
US, in position hardly less perilous,
not emulate their idiotic example,"
! The Ambassador said, however, that
the staggering present cost and the
great price must be paid by the next
generation from those countries which
had been so pitilessly denuded of the
flower of their youth, who were relied
| upon to carry on.
Nothing could be further from my
thought or more repellent to the in
stinct of any American than to measure
money against men," he went on. "My
sole purpose is to win fair considera-
tion from any who may have over.
looked the fact that the United States.
along with Europe, has her full share
of national burdens to bear for scores
of years, in addition to her grief at the
incalculably greater loss of those who
perished in the service of their coun-
try"
Must Remove Misapprehensions
Ambassador Harvey declared that
the mutual helpfulness which ali de-
sired could not be realized until two
grave misapprehensions had been re-
moved, one of which pervaded Europe
respecting the United States and the
other permeated the United States as
to Europe.
"The two combined appear to con-
stitute the chief barrier to full and
effective play Of cooperation based
upon confidence and understanding,
said the Ambassador. II find in Europe
the common impression that the United
States, alone among the nations Of the
world, is to-day land of milk and
honey whose people not only are uni
versally prosperous, though recalci-
trantly discontented, but are rich be-
yond the traditional dreams of avarice.
You have only to supplement the fancy
with suspicion, which / find not
wholly lacking, that all this opulence
and this happiness are direct results
OF the great war, to account for the
wholly natural sense of resentment.
No Good from Controversy
What are the facts? Did the United
States really profit from the war TO
| such q degree as to make the lives
she sacrificed seem to the cynical nnd
sordid mind relatively insignificant
Ambassador Harvey proceeded to cite
the tremendously increased national
debt. the Congressional appropriations
for 1920, and the heavy income taxa
tion. He added:
"In dollars, the cost to America of
her participation in the war, when f.
nally computed, will fall not Sc very
far short Of the entire indemnity upon
Germany. I make no comparisons,
There has been too much of that al
ready. Surely no good can come now
i when we all are striving to get to.
! gether IN common purpose for the com
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