The Washington herald., 1921-11-28
WORLD PINS HOPE
OF PEACE ON U. S.,
SAYS MORCENTHAU
Speaker Reviews TRACE
dies of Europe During
Half Century.

hc VI INV WOElQ Dy
the United States of America-not
by the use of hot steel. poison gas
or other weapons, but by moral sua-
sion-was predicted by Henry NJ.
Morgenthau. former American Am
bassador to Turkey. in his address
yesterday at the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant.
The United States is" declared
Morgenthau, "the great moral giant
of history. Our great strength must
be used to help, not hinder. other
nations. and the help must be given
intellectually, equally, and plen-
tifully.
I'VE are the balance of power
by reason OF the fact that we have
no quarrel with any other nation,
big or little; no ambitions harmful
to other countries; no Imperialism,
and no fear of any country on earth.
II we rise to the opportunity now
before us our weight. morally and
otherwise, will settle for all time
any dispute between other nations.
Supreme Court of Nations.
America will be the Supreme
Court of Nations" Mr.. Morgenthau
stated, when we have demonstrat-
ed our ability to look at interna-
tional problems without passion or
prejudice and when we make other
nations understand that the strong
arm of the United States of Amer
lea morally speaking will be
used TO help the nation or nations
in the right, should a new and seri-
Gus quarrel across the seas assume
ugly proportions. That does not
mean. however" the former Am
bassador said, that America will
interfere in minor disputes. Our
United States Supreme Court does
not interfere in a quarrel between
a grocer apd his customer over the
latter's bilf@only highly important
issues reach that tribunal. There
fore, as the Supreme Court of Ma
tions, we would interfere only in
disputes that threaten the peace
of the rest of the world"
Mr.. Morgenthau then reviewed the
peace conference at Versailles and
compared that gathering with the
of armament.
There Is an astounding contrast
between these two conferences" Mr..
conference in session today. There
is no ancient history surrounding 1t.
as at Versailles. The delegates to-
day are within the shadow of the
great Washington Monument and the
Lincoln Memorial-all reminders that
the moral force of America Is still
a sound and forceful proposition.
Has No Az to Grind.
I'm inviting these men here" he
continued. I'VE are under no obli-
cations whatsoever-we have no ak
to grind with any of them-we have
no fear of war with any of the
nations they represent. We were
prompted solely by our moral re-
sponsibility to the rest of the world
to invite the nations to visit US and
discuss those things which mean SO
much to our present-day civilization.
There is no balance of power
in Europe today" the speaker assert
ed. Let me explain here briefly
something about the old balance of
power After the overthrow Of Ma
poleon-the French Revolution-Eu-
rope was left with feuds a-plenty-
and a realignment was necessary; or
at least 1t seemed so in those days.
that there must be permanent peace
in Europe and decided that a bal
ance of power would prevent 1t. In
1856 Russia upset the general scheme
of things by declaring war on Aus
tria. Heretofore that country had not
been counted on. but from then on
had to be reckoned with. Later. King
Edward won over the Car. OF course
we must not leave out the Franco
Prussian war. which did much to
further upset things.
With Russia, England and France
misunderstanding Germany. Austria
and uncertain Italy to hang together
we have now a fair idea of what
might and did happen.
Why Germany Fought.
Germany was alarmed at her
isolation. She f1gured-as we know
that the sooner she whipped the
balance of Europe. the sooner her
problem would be solved. Italy
broke away from Germany-and
America came'in. If Germany had
won the war, 1t would take the rest
of the world at least a thousand
years to stamp out Prussianism.
Figure out how long Europe has
been trying to get rid of the Turk
more than 500 years-and this
country Is not nearly so intelligent
or powerful as Germany.
THE man in tho White Ionso