The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-21

| aspirations for world conquest
/ Among these citations was Luden-
/ dorff's declaration that the instttu-
| ton OF war was a creation Of God
/ Throwing the Ludendorff manu-
/ script dramatically on the table NJ
| BRAND declared il should convince
the world what was being said at
| the door of France.
! Premier BRAND remarked one
must feel a great responsibility
when rising to speak from this
! platform from whence every word
goes TO the anxious and attentive
ear OF the world"
II shall endeavor to present the
| situation with it's true genuine
face" he declared, ito show that
France is more ready than any
other country to direct her steps in
the paths OF higher peace. Nothing
could be more pleasant than to tell
you this. We bring her sacrifices.
We have suffered much in the war,
we have fought a great battle, but
we must regard now our own per-
manent security.
let me explain for France that
il you want to make peace it must
be made by two people, you and
your neighbor. ! am speaking par
ticularly of land ornaments, be-
cause there is a situation which
You have no right TO neglect. 1t is
necessary that besides physical
disarmament there should be a gen.
eral atmosphere of peace-in other
words moral disarmament. In Eu-
rope some conditions are still prev
alent and France is obliged to
state them Many of you here in
this country know France. Your
men came to us at the most critical
moment of the war. They have seen
Europe and they know it. Certain
ly these men have come back to en-
tighten your country and they have
come back to help wipe away some
of the nOxious gases which have
been spread by the common en-
envy"
Americans Can't Understand.
Here in this country" the pre-
mier continued, you have your
states and do not know the tangled
barriers of Europe. It must be
difficult for some of you to realize
what conditions are prevailing in
Europe after the war. quite ad-
NIT that a free American citizen
would say:
The war is won, peace sign
ed. Germany has reduced her
army. Most of her war material is
destroyed. Why is it that France
keeps such considerable army?
Some people think that France
must have some hidden thought. 1t
has been said that France wishes
TO establish in Europe a sort of
military supremacy. Probably this
is the most painful and cruel thing
a Frenchman could be told. To tell
the world that we have perfidious
intentions and military designs is
sad and most disheartening.
BRAND Pounds Table.
Not one word of it is true" ex-
claimed BRAND, pounding the table
with both fists. If there is a coun-
try that that wants peace with all
our hearts, believing in it with her
entire faith, that country is France.
Since the armistice France has
had to wait for realization of certain
things. She has seen Germany
Maggie over her pledged word and
the terms she had signed. She has
seen Germany refuse to pay. The
popular opinion is that France is
impatient, but France has remained
perfectly calm"
Referring to the German posi-
ton. Premier BRAND continued:
We have no hatred in our hearts.
She CFranceD will use every means
between Germany and herself to
prevent bloody recurrence But
after all. we have no right to for
get, we have no right to weaken
our position and give rise to GER
tain hopes by our weakness.
Il don't want to be unjust, but
we have one part of Germany that
is for peace, a part who have had
enough of this war, who have had
enough of war altogether and who
want TO settle down TO the pursuits
OF industry and peace. That Ger
many we will do everything We can
to help.
But there is another Germany"
the premier continued with force
full gestures. There is @ Germany
that has not changed her mind and
for whom the last war was not a
decision. This Germany has kept
the same occupations, the same
ambitions. How can we close our
eyes to this? How can we ignore
the conditions? More than that, we
have Witnessed several attempts to
return TO a state of things"