The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-11-30
GERMANY PREPARING
WAR, SAYS TIGER
FRANCE HAS BEEN
misunderstood HERE AND
BEGS FEELING OF KINSHIP.

Opera House in New York City:
Once upon time thousand years
ago, in an Indian village, there came
an old Buddhist, and he told the vii
layers he was going to preach the
good word, and they were glad to
have him do so. He told them he
would teach them how to be good and
love each other, which in that time
was very difficult undertaking.
So they all assembled, and there,
under one of those giant trees which
are the beauty of this country, he was
going to teach them Of the good word.
And as the old man was going to
open up his mouth, there came
bird-a beautiful bird-who sat on
the highest branches, and the bird
began to sing and sing and sing.
He sang for a long time. and the
more he sang the more ravished they
all were. It seemed that they un-
derstood what he meant, and then
he and monk got up and said, Good
by, gentlemen, the sermon has been
preached
81 feel very much like the old
monk. 1t seems to me as if some of
US are sitting under a very beauti-
full tree, with beautiful foliage, and
certainly there are a great many
birds. | know it not by the singing
but by the Tapping of the wings.
"That was very wise man. But
l am not wise. Therefore, when our
eminent president asks me to speak
will speak. In fact, you may have
heard of it. 1 came here on purpose
for that.
"And first I will tell you, that /
am more accustomed to grinning faces
than the smiling faces Of ladies and
that 1 am rather-although it has
not happened very often.rather
tinlid, slightly.
"First, Of course, l must thank you
for the really wonderful welcome
which l have met in this country,
which is most marvellous, since only
no more than ffty-seven years ago
came fresh. from the imperial 'jails
Of Napoleon III. to find there was an
other way Of living, and much bet
ter way.
II was in that happy time young
man of some imagination who thinks
everything is possible to him. There
is no hard task. What men for hun
dreds Of years and thousands of years
have been trying to accomplish and
failed-he can do. He has the heart,
the mind, the knowledge, and he can
do it. So I brought this fresh out
look, here. I don't know whether it
has been appreciated. have never
been assured of that. But l looked
around and I learned what Europe
hadn't taught me-to help myself.
"And now, like the pupil, who comes
back to his teacher and who has gain
ed experience, 1 come back, and it
is very different. l come back with
changed ideas and to express my
thanks for the good practical edu-
cation that l received. / say prac-
teal, because of course l do not come
here to learn new things.
"And so 1 came with the American
spirit and ready to find fault in Diff
ferent ways. But I must confess that
did not find as many faults as l
expected. And to-day, having been
taught independence, ] have been try
ing to find advice. I have no mis-
sion. did not come with a mission
from anybody.
Therefore, l made up my mind
that after all democracy was liberty,
and think it is the best government
to be responsible to yourself for
your own faults instead of others.
And there I was in my little pleasant
house on the sea and the beach a lit
tie too far away so that you could
not see it, and I heard that there have
been bad words for France. l did
not like that at all, and as for my
SELF. I say, What words?
"At the same time there came peo-
pie and hard critics, one very dis
tinguished Englishman, and I said,
We'll, own, if England misjudges
France, and America misjudges
France, what are we going to do?
had better go and see what is the
matter And I left without know
ing whether I was going to plead
against you or to defend you.
"I have not been here very long
time but I have been here long enough