New-York tribune., 1922-11-22

is the event of the century. America
had freed herself in f776, and now in
fa19 shs freed the whole of Europe
| all these people that had bccn put
down under the sceptors OF Germany,
Austria and Russia.
They began to breathe. They were
called to liberty. and my friend
paderewski could tall You OF the
ensctacls we had around the table
twenty seven states calling for iiher-
ty, for justice.
Hope of Subject Races
Conferred In President
You don't know how, when the
President came to Europe, when
Woodrow Wilson landed in PARIS,
how the whole world EXTENDED their
hands toward him. He brought them
hope, the thing that they had been
expecting, waiting for, praying Tor,
for centuries.
Paderewski could tell you how these
noble people of Poland had been
treated, and how they had been
trampled under foot, and how they
had submitted as martyrs for CEN
turies. And when he came TO
France they all said, Here is the
man that brings justice, that brings
the right or man TO ute. Le JouA w
gloire est arrive"
You brought it, my friends. That's
another one Of those great debts
that owe your country and that
everybody owes you. But people
may be great one day and small &nd
mean another. Now, we had tp
study maps and mountains and
rivers and such things, trying to un-
derstand something that was brought
to our attention. Deputies came to
say to US to ask us this or that, and
I saw Paderewski in the name of his
country make one Of the most elo~
quent and moving speeches ever
heard.
1t was the specter OF all The
wrongs of man against man. And
some Of them said that they were be-
tfayed. You must understand this.
OF course, England went TO wax for
English reasons and America for
American reasons. 1t was their duty
to do that.
But they had TO mix 1t with other
countries and they had to measure
it, and IL you were long TO come
know very we'll thai you thought that
you must be mixed up III European
affairs more than you wanted to and
that it might bring complications
which you wanted to avoid. With
Ergland-it isn't sure that she would
have come if Belgium hadn't been
violated. That was s. great time for
policy of isolation.
The fact is. that England has al
ways-T don't blame her--has always
endcavored to be the balancing
power, preventing other countries
froE becoming too strong. About n
-. Nd
occasion to meet one of the great
statesmen of the day. We spoke,
quite naturally, Of the war. told
him ou The very day of the arnistice
that / thought England was no more
with us.
Every country makes mistakes, we
have all made mistakes; it is hu-
man trait. But we nave to learn
from our mistakes. And we should
take the lesson of the war and seek
in some way TO avoid some of the
mistakes in the future.
You left after the contract was
finished and you told us to execute
it as we might. Well, now, let us
see, because I am coming TO the
point. And you were wiring in that you
VIXEN people have been mixing their
blood. am not speaking of the
goods OF the world, but their own
blood on the field Of battle--they
have no right to leave, II there Is
difference, without trying to ad-
JUST that difference.
You broke all tke organs of
economic solidarity. OF course, u
bank is interested in some manu-
factory and she wants to give 1t up.
She wants to give it up: that is
hey right. They Will not go to their
friends and TIL chem Tomorrow,
Monday, the bank is to shut. We
do not know you any more
We were told that circumstances
were such that we had to go. And
what were those circumstances The
circumstances were that there seemed
to be great market opened in Ger
many, maybe in Russia, and France
was handicapped. She had 10000
factories destroyed. Think of that!
or course, she was no candidate
running for those markets, and at
once we were alone. Now, we hear
that we, had better pay what we owe.
Certainly. | DO not want you to be-
heve that we are such people that do
not like to pay our debts. The ques-
ton Is really non-existent.
French Not People Who
Deny Their Just Debts
OF course, to-day everybody speaks
to us of our solidarity with Ger
many. It is perfectly true, but
France, if it is solid with Germany,
we will receive from her what be-
longs to US, and it won't be half of
what she has lost. will say word
about the question in moment, but
speak of it now simply to say
0so ~ ,nt, l..
debts.
We contracted an arrangement TO
pay you 20,00000o francs year.
We have done it thus far. Il ia mi