New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
French Authorities Point
Out That Work Il
Not Material One.
but Moral
By Saephane I-,auxanne

PARIS. March 19
&c aTHw - HEN we sperak OF restor-
IA ing such great empires .
v y &c Russis. and China,"
N. Aristide BRAND re-
Gently said, I'VE thiak Of nothing but
Sho bread ana rneat necessary to feed
the peoples, the locomotives and
trains necessary for their trNnsporta-
ticn, tfo garments necessary to c,othe
them, tAc meaica,ncnts necessary to
care for their sick, and The banks
necessary to give them credit. Then.
having sens them bread, Grains, clothes.
I indictments and money, we cay: 60
anead! Novel Liyal' We have never
taken into account THIS fact shat in the
lives ot nations, as in that Of irdivid-
uals, there is q mora. Us well as c
physical element. IN order TO live, ii
order to vor.. to conduct oneself anG
to conduct others, certain state of
nlina is necessary, certain education.
Certain intelligence, and one cannot
send shipioed OF Intelligence, cduca-
tion, energy ana confidence as we do
~heaV, corned beef, tss. motora ana
shoc'. Who cea sAg. ,i tomorrow, by
some Wiracie, every Rrsoian wore we'll
fed, we'll dressed and we'll housed, If
nc had & good heating. Lighting eng
trAnsp portation system - that Russia
would be resSoged?"
These sra woros o. grave porteua,
worth yuore than q passing thought
wo.ds S..aS NJ. Ar;stidc BRAND is nos
alone IN pronouncing. There is at least
another man in France who has spoken
IN the same vein and he is perhaps
the man that knows Russia best. This
man is NJ. Maurice Paieologue, who is
OF Slavic origin and wac was AInbassa-
dor o2 France ct Petroerad from 1914
to -o1T, chat is, during ths momentous
happenings oP the var and The Russian
revelutien.
Mentality OF Russians
Portrayed by Paieolosue
II. Paleologue has given several rs
n1arhabe lectures or Russia this win
Ter and he viii publish book Of per
sonal souvcnira entitled "La Russie des
Tsars pendant Ia Grande Guerre." RI
hsye attended his lectures and 7 have
at nand several chapters OF his forth
coming book. For the first time, per-
maps, in listening 20 him and in read
ing his book. have been able 70 under
stand the strange mentality of the
Russian people. felt the depths to
which they had sunl. and felt that in
order TO save them tne entire world
must make an eTort Chat IS al.a ost i'm
possible.
The Russ,an's principal ch&7acteris-
Tic ia his complete resignaton-his do-
cility under the weight Of adverse ci--
cvmstances. He doesn't even wait for
the hand OF destiny TO point his way:
but, for.seeing i, aubn,its IN aat.cipa-
tioa.
N. paieologuo, cc- example, likes TO
recount Che following occurrence,
which is symDol;c:
zone day G certain high oGicial had
10 Cepresa 4 riot, ana he fulfilled his
duty as ne conceived it--Hith imp!ac-
able severity. Blood ran in torrents
fo-ty-seven dead were carried From The
scene os disorder, including niae
women and three children, and 200
wounded were admitted to the hospi-
Gals The day aftes this terrible event
sAe Governor was heartily congratv.
lstea FOR his energy in suppressiag
che trouble, receiving the Aatte-ing
approbatsoas of his i,.e-arcf;c 81
periors.
"I'hesc tokens Of favor left hin. in
different, however, FOR he waa eye-
haunted by che remembrance Of tbs
bloody day. Not chat he had any re-
morse-his conscience reproached hin.
with nothins-what he had done, he
vas prepared TO Do again. His ooscs-
sion was entirely physical one-thc
spectacle Of the dead and the wounded !
thas had been etrewn over the place
vas ever before his eyes. Then sgain.
ne finds anonymous letters in his mail
every day, letters reeking with in
suits and threata-letters chat hound
aim ao the murderer o2 women and
children.
Horror of Death Caste
its Spell Over Governor
"Cnce ne received iette- contain.
lNg g yeilad Orian4r1 Sbro.A a.
ofeamed OF your funeral last night;
you haven't very long to live A.
another time ne learned that revolu-
Sionary tribunal had condemned him
" 70 death. Thus, with the sword OF
Damocles hanging continually over his
head' the idea of his approaching
death little by little talIee root in b;o
mind lie even cOns!dera how death
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