New-York tribune., 1922-11-25

have got what wanted. just came
TO hear it, hear it from you. You gave
it to me before I speak. My speech Is
useless.
What does that mean? let France
live--let ali the people-all the rood
people live. Let ell the good nations
live, all the nations that are worthy Of
that title, TO perform part for the
good OF mankind; but especially let
France live. II means thai IN France
for centuries it has been something
that aimed In a special way to tho
human thought and heart. 1t was that
which led her TO render that service
TO America which was referred to by
the Governor, and which inspired their
acts. America was grateful to us not
Tor what was done, because little was
done. after all, but for what WIS meant
and what was felt. Yea, we came; we
had call; we called on Boston and
America in your great Revolution of
Independence. We helped ourselves,
gentlemen, more than we could help
you. We had lived under the fiercest
autocracy and we wanted to see that
democracy could take place some
where in the world, wherever II was,
trusting the future to bring men that
would be fully worthy of che cause
and would not keep that selfishly FOR
themselves but would allow right, jus
tice, freedom FOR all mankind. Then
you were ccnsecrste6 to this work in
these times and you have kept your
word and you have gulAlled the hopes
that had been pus In you when you
came Co our help.
II am not Cor way. think that, ss
stances, wsr ought 60 DO avoided IL
possible. But let us cay 20 the word
that, after all, when man comes 60
the front and gives his life, all he
loves in the world. Cor q greater cause
than his own. he is showing magnif-
cent example of what devotion to q
great ideal can do.
U. s. Sentenced To Be Grands
"Well, as I said in New York, men
are prisoners OF the nobleness OF their
souls. A people cannot be grand one
day and small another. You are sem
fenced TO be grand, whether you like IL
or not. Well, now, you fought. The
armistice was accepted, and come TO
the treaty OF peace. assure you that
this armistice was purely American,
conforming perhaps, to the rules by
President Wilson with the assent Of
Congress. Armistice. Treaty Of peace
treaty Of peace such as we have
never seen before Twenty-seven were
present, representatives OK twenty
seven states, Europe. Africa. Asia,
around the table, each complaining OF
the wrong that had been done, each
asking for territory, oceans, givers,
mountains and anything you can i'm
sgine.
been crushed by Frederick II, by
Catherine the Czarina, yes, Austria
he Il &af ANnA al
Poland had been struck off the map.
And all these peoples were there. We
proniaed them, won't say more than
ve could give. We promised not more
than we had in our hearts. maybe a
little more than oug means could re-
alize. But they came and they asked,
and they had TO be heard, and for
months and months we worked upon
questions. speak Cor myself. They
were very broadly known TO the world.
And we heard their deputies speaking,
one and another, and finally we made
kind OF arrangement, this Treaty of
Versailles, which Is quite deprecated
now, but with It's several hundred arti-
cles, which is a work that can be COM
pared to no other in ~ diplomatic way.
In fact, daresay I do not know q
diplomatic document that can compete
with that Treaty of Versailles, because
place was with people who wanted to
take sway with them ths most they
could.
Nov. one word. Justice, and Presi-
dent Wilson with his fourteen points
wanted to fulfill the promises he had
made. He was the representative of
America. He was the interpreter Of
the country, as Lloyd George was the
representative Of the Parliament and
as was the representative Of the
Chamber of Deputies. But t was nat
France, who had quarreIed and fought
FOR centuries, She arrangements would
be little more difhcult tnan with
America, who appeared, should say, as
an arbitrator.
Urges Fganeo-Rrisish Concord
"Of course, France and England have
been fighting, but thus far, fortunately.
they have kept themselves in the high
est estimation. There Is no denying
at England has done an honest work
in the world, by which mankind is to
profit by. by and by. Then France, on
her side, has done what she could for
the world Those two countries must
live henceforth as friends. The other
day spoke with full liberty of Eng
land and Of America. And you were
given nothing-you Americans who
heard ne-were given nothing TO COM
plain OF. But as ! said moment ago,
it has been done. Let the past bury
it's past, and let US 60 TO to-day's and
to-morrow's work. The great trouble,
my fr ends--you know it, after you
had made an American armistice, an
American treaty, with America sitting
among us-ycu say. Of course, we must
not push the work too FAR. AS kind
of arbitrating power, there were 30
many articles tat were purely Amer
Jean in the treaty. not only concerning
France, not only concerning various
parts o. Europe, not only parts Of Asia,
but, should say, whatever place the
world, wherever they were, there were
men TO extend the hand TO US and
claim for justice. Asia was part of
it. And so we decided.
"And what happened7 America left.
have no doubt that she had good rea-
sons for it, and until these last days
no man can say that have complained
OF it. have--I have fretted. / could
not do otherwise. | did not complain.
did not come here to reproach you.
We are all on equal terms. do not
ask pity for France. do not ask
protection for Francs. dc not ask
help for France. You are Americans,
we are French. II you think What is
it TO me what wolld have become
OF the world II we submitted to Ger
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