Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-18
DESPITELACK OF TITLES
PRECEDENCE IMPORTANT
Wife of ExPrme Minister of Great Britain Sees Per.
pctua Interference With Personal Liberty
in United States.

abuse and calumny Of our social and
political enemies
IL Is subject that rouscs me to
| Indignation when | remember the
| manner in which we were prosecuted
not only b. our opponents. but some
OF my personal friends even after
We had been defeated In the gen
Graz election of 1918. one Of the
candidates said that she had often
been to Downing Street or matters
or vital Importance during the war
ana had Dccn struck By the lack o..
te"!ing shown by mysel ard my
! husband.
dealt at ieUgth III ny lecture
! mat night upon the cruelty with
"hich the Germans had been treated
III the United States ana 1T home
ard was cheereG wn@n said that
had Christ come down among tn.
civilian population "A; any :imc dur
ing the war. His sense OF jIstice ana
/ compassion would have earned for
Him the title ot pro-Germau.
Hritlsh Purpose in the War.
Among other subjects discussed
'Hth guests was that o: the motives
that had brought Great Britain into
| the war. one expressed himself with
| E!Sor and frankncsE. aud said tina:
nothing would induce him TO believe
that our purpose had beer moral:
mat our trade was IA danger Of be-
! lnS out-rivaled, and the German
! navy had developed into such a for
| inidable menace. THAI a.;cr France
had been defeated. our own shores
would have been Immediately at
tackled bE the Germans: II was there
fore humbuS to suggest ;ha, our
motive had not been one o. pure
/ sclf-Ge.ensc.
As this was the arst auti-b-i,ish
| note that have heard since my ar
rival. it interested me.
! asked him where he imagined our
ships would be when the German
| drcadnoughts sailed into our har-
bors? And what sor, OF reception tho
| Brit'sh people were likely TO give the
enemy crcw?-cvcn surprising IL
could land an army. never very
! easy matter. and concluded by say
ing had not been kept awake by
tn. fear that the Kaiser would sue
ceed where Napoleon had failed
| lie stuck TO his point and said thai,
/ but for the violation OF Belgium, We
would not have entered into the war
/ answered that no doubt the Bel
! Sian Invasion had made II easier for
! the part! in powcr-of which my
/ husband was the hcad-bccausr.
! among the many convictions that d!-
! vide Liberals from Conservatives. is
TINS; That We belize in Freedom.
/ while they believe in Force: and tina,
| Imperialism meant Militari4nl. agains;
| which We could hight forever.
hut. added. no British govern
mcn' OF Whatever party, would have
watched with folded arms the whole
German navy sail down our coasts TO
attack France.
AsIuIth Ready From start.
He inquired II my husband had felt
any pualms when nc took upon his
shoulders this great decision. an
swercd tina; our Foreign Secretary.
sir Edward, now Lord Grey. Lord
Crewe, ana others, had made up their
minds from the first moment. and
ihat In one year--thanks to the
| committee OF defense. Lord lialdanr
and Lord kitchencr-we had pro-
duccd large voluntary army; and.
had II. been IN England At the time.
he would have been struck by the
pathos and silence with which men
of every class Joined up 10 fight in a
war which was no, their own. against
a foe for whom they felt no hatred.
lie asked IL England had been dis
appointed that America had come in
SO late TO help her? ! confessed tina l.
IN moment Of pique, had exclaimed
that had been Christopher Columbus
would have said nothing about the
discovery. but that doubted II Grca,
Britain would have come in any
earlier 10 help the United States Gad
they been in similar quandary
Some one asked me privately IL I
had lost child in the war. said
that my lille boy had been TOO
young to night. but tina, both OF my
sisters. three Of my brothers and
my husband had lost their sons: that
living in Downing Street in the first
years OF the war had been AN an
EuiSh. the depth of which no one
could realize.
lcctu-ed after dinner. and before
had finished / fixed my eyes upon
Mr.. Heath Moore sitting next to
Mrs. Shields and spoke OF the moral
motives that had made Great Britain
enter into the war. apart from her
friendship with France. said that
while the French had sacrificed
| everything and fought magniticently
other countries had been animated
by the same motives. and in the end
II had been won by a league OF ma
lions.
Few countries really care for one
another. II was not rivalry or jeal-
ousy that produces this Indifference
but certain blindness OF heart.
we are part OF the same family, II
we will only realize il. and have had
terrible object Lesson In imagining
that any Of us. however much we
| prepared OF tried. could succeed in
| crushing the ether
We had seen enough hate and
enough death. ana that passionatc-
| ~ hoped the English speaking ma
| tons al! the world over would try
new departure and do what they
could TO promote friendship and love
Copyright. 1922. Sell Syndicate, Incl
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