New-York tribune., 1922-11-25

,wSAe iSih pS ourselves Win Eng
land. And you left again. You left
before as soon as the armistice. You
wanted to break down all the ties our
countries had built up that had been
created during the war. Of course we
wanted steel. OF coure we wanted rot
ton, OF course we wanted all your
goods and we could not buy them. And
you lent us some money to buy them,
and, of course, we all know, what
the world knows, that we owe you
money, that we mean to pay it, because,
as you all know, all honest debts must
be paid and honestly paid, only you
must understand it is not very friendly
TO press for the debt when we are most
unbalanced in our budget, say that
just Co take II of and to proceed.
"The treaty was an American treaty
IN the highest sense of the word, be-
cause nothing was done that was not
worthy of the great movement of lib
Grafton that proceeded at the end of
the eighteenth century from this very
land where ! am speaking now.
Did Not Ask Enough
"Well. as far RS France was con-
cerned, there were two questions, rep
arations, safety. Reparations. In
France I am treated sometimes very
badly because / did not ask enough
II receive the news that I asked too
much. need not say that this last
opinion is German opinion. Well,
suppose that TO be human. I do not
thank I am In the state of mind that
no concessions ought 60 be made to
Germany. Ae said and as I will re-
peat, do not consider that all we have
got 60 do with Germany is 20 exchange
abuses and big words for years and
SA0 a. AZ l. a
and aope that we may live without
actly to love each other very dearly,
but will gay to be good friends and
TO work together for the welfare of all
THE great mistake that was made,
especially with people like the Ger
mans, who are very obstinate people,
Was TO make concessions on the very
first day. Then why should we sign
this treaty the very minute after? We
say, will you do itf' mo- Then let it
CO. In business you would not have it
so, am sure. That is q very big
business.
"As for safety, simply one word, Cor
Hest times of the Roman Empire, this
German-like invasion has come from
the Rhine. That is our weak point.
asked for the Rhine and gave them
reasons. On the day after che British
Premier called upon me and said, If
you want TO ask foy the Rhine, it may
rive cause to troubic. will give you
the British guaranty, and will engage
myself TO ask for It, President viii
son, In very few hours later, said
ne would agree. What did say In my
own country when saw The writing?
I told them l did not see 1t possible,
with an opportunity in such way for
the greatest Cause there ever was
among mankind, for England and Amer
ica TO turn their backs co them when
asked TO guarantee our safety.
Had Right 90 ExpTanatfone
"Ie seemed impossible. And It was,
and in fact the French Parliament gave
its assent 20 1t. But 1t had hardly
been done than America left, and lie t
that Is the only thing I complained
of-without a proposal. That Ia all
right, but are you going to leave with
out seeking way to adjust thlngs?
what can be done. to make people agree
when they differ for the present? fhrt
is what we had u right to expect. and
that wes not done.
We'll, later on-I don't know exactly
what hapt ened-I am not supposed to
snow it, but what know very we'll and
we all know 10 that the guaranty was
not given. Well, don't you see In wnat
condition it puts France7 Are we
going TO 1--we In the very place where
we know that harm may come some
"And then what should we do7 Well,
anybody would understand it; we
should defend ourselves. II others
would not help US, that is what we
would do. To-day hear am an i'm
perialist, because have got war
budget Of five billions, and that I am
an imperialist because the French have
military service Of eighteen months.
Well, hope If we are not too early
surprised by new war that tn s time
OF military service can be shortened.
nope that the French budget of war
can be isssened. But am not going
TO make any promise about it. do MT
concede that England and America
have the right to complain, because
they left me and obliged me to de-
tend my own country in such man
ner. am not going to tell you what
you can do; am not going to give you
advice. | am not going to complain of
you because you organize your mill
tary and naval defense as you see best
according to your laws and decisions
OF Congress. Therefore, why should
you complain of me? Don't YOU think
1t is rather humiliating? Can't | aay
to you that would like very much 10
hear from anybody at what time we
tu"~nd to be rnilitarists?
Here Is paper that was NOT In.
tended for you. They say they DONE
fabricate guns, and, of course. thew
don't fabricate guns as you fabricats
sugar and steel, openly. But il thew
don't fabricate. tell me why-tell me
why--on the 18th OF July, 1921, in one
manufactory that know, the officers
Of the Allied armies discovered $50
groups of cannon, 105s, enough to arm
two co ps.
"Here is the list since 1921. Groups
OF cannon by the hundreds. Guns,
1000, and SO many. / could spend
all my time doing this, but there is
something that is quite enough to
judge from.
Cites Russo-German Pact
"They made an agreement with Rus.
sia. We still hear of Russia, and YOU
will hear Of it more and more again,
will tell you. Isn't IL clear enough
that Germ IN officers, without soldiers
in times of peace, are In Russia, where
there are many men without office s,
and are drilling them? Don't you re-
member how the Germans very prop
erly-I should say admired then, for
it-treated Napoleon, who allowed
them only $4,000 men under arms, and
WHIT these $4,000 did on the field at