Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-24

it did. America has great share in
it all-"in the armistice, in the treaty
and all that followed"
For instance, in the armistice there
was a line saying 'reparations--dam-
ages, repairs. There was also line
in the ii points. In the armistice the
damages were to be paid and Presi-
dent Wilson said If that kind Of
peace is not assured we will go on II
we had known that for three years the
thing that was guaranteed to us was
not coming to us we would have gone
to Berlin"
Here the Tiger interrupted himself
to say: Il see my dear friend Pad
erewski He won honor both in the field
of art as we'll as in the political field
of his country. He is here as witness
to these conditions of peace" Continu-
ing:
1T was not only a question of peace
between France and Germany. We
made something which nobody speaks
of, although it is the event Of the
century. America had freed herself
in 1776 and now in 1918 she rejected
the whole of Europe-all these people
that he had put down under the scep-
tres of Germany, Austria and Russia.
"'They began to breathe. They were
called to liberty, and my friend Pad
erewski could tell you Of the. spectacle
we had around the table-27 states
calling for justice, for liberty. ~
"You do not know how, when Wood
row Wilson landed in Paris, the whole
world extended their hands towards
him. He brought them hope. the thing
that they had been expecting, waiting
for, praying for, for centuries.
"Paderewski could tell you that
when he (wilson) came to France they
all said: Here is man who brings
justice, who brings the right for man
to live-le jour de gloire est arrive
Another Great Debt.
You brought it, my friends. That's
another one of those great debts that
owe your country and that everybody
owed you.
but a people may be great one day
and small and mean another"
Under the terms Of the armistice,
declared the speaker, Europe became
"the spectre Of all the wrongs of man
against man. And some Of them said
that they were betrayed. You must
understand this. OF course, England
went to war for English reasons and
America for American reasons. 1t
was their duty to do that.
with England-it isn't sure that
she would have come if Belgium had
not been violated That was a great
time for a policy of isolation. The
fact is that England has always-l
don't blame her-endeavored to be the
balancing power, preventing other
countries from becoming too strong.
"You-America- after the con-
tract was finished and you told us to
execute it as we might. You were
wrong in that you left without any
proposal whatever. When people have
been mixing their blood on the field
of battle, they have no right to leave,
if there is a difference, without try
ing to adjust that difference.
you broke all the organs of eco
nomic solidarity. The circumstances
were that there seemed to be great
market opened in Germany, maybe in
Russia, and France was handicapped.
She had 10000 factories destroyed.
Think of that.
Now, we hear that we had better
pay what we owe. Certainly l do
not want you to believe that we are
a peoplc who do not like to pay our
debts.
1--WE contracted an arrangement to
pay YOU 100000 francs year. We
have done it thus far. We will pay
you"
Again the Frcnchman recapitulated
the physical and financial loss his
country stood in the war, saying, I'VE
are the ones who suffered most-we
/ lost all we had.
Nevertheless, in three years there
| has been taken from Germany so per-
cent of her debt towards us under
the pressure Of England. Now, you
| Americans are fair minded. You should
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