New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-18
.Dingoes Worst
Foes of u Nation,
Asserts Hughes
Tells ID. A. II. Congress Too
Many People Here Talk
as Though They CouIdn't
BE Heard Outside If u. S.
Peace Means Good VIII
Greatest Result of Arms
Congress Was New World
Spirit of Amity, He Says

WASHINGTON, April 17.-"The true
significance Of the recent armament
conference is to be found in the fact
that there has never been manifested
finer spirit Of international coop
peraton than was evinced by the ma
tions represented" Secretary Hughes
declared tonight before the thirty-frst
annual convention of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution in thanking
them for the use Of Memorial Cont
mental Hall for meetings Of the con
ference
give treaties were signed here the
Secretary added, "but the assurance Of
amity is not given by mere formula or
documents. II lies in the earnest de-
sire to remove causes of msunder-
standing and distrust.'
"Contincntal Hail. he added, (Which
had been dedicated to the institutions
Of liberty at home, is now also dedi-
Gated to the cause of international
friendship.
at must ever remain true that the
most necessary and difficult study Of
free peoples is democracy itself" ne
continued.
"Public opinion should demand not
only of our public servants but Of all
those who try to influence the public
either on the platform or through the
press a sense of civic responsibility
Nothing is more regrettable than the
apparent lack Of it at this time. In
the field of international affairs reck-
essncss of statement is especially in
furious to the interests of the c0un-
try Some of our editors and public
l..
they said of foreign peoples and their
governments could not be seen or
heard beyond the three-mile limit. The
first duty Of people that desires peace
is to cultivate good viii, and the only
cure for Incorporate statement is the
resentment of an intelligent commu-
nifty Let it be understood that those
VINO indulge in diatribes against for
eign peoples and their governments.
who hold them up to ridicule, who i'm
pute to them base motives and asperse
their honor are enemies first of their
own country and as such deserve uni
Vcrsal censure.'
Ambassador Jusserand, Of France,
and Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
Ambassador, also spoke and mentioned
the armament conference.
81 am proud to say that France was
present at that conference said the
French Ambassador, "and that she is
the only nation that had put into prac-
tice the principles for which that con
ference stood even before it was
called The friendship between your
country and mine will ever flourish"
Sir Auckland recalled that last year,
before the Daughters of the American
Revolution, he had asked that you per
suade your government to take the lead
IN calling the nations together to make
peace more stable"
THE British people," he continued.
realize the influence of the United
states upon their countrymen and we
do not regret what happened at York
town, because from there a great part
Of the freedom Of the British people
has come. We learned there that ma
tions could not live in the same house
If one tried to dominate the other
Warning that false democracy,
masquera ding as industrial democracy.'
and leading to bloc control of minori-
ties" was seeking to overthrow the
American form Of government was
voiced to-day by Mrs. George Maynard
Minor. president general of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution
Characterizing the present rulers Of
Russia as terminals with their heels
on the neck of Russia" Princess Can
tacuzene, granddaug hter of General L.
5. Grant, delivered stirring appeal
for aid of the Russian intellectuals and
refugees eXiled from their country and
for the continuance of Americas stand
of non-recognition of the Bolsheyiki
and the SOVIET