New-York tribune., 1922-12-13

brothers and husbands but there re-
rreatest part OF 10 was beautifully ac-
compished by the ladies' that ! have
beside me. who. with generosity. with
Kind hearts toward those who had suf-
fered 40 much, did more than they
could have been expected 10 do.
'For this am ~ 20 thank you-that
Is rot enough. / do not believe In re-
ward. viii tell you. think oaccih
good heart Is rs best reword 70 itself
Ii vou have the feeling that YOU have
done beyond, sometimes. what was eH-
pected of you and more than you eN-
rected yourself. you may carry home
The reward that Us not spoken. but
which is az the bottom of your heart
Il want simply 90 tell you that We
acknowledge it, that We are ever tnank-
ful for Il. When the Americans came
they raised among Us great hopes. We
had been promised the end Of the war,
pity, generosity. al the great dreams
that man has been promenading with
himself under the stars. Those dreams
have never been realized. We were told
they we're going 10 be and we believed
Il, and the soldiers above all believed
Il. and 81 was as nothing for them 20
give their lives O. obtain such very
high aim, the very aim that every great
nation had always tried 90 get but
never could.
Courage in Peace Now Needed
"But now a sorry time had come
No more question OF killing, Of dying
Of inhicting wounds and bleeding. Now
the time for peace-that Is. for duties
which may be harder than u seems.
Before the enemy I never saw aught
but courage; ! never saw any action OF
man but courage and audacity.
an peace time when the duties that
are expected from you arc accomplished,
so 20 speak, in the dark, when nobody
is grateful as they ought TO be, very
often when you are abused because
you did we'll and glorihed when you did
wrong - these are particularly hard
times, and France experienced them.
America left after having disinterested
herself from the execution Of the
treaty. ! know the feeling was all
right.
II do not suspect a moment that there
was In American heads anything other
wise than this, that they had accom-
plished their duty and could leave the
right 10 other times. They thought,
seeing the soldiers coming home, we
are through. The trouble Is you were
not through, al least we we're not. We
we're left and struggled and suffered,
and we were not paid, and We have 70
bow and spend money for reparatlon
that Germany ought 60 have paid, but
which nobody has found ways 70 oblige
her 10 pay.
Jumped al Anti-French Charges
"In that way we suffered and we did
not complain. But as far as | an con-
cerned. / suffered very much when
heard that we were charged with being
militarists and imperialists In Amer
lea, and that made me jump, II
should say so, from my very pleasant
seat on the ocean, and come 20 Amer
ica TO ask you what was the matter.
"What the matter was ] know now.
The matter was that you were not well
informed. Tho matter was that you
did not know what was our condition.
The matter was that you thought
France was militaristie and imperial
istic, when Germany was militaristic
and imperialistic. And the fact was
that as soon as you understood Il
heard but one cry. 'Vive la FranceN
WIS NrNfAANAAf AA"HNA NNNN H' "
20 say it-this cry came from young
and old ladies. it II ladies who cried
most 'Vive J.. Francen and whether they
had blonde, black or gray hair, ] was
more and more moved by this feeling
and by this CRY. For this want 70
thank you.
Too Much Quarrel With Britain
"In a few hours ] am going % sail
back, having accomplished q mission
which I have not received, az / told
you. but hoping that give you matter
20 think over, 10 ponder on. You see
in France we are almost at the eve o.
the greatest difficulties we have en-
countered since the end Of the war
We have been quarreling 200 often
with England. and this might have been
avoided II America had been there.
I'VE do not ask for anything. / do
not ask for pity. / do not ask for
charity. / do not ask for help. We
want 20 do our duty ourselveg. and II