Evening star., 1923-11-03
''Dont Be Hard on Europer'
Final Plea of Lloyd George
america and Englands Duty to Convince
Her Right Is Supreme Ouer Force,
He Tells Ne,u York audience.

potence which makes IL difficult to
execute treaties? Well, If you thad
asked 1t on Armistice day, we all
, would have gently limited that 1t was
really done by u.s."
Now, he added. the nations Kere
bility.
I'VE were all responsible for ithe
victory, we each contributed his part
we each did something toward shat
tering the fabric and we have got
our responsibility for what follows
1t Is easier to make war thana to
| make peace. In the civil war in
America there were millions of nlen
/ who were prepared to sacrifice tkeii
lives to wage successful war, put
prepared to risk his career to ma Ike
a successful peace and he was spo,
down. You say. Yes, by an unthl.
| anced mind All vengeance is un.
balanced. Every vindictive man sol
woman Is partly insane.
Your chairman has referred to Che
great step taken recently by your
out of chaos in Europe. I acclaim
| that step with full enthusiasm. When
IL was nrst proposed year ago
| felt 1T was the right step to taRe
1t Is suggested that I have beer
using fattering words since I canse
here about that proposal. The m5.
! ment Is was published in December
or last year 1 wrote an article SUP
porting that proposal. I thought Il
was the right course to take, am
l am glad that at last there Is soms
| prospect OF its being acted upon. {
There are two golf principles
which are constantly dinned into ths
! ear Of the golfer which would apply
! to Mr.. Secretary Hughes proposal
now. The first Is, Follow through
fha Qannnd 10
ball.
| You are playing in rough country
full of bunkers. part of 1t wilder.
ness. There are some who might try
and get the ball into the rough, ant
once 1t is there they might even sub.
stitute another
And IL you follow these rules I be.
Iieve this great play will be won
Europe will be better for it. America
will be better for it. The world will
be better for it. Humanity will bs
better. civilization will be better fol
1t. The world is better because
america at one moment took an in.
terest in the enforcement of right be-
will be better tomorrow when il
knows that the interest of America
in human right has not weakened.
our country and ours have very
largely the same problems to con.
slider and to confront. There is a
natural disinclination in England to
get entangled in European politics
1t is traditional.
I'VE have said. We are an island
in the Atlantic: we have got the sea
1t has proved to be just as difficult to
cross the straits Of Dover as to cross
the Atlantic ocean, when the British
fleet is about"
Describing the terrible toll of life
and property taken by the world wal
and admonishing America not to think
too harshly Of Europe, he said:
There are events in the lives OF
men and in the lives of nations which
| are like the fall of the autumn leaves
events which are like the fall of the
stars; the fragments strike the earth
and send 1t rocking and reeling out
of it's course.
There were empires in Europe
that were like the planets in the
heavens that have been rolled down
into utter endless darkness. There
were countries that were like the
nxed stars in the armament; they
have crashed into atoms. The earth
Quivers in Europe. and no one car
tell how far 1t has been shocked out
of its course. Don't be hard or
Europe.
But they say to US in Britain and
they say to you here. Keep clear OF
the wreckage.' Yes, but there are
millions underneath. Europe has
played a great part. There would
have been no known America had
there been no Europe to find 1t. A
great virile population. 1t came from
Europe. What Is the real problem
in Europe today? l will tell you. In
spite of the war, because Europe has
been left so much to herself, she still
believes In force. Why?
France says: Justice never gave
Alsace-Lorraine back. We had to