Evening star., 1923-10-18
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AhSii anu nope LOT q.
Dawes Introduces Premier.
Brig. Gen. Charles @. Dawes In his
introduction stressed the debt he said
America owed Mr.. Lloyd George and
England in the world war. He said
IT was when the British army held
the Germans after the French had
become discouraged when America
came to know something of the iron
viii of the British leaders
He declared that Mr.. Lloyd Georges
action in placing command of the al
lied armies in the hands of Marshal
Foch and centralizing authority had
saved the allies.
Action" Brig. Gen Dawes said.
was the keynote in Lloyd Georges
Notwithstanding the action of po-
litical demagogues." he said, ''the
American people love and admire
Lloyd George and England, the moth
er country"
His assertions met with an outburst
II have the big. great honor of in
George" Gen. Dawes concluded.
The audience arose and greeted him
with a mighty uproar.
Lloyd George began speaking at
As he started some one at the rear
or the hall shouted: I'VE can't hear
you"
Il thank you for that encouraging
message" Mr.. Lloyd George respond
ed. and the crowd laughed.
Text of Address.
His address follows:
whilst I am giving a calm, unemo-
tional. unrhetoricaI and, trust,
strictly fair and unbiased view of the
position in Europe.
The condition of Europe Is of i'm
portance to every great business com
munity throughout the world. and
the greatest business community OF
adj the United States of America. is
no exception. You can afford 10 put
up with these disturbances better
.a man we can but ! have had some
evidence since / reached these hos
pitable shores that they are preiudt-
ciaily arectins some important sec
tlons OF your producers and in the
enu IL VIII reach all. Representatives
OF your farmers have informed me
,mHt they are suffering very material
~ because OF the serious impairment
OF the purchasing capacity of Eu-
rope Ihe European need of your
product Is as great as ever. Nay, II
'ter than ever, but the capacity
TO pay and therefore to purchase is
less than it has been for many ve,r
europe, is like ragged man
standing In front of the plate-elas ss
window of a well stocked store His
neeo OF clothes Is infinitely greater
.nan man tnat or the well dressed man
VINO Is making extensive purchasea
inside. His need of food is more
urgent than that of the well fed gen
tleman who Is coming out after a
good meal; for he can buy neither
toou ~ 70 satlsfy MS hunger nor clothes
10 cover his nakedness.
Until European prosperitv Ia ra-
stored that continent cannot be re-
IIeu upon as customer for world
Europe IL Exhausted.
what Is the matter with Europe? /?
exhaustion. Europe is exhausted
aaser tne most terrible struggle any
contlnent ever passed through. Be-
tween 100000 and Is, ,000, 600 of her
pIcKed young mon were slaughtered
on the battle field. Many more died
OF the pestilences which are the rrue-
SIme Sfd partners Of war. Twenty MIL
Mons at least OF their best men have
been mutilated and have become a
burden upon the resources of Others
one hundred and eighty Thousand
inllIons OF dollars were spent or lost
oy the belIigerent countries in waging
war ana scattering desolation. The
machinery Of trade and commerce. is
almost completely shattered. Hunger
ana plaques still stalk through En-
rope, destroying young and old with
Ia o5etr Ter cruel fangs. Every day / read
OF bread riots, where men are shot
down In searching for bread to feed
their hungry children.
How many children have died as
tne result OF this war? No one can
teil; put the recording angel is keep
its has ACCURATE Sa account of every little
This is the condition of Europe
nVe years after the war is over.
#, ny doesnt Europe settle down?
me people or Europe are industrious
an1 hard working, and in time they
VIII repair the ravages of war, and
tnat time would be considerably
shorter If 1t were not for one or two
disturbing elements.
BIames Russian Revolt.
What are they? When a man is
convalescing, his recovery is some
times retarded by the development of
some subsidiary and local irritations.
That Is the trouble with Europe.
FIRST OF all, We had the Russian rev.
olution. I will not dwell upon that,
that quarter. The bringing of Rus
sia into conference with the rest of
Europe at Genoa had a salutary effect.
1t produced a better feeling. and the
conference by the Russian repre-
sentatives that the soviet government
would not engage In any act of ag-
gression against it's nefghbors has
DctH nOnOT0Q. i Will
therefore say no more about the Rus
sian situation.
Undoubtedly the most serious To-
cal disturbance Is that which is as
sociated with the question of repara-
tions. Upon that I should like TO
moment. 1t Is more; 1t is the prob
lem that dominates the future of
world peace.
~ propose to give you. with your
permission. the British view Of this
problem; not merely mine. but that
of the two governments that sue
ceeded mine in SO far as ! am able to
appreciate their attitude.
THE British view is a traditional
one. This is not the first great
engaged In. She has upon two or
three other occasions been forced to
enter into combinations for the pur-
pose of overthrowing despotisms
Of Europe. and she has Invariably
played a large and, / might say. a
decisive part. She took a leading
part in the combination that over
threw the ambitious projects of that
great autocrat. Louis XIV. For over
spirit in fighting the revolutionary
Napoleonic projects for subjugatfng
Europe. When victory was assured
Britain invariably became the mod
eraIlnB lnHuenCe IN the IaSntOn1ng &
of the peace terms imposed upon the
vanquished.
Call. Treaty Moderate.
"The treaty which followed the de-
feat Of Louis XIV was so moderate
as to provoke surprise even in France.
When the enemies of Napoleon. in
1915, were desirous of imposing hu-
initiating terms upon the French peo-
pie, the Duke of Wellington, fresh
from the great battle of Waterloo,
which had ovcrthrown Napoleon, cast
his great influence on the side of a
benignant peace.
so when Britain today takes up a
temperate and restrained attitude free