Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-11
TAKING GERMANY IN LEAGUE
'EPOCH IN HUMAN DESTINY"
Unforgettable Scene When War Memories
Are Buried in Briand-Stresemann
Pledges of. Peaceful Aims.

national energies. against each other.
thus ever thrusting back the Geneva
progress Of civilization.
He will serve humanity best who.
firmly rooted in the faith OF his own
people, so develops his moral gift
that he oversteps his own national
boundaries and serves the whole OF
mankind as only those great men
have done whose names are written
in the history Of mankind" he de-
clared.
He gave his pledge on behalf OF
Germany that they would do their
best to cooperate in this high ideal.
which he said was becoming more
deeply rooted in the conscience OF the
German people. It was q fine and
brave speech, rewarded by q great
ovation from the whole OF the as
senbly. Yet It was BRAND OF France
who stirred the emotion OF us all In
an unforgettable way
In repose he is a rather ORDINARY
old gentleman. with long hair ana
hunched shoulders. In any street
he would pass unnoticed. But when
he mounted the platform ana aIter
his first few words his whole per
sonality changed and he became In
vested in dignity. It was great
orator who spoke to us. 1t was a
man with a beautiful, rich voice
sounding the full range OF human
expression 1t was a. man with
poetry in his heart and some touch
Of spiritual fire and a wonderful gift
Of gesture, intonation and noble
eloouence.
One understood his spell upon the
people Of France He held us hanging
upon his words which brought into
that bare hall Of Geneva memories Of
wars, dark horrors OF world forces in
conflict with human hopes and de-
spairs and ideals. Many times he
turned towards Herr Stresemann and
with outstretched hand spoke to him
observation-disclosures him as though
the whole German people sat behind
him and touched his own breast when
he spoke OF France.
Scores Critics of League.
Once he cried out with q kind of
irony when he spoke of cynics and
critics OF the League of Nations who
prophesy its death periodically.
what do they think Of this happen
ing today" he asked.
lis ii not profoundly moving and
comforting that only few years after
the most frightful war that has ever
ravaged the world. when even now
the blood that soaked the battlefields
is hardly dry, the same nations who
hurled themselves against each other
should meet in this peaceful assembly
and share their common will to col
laborate in the work Of universal
peace?"
His voice rose like a trumpet when
with q magnificent gesture of sound
ing the cease-6re command he babe
retreat to rifles and guns and machine
guns and cried, Forward. concilia-
ton. arbitration, peace" These
words read colby IN print. They lose
their rhythm and sound when
translated into English. In French,
as BRAND spoke them, they thrilled
us with a kind of spiritual shock.
Turning to the representatives of
Germany. again, he spoke of their
country and his own in the pages of
history. On the fields of battle they
had harvested enough Of glory. They
had given sufficient proof of heroism.
Now they could seek, other forms of
success in other fields. Difficulties
between France and Germany had
not disappeared because the repre-
sentatives Of both countries found
themselves in the beautiful city Of
Geneva
But the viii on both sides to solve
those difficulties by Cancellation would
prevent another conflict between