Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30

in the American Congress; hence it il
obvious that our tariff had nothing TO
do with the matter.
Since he is the originator of the peace
ment to cover the world, he could not
have had any military schemes OF
uniting the German and French armies
to come over and whip the land saved
by Lafayette and Baron Won Steuben.
His plan is magnificent" therefore it
connot be war.
It is declared that the United States
Of Europe, as intended by the new
premier Of France, is not to be merely
a union to defy or antagonize the in
terestS OF the United States OF America,
but is to be an economic union for the
general prosperity of its component
states, just as is our own.
We have at times had opportunity to
encourage some of the Latin American
states which have had under considera-
ton a similar union, though on small.
er scale. This appears to be an age OF
combining of forces and imitation is
The true character and typical ideals
OF the man may be comprehended large
ly from his words In O speech he made
last year on the occasion of an oratorical
contest connected with the subject of
the League of Nations. M. BRAND mad
initiated the competition of oratory. In
the awarding of the prize, M. BRAND
spoke words of moving eloquence him
self. in which he said:
Il have oftentimeS come to Geneva.
or to some other town where the Council
of the League was sitting. with the help
less feeling of struggling with insoluble
problems. The comments Of the press
and the debates of the politicians had
often obscured them. In these meet
ings I have sometimes said to myself,
We are going to part divided and with
out having found a solution But we
always found a solution. The reason Is
that, as soon as we were seated, face to
face, under the tutelary protection Of
the covenant, affected by the spirit Of
the place, exalted in one another's eyes
by the loftiness of our purpose, reali1-
ing the moral responsibility which rest
ed upon us, not only toward our individ-
ual nations but toward the whole world,
We threw back our shoulders, we made
supreme effort, and, at the most
critical moment, just when it seemed
that the solution was escaping us for
ever, by kind of miracle which have
no desire to attempt to explain, we came
to an agreement, to the wondefment Of
all. and particularly to those who per-
haps, had not desired the success OF our
endeavors. There are two ways Of
coming here. One may come in the
objective spirit or in the combative
spirit. If the League Of Nations takes
on the semblance of q kind of tourney;
II. under the stimulus of polemics, ac-
tuated by an overheated national pride,
we come here as champions to fight,
with the desire to gain the perilous sue
cess of prestige, then all is spoilt.
@f
the appearance of result. What raw
ages has 1t wrought in the past! Pres
tige stimulates the imagination; it ag-
gravates selfish interests; it urges
states on to feverish demonstrations Of
national self-love; 1t incites them to
oppose the statesmen, who, from that
moment, are no longer masters of rea-
son, the masters of moderate solutions.
From that moment they are unable to
face one another; their peoples look on
eagerly, asking which Is going to throw
the other. That is the spirit of war.
1t must not exist here--here, of all
places on earth = For my part.
gentlemen, promise you that I shall
make the necessary effort to avoid
bringing such a spirit here and count
on the intelligence, on the pacific spirit
and on the lofty sentiments of the Ger
man delegates TO make the same effort.
Henceferth our road Is that Of
peace and progress. We shall make our
countries great by inducing them to
silence their pride and make the sac.
rifice Of certain ambitions In the serv-
ice Of world peace"
4
So the new premier Of France, the
chief advocate OF the League of Ma
lions, rests with Marshal FOeh upon
the efficacy of international council
tables to avoid conditions which tend to
fevered Yiyalries. eff Europe had had
such q table as that" But the
League of Nations has not yet shown
willingness really to lay its cards on
the table and show face up. Perhaps
Premier BRAND will teach the game.
In the meanwhile, in the irnpotency of
the League to make effective gesture Of
intervention to stop the Russo Chinese
crisis. the Briand-Kellogg peace pact
seems to have succeeded In divertins
the threatened var of quarter Or 8
third Of the world population.
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