The Washington times., 1930-10-15


'eMy Friends-I think we
must be careful not I'd exag.
gerate tn, importance Of the
incident Of my exclusion from
France.
'"The incident is OF no inter.
est to me, and can be Of no
interest t. you, except In SO far
as il indicates Frances attitude
towards America and AIneri-
cans.
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"That attitude is illustrated
In . thousand other ways, such
for instance, as the placing Of
the American automobiles in
the Paris automobile shows
down In the cellar where only
the rats could see them.
CAS- . result, the American au.
tOmObile companies had TO take
the American cars out Of the
French show altogether and
have a show Of their own else.
where.
"And the American cars were
the best cars, and the American
show was the best show.
France resents America for
two very human reasons: First,
because Of the service we render.
ed her, which she does not like
TO acknowledge; and, second, be
cause Of the money we loaned
her, which she does not like to
repay.
France has the largest gold
supply per capita Of any nation
I'm the world, but she does not
want to use any part Of it in pay.
ing her debts to America; in
fact, she does not like even to
have that obligation called to
her attention.
Reminded Of Cheat
'FThe situation reminds me Of
the gambler who came home to
his wife in, great indignation,
and said that he had been ac-
cused of cheating at cards.
"HiS wife said: But You do
cheat at cards, don't you, dear?
"And the gambler replied:
Yes, Of course, ! do; but / don't
like to have anybody speak
about it," -, -
'dThe immediate trouble with
France, however, is mainly over.
egOtism-what we would call in
this country a swelIed head.
France likes to think that
she won the late war all alone,
while the truth is the victory
was secured for. her very largely
by the Americans and the Eng
lish.
France likes to think that she
endured all the suffering and
death in the war, while the
truth is that the fields Of France
are saturated with American
and English blood.
France loves to believe that
she bore the whole burden OF
financial sacrifice during the
war, while the truth is that the
money to maintain the Amer
lean and English armies was
spent in France; and the money
to maintain the French armies
was loaned to France with
small hope Of it ever being re-
turned.
'FYet, in fairness to France,
and in the interest Of our re-
IatiOns with her, il must be said
that, her attitude Of arrogance
Is not directed at America
alone. ..
GAS q matter Of fact, France
dislikes England quite as much
rs she dislikes America.
Hymn of Hate
Furthermore, France 'detests
italy, despises Russia and abOm.
mates Germany, Austria and
Hungary,
"TheSe nations on their part
reciprOcate Frances cordial
sentiments Of detestation with
all the sincerity and enthusiasm
born Of centuries of hatredS and
hOstiIities.
France is arrogant and in
solent, greedy and aggressive,
unjust and oppressive. .
France holds Europe in the
iron grip. Of her war machine.
But there is little. in the his
tory Of the past, or in the
conditions Of the present, or
the probabilities Of the future,
to make us believe that any
other European nation with
Frances military power and
wealth Of pIunder would mot
act substantially in the same
way.
"The conditions abroad which
we deplOre are not merely
characteristicalIy French. They
are characte~iSticaIly EuroOean.
"The whole record Of Euro
pean relations is a history Of
hate, a blOtted page Of battle
and blOOdshed, Of cruelty and
tyranny.
"Our fathers left Europe be-
cause they wanted to get away
from wars and hatreds and
prosecutions, from intolerance
and bigotry, from injustice and
tyranny.
"They wanted a new life I'm
q new land. ~
sHTheU wanted freedom from
political and intellectual servi
tuds.
"They wanted the right to
speak and act and think and.
live as their conscience die
tated.
seThey wanted freed0u NJ &c.