THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 22. 1921.
GERMANY
STILL
WORLD
MEMK CE,
Country Could
of 7,000,000,
Prussianism la Being Taught People by Ludendorfs,
Arms Conference Is Told Imputation of
Martial Supremacy Denied
By France.
Hf Th Auwtal.vJ I'm.
Washington. Xov. 21", The official
interpretation of the atHre.ss of Pre
mier Briand of ! ranee follows:
Gentlemen, you will iradily admit
that I, i a delegate of F nance, should
feel moved when riViiiK to .eak from
thii full-sotirtiliiiff platfurm, whence
every word that is said ttocs to the
attentive and anxious- ear of the
world.
I wish to thank my colleagues of
the conference whr. on the onenine
of this puhlie meettnr, so kindly al
lowed me to apeak a& the representa
tive ol my country.
1 shall endeavor Jo make it ap
pear to your evea and to the eyes of
tne worlil with its true genuine fare,
as it is; that will show you that she
is ready, atul I tniirht say perhaps
more ready than any other country,
to direct her munition and her ear
nest will to whatever steps may he
thought desirable, in order to insure
final peace for the world. Nothing
lor my colleagues and myself would
be more pleasant than to be about
to tell you this: We bring here sac
rifices to the fullest extent possible.
We have our own security insured,
We lay down arms. We should be
so happy to be able to make that ees-
ture to participate in the "final dis
armament Of the world.
Takes Two to Make Peace.
Unfortunately, we cannot speak in
this way. 1 say also, unfortunately,
we have not the right to do so. I
shall briefly explain later for what
reasons. I shall tell you, or France,
that she wants to make peace. If
you want to make peace, there must
be two people, yourself and the
neighbor opposite. To make peace
I am speaking, of course, of land
armament it is not sufficient to re
duce effectives, and decrease war ma
terial. That is tfre physical side, a
, physical aspect of things. There is
another consideration which we have
no right to neglect in such a prob
lem, that touches vital questions
which are of the most serious char
acter for the country concerned. J'
is necessary that besides this physi
cal disarmament there should be
those same circles what. I shall call
a general atmosphere of peace.
In other words, a moral disarma
ment is as necessary as the material
one. 1 have the right to say this, and
I hope to be able to prove it to you.
And I have the right to say to you
that in Europe, as it is at present,
there are serious elements of instabil
ity, there are such conditions pre
vailing that France is obliged to face
them, and to contemplate the neces
sary matters from the point of view
of her own security.
Franco'a Situation Different.
I am now staying in a country,
many of the men of which have al
ready enjoyed the opportunity of see
ing France and knowing what she is.
They came to us in the most critical
time of the war. They, came and
shed their blood mingled their
blood with ours, and they shared
our life, and they have seen France,
and they now know what France is.
And certainly these men have con
tributed to enlighten their own coun
trymen, and they, have done every
thing to dispel and drive away those
noxious gases which have been
spiead about and under which cer
tain people have been trying to mask
and to conceal the true face of
France. .
Here in this country you are liv
ing among states which do not know
the entangled barriers and frontiers
of Europe. Here you live in an im
mense expanse of space. You do
not know any factions pn your own
land. You have nothing to fear, so
that it is rather difficult for some
of you it must be difficult for some
of you, to realize what are the con
ditions prevailing in Europe, after
war and after victory.
Denies Martial Desire.
I quite admit that every citizen
of the United States should come
and tell me this: 'The war is won.
Peace is signed. Germany has re
. duced her army to a great extent
Most of her war material -has been
destroyed. What is it. that prevents
peace from now reigning in Europe?
Why is it that France keeps such a
considerable army, abundantly pro
vided with war materials?'
Of course, in saying this only cer
tain people have got something at
the back of their minds. They sug
gest that France also has some hid
den thought some hidden design.
It has been said France wanted to
install in Europe a sort of military
supremacy and that after all she
wanted to simply take the place
Germany occupied before the war.
Gentlemen, perhaps this is the most
painful, heart-rending and cruel
thing that a Frenchman can hear.
And for them to say, after the
direfuj war from which we have just
emerged unprovoked war which we
had to undergo to be again in the
cruel necessity to give the world only
the appearance that we have per-
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sign this, gentlemen, constitutes, I
may say, the most disheartening
thing for us. If we had not the full
confidence of those that know my
country, those that have seen it
they can testify that not one word of
it is true. If there is a country that
has deliberately turned her steps to
ward peace, that wants peace with all
her heart, believes in it with her en
tire faith if there is a country that
does this, gentlemen, it is France.
Since the armistice we have had
many disappointments. France has
had to wait for certain realizations
which she has not been able to get
She has seen Germany digress
haggle over the signature which had
been given. Germany has refused to
. ttand by her pledged word. She has
refvsed to pay compensation due for
the devastation of regions. She has
declined to make the gesture of chas
tizement that after a':U every man of
mom would expect after the horrors
Raise Army
Says Premier
we have witnessed. Germany has
refused to disarm. At that time
France was strong and Germany
could not resist. Public opinion in
trance was naturally impatient,
while under this provocation i ranee
remained perfectly cool. There was
not one gesture on her part to ag
gravate the situation.
I may say emphatically in the face
of the world we have no hatred in
our hearts, and France will do every
thing she can. She will use every
means to prevent between Germany
and herself a recurrence of these
bloody contlicts. She wishes for
nothing else hut that the two peoples
should be able to live side by side in
the normal conditions of peace. But,
after all, we have no right to forget.
We have no right to abandon our
selves. We have no right to weaken
our position. And were it only be
cause we must avoid giving rise in
the bosom that would only be ready
to take advantage of it, to give rise
to certain hopes that would be en
couraged by our weakness.
Germany Still Seeka War.
Gentlemen, I spoke of the moral
aspect of disarmament, and I re
ferred to Germany. I do not want
to be unjust; nothing is further from
my mind. But we know there is in
Germany there is one part of Ger
many that is for peace. There are
many people, especially among the
working classes, who want to work,
who have had enough of this . war,
who have Mad enough of war alto
gether and are most anxious to settle
down to peace, and also to set to work.
We shall do everything to help that
Germany, and if she wants to re
store her balance in the bosom of a
pacific republic and democratic insti
tutions, then we can help her, and
we 'shall a!! he able to contemplate
the future with feelings of security.
But, gentlemen, there is another
Germany, a Germany which has not
changed her mind and to which the
last war taught no lesson. That Ger
many keeps thoughts in the back of
her mind; she has the same designs
she entertained before the w,ar; she
has kept the same preoccupations and
she cherishes the same ambitions as
the Hohenzollerns did. And how
cati we close our eyes to this? How
can we ignore this state of things?
This, gentlemen, is happening at our
very doors, we have only got to
look. This is happening' but a few
miles from lis, and we follow the
thoughts of the Germans, or certain
Germans, and the evolution which is
taking place. And more than that,
we have witnessed certain attempts
to return to the state of things. No
body could be mistaken about the
real bearing of what was called the
kapp putsch. ' We know very well
that if it had succeeded, Germany
would have returned to her pre-war
state. And we do not know what
might have happened, or rather we
know too well what would have been
the consequences of such a state of
things. . . . i.
Ludendorff Is Quoted.
Gentlemen, a volume has been
published by no less a man than
Field Marshal Ludendorff, who still
enjoys great authority in many
German circles, and who Is followed
by a great part of the elite in Ger
many, professors, philosophers,
writer?, etc. We do read in this
book. Gentlemen, I should not like
to make too many quotations. I
should not like to prolong this
speech, and perhaps draw too much
of your attention, but this is part of
my brief, and if you are, like me,
convinced that the moral element is
of the utmost importance, you will
allow me to read just two or three
passages. Thii is the first quota
tion: "It is necessary that we should
learn to understand that we live in
a warlike time, that struggle will re
main forever for the single indi
vidual as for the state, a natural
phenomenon, and that the struggle
is equally on the divine order of
the world." '
Says "Peace Is a Dream."
In the same book Marshal Luden
dorff produces these terrible words
of De Molcke on December 11, 1919:
"Eternal peace is a dream. It is
not even a beautiful dream, and war
is one of the parts of the order of
the world, such as it has been cre
ated by God. It is by war that' are
developed the noblest virtues of
man, courage, disinterestedness, de
votion to duty and spirit of sac
rifice, up to the abandonment of
one's own life. Without war the
world would sink in the morass of
materialism."
And further this is Marshal Lu
dendorff himself speaking:
"It is for the political education
of the German people, and it is an
indispensable notion, with the knowl
edge of this fact, that in the fu
ture war will be the last and the
only decisive means of policy, that
tnought completed by the virile life
of war, the entente shall not be
able to forbid the German people
to entertain it, although they are
trying to take it away from us. War
is the cornerstone of all intelligent
policy. It is the cornerstone of
every form of future event, and
chiefly of the future of the German
people."
Praises Army Spirit
And, lastly, Marshal Ludendorff
says:- .
"The warlike qualities of the
Prussian and German army have
been put to the proof on the bloody
battlefields. The German people
need no. other qualities for their
moral renovation. The spirit of the
former army must be the germ
which will allow this renovation to
take place."
Such, gentlemen, are the words
used by the hignest German au
thorities who have preserved, and I
can quite understand it, the full part,
the great part at least, of the confi
dence of the German people, and
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that is what we are ' listening to
now. Atter a war that has caused
the death of millions of men, after
the sore wounds inflicted and that
are still bleeding in the sides of the
countries of Europe, that is the sort
of thing being- taught at the very
door of France. How can you ex
pect France should close her eyes to
such words.
I now come to the physical as
pects of disarmament. I can quite
understand that somebody might
say it is not sufficient to harbor
evil designs; to make war one must
have appropriate means, because
when it is a question of war enor
mous effectives are necessary;-you
must have the officers and noncom
missioned officers, you '"must have
plentiful material-unties, guns, ma
chine gun, artillery, etc. and Ger
many has no longer any of these.
7,000,000 Subject to Arms.
Germany.' from the point of view !
of effectives, just emerging from the
war, from a war where her men have
been fighting for four years-and!l
should be the last to underestimate
the valor of her soldiers our sol
diers have had to face and to fight
the German soldiers and they know
to what point the German soldier is
able to carry his heroism;' but' Ger
many just issuing' from the war still
has 7,000,000 men over there hi Ger
many who have made the war. Of
course, you will say they are not
actually serving under the flag, they
are not living in barracks. Certainly.
Have these men any officers and
noncommissioned officers ready to be
marshalled to the field? It is possible
to mobilize such an army tomorrow.
To this question, I answer yes, and
I am going to explain it. Since the
war, since the moment peace was
signed, Germany has constituted a
force, a so-called police force, which
was intended for the maintenance of
public order. That force is called
the reichswehr. It is to include 100,
000 men, and in fact does include
100,000 men. But what men? They
are nearly all officers or noncommis
sioned officers. I mean, gentlemen,
regulars, all having served in or hav
ing belonged to the old army. There
fore, the cadres are ready there, the
officers and noncommissioned officers
are ready to marshall the army of
tomorrow. .
Violates Peace Treaty. r
' And what is that army? Is it in
conformity with the requirements of
the peace treaty? Is it only for
purposes of public order? No. There
are a certain number of those on
which I have to express the state
of facts as they are.
According to secret instructions, is
sued by the military authorities, the
reichswehr is to prepare not only for
police purposes but also for war, and
is to train for war, with the neces
sary rehearsals and maneuvers..
There is something more. Ger
many has another denomination;
there is another group called
einwohnerwehr. This group includes
almost all the men of good will who
are ready to serve their country in
time of need, and instead of using
it only to preserve internal order,
it might be used for other purposes.
The danger was so real that the
allies were obliged to send an ulti
matum to Germany to demand this
force should be disarmed.
Government Does Duty.
At another moment under an or
ganization called the ugesch, which is
the organization of war, the
einwohnerwehr acquired such
strength and became such a threat
that the prime minister of Bavaria,
animated by a spirit of revolt, in
formed the world that he had at his
disposal and he could raise in a short
time an army of .300,000 plentifully
provided with rifles, machine guns
and artillery.. Well, that force has
been disorganized.
The German government has done,
its duty, and nobody, more than my
self, is ready to recognize it It is
only a duty on my part a mere doty;
a mere sense of fair play. I stated
it in my own parliament I am ready
to recognize that the German chan
cellor, Chancellor Wirth, is a man of
good will, animated by fair purposes,
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loyal and frank, and that he has ap
plied every endeavor, acting with no
small merit on his part, to really
realize a state of peace, and honor the
signature of Germany. But this gov
ernment in Germany is weak. It is
being watched. Snares are laid in
their path and they might fall at
any moment. While I may say on our
side we are ready to do everything
to allow this great people to return
to normal conditions of peace, and
the German government, as I said,
dissolves its einwohnerwehr.
Continualy Review "Police."
There is something else, gentle
men. There is another force which
is called the chezheit politze. That
is also a pplice force. It includes
150,000 men. These are enlisted
men. The force is -composed al
most exclusively of regulars, offi
cers and noncommissioned offi
cers, or at least noncommissioned
officers ready tc undergo a new per
iod of military service." We de
manded dissolution of this force, but
what happened? The chezheit po
litze disappeared, but another came
in its place schuntz politze; but it
was just the same. That included
150,000 men. So that instead of its
being a local police force, it became
a general police force at the dispo
sal of the central government, that
could be used anywhere on German
territory; so that we come to a to
tal of 250,000 men, and enough men
that are real officers, ready to mar
shal the troops who are training,
to be ready instantly in case of war.
These men are constantly watched
by the government.
The government keeps them un
der their hands. These 7,000,000 men
fiave not returned to civil occupa
tions, entirely. They are grouped
together, in this marvelously ingen
uous way which the "German people
always have when they want to
achieve their purposes. They are
called frei corps, for former com
bants' assertions, and what not.
Can Raise Army Quickly.
Any day, any anniversary and
Germans are rather fond of an an
niversary is-favorable in order to
convene these men and marshal
them to -see that you have got them
under your hand ready to do the
work that is to be done. We are
Frenchmen. -We know that. It is
happening at our door. And I will
only give you an example to show
you how rapidly these organizations
might be put on a war footing.
When the upper Silesian question
reached a somewhat acute stage re
cently, within a few weeks, I might
almost say within a few days, there
were out of these frel corps or other
bodies, about 40,000 men ready with
guns, machine guns, rifles, armored
trains, and with most perfect mili
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tary instrumenU, o that this force
should have its full combatant val
ot. ...
These are facts, gcntlenun. I am
not noticing them and bringing
them here juct to make my cane
better. They are fact that have
been verified, and that everybody
can ascertain for lnnutlt. 1 here-
fore, as question of fact and from
the point of view Ot etlcclives, tier-
many can raise in a few weeks, and
perhaps almost in a few days and
can begin to raite her 6,000,000 or
7,000,000 men with their officers
again, and the noncommissioned
officers are ready to do the work
and to help,
' Ask Only Safeguard.
Now I must ask the great peo
ple of the United States, so fond of
justice, so nooic in ineir purposes,
to answer me when l tell them tins:
Suppose that by your side, O,
American people, a nation which
has been for years and centuries in
bloody conflict with you; and sup
pose that this nation', you feel, is
still ready, morally and materially,
to enter into a new struggle. What
would you do? Would you turn
away your eyes? Would you close
your eyes to a danger that was
threatening you? You that are said
to be such a positive, such a ore
cise people, would you close your
eyes? Would you not desire to do
everything in your power to safe
guard your life, and, what is more,
your honor: Would you do any
thing to weaken yourselves? No.
There is not one citizen in the whole
United States would not answer me,
,No. iever in the world!
France is looking on what is hap-
pemng. trance does not exagger
ate. She is only watching and wait
ing.
I now come to the question of war
material. We have been to d that
there was no more war material, it
is true, the commissions of control
in Germany have done admirable
work. A great many guns artillery,
i mean nave Deen destroyed. Some
ot the destruction has been' super
vised by the allied officers. It is
real;
Other destruction has taken clace.
as we have been told. We might
have a doubt. We are not quite
certain, cut we must give the on-
ponents the benefit of the doubt, and
we believe the destruction on that
side is practically completed.
Can Get War Materials.
But the problem of war material is
one that can easily be solved. You
nave seen, m the war. with what
promptitude and that was lucky,
uecause n neip had not come so
quickly we might have been down.
Hiidiiy you nave seen how ouickly
immense armies have come over to
us, provided with the most modern
material, and fought on our sides
upon the battlefields.
Well, what is Germany but a vast
country ot industry industr a lv or.
ganized? Germany always had two
aims, ine hrst was trade, commerce.
And that is only natural. The sec
ond was war. All her industries, all
her manufactures, have been work-
ing to tne lull dunner the war. and
they have develooed sine.
Evervthinar is readv in R,. '
xne pians, the designs and the cali
pers, everything is there ready to
insure a steady manufacturing of
guns, machine guns and rifles. Sup
pose that during a period of diplo
matic tension purposely protracted
for a number of weeks, certain of the
manufactures, certain- of the works,
begin to fabricate, just at the begin
rung, just to start the war, just to
set the war going, and then go on
manufacturing guns and rifles ami
artillery; what would happen? It is
not only in Uermany that industry
can work to the full. You can make
preparations outside. In fact, pre
parations have actually taken place.
By Scandinavian Plants.
In fact great caotains of inrlnctrw.
nave bought important firms in Scan
dinavia, and in other parts of Eu
rope, it is easy enoueh to fahri.
cate these guns without our seeing
it, outside or our supervision. Ynn
know that it is possible to build great
railroads. You know very well that
it is impossible to bring here the
proof that Germany is not actually
making or purchasing war materials.
Jt is dmerent from the navy. It is
rather difficult to lay the keel of the
ship in the stocks, to prepare the
dockyards without the world know
ing it. But suppose that was pos
sible, do you think you could launch
a capital ship without somebody be
ing on. the spot and knowing what
was happening. But the guns, the
rifles, the machine guns any instru
ments used on the field of battle-
can be manufactured and can
not be controlled with any measure
of certainty.
Ah, gentlemen, this is not the first
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time in hi.tyry that France has had
to face a situation of thi Vino. We
have known I'ntnia disarmed. And
disarmed by whom? Hv Napoleon.
Well, that l'ruiia, which seemed
practically disarmed, which was
harmless to all intents and purposes,
we found her again on the battle
f eld and we were nearly bled whit
llow can we forgrt that?
Of course, we know what ii often
said of the French people. It is
often said that we are a frivolous
nation and that naturally when the
danger is passed, we turn our mind
to other things just at befits a
frivolous people.
Have Not Forgotten Lesson.
F.vidently, gentlemen, we arc not
the sort of mcii to keep our eyes
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and depressing. We have not been
doing that since the war, but we have
been too deeply wounded, I might
almost say murdered, to forget the
direful lesson which has just been
taught us. Gentlemen, there are too
manv homes in mourning in this
country, there are too many men in
ih,. mrret that are disabled dnd
maimed. Even if we wanted to for-
crpt. i rould not.
Therefore, we have not the right
and we do not intend to leave France
defenseless. France must, to all in
tents and purposes, protect herself.
Such is the situation as far as we
are concerned. You will grant me.
gentlemen, that it is serious enougli.
Un .hat i not all. But what about
the rest of Europe? Apparently Eu-
rn i at oeaee althoueh Here and
thr on the around certain volumes
of smoke just arising seem to inuiia.c
that the tire is not exunKU's'"
everywhere. I might say that this
fire is smoldering in certain parts of
and if France had not had
an army war, would already be
breaking out m liurope again.
Cites Example of Russia.
T will insr draw vour attention to
one subject and that is the subject of
Russia. Russia is a country of 120,
000,000 men, which is actually boil
ing over with anarchy. They have
an enormous standing army, which is
in theory a million and a half men,
but which has a practical strength
of 600,000 men. What will Russia
do? Who can say what will happen
on that side? About a year and a
half ago there was a wild rusn oi
Riti on F.uroDe. Russia tried to
rush Poland and through Poland
to reach Germany where some people
were beckoning to them. Gentle
men, we had at that time known
terribly anxious hours in France.
If the barrier had not held good,
if that anarchist enemy had been
able to join the people who were
rallino- them on the other side what
would have happened? Where would
France be and where would the rest
of Europe be? Happily there was the
French army, which was the soldier
of order for its own account and
for the sake of the world.
The situation in Russia is far from
beine settled. It is a sort of perman
ent anxiety to everybody. What
will become of its enormous army?
What could, or might Germany do
in order to equip Russia and ex
ploit her. We know not. Three are
so many problems, economic, finan
cial, etc., with which we have to
deal, that really, gentlemen, we da
not know to which to turn, but the
greatest problem of all, the greatest
question is life. First of all we must
be able ot live. 1 hat is sort ot a
Question mark in France. Thanks
to our allies, to whom our gratitude
will remain everlasting thanks to
their efforts, we have been able
altogether to insure the life, liberty
and dignity of men, but gentlemen,
while I trust vou will certainly teel
the wtight ot my argument and rec
ognize we are faced with a very
terribly serious situation.
Is Exponent of . Peace.
When we say we contemplate a
reduction of naval armaments, when
we discsus it with ourselves, heart
to heart, we could have nothing in
our minds,, we were speaking be
tween friends. There is no threat
of war: if there is any menace to
peace it is so far distant that you
can hardly conceive it and yet you
have not assumed the rights of
ignoring this danger You intend to
keep your navies to the extent neces
sary to defend your liberties and in
sure your life.
While, if you do that, gentlemen,
on the sea, what shall we do when
the danger is there at our doors and
hanging over our heads?
If there was any statesman and
as one, I may say that I have always
been in favor of peace; I have as
sumed powers for the sake of peace
in very difficult conditions where my
country was feeling natural impati
ence at the state ot things. X formal
ly attached myself to the cause of
peace, i fastened my heart on that
noble task, and I may say that if
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world. I ahall not be the one to dis
turb it. But, gentlemen, precisely
because I have urged everybody en
(he road of peace, becaune 1 have
done everything in my power to
obtain peace, J feel all the more the
great weight of the responsibility
which I have axMimrd, and if to
morrow, because I shall have been
too optimistic, I saw (ny country
again attacked, trampled under foot,
bleeding because 1. had weakened
her, gentlemen. I should be a most
despicable traitor.
Was Critical Period.
It is that situation that we have
got to take into account, gentlemen,
and the weight of the responsibilities
with which we are burdened.
Only the other day the course of
events turned in such a way that it
certainly became acute, as you know,
in Upper Silesia. I had already re
ferred to this subject. Germany, who
did not think that the rrench peo
ple were ready to undertake military
operation, suddenly informed us that
she was going to send the reichswehr
on the spot in Upper Silesia to pre
serve order.
These were momentous times for
us, and although I have been through
many critical times, I may say that
no hour was perhaps of more impor
tance than that, and that I definitely
made up my mind, and I told Ger
many that such a thing was r.ot pos
sible, and that if Germany undertook
a thing of the sort she would have
to bear the consequences and the
language was understood.
Europe in Troublous State.
But, gentlemen, if I had spoken
without having the French army
back of me, what would my words
have become? And if the event had
actually taken place, what would
have become of Europe. Europe
is still in a troublous state. It is
composed of young states, newly
come to life. Who could say what
such conflict might have become.
That is the problem and 'that was
the problem, and the struggle did
not take place because it was felt
there was still a sufficient force in
Europe and in France to preserve
order.
Quite recently another attempt
as the restoring of the old order of
things in the center of. Europe, that
might have set fire to the powder
magazine again. Nothing happned
because he allies were in perfect un
derstanding and the incident was
peaceably settled.
Gentlemen, I give you these re
flections for you to ponder over.
You will see that tnere is nothing in
that that would draw us aside from
the path that leads to final peace. I
apologize for having been with you
so long and for having so trespassed
upon your attention.
Two Military Classes.
The thought of reducing the arma
ments, which was the noble purpose
of this conference, is not one from
which we would feel disinterested
from tne point of view of land arma
ment. We have shown it already.
Immediately after the armistice, de
mobilization began as rapidly and as
completely as possible. According to
the military laws of France there aro
three classes of men: That is three
generations of young men under the
flag. That law is still extant; that
law is still valid. It has not been
abrogated, ahd the government has
taken the responsibility to reduce to
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missioned officers, potential leaders
in the army that could be mobilized
over night.
He told of the sichcrheitspotii,
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ficers in a new army, and of the
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"We do not underestimate the val
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Pra ses Chancellor Wirth.
Picturing his policy of conciliation
M. Jiriand mentioned llerr Wirth
"I am glad to recognize the German
chancellor as a man of honesty and
good will who has used every en
deavor to realize peace and to honot
the signature of Germany and ful
fill her promises in the peace treaty,''
he said.
M. liriaiul admitted that Germany
has little war material left, and mot
of her artillery has been destroyed,
but he uttered warning of what may
come iu the event of a diplomatic
tension. Turning from Germany M.
Briand warned of the situation iu
Russia, with 120,000,000 population
and capable of putting 1,500,000 men
in the field. She has 600,000 well
equipped men under arms, he warn
ed and then recalled the drive against
Poland when the reds sought to es
tablish contact with the elements in
Germany that were calling them.
Contrasts U. S. Position.
"If it were possible to say that
the outcome of this conference is
blame and opprobrium cast upon
1-ranee if it is possible to point
that France is the sole country that
is imperialistic, that opposes land
disarmament, then gentlemen, this
conference will have dealt us severe
blows," said M. Briand.
Mr. Balfour contrasted the secure
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bombers and long range guns and
sea raiders and then amid a thunder
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"That the liberties ot t-urope in
general and France in particular
shou d be maintained against tne
dominating policy of her eastern
neighbor is the cause for which the
British empire fought and in which
the British empire still believes, he
said.
"If we have not changed our
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and that we who had done so much
for the great cause of international
liberty should see that cause perish
before our eves rathen than make
further sacrifices in its defense."
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