.-,' 'V-Twn V l 2 ' f 'A ' .. EVENING l PUBLIC LEDGER PrTOABELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918 , - f 4' t , ? r. L fc -A ftfi 'Ik w VTt , ...1 t ir, W-J&u, w&r. tobl aiii M ".;3sf ij a i.f4V ENGLAND HAS NO QUARREL WITH US ' Writer in London Observer is Way to Sc Sea Problem C AA Y r Cntt I A oeca wujr iv uwuu WANTS FREE DISCUSSION Believes British and American Navies Could Keep Peace in World Wireless to Evening Public Ledger CorvrtoM. It It. lv l EtrnjHff PuJHe Ledger Company and the W 1 . Tlmrs Co. London, Deo. 9. J. I Can In prints In tho Observer a flve-column article which shows a more intelligent appreciation of the Anglo- American situation than somo other Sunday papers yesterday reflect His chief points are made as follows: "Wilson and his people hae glen to Canntnga's most famous phrase an ex tension and grandeur never guessed be fore. They hae brought tho New World Into action to redress tho balance of the old. "We hope Wilson will visit this coun try. No possible difficulty about the freedom of the seas or anything else, however frankly these things may have to be faced In council, would throw a shadow of reserve on our reception to the President. "There Is no question that we cannot face In a spirit of kinship and honety when we can come to the roun table to know each other's minds and reasons but It never entered our minds to desire any exclusive or selfish connection or to Interrupt America's free dealings In any way with the rest of tlu world With Franco and other of our neighbors In eastern Europo we must be more Inti mately linked than ever. "We In this country, grateful to tha American press as a whole for a thou sand generosities, suddenl; find our selves denounced by a few Democratic newspapers as lltfe etter than Junk ers and militarists of the sea, though this denunciation Is urged on rlnrlplcs which would have endured the triumph of Gerrran aggression oer Belgium and France and the utte. sacrifice if free nations to free goods supplied to- the nourishment of armed Iniquity On our hand, many Americans, who would re ject that thesis with horror, do not un derstand even yet 3rUljh motives, a n or character, and en nely believe nc are out to grab all wi can bo'h In ter ritory and trade. This Is a mixed pic ture. Is unexpected, and In several ways Is disconcerting. e 111 have to face It If we are to put things right. "Let us be frank and friendly about the only thing which can stand In the way, the one thing which stands In th way. It Is the demand for what grievously Is miscalled the freedom ot the seas. Two nations are not going to quarrel about that even If they should decide to differ about It We regrei profoundly that the Issue was eer raised, but we think we understand how It came to be raised. We think we see our way to dispose of it, and wo are not fussing or worrying about It. On one line or another a solution can be reached or an alternative adopted. We are told that If we do not accept freedom of the 'ens the consequences will be such a levelopment of the American navy that night make It as large as our own or fren larger. Very well. America Is lerfectly entitled to do In this, as In other respects, whatever on tho balances of all considerations she may think worth while, and wise. We can Bcttlo It on that proposal and shake hands "We are not by temperament a Jealous or acrimonious people, especially not where the American Is concerned, and we are not prono to melodramatic fear or suspicious. Thero already Is In this country, after tho English-speaking comradeship In war an Incalculable Stock of Increased good will for America to draw on Wo know that In the United States there Is a large and In creasing Btock of answering good will for Britain to draw on Let us both keep our sense of reality and oen bring a llttlo Anglo-American humor to bear on the affair. We An embrace and Insure Wilson s ma'n ideal a Icaguo of nations Over and above that we can gle the President virtually every Item but one In his origi nal fourteen points of January nnd sev- ral supplementary points mado In his speeches and message There Is onlv one point which It Is absolutely Impos i le for us to give No Urlt'sh Govern ment whatever would give It, and to give It would ruin tho project of J league of nations from the start It would undermine the whole safety of tho Eu ropean Allies and diminish tho prospects of European stability. It noujil be a most certain temptation to the German race, not to make a great change of heart and doctrine, but to work for the restoration of German hegemony In some suitable crisis which might be engineered or arlso out of i'self. It would abolish any certain tangible politico-economic security for maintenance of the worlds peace "We must think thirty years ahead In this matter The futuro of Germany Is yet uncertain. It may be weak, after i t w decades or less It may be very strong It may bo stronger than ever relatively to any other single country In Germany's neighborhood "Germany could afford to do without a navy, since the miscalled principle of the freedom of the seas would serve her In stead. Sure of full maritime nourish ment, sho could assail France and Brit ain and others by a fuller land power and air power, and this while tho Brit ish Bea power would be crippled by any proposition of that kind "Wo have to say, No, Wo cannot surrender the primary conditions of our exlstenco Wo cannot concede what will bo resultant to and Germany would re gard, and rightly, as a final British de feat. In one sentence, wo cannot throw victory clean away, and we cannot make to Germany a real surrender of the war, oven though that surrender woro con veyed through American hands "Let us sweep away from tho Anglo American ntmosphero, from tho Inter Ml'cd or associated atmosphere, the whole miasma of this question. Let us shako hands upon other bases Let America get right ahead, If she will, with tho development of her own navy Let her claim for herself In emergency those true and only principles of rci) freedom of tho seas, which she herself used In the past, and which vve and the whole freo world have touna necessary In the past, una, nDOe an, in ino re cent war America, like Britain, may need these principles, wo may ncca V.. tnfrattint Whfl knOVV.S? If the BUrltish and American navies proved capable of comradeship, like no other two maritime services In the world and combine to keep the peace at least until thero are other and equally tangible securities for peace, nothing whatever can disturb It It Is tho only sure way In that sp'rlt wo are certain that two l.nglish-speaklng Powers will arrive at excellent arrangements for adjusting the discharge of those miln responsibilities for maritime safet and Influenco which must always devolve upon them." Mr Garvin's conclusions nro much on tho lines of the Ilound Table's sugges tions already cabled. METZ WELCOMES FRENCHLEADERS Poincarc Gets Joyful Re ception on First Visit to Lorraine Capital AMERICANS LEAD WAY By the Associated Press Meti, Dec 0. After giving mnny hearty greetings to the French troops three weeks ago, Metz yesterday received President Poin- caro and representatives of cery branch of the French Government The enthu siasm shown was more than significant. In the first surprise at again finding themselves French, the peoplo of Lor- ralno were unablo to express their emo tion. They now have become familiar r ts nnd French mar tial music has been heard every day sincy .ne lirsi entrance of General Man 4ns army. They have become accus tomed to French occupation, which, true to tho military spirit for which they are famous, they thoroughly enjoy. Greeted as Official Entry The visit of President Polncaro and representatives of the French Govern ment meant more than military occupa tion. Tho peoplo of Metz looked upon It as a sort of official entry Into possession of tho city. They approved of It by the presence of a vast throng that contin ually cheered President Polncaro, Pre mier Clemenccau, Marshals Joffre, Foch and Petaln, and Field Marshal Ilalg and Generat Pershing, who were Included In tho official party that assembled here. All the bunting In Metz was flying when the presidential train pulled Into the station a llttlo after 9 o'clock. The streets were aa crowded as It was pos sible to allow In view of tho space re quired for tho passage of tho official party. The girls of Metz, wearing tholr na tional costume, were banked on both sides of the street from the station to tho Esplanade. Behind them were pack ed men and women carrying tho French Hag and wearing artificial tricolor bouquets In default of real flowers. Shouts acclaiming the President, the Premier and tho general offlcors could bo heard from tho Esplanada long be fore their carriages appeared In sight All around tho square of the Esplanada were great grandstands, while crowds covered the house tops nnd filled the windows, giving the visitors a hearty welcome. Marshals Joffre, Foch and Petaln and Generals Pershing, Fayollo and Gouraud received tho warmest rreetlngs when they vvcro recognized by the great throng A notable feature was the progenia. Ion of tho baton of a marshal of Franco to General Petaln, ,tnnoun;e mont of whose elovatlon to rank of marshal was made last month. The crowd gavo a tremendous cheer when "i President handed tho baton to the marshal, and another as Premier Clem- enceau advanced to give the noted sol dier the accolade. Hut the enthusiasm which seemed then to hiv.i reached Its ilmlt took another upwarl bound when President Polncaro embraced1 Premier Glemenceau. The ceremony took place on the Es planada In front of tho statue of Mar shal Ney. The lSlBt Regiment of the Thirty-third Division of tho American army was drawn up on ono side and the famous French marines In front. Other French troops formed the other side ot tho rectangular space. Tho American troops had tho honor of leading tho lino during the review, and the "Star Spangled Banner" was wildly cheered aB tho regiment marched by In columns ot olght In faultless stylo. Tho marines of Dlxmude, whose fame had reached Metz even during tho hos tilities, provoked fresh outbursts ot cheering, as did tho passage ot various sections of the troops In review. Tho societies of Lorraine; bands of to the general enthusiasm. j T7 ' men and women, young und old fllea, . ' Hi through the streets during tho mornlng.v ' singing the "Marseillaise," thus afldlng' l?l Tarli, Doc. 0.-(By A. P.) General Mangln will enter Mayenco (Mainz), tho French bridgehead on the Tlhlrte, this week at tho head of the Thirteenth ind Forty-third Infantry Divisions, ach unit of which has been cited for brav cry. In order to meet tho wishes of va rious units which desire tp enter Alsace 'jorralne and tho Ilhlne provinces, tho Government has decided, recording to tho Echo da Paris to change from tlma to time the troops In the occupied re gion, French troops will be sent to tho Rhine bridgeheads nnd Into the Palatl nato and also Into tho American sphere of occupation. These troops will be re lieved later by other units Offerings for Refugees Christmas offerings for the Armenian and Syrian children were token In manv Sunday schiols josteruay Sunday school superintendents told tho story of the thousands of Arrmnlnn and Svrlan ref ugees In iilous parts of Asls. 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