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EVENING l PUBLIC LEDGER PrTOABELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918
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ENGLAND HAS NO
QUARREL WITH US
' Writer in London Observer
is Way to Sc
Sea Problem
C AA Y r Cntt I A
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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.
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men and women, young und old fllea, . ' Hi
through the streets during tho mornlng.v '
singing the "Marseillaise," thus afldlng'
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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. Minor
miny of whom oro In dirger of starva
tion Largo numbers of the refugees are
children
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