I am equally moved by profound pity.for Europe. and horror of the fate to which she seems fo be moving. And that fate must in the end affect France too. You Cannot be a patriotic Frenchman unless you are also a good European, France occupies today a proud and pre-eminent position in Europe. -Let her in the day of her victory and greatness not forget her noble historic mission as the great bearer of- the liberal. tradition in Europe. To abdicate that proud position and to place herself at the head of the reaction in Europe would be a defeat and a disaster, greater. than any she known in all. her history. It may involve the whole cause of liberalism all_ over Burope in irretrfevable disaster. And I-would implore her, for her own sake as muth as for that of Europe, to return to the -faith of her past and become once more the great liberal leader of the Continent.
I have finished. I have said things which are seldom, if ever, said by those in responsible positions, but which must be said quite frankly unless all hope of a better and more satisfactory European settlement has to be given up. My purpose all through hag been not to be a respecter of persons or Governments, but to stand for the causes for which we made unmeasured sacrifice the Great War. And in the Reparation and Ruhr questions most of these causey are involved. They involve. the final question which goes to the root of the whole matter; Shall we have peace hi upon law and justice? 2 Infinite sacrifices have been made to establish the, idéal.of a peace between the nations based on justice and the faithful ebcervance of international law and treaty obligations. For that. ideal the young men fought and died in their millions, And the. root question for us who remain, and on whom the responsibility rests to-day, is whether that sacrifice shall be a total loss, or whether, by our earnest and. courageous backing. it shall yet be saved for the future. The future of the world depend largely on the answer which we to-day shall give to that great question. (Loud cheers, and ones of "Very plucky."')
Tue betrothal of Miss Kazuoko, sister of Prince Shimadzu, to Marouis Kuni is announced. The wedding is to take. place -in. the year after next. after the young lady has graduated from the. Peers' Girls' School.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.