The Ambassador then referred to the use of force as a means of international policy.
"We know that it is wiser to abstain from the use of force as means of national policy and to retrain from interfering in the internal affairs of other nations," he said. "We know that no race is superior in all s to any other race."
Mr. Bullitt then suggested two means of breaking the vicious circle of'armaments and trade restrictions. He recalled that all nations had de-been driven to autarchy only by lack of access to raw materials and the shrinkage of their international trade.
"Is it impossible to take them at their word and begin negotiations for their reintegration in the economic body of the world?" he queried.
In conclusion, Ambassador Bullitt recalled the words of General Lafayette when he joined the American-forces fighting for their independence.
"My heart was enrolled at the first news of the quarrel," the General had exclaimed, "and I joined your colours."
"They were his colours as well as ours for they were the colours of liberty," the Ambassador stated. "They are the colours of the United States and of France, of all good men everywhere, the old colours of common sense, decency, Christian morality and tolerance."
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