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Show IGEDDES DECRIES WAR CRITICISMS 'Only Ignorant, Malicious Or Fools' Belittle America's Aid NEW YORK. Sept. 16, Sir Auckland Auck-land GeddeB, British ambassador to the United States, speaking at a dinner din-ner given to visiting delegates to tho national police conference, said thnt America played a great role In ending the World war, and that any one who said otherwise wns one of three things j "Ignorant, malicious, or Just a fool."i Both the British ambassador and i John A. Davis, former American ambassador am-bassador to Great Britain, who was another speaker referred In their addresses ad-dresses to the recent interview attributed attri-buted to Rudyard Kipling, belittling America's part in the war. Both speakers expressed satisfaction that ! Mr Kipling had denied the words attributed at-tributed to him Ambassador Geddei warned his hearers to be on guard against those who sought to sow seeds of discord. Referring to Mr Kipling again, he said. "I am glad that he has emphatically emphat-ically denied the Interview attlbuted to him. if he hadn't he would notj have spoken as a representative of British thought, he would not have spoken as a man who knows what he Is talking about." BRITAIN APPRECIATIVE Ambassador Geddes said that the people of the British empire apprccl- ate the part plavrd In the world war by America "America coming Into the war ns she did, when she did." he said, "played a great role, a great part In ending the war The man or woman who says otherwise Is one of threo things Ignorant, malicious, or just a fool " "Make no mistake," he continued. "There aro people existing who would like to see suspicion and hatred between be-tween your nation and mine, between our nation and France, and your ni-I ni-I tlon and France, There are those who ! seek to fix our relations In trouble l waters. But, believe me, the do not i represent the hearts and minds of the British people." Former Ambassador Davis said that he knew Kipling personally, and that If In- did speak the words of the Interview, In-terview, he did not speak the sentiment senti-ment of his heart or mind, or those of the British people " Ambassador Geddes said that people, peo-ple, stimulated by all sorts of Influence, Influ-ence, will go on making such statements state-ments as the one attributed to Mr. Kipling for many years to come "Sometimes a foolish remark." he j said. "I doubt not, will be made by a i Briton Sometimes a foolish remark, I I doubt not. will be made by an Amei -lean. I have heard some foolish re-inn re-inn ks on this very subject made by j Americans, written by Americans, published by Americans, and I doubt ; nut that sometimes foolish remarks ; will fall from the lips of a Belgian, Frenchman or Italian. "You have got to realize that there is an atmosphere, a body of sugge1;-I sugge1;-I lions at the present moment which Is I apt to catch a mind that Is not strong-I strong-I lv balanced and founded on concrete 1 h Inn." PI,F FOR UNITY Ambassador Geddes made a plea that all nations that worn associated In the World war stain d shoulder to shoulder to meet and overcome the present difficulties of the world. "Remember," the ambassador concluded, con-cluded, speaking of the British all over the world, "that those peoples ueek. long and pray for co-operation j with von and with their late allies." |