THE NEW EUROPE.
"The German Republic is in no danger at all. I wish I could be as certain of the peace of Europe," "was the reply of Emil Ludwig, the celebrated biographer of Goethe, Lincoln and Xapoleon, to a question during his recent visit to Paris. '•"You are not -without some disquietude, then, in so far as the peace of Europe is concerned?" Herr Ludwig lost his smile. He . weighed his words carefully. "The generation which participated in the war is peaceful and pacifist/' he replied. "But the younger generation is restless and embarrassed. It asks itself if things have been settled definitely and if there must not be another settlement. And this younger generation also asks itself if violence is not the only means to set the house in order. For Europe is in disorder, and* the Versailles Treaty is the cause of it. ... Divergence between races is not serious," he added a moment later. "But what aggravates these differences are the differences in the political systems of the various countries. ■ There lies the danger." Herr Ludwig was asked 'if he had seen M. Briand while in Paris. He replied in the affirmative, adding, "if. Briand is one of the surest guides of the new Europe."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 174, 25 July 1930, Page 6
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