Semi-weekly herald., 1915-06-14

10 Dy tne unchanglng character OF the
English paper money.
English Money Good.
The German mark is much below
par, and the Austrian knonen is 60
ing down still lower. Austria has new
er had good monetary system, and
their money did not, therefore, start
under good auspices. English mon
cy has always been good and this
reputation has assisted in the present
emergency. French money is well
ma .nta'ned as to value.
One might suppose that business in
the 1ieuti al countries Of Holland and
Switzerland would be good, but the
reverse CT this is true. 1 have made
inquiry of several business men In
Rotterdam, and they are simply ex-
isting and waiting for the war to
end. or course Holland is rich; she
has cattle grazing by the thousand;
she makes butter and cheese to sell
and her sheep make the best Of NUT
ton Bot Holland is making no money
out Of the war.
Scarcity of Tourists.
Switzerland is suffering also, ow-
ing to there being no business from
the tourists. Tourists have support
ed Switzerland for the past fifty years
or nore. One can discover the ab-
scnte of the travelling public through
these parts by the fact that nothing
is printed in the English language
any more. When the American trav-
eler was abroad in the land with his
money, there was plenty Of steam
ship and railway literature printed
in English, but now it is scarcely
to be found.
1t is pitiful that the standing Of
The huhnan race is such that peaceful
countries like Switzerland and Hol-
land mast maintain standing armies
to guard their borders. Men may
talk about the peace of Europe, but
until there is a sufficient quantity Of
manhood in this part of the world
so that these small countries shall
not have to spend their money for
military forces, there can be more
belief IN the Christian spirit.
Hollands Army.
l was out riding in Holland the 9TH
er day, and l saw near Amsterdam
great permanent camps of soldiers in
permanent wooden buildings, and am
told that Holland has 25O,O0O men on
actual duty under arms at the present
time, drawing clothing, food and SOM
pensation from the government. Swift
zerland also has an army of the same
size and for the same purpose.
With these two small neutral coun-
trial maintaining such armies, what
can bcexpected of the important pow,
ers so-called, with their big armies
Again speaking about the peace of
Europe, from my point of view, this
war ought to go on until somebody
is whipped, and it ought to be de-
termined once and for all whether the
world is to go on fighting and killing
through the coming centuries, or
whether common sense shall not inter-
vene and enable people to 20 about in
peace and follow their more impor-
tant pursuits.
Americas Position.
America has occupdied a very Pc
culiar position. Germany accuses her
of pretending to be neutral while
playing into the hands of the allies.
The allies heretofore have charged
America with not doing her duty be-
cause she has not come out in support
of the allies, but then America has
sent millions upon millions of dollars
worth of foodstuffs and necessities to
Belgium and northern France and now
to Poland to give bread to those who
would otherwise be starving. She has
also poured out her money for hospi-
tails, for cotton and bandages and 9TH
err medical supplies. She has done
her Christian duty and is continuing
to do it but in certain sense it would
have been better for American people
had they remained entirely at home
and kept their money at home. Amer
lean benefactions have been made the
basis of much hatred.
OF course this is a narrow view,
but broad view is that American
people have done great work in Red
Cross hospitals and in preventing
starvation. However, when any coun-
try devastates another the responsi-
bility of taking care Of the devastated
country rests upon the conquering
forces and not upon the American
people. If we were ever so unfor-
tunate as to have war with Mexico
or with any other country we shall be
interested in knowing what Europe
will do toward assisting anybody who
may be in need Of assistance. The
| fact Is that 90 per cent Of the people