The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-25
DISPENSING OUR MONEY AND
MEN OVER THE WORLD Is
UNSOUND, DANCE EnOUS POLICY

New York American.
Like Col. Roosevelt, we are getting
tired OF so much oratory. 1t is about
time the heroics were put away IN
moth balls
We shall not win this war with pa
rades. banQuets, after dinner speeches
and all that spectacular stuf.
The allies are over here after four
things money, food, ships and men
al, OF, which can be summed up IN
the one word. money, because that
bnysz the other three.
In spite of silly persons. who think
that hystaria. bembast and other child
ish manifestations are patriotism, and
who think that common sense and
truthfulness are treacherous and trait
erous, we shall continue to use COM
u,on, sense and to tell the truth.
:; Cur, part in this war, for months
to come, is to pay the billAto finance
aud to feed hungry and bankrupt
: England, hungry ana bankrupt France,
hungry and bakrupt Italy.
That is precisely what the BritlSh'
French and Italian commissions say
they expect US to do-to provide them
With money, ships and food. And. as
). far as we can do this without running
ourselves. We should do so.
But most certainly we must not tose
sight of our own interests or save
others, from bankruptcy by irretrleV'
ably bankrupting ourselves.
There IS long future ahead OF US.
No man can say when we may be call
ed upon to meet the cost OF anosaer
great war. No man can say what CO.
aiition we may or may not nave %
&gnt. It might be. Japan, Mexico and
South America. 1t might be Germany,
. japan and Russia. 1t might be Eng
land, Japan and Mexico.
No man who knows the history or
nations is deceived by, or gives much
eredence to, professions of national
affection.
Germany and AustriS now SO
friendly. were at var oAly three years
before the FrancC-prussian war.
France and England were on the
very edge of war only a few years
ago over the Fashoda incident.
We ourselves were on the point or
war with England in President Cleve-
lands time.
We have twice prepared for war
with France and did actually wage
naval warfare with the French re-
peblic> less than IS years after the
Revolutionary war ended.
tHe must help the allies, OF course,
kecause that Is military necessity.
Eut we should not allow any senti-
zental considerations to hurry US into
Eenkrupting our country for gener-
Stion to come.
We must consider our own inter
ests frst-exactly as each Of the BEL
hgerents Is doing.
We must not forget that Japan is
steadily strengthening her wealth,
steadily strengthening her armies.
: steadily Strengthening her navy,
steadily strengthening her mercantile
marine. steadily strengthening her IL
legal and menacing grip upon China
IL we are so lost to common pru-
dence as to weaken our own resources,
wealth and commercial marine be-
youd repair in a generation, OUT chill
Sren may suffer at the hands OF Asl-
atics such humiliations and cruel out
RACES as an invaded and conquered
people always suffer.
We say plainly that there must De
reasonable caution in extending to the
allies the help they are clamoring for
and particularly in handing out our
money.
All the allies are begging US for
cash.
England wants money-in heaps-at
e1-a per cent, while she pays nes
own people per cent. and demands 5
per cent. for the money she lenos
France, Italy, Russia and Carnada and
Australia.
The Italian commission is here with
q request for money.
Serbia Is begging for money. SO Is
Rumania. So are Panama and Cuba
We suppose Mexico and Argentine and
Brazil and Colombia will soon prefer
their modest requests.
All the world seems to be headed
toward our national treasury. Ano
Mr. McAdoo ardently believes In the
Scripture, which AYERS that the Lore
loveth a cheerful giver. There is ap
parently no limit to his generosit!
with our money. Congress had hardl!
finished giving Mr.. McAdoo the power
to spend public money at his own dis
cretion when s20O.OoO,oO0 was handet
ayer in one lump to ]. P. Morgan Z
Co.. to pay half Of the credit tina
srm had extended to England. W
understand that the remaining $500,
100000 will come out of our publ
treasury to pay of the Morgan con
Germs claims upon the British treas
ury.
Now. no matter how anxious
should be to bolster up England an
the other allies, common sense tells
that there is limit to this disper
sion of our money which can not
passed unless We want to bankruI