The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-11-28
EUROPE HAS HUGE
BILLS AGAINST j. s.
FOR WAR SERVICES
Britain, Especially, Has Heavy
Charges for Ships.
FRANCES SETTLEMENT EASY
America Now Has on French SOIL
Many Millions of Dollars Worth OF
Permanent Structures and Many
Miles of Railways.

Washington, Nov. 25.-The United
States and Great Britain, it was stat
ed on authority, have agreed on the
principle by which here shall be a
settlement of mutual Indebtedness III
such matters as use of ships, transpor7
tation of troops TO Europe, DOCKING
charges and other related items.
This has been done so lately there
have been as yet no great batches Oh
bills presented from British sources,
and it is believed the status Is the
same with respect to France.
1t also is stated the question OF
settlement with France will be
comparatively easy task, as the
United States has now on French sou
millions of dollars worth of perma-
nent structures which will aid IN the
immediate reconstruction of France
If taken over by the government.
U. S. Own Quarrel.
That Great Britain and France
should have bills against the United
States is, mt first sight, not obvious
Authorities say, however, that when
the United States entered the war II
went in with it's own cause of quarrei
against Germany and to carry on the
"war of the United States versus
Germany"
Its policy was necessarily one OF
payment for any military privilege
to make the war of the United states
n success. Therefore, international
obligation and equity, it is said, made
If obligatory on the United States 10
nav for what 1t needed in France just
as if France were not in the war nv
NIL and merely allowed the United
States to use it's territory and ma
tional supplies, railroads, docks, auto
service, markets, etc.
The same. it is stated, would DE
true of any facilities furnished by
Great Britain either of British SOL
or in the way of ships.
Britain's Bill Colossal.
The bills from England doubtless
will be of the first magnitude II not
colossal because 60 per cent of the
TRANSPORTS the United States used
were British owned.
II is stated that where big Ships
were used with no return cargo OF
INV consequence the charge per man
might easily be $40, in others Sl0,
with. of course, other apparently less
startling figures.
The principle referred TO, however
NAV present some equities that are
not vet disclosed by either Great
Britain or that of the United States.
On the other hand, American SHIPS
which carried supplies for the allies
will have a charge against them for
the freight. Both France and Great
Britain have bought very largely IN
the United States with money loaned
to them.
Items Of Value in France.
Some of the items of value when
the United States now has In France
were mentioned today. These snow
I'm round numbers 1,200 standards
gauge locomotives, $4,000 standards
gauge freight cars, all of American
manufacture $50 locomotives and
/ 200 freight cars of foreign make, 800
miles of standard-gauge railways, 10
miles of road and 140 miles of light
railway. $4,000 motor vehicles 225
miles of French railways (probably
under lease), vast stores of artillery
munitions of war, 10 steamer berths
at Bordeaux, 8 berths at Monoir,
warehouses covering 23,00O,0O0 square
feet, and developments" of dock ia
cilities of several French ports.
Mllitery stations for airplanes were
erected at several places on the
French coast, and large numbers of
vessels of semimllitary character were
loaned to France for the protection
of her shipping.