The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-12-18
NO PARTNERSHIP ENTANGl
ING ALLIANCES

President Wilson, Notwithstanding the
actions of the Senate, seems to be still
bent on entangling us with Europe, thru
the formation of his pet partnership. For
tunately, however, he has rough road
to travel, with the Senate the nations
bulwark of defense on guard
After all who is there after mature
thought and>deliberation would want this
country to form partnership with Eur
ope and ASIA When sane men are asked
to form a partnership they naturally Ia
qulre as to the standing and ability of
their proposed partners, don't they? 1t is
wiser to inquire before they embark than
be hustling for life belt amid the wreck.
age, isn't it?
In this partnership which President
Wilson would put us into we must remem-
Der that once embarked in this deal our
blood and money and our children's blood
and their money are all pledged to the en-
terprise. Let us look at the standing of
our proposed partners as shown by the
figures. Let us include Russia. because
Russia started out as our ally and if ever
admitted must come in on these figures.
or worse figures We will not include ia
pan because the figures of the foxy little
yellow boys are not complete. Now then
listen:
The debts of our allies and ourselves in
August, 1914, were these: United States.
$1,000,000,000; Italy, 81, 300, 900 900; Great
Britain, $3,500,000,000; Russia, $4,600,-
100000; France, $6,5O0,00,0O; or total of
SIS, 40O,O00,00O.
The debts of ourselves and our allies on
January l, 1919, were these United
States, $21, 100000, and if we assume
our allies to be solvent and able to pay,
this amount would be reduced by the
$9,000,000,000 they owe us to $12,000,000,-
600. Italy, $4,000, 100000, Russia, $27,-
000,000,000; France, $30,000,000,0O
Great Britain, 100000 00, 900, or a total
of $190,000,000,000
The total wealthiand percentage of debt
to wealth is: United States, $250,000-
100000, with debt percentage of sd:
Great Britain $90,000,000,000, with debt
percentage of 44.4; France, sos 100000
900, with debt percentage of 461; Russia.
$60,000,0 with debt percentage OF
45.1; and Italy $50, 000,000,000, with debt
percentage of no.
Now then just drink this down, omit
ting fraction, France owes 46 per cert of
all she is worth, and is worth $18F ,000,-
100000 less than the United tSates; Rus
STA owes 45 per cent of all she is worth and
is worth $190,000,000,000 less than the
United States; Great Britain owes A per
cent of all she is worth and is worth
$160000,0000 900 les sthan the United
States; Italy owes 40 per cent of ali she
is worth and is worth $3.50, 0000 00, 900 less
than the United States; the United States
owes only per cent of all she is worth,
and is worth $4,000, 100000 more than all
the other allies combined, We ask YOU,
would any sane man enter into aipartner-
ship on equal terms when his assets con-
tributed were more than all his partners
combined and all his debts less than theirs
by $1O9, 000,0 100000? And yet there are
those who want to form this partnership
and give Great Britain six votes to our
one.
Those who want this partnership tell us
that we can retire after certain number
of years. Certainly we can. SO you Gao
retire from any partnership after you
have lost what you put in, and paid ali the
debts, which your fellow partners cont
pay or won't pay. Millions of dehlded
mortals can tell all about that, after bit
ter experience. Oh but they say, "this is
different from any other partnership"
That's true, it is different, decidedly diff
ferent in the magnitude Of its liabilities