Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-08-09

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bows which lead nowhere "Making the
world asfe for democracy:'' ''self deter
mination of smaller nations:' "open
covenants of peace openly arrived at:
'men of vision: ''new spirit and
methods and ''thc same great family of
the world.' all gIittered alluringly until
they were sunk in the shiny depths of in
trl"ue, chicanery and diplomatic grab and
graft at the so-called Peace Conference
- IT'S sweet to be remembered and the
gratitude of our European brethren posi-
lively floods our tear ducts. Take look
at it.
Russia after careessly anneXng few
hundred millions of American money mas
sacrcs American soldiers sent there to pre-
vent German lootagc Of war supplies But
their hatred of America hasn't vet resulted
in repayinG the hundreds of millions out
of which they clipped us, has it!
Gangs of Italians paraded in front Of
the American Embassy at Rome calling
down curses upon America, and everything
American-cXcept the American money
which was keeping their wobby govern
mcnt alive.
In Hamburg there was an anti-Amercan
riot in front of the American club with
obliging Interpreters TRANSMITTING into Eng
fish the boots and curses of the mob.
Over in 'dear old Eno1and' they don't
riot about America They lust calmly
remark that we didn't accomplish much in
the war anyway. just sort of casually
stroIled in at the finish and stole the ap-
plauSe. 1t was different when Balfour was
here with his hat in his hand in the spring
of 1911 it was different when Douglas Haig
said their ''bacEs were against the wall'':
it was different when they were imploring
aid and sending transports to hurry Amer
lean soldiers to their crumbing fronts: it
was different in March, 1913. when the
Germans were chasing them to the channel
ports. But even 'dear old England IS
sco'n Of American intrepidity and va1or-
and her snug forgetfulness of the bells of
Chateau Thierry and the ArgOnne forest
haven't resulted in the payment Of her
huge Indebtedness to America. John Bull 5
magnificent disdan hash t gone far enough
vet to produce payment of any of those
billions of dollars America loaned him in
his dire need when no other nation on this
planet could or would do it,
Ger in France while the shopkeepers
shake down Americans and American sol
diers with prices that are merely oilded
swindles the Partisan papers cheerfully stab
us with their polished rapiers of barbed
sarcasms. But even French disgust with
America and American methods hash t re-
suited in any gold shipped hitherwards in
payment of the enormous debt to America.
Eerybody in Europe is hating and derid-
ING America and AmericanS-Without whose
men and money their continent would have
been but a blood-soaked segment of scared
chaos!
Who appointed the I. s. A. the Grand
Amoner of this planet anyway? Why
should we keep three quarters of million
Of American soldiers policing Europe and
acting collection agents for mounds of
indemnitieS which we ourselves disdain?
Why should America be the international
'mopperup" and disinfector financially.
morally or governmentally Of the age-old
cesspools of European loot and intrigue
and brigandage?
We want to say here and now that we
are no Internatonalist. We are American.
On American Decoration Day there were
10000 graves of Americans on European