South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-05

time of industrial reconstruction.
A News-Times reporter spent an
hour with Mr.. Campbell Tuesday
with a view to gaining some know
lodge Of American business affairs
in Europe:
What do they think of us in
Europe? is the question most fire.
quently asked me since my return.
My reply invariably is that they
think a lot of US. but this does not
nswer the question.
Some things they think of us are
very complimentary. Some are not.
America as a country and a govern
ment is popular. There is a quite
frankly expressed admiration for
American methods and American
institutions generally. but there are
certain types of Americans that are
not popular anywhere in Europe un-
less it is i'm the former central en-
pires. or in Sim Fein. Ireland.
The American that tells the
Frenchman or the Britisher, who
had been fighting three years before
we got in that We won the war is
about as welcome over there as a
case of small pOx. There are OF
course. Frenchman and Englishmen
who know nothing of what America
contributed to the final victory, but
viii have to frequent the low
class pubs and cafes to ind them.
No intelligent or honest man any
where believes that any one nation
won the war. yet nearly every one
Will admit that the war might have
been lost without the help of any
one Of the four principal allies.
What America did and how she
did it is fully appreciated in Eng
land. France and Belgium, but il
cannot be denied that there is a good
deal OF suspicion of and some hostil-
ity to America in both France and
England.
NO one loves a creditor. and
Europe owes US about SIC, 900, 0OO.-
000. Sometimes a frank outspoken
Britisher, usually a Scotchman. Will
ask what America was doing the
first TIVE and half years of the war
md then answer it himself-mak-
ing money out Of those hat were
lighting A cartoon in an English
weekly paper shows Uncle Sam
astride a great bag marked the The
Worlds Gold and underneath is the
CaptiOn-The Man Who Won the
War The expression Of this sort
of feeling, however, is very rare and
Is never made 10 an American. un-
less he provoked il by some boastful
statement about the L. 5. A. or some
derogatory remarks about our allies.
There should be no hostility be-
tween America and any Of the en-
tente allies, and any man who tries
90 stir up such trouble is~no friend
OF America whatever else he may
be.
Need Our Help.
The truth is, the European
countries need our help, which we
are able 20 give them, and we need
There is a tremendous demand in
Europe for American goods. but
long time credits must be extended.
and we must buy more of their prod
ucts. Foreign trade is no jug han
died business, in which country
can do an the selling and little buy
ing. Europe has been buying so much
more from us during the past four
ear than we have bought from
them that We have drained her OF
gold and the dollar has so increased
in price as measured in francs or
pounds that buying OF us is naturally
being curtailed.
Need American Machinery.
The mills and factories OF France.
England and Belgium need American
machinery in larEe quantities The
products of tho Dodge plants are in
great demand over there. but a
French merchant or manufactures
naturally hesitates 20 order Ameri-
can goods for which no has - nav