The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-07
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Nh. Manning then went to Baruch
and Mccormick to see what could be
done to get cotton exported to some
of the European countries. Mr.. Ba-
ruch stated that he. was working to
lift the blockade, and shortly after
wards succeeded in getting 10000
bales into Poland, Mr. Baruch gave
Mr.. Manning his assurance that cotton
would be gotten into Poland and other
countries as fast as credits could be
arranged. Again he emphasized the
fact that the taking Of cotton must
be slow.
"I believe said Gov. Manning
that the South's greatest opportunity
is at hand. but first we must settle
down to the problem of working out
credits, which will give us an oppor-
tunity in European trade for every
thine We produce and manufacture. #
We persist in a policy Of better bal
anced agriculture, raising food sup
plies and all that is needed at home
and plant the rest of our land in cot
ton we will have profitable prices for
all that is raised.
Europe will offer a profitable mar
ket for all foodstuffs America can
raise. The outlook for European crops
this. year is poor
Passing then to bigger and broader
problems, Mr.. Manning, after express
ing the opinion that the former
kaiser's condemnation when he is
haled before an international tribunal
will be only verbal, declared that the
Bolshevik situation is bad and that
its dangers have not yet been passed.
It is a fact, however, that when food
shipments have been landed in coun-
tries torn by Bolshevism the quiet
ing effect has been Immediately no
ticeable.
t.T71e two things most urgent in
the world today. in the opinion of
the former governor. sis that people
ali over the world must get together,
and that the people must have food"
There is still danger, Mr.. Man
ming thinks, of the spread of Boz
sheyisrn into every country Of Europe
with the exception of England unless
it is checked and unless the disturb
ing situations are quieted and the
people are enabled to resume their
normal lives in a very short time.
In England the situation, he says, is
improving rapidly. There is a bet
ter feeling between labor and capi-
tai and a higher sense Of justice to-
ward labor is reflected" With the
characteristic love of the British for
their institutions and their devotion
to their present form of government,
I do not believe there is any more
danger of Bolshevism in England
than there is in America.
Never again. said the former
edo I expect to see condi-
tons as they prevailed before the
war. Never again will the wages
of labor be disregarded, in this coun-
try or in England. y
Further discussing the danger Of
the spread Of Bolshevism, Mr.. Man
ming declared that the salvation Of
the world depends largely upon what
America, France and Great Britain
are going to do. France must. in his
opinion, change her attitude. The
Peace Conference has gone as far as
It has been humanity possible to salts
fy her. and she does not seem to rea-
lie that pressing her claims further
she would be digging a pit in which
she might be the first to ultimately
fall.
Mr.. Manning comes back to Ameri-
ca more ardent in his admiration for
President Wilson and of his magnifi-
cent action in the arena Of world
and for the critics Of
the great man who has called into
being new world fashioned out Of
the corrections of the evils of the
DID, he has only condemnation.
81 blush at the attitude of con-
gress. not only because of the out
spoken utterances of Republican SEN
ators, but because of the little snip
ing and carping criticisms Of men of
achievements of the administration
cessful conclusion and then in the
great work that has followed. No
one. unless he has been as have been
and has seen the magnitude of this
undertaking can have any adequate
conception of what has been and is
being accomplished. When peace is
signed and the world is at work
again. this sniping criticism will cease
and recognition of Woodrow Wilson
Will extend not only to the masses
who already look to him as their
leader the world over. but to those
who are now his harshest critics.
Unless the Republican senate shall
ratify the peace treaty with the league
Of nations practically intact Woodrow
Wilson will. in the opinion of Govern
or Manning, be forced to accept the
Democratic nomination in 1920. and IN
that event he will be elected for a
third term.
Mr. Manning expressed absolute
satisfaction with the peace treaty
AS it was being prepared at Versail-
les he was privileged to acquaint him
self with it's provisions section by
section as these were completed and
long before they were presented TO
the German envoys.