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children" said Uncle Ted, Nov |
that you have both started another !
school year / want to tell you about |
something that may be brought up in |
some of your classes. Do you know |
what the United States will receive for
its share in winning the war with
Germany"
II don't know for sure" spoke up
Jack, "but yesterday one Of the boys
said other countries that sent soldiers
to fight Germany will get lots. of land
and money from Germany"
well, you see it is this way con-
tinued Uncle Ted, AFTER the war was
over each one OF the countries that
had been fighting Germany sent some
of their big men to Paris where for
several months they met, talked and
decided what each country should get
1t was decided that little Belgium
should be completely restored by Ger
many and also that Germany should
pay back al 1.-The money that Belgium
had to borrow from other countries
during the war. Great Britain and
France, according to the treaty made
b ythese men at Paris and later sign
ed by the German representatives,
will receive more land. England, Jap
an, China and others will have lot
more than they had before the war,
either in land or money. Now while
the United States did not enter the
war Just because we wanted more land
we all thought that when the final
arrangement had been made we might
get something to repay part Of our
losses and the money we spent. We
want to the rescue of France and Eng
land at a time in the war when it
looked very much like Germany might
win. Our whole idea was to help to
the limit and bring the war to an end
as quickly as possible"
Doesn't the United States get any
thing" asked Ruth after all our SOL
diers did,"
I'm coming to that in a minute,
was Uncle Ted's reply. when the
: men from the several countries went
j. to Paris, President Wilson, as you
e know, sent himself to represent the
D United States. He had one idea and
that was to get all the other men to
help him form the world club or
league of nations. From that time
until today, when he is again away
r from his work in Washington trying
i to get the people to believe in this
G club, he has spent nearly every houl
o of his time on this matter, and saying
he believes 1t more important thar
II our own governmnt This meant tina
e in Paris, he had little time to hell
u the United States get somethig tt
|. make up in part for the money thu
). people had to raise by taxes and bonds
l. and until he talked with the big Sena
n tors the other day at the White Hous
y we didn't know what the United State
S. was to get AT that meeting in re
IS ply to a question, the President sal
that the United States may get an is
p. land called 'Yap' and admitted that h
g had never heard Of 1t before"
r. Where is this island?" asked Jacl
ut is located in the Pacific Ocea
r. south of Japan and about 800 mile
east of the southern part of the Phil
ippine Islands. 1t is such a small is
n. land it looks like a pin point on tn
n map. 1t belonged to Germany befor
n. the war and about the only thing tn
iy United States can do with 1t Is to IL
Id cate a wireless station there. BIZ
IT here is the important part of this ma
ter that | want to explain to you. Man
X peopl in this country believe that W
as should have made Germany Civ
ne enough either in money or land to pa
at for the sinking of the Lusitania whe
y hundreds of Americans were DROVE
lg If the gift of the island of zap is SUI
is posed to pay us for the loss of Amer
re, can lives on board the Lusitania It
nothing but an insult"
what hillu VI peopie arc 'heie
e. this island?" asked Jack.
er "That ia the bad part of it, Jack
dy answered Uncle Ted, "The island
* very old and the people lead III
,s- something like the life which the DO
F. sheviks in Russia are living. The Chi
RS dren belong to everybody instead
nd belonging to their own father al
DIT mother like you and Ruth. Instead
lis money like ours their money is mat
ar OF stone and sometimes one piece
ed 1t will weigh many hudreds OF pound
by Married and unmarried men belong
ue clubs where the women are not a
10 lowed to go and where the pers'
res who runs the club is a woman know
elf as the queen OF the club The foo
drink and clothes Of these people @
or. grow on trees. The men wear strin