American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-06-05


ravaged countries, and that $500,
Of our own people condemned to idle
ness by lax Of raw material ana
whose fields had been devastated by
invasion and rapine were racked by
starvation and pestilence and II we
had lifted up our voices and invoked
the attention OF our brothers In hap.
pier Europe to our own deep miseries
and our cries had fallen on deaf ears,
would we not In our despair exclaim
against their heartlessness."
Only Three Ways to Help Europe.
There are only three ways by which
these stricken lands can secure sup
plies from the outside world. One Ii
by payment, one by credit, and the
third il by exchange Of commodities,
II these people tried to buy material
and supplies In America ut present
market value Of their currcncies, Aus
tria would have to pay forty times the
original cost, Germany thirteen times,
Greece just double, Czecho- SlOvakia
fourteen times, Poland fifty times
iNcNt iikulfS wv 'ii''i"i dhh nv
true index of the economical plight
OF these countries.
II Is clear. therefore. that they can.
not give US gold for the things they
must have, nor have they either pro.
ducts or securities to offer In return
for credit. II only they could obtain
raw material which these idle millions
Of theirs could convert into manufac.
tured products they would have some.
thing to tender the world In return
for Its raw material, food and medi-
cine. But II they have neither money
nor credit how are they to take this
first great step towards redemption.
One half the world way not eat
while the other half starves. How long
do you believe the plague Of typhus
that Is taking hldcous death toll In
Esthonia and Poland and the Ukraine
ana eating along the fringe OF Ger.
many and Czecho- Slovakia win con.
fine Itself To these remote lands.
Only last Saturday our health com.
missioner Of New York. DIR. Copeland,
sailed for the other side Just TO mea.
sure the danger and take precaution
against such an invasion.
This Is one menace al our threshold.
the other, more threatening. more ter.
rible, Is the menace of the worlds IN
Will. We can afford TO die, but to be
uespised forever as greedy and
pharisalcal nation Is fate that we
must not incur.
The French government has many
serious problems 10 solve but the
French pensanlry * wording and the
French artisan. while still sadly In
need of raw materials, has not lost his
habit OF industry and thrift. The most
encouraging fact about France today
Is that her people are alive 10 the ser.
iousness Of Frances problems. ana
they are going forward bruyely TO
solve that problem.
Italy, despite her great shortage OF
raw materials. Is looking forward and
not backward, Italy can be relied up.
on to do her part.
England Is meeting the problems OF
reconstruction just as those who knew
her past should have expected her 10
meet them.
Plan 10 Aid Central Europe.
II Is not for me perhaps, to give in
detail a formula for solution OF the
worlds III, but as | have been asked
many times, "what would you dor !
am glad TO give my own answer.
Accordingly ! would ask:
1.-That congress Immediately pass
q bill appropriating sum not to ex-
coed S500.OO0,00O for the use of CEN
trail and eastern Europe.
2.-That congress call upon the
president to appoint u non'political
commission OF three Americans. dis.
tlnguished for their character and ex-
ecutive ability and commanding the
resDecf Of the American oeanle- SuGh