New-York tribune., 1920-01-12
League Fight
Fails to-. Stir
British. h..P'ublic
Average Englishman Is
More Concerned About
High Cost of Living
Than World Politics
Wilson, Hoover Attacked
Botto1nIy, Money and Lord
sChar1wood Minimize us.
Loans and Losses in War
N..o York Tribune
Eur0ppon R,,,.oou

Ne1U York Tribune
European Bureau
lCopyrieht,. 1920. New YORK Tribune. Inc,
LONDON, JAN. 11.-To-day Great
Britain is at peace with Germany
Diplomatic relationships technically
have been resumed. but there has been
no outward sign, that such events have
taken place Peace stole upon Eng
land like a thief in the night. There
were, no fireworks. or celebrations. OF
Qualifications. The great ceremony of
ending the worlds greatest war was
accomplished unremarked and almost
unnoticed by the large majority of
Englishmen. -4,
The atrtSth is that the Britise public
long ago discounted everything con-
nccted with war and peace. They are
preoccupied exclusively now With per
rsonal affairs. The high cost of living
the domestic coal shortage, dancing
theaters and food now, are of much
more interest to them than the worlds S
political troubles, its comedies and
tragedies. They are Indifferent even
to the subject of the trial of the former
Kaiser and the question of whether it
will ever be held gives the man in the
street no pang. ''s-r ss.-
Little Abuse of United States
To tell the truth he cares no longer
for the treaty questions which are
agitating America. Statesmen. writ
eAs and financiers have their owl. rca-
sons Tor. amen inr. Americas abste,
ton from the European pact, but the
British public at large cannot be said
to be Showing much concern. The aver
age Briton, from reading the news
papers, has come to the conclcs on
that America somehow has not acted
IN regard to the treaty in the way an
Englshman would have acted in the
same. circumstances, but a kind of
'hea'thy tolerance toward other
.peop.e s. opinions prevents his utter
ing sharp critici ms.
OF all British public men only the
perennial American batter, Horato Bot
~ v. roos out of 'he way to abuse tle
United States, though Sir Chiozza
~ ney. parliamentary .ecretary for the
Ministry OF Shipping, this morning
takes Herbert Hoover to task for his
chidine message that Europe had better
get back to work. Money admits in his
sHo0ver's phrase that "many
neUrles IN Eurcre are not at work" be-
cause during the four years of war
Europe lost nearly 100000 of her most
eeIfi'clent producers, without including
the probable loss of two more MANNED
1ol every one killed. Money continues:
=, Il cannot help feeling that Mr.
lloover might have remembered this
when Fha put his message into 9circuls
ton. This is not uttered as renroach.
DIT olte.a aJso is relevant to the condition
OF work in-,the word at t',e close OF
the war to remind Mr.. Hoover that.
America. with her enormous popul.-
tion, which now appr coaches 112, 900 900
lost no more than $4,000 men in the
conflict, or less than the life contribu-
ton made by Canada OR Australia, with
their, small populations" 49,. =.
'e'~" Our Loans Minimized
Money caps his argument as to the
relative performances of the United
States and Great Bri ain by turning to
the financial side OF the war and pro-
duces figures to show that England
lent to he Allies SS SOC, 900 600 where
as the United States lent SO 400 900 600,
which was mot much more"
On the other hand, Lord Charnwood
is distressed over -"the deplorsble ac-
centnation of Rnti5British rropagando
and feeling. in the United States" He
seeks to- pour oil on the troubled
waters by long review of the circum-
STANCES leading to AMERICAS attitude
toward the treaty, in which he throws
all the blame on President Wilson for
his maladroit handling of the Ameri
can, c people. He says that much. of, the
feeling against Mr.. Wilson and the
British, people is due te. the Presidents
in booming the Democratic
p"rty at the last election, contrary to
the policy of American Presidents.
In short, Lord Charnwood nuts the
whole trouble down to President viii
sons bad management. Alth ugh he
admlts that the impression is really
s. S,r 0usly unfair ON the grounds that
should know that rr Wilson