The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-05-20

missioner of New York, DIR. Copeland
sailed for the other SIDE just to meas
ure the danger and take precaltlOn
against such an Invasion
This is one menace M our threshold.
The other, more threatening, more ter
rible, Is the menace of tile worlds III
will. We can afford to die, bul to DO
desplsed forever as a greedy ami Phnr-
isalcal nation is Gate that We must
not incur.
The French government has many
serious problems to solve, bul Tie
French peasant ls working ami The
French artisan, while still sadly Ia
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 TO the so
robustness OF Frances problem, and
they are going forward bravcly TO
solve that problem.
Italy. despite her great shortage of
raw material, Is looking forward and
not backward. Italy can he relied
upon 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 to Aid Central Europe.
It is not for me perhaps to give IN
detail formula for solution of the
worlds Ills. but as ! have been asked
many times. "What would you doY'
am glad TO give my own answer.
Accordingly. would ask:
/. That Congress Immediately pass
bill appropr'ating SUM no. to *
coed 100000 600 Cor the rsc Gf G.:
trail are Eastern Europe.
That Congress call upon the Pres.
dCni to appoint q norpolitical corn
mission Of three Americans, distin
gulShcd for their character and eXIc
utive ability and commander the re.
spect OF the American rcorlc Such
a commission should include men OF
the type OF General Pershiug, Mr..
Hoover or ex-Secretary Lane would
invest that commission with complete
power.
3. I would have the commission In.
structed to proceed at once, accompa-
MED by proper personnel, To survey
conditions In Central and Eastern Eu-
rope and then act for the restoration
of those countries under such cOndi-
tons and upon such terms rs the com
mission itself may decide TO be praeti-
cable and effective. Among the con
ditions should be provided that there
should be no local interference with
the free and untrammeled exercise by
the commission of Its own prerogative
Of allocating materials Governmental
politics should be eliminated; unrea
sonable and prejudicial barriers be
tween the various countries should be
removed. and such substantial guaran
tees as may be available should be ex
acted IN order that the conditions I'm
posed should be fulfilled.
4. As to financial terms, should
make them liberal. l would charge no
interest for the first three years for
the next three years, 6 per cent, with
provision that such interest might be
funded IL the economic conditions Of
the country were not approaching nor
NAL, or II its exchange conditions were
so adverse as TO make payment un.
duly burdensome, should make the
maturity of the obligation Is years
from its date, and l should have no
doubt as TO its final payment.
5. Immediately the plan was adopt
ed l would have our government In
vite other governments in a position
TO assist. to participate In the under
taking.
g. 70 set forth completely my opin-
ion. should add that in the final in.
structions the American people,
through their government should say
70 the commission:
1--WE want you to go and do this job
In such manner as, after study, you
think 1t should be done. This is no
ordinary undertaking The American
people trust you TO see that It is done
right"
would also say to the commission:
Use so much Of this money as is
needed" Personally, | am confident
that with the assistance and co-Opera-
ton which would come from other
parts of the world the sum of $780,
100000 from the United States would
be more than enough TO start these
countries on their way TO self support
and the restoration of normal condi-
lions.
The whole plan, Of course, involves
many practical considerations, the
most serious of which is that of oh
timing the money, whether by issuing
additional Liberty bonds. an Increase
In the floating debt or by taxation.
But think we could properly say TO
the treasury department:
"We know how serious your fnan.
clal problems are; we know the diff
culties which are Immediately con.
fronting you; we know the Importance
of dehation, and we know that the gov
eminent must economic and that In
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