Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-25
EUROPE DOES NOT
LOVE UNITED STATES
Failure to Ratify Peace Treaty
Given as One Reason by Byron
Brookes, Who Tells of Priva-
tons Endured by People
Across the Water


Tho wo,I-stoclted storos r-;,, ,,or,,, -,
vood things IN 90. ~ ,ana,a, a,s -,
paietv and tho feeling ~ nrosnorI,y q,
the limited states ;s what s,riLos +ba
nerson re,urpirr fror, r,ro,,a n. o..
most notewor,bv s,vs pvro,, proo,,o,
who has roturned IN tbis coup.rv ,f+or
spendinr fvo months in England Holt,
and. Franco and ReIp;ur ,ryos,ioot,r,
business conditions for n Aperic.n svn-
dlcate. Mrs Rrookes. who vaa befora
her marriage Miss Gladvs C,e.son
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs IT. G. GLEASON
went to Europe with her husband and ia
now in the city.
Mr.. Brookes told n Free Press man
Yesterday that no one on this side of tbe
water has anv idea of conditions across
In England. which is tho hest situated
of all there Is not n dron Of cream. nor
is there in the whole of Europe Rutter
is doIed out in the minutest quantities for
all the product Of the dairy goes 70 tho
consumer as milk Sugar ;s handled nm
der tho supervision of the povornment and
the allowance is very small. The stocks
in the stores are of old goods p,arpar;na
and canned stuff which look as though
/ ,hev had soon pre-war DAVIS Evorvvbora
there Ia sl(imping and saving
| Lack of good wearing appareI "a vary
ed and mended clothes. It is rare 70 goo
a white collar or white clothes of anv
| dissertation except among tho vor,, ,v;es,
thy classes. Taxes are so burdenson,e
! that the most rigid econon,v has 70 ba
pract,ced. even by the wel-to-do. The
best things to eat are IN Belgium and
there are the only we'll stockad stora,
in the countries Mr.. Brooks visited.
There were ulentv of candies and other
things which were not seen outside or
the United States Roforo NJ Broola,
started for home. Belgium had started tia
pIovinr and every acre of t,uahIa Ia,d
seemed TO be NIT under cuIt,vation Tha
work of reconstruction has progressed re-
narLablv tbere hu. IN reol,t,, Pe,e,u,,
suffered little from, tba uar IN oornar,
son with Franco There burdreds ~
r,iles Of territor,, remain w,.hout n bouse
or tree left and tho nronos,t,on ~ re-
consumption there is diearo,+ ~. +,
ReIpiuu Holland vbiIo n b,s nIarty
NJ money ia hard b,t bac.uea har Ii,.a
stock and other resources arc don,etod
she is worse off tb,n Some of Tho othor
countries because what sbe hasn't sba
cannot get for the alias will not sol, /,
IN ber
| Il ie Mr. prooLos., on,r,o, .h,+ r-,a,
tho Irri,od c+o+os NC % ou ,h. Vii,
have IN col, IN bere.lF or n Sou,h Ar,er,.
ga for vears n COME All o,,ar I,,,rons
,haro 10 n stronr foai,no oo.i,,st Ar..r,o,
which !. grou,;re Tho f,u,,ro - ~.
ne,ce tro,ty ,s n,.;r,,, rosnors;hI. o.
tbis Fr.nc. ,s ,,or,, h,++or h,,. I>rorca
&c dssnonden+ anvv.y RI. t,s,, h.foro
bor &c onorn,o, ,na ,h Lnon,. 4.
=, Enr,.nd ~ ,ohor o,,a,.;o,, g.. s,.e,
o,It 70 h,nd,o h,, :. 4. ,r,no,nou -.
co,,so tho ,ahoro- ,,,,,a r,.... 80, 49,
uorL H. uL.s tooth,lI hat,or .ha, hws;-
moss but :, Frarca ,hero lie , s,,,-,, -,
sr,I;noss which .vtard, ,b.r.,.r r,o, ao
Tba t.xicab driyer uii, MT +,Ls fora
un,ess n s,,its bic mood and ~ 10 W, a
ouestion of rnonev He &c n,.re,v ,nd,rr
erent Mr. Rrookas ran,,onod ono IN
stance whore be saw n,o,,,ar try civ
different taxies before she rot ono who
would take ber whore che warted "a %
Ono thine n,h,ch .bo I,rerch ,-. a., "a
bowevcr is tho d,ryeronco IN axchanca
and in paris this summer tho tourist viii
he confronted with nr,ces IN dollar. and
cents instead Of francs In this vav the
French will do much to overcome ths
difference in exchange They know that
they can get fancy nrices easier nv this
method
NOT only lie the feeling against America
strony IN Great prita;n bsc,usa Of ,,a
neace treaty. hut because OF nronaranda
which has bee, clever,v carried on
against tbis country for Interfering in
EnpIand,s handling of tho Iiouor nrohIen,
Evervwhere arc great nosters depictinr
Ir, c,,, with a big stick boIdire IL
o,,o, ,bo pritisb porkn,en Ono is or :,
49,, IT, ~ hoer !, tho bords ~ ,
,,,orl,r,or and IN the hear is nip,,,v
-, So, 7, w.. ronort.d tho, S,o
, ooo ono Mad baan raised in this country -
,,ni,a pri,.ir d.. and THE hos hea, ,,ada