The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-03
Can t Classify
US. With Japan
Europe Can't Forgive Us Be-
cause We Weren't Ruined
by the World War.
paris Correspondent of the oousOll.

| D
| There are two kinds OF countries
today" declares the London Saturday
| REVIEW, the countries which fought
In the great war. and tho countries
| which remained neutral. There are also
| Japan and the United States Of Amer
ica, of which II is difficult to say
whether they really belong to the one
| or the other"
1t Vas, perhaps not quite SO dmcult.
in the dark days OF 1918 TO decide
| whether the 10000 American troops
| in France were neutral or belllgerent.
But certain elements In Europe cannot
quite forgive us because We were not
entirely ruined by the war.
IL Is curious phenomenon that the
bitterest sneers In every allies coun-
| try are directed against that countrys
Immediate creditors. In Italy the great
newspaper, sport Is rapping France,
and the English, when they must knock
| somebody. turn on their only creditors,
| the Americans.
Italy Closer to England.
As one interallied crisis follows an
other, Italy and England seem to draw
nearer and nearer together. France.
| In spite of all the talk about the victory
OF French mil tarism' at Spa, Is more
n and more end pushed outside i seems
| 'on the seas, and England needs the
| friendship of every nation that holds
the key to maritime traffic. as Italy
| does IN the Mediterranean. The sltua-
| ton there is developing most salts
| factoriy from British point OF view.
| England Is friends with italy and with
the. new Greek empire, while the Greeks
and the Italians are, Il not at swords
| points. at least at arms length.
Frances interests lie in the Euro
| pean continent and the near east. Rus
STA, Frances staunch ally, Is gone, and
| the Austrian empire, additionally
friendly to France. has disappeared,
| IN ha
| driven into each others arms, as the
| only alternative to the utter disruption
and perhaps bolshevisation OF the Euro
pean system, 1t Is significant that
many :. French writer's are talking
French political policy is still aiming,
however, at keeping Germany a subject
nation. Such policy depends for sue
unity among the allies, for obviously
France alone and unaided is incapable
OF executing 1t. Is such unity real
liable?
Paris Dead In August.
Paris Is dead in August. ALL who can
hle them off to the seashore. the noun
tains, or the watering places. The
cafes are deserted, many restaurants
arc closed. shutters are up on shops all
EYER WI tp psGnon WIZ ssrt scrubbed notice.
The shopkeepers, however. are not
harder than ever. They have gone.
with their stocks. of goods. to the resort
among the vacationers They just hire
a store for the month, mark up prices
a trlfle, and they are ready to capture
the francs, pounds and dollars of tho
ready summer spenders.
Just why the French all decide to
take their vacations In August Is n puz-
gle. II Is understandable among the
smart" folks, whose. affairs in every
country are regulated by convention.
But the same rule is followed by the
petit bourgeois and the clerk and
the government employee.
Resort prices In August are far higher
than IN July, or September. though the
attractions are no greater, unless over
crowding is an attraction. Undoubtedly
the human is one OF the strangest OF
races.
One element that Paris has in Aug
,ist, however, Is the English ''tripper."
u seems that August Is the sole vaca-
tion month In England also and many
take advantage of chance to visit the
French capital. They seem 70 be
chiefly very prm maiden ladies', self
consciously virtuous in skirts. deter
mined to see all the monuments In
Baedeker in the space OF three days.
They march resolutely about In groups
OF dozen or so. led by Cooks guide,
or perhaps by one of their number who
made the trip before at the time of
the big exposition.
Was Victory Too Later
Could the war have been won sooner7
Europe is agitating tho question good
deal these days Documents are being
brought forth indicating that In 1917
there were excellent chances OF separat-
Ing Austria from Germany. Tho King
of Spain was one OF the numerous in
termedlaries.
People are wondering how all these
highly confidential papers were discov-
cred There was story going the
rounds In Paris during the war, about
mysterious portfolio that had been
found in a taxicab and at once deliv-
cred by its honorable finder to the min
istry OF war. This portfolio said the
story, contained secret papers of the
highest Importance.
Now n French weekly, rEurope Nouv-
ellie, declares In the most positive man
ner that the true story OF tho portfolio
was this: A French officer attached to
the Embassy of Madrid was sent 10
Paris on an important mission. Alight-
ing from the train. his first thought was
of lady friend" and he went at once
TO see her. But n few minutes later
the lady's protector" (whether hus-
band or rivaD was heard Mt the door.
and the officer had to hide. However,
he left his portfolio on the table. and
the protector" did not fail DO notice
IT,
The lady explained the presence OF the
portfolio by saying she had found II
In taxi, and that Il contained papers
OF great Importance to tho ministry of
war. Then will take II 10 the min
istry at once" declared tho protector"
and he did.
The officer then had a chance to es-
cape from the wardrobe In which he
had hidden. but was Disconnected at dis
covering the loss OF his portfolio. which
contained plan for peace between
Austria and the allies. addressed by
the King of Spain to the French pres
identl
Frederick Arthur
Funeral services over the body Of
Frederick, b-months-ol son Of Mr. and !
Mrs. A. X Arthur, who died Wednes- |
day at the homo Of his parents Mt Shcp- |
h,F', were held at 10 o'clock Thursday |
morning. with white Oak cemetery ms
the place II interment,
MRS, e. r. GRAY
Word was rsre'ved Thursday morn
Ing OF the death NJ his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Rice Gray, aged n, by Prof.
Albert Gray from relRtNrs In Rockport,
Mass, MIR Gray will leRvs tonight for
Boston to be present at the fNpsrBl
services Saturday
She is survived by her husband
Charles w. Gray. president OF the New
England Envelope company of Rock