Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-07-29

Oh germany ana CZecnO-SlOVaKla VIII.
conf1ne-itself to these remote lands?
Only last Saturday our health COM
missioner of New York, DR.. Copeland.
sailed for the other side just to meas
ure the danger and take precaution
against such an invasion.
This Is one menace at our thresh-
old. The other, more threatening,
more terrible, is fhe menace Of the
worlds i'll WILL. We can afford to die,
but to be despised forever as a greedy
and pharisaical nation is a fate that
we must not incur.
The French government has many
serious problems to solve, but the
French peasantry is working 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 t.
the seriousness of Frances problem
and they are going forward brayely to
solve that problem.
Italys despite her great shortage Of
raw material, is looking forward and
not backward. Italy can be relied
upon to do her part!
England is meeting the problems of
reconstruction just as those who knew
her past should have expected her to
meet them.
Plan to Aid Central Europe.
1t is not for me perhaps to give in
detail formula for solution Of the
worlds ills, but as l have been asked
many times, "What would you do?" I
am glad to give my own answer.
Accordingly, would ask:
THAT congress Immediately pass
bill appropriating sum not to ex-
coed $500, 100000 for, the use Of CEN
trail and eastern Europe.
2.-That congress call upon the
president to appoint non-political
commission of three Americans, dis
tinguisbed for their character and
executive ability and commanding the
respect of the American people. Such
a commission should include men OF
the type of General Pershing, Mr..
Hoover or. ex-Secrctary Lane.
would invest that commission with
complete power.
81 would have the commission
instructed to proceed at once, accom-
panied by proper personnel, to survey
conditions in central and eastern
Europe, and then to act for the
restoration. of those countries, under
such conditions and upon such terms
as the commission itself may decide
to be practicable and effective. Among
the conditions should be provided that
there should be no local interference
with the free and untrammeled exer-
else by the commission of it's own
prerogative of allocating materials.
Governmental politics should be elm
mated; unreasonable and prejudicial
barriers between the various countries
should be removed, and such substan-
tial guarantees as may be available
should be exacted in order that the
conditions imposed 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, six per cent,
with provision that such interest
might be funded if the economic con-
ditions Of the country were not APP
preaching normal, or If its exchange
conditions were SO adverse as to make
payment unduly burdensome. Ishould
make the maturity Of the obligation
fifteen years from it's date, and l
should have no doubt as to its final
payment.
Immediately the plan was
adopted. would have our government
invite other governments in a position
to assist, to participate in the under
taking.
6.-To. set forth completely my
opinion. l should add that in the final
instructions the American people
to the commission:
!. I'VE want to 60 and do this job in
such manner as, after study, you
think it should be done. This is NO
ordinary undertaking. The American
people trust you to- see that it is done
right" -
II would also say to the commits.
sion:
use so much of this money as is
needed" Personality am confident
that with the assistance and co
operation which, would come from
other parts of the world, the sum OF
40VU,OOV,OUU IFOM the united States
would be: more than enough to star
these countries on their way to self
support and the restoration of norma
/ conditions.
The whole plan, of course, involve.
many practical considerations, tn,
most serious of which is that of oh
tanning the money, whether by issuing
additional Liberty bonds, an .increas,
in the floating debt, or by taxation
But think we could properly. say tt
the treasury department:
1--WE know how serious your finan
cial problems are; we know the diff
culties which aEe Immediately con
fronting you; we know the importance
of ,detlatlon, and. we know that thu
government must economic and tina,
individuals must economize but W,
also know that the American govern
ment advanced $4,000, 100000 to its
allies to attain victory and peace
Certainly it is worth making the adj
ditional advance in order to realize
the peace for which we have alread,
struggled, for nothing is more certain
than that until normal conditions are
restored in Europe there can be ne
peace"
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