The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-01
League Would
Make i. S. Pay

WASHINGTON, June z6.-The Re-
publican Publicity A S o c / a n
through its president. Hon. Jonathan
Bourne, Jr.. today gave out, the fol
lowing statement from its Washington
Headquarters:
The underlying purpose of the
League of Nations was to fasten upon
the United States the cost and non.
sibilitv of maintaining the new geo.
graphical lines in Europe as delin,
eated by the Versailles treaty. and
practically to compel Germany to live
up to her oblisations in that under
taking. including the payment of huge
indemnities to the Allies. The
United States Senate refused to make
this country a party to any such ar
rancement. and with it's refusal went
the hopes of Europe that its troubles
could be conveniently unloaded upon
America.
But the European scheme for the
exploitation of American resources
and man-power by no means was
abandoned when the Presidents fail
ure to coerce the Senate became ap-
parent On the contrary, fertile minds
in England and France cast about for
other means by which to shift the bur
dens of the Old World upon the UnN<
ed States. The Enslishman. Keynes.
wrote book in which he bodily stated
that the sole solution of European
economic difficulties was the cancel
Iation of the $40 zoo. .0OO. 900 debt owed
by these countries to the United
States. The proposal was received
with contempt on this side of the
water. and it became necessary TO
find another solution less likely to
arouse American opposition.
"Thereupon a financial conference
was called to meet at Hythe in En-.
land. and the whole question of Ger
man indemnity and Allied debts was
gone over. 1t was recognized that
Germany can make little progress
now in furnishing cash reparation, so
it was suggested that German bonds
he distributed in the proportion of In
demnity allotment. France was to
get about So per cent. England 25 per
cent. and Belgium and other countries
a less amount with the bonds in
hand there was to be a general er-
change, according to the debts owed
by one country to another, and Eng
land, France and Belgium would all
turn over to the United States Ger
man bonds in amounts equal to the
sums owed by those nations to u.s.
'4The outcome would find the Unit
ed States looking to Germany for the
ayment of about $4,000, 100000, and
as much interested in forcing that
country to live up to its obligations as
If we had signed the League of Ma
'tions covenant. In all likelihood we
would have the alternative in the fu-
ture of going 10 war again with Ger
many or losing the entTrc amount. In
the meantime. of course. the Allies
would be free of their financial obliga-
tions 10 us.
THE proposed Armenian mandate
was another scheme, contrived By the
same forces that control ed tie TCt,.-
conference, to put upon the United
States responsibilities substantially
the same as those contained in the
league covenant. Under It ,ge wolid
have furnished an army OF uul,no~'n
PA'Ppi hiOho anu at AtI-t 'pHA. Dhl W
sufficient size and suTi,i nj . r.
piled to put down the Tuf's and 10!
.Sheviks which are at this ,ncment sur
r0EndinG Armenia and harr1ss.nz its
people. Mandates are an invention
of the League OF NaiIGns. and coln
tries accepting item must make re-
ports TO the league ami he suhier; t0
its contl'l Hence. IL acr egt!uE m
Armenian mandate TIE t-n'ted rtafas
wou'1 hove rlaced Itself under the
pG"'er o e 1=asre n .iuch the same
way as II the Senate had a,.recd to tI-
unsnenL i ccvcu-nt.
To" hrr ttat Heastee nova
iays from European d9p .lHaHa cir
cici Is in -r' '"--1 o. -lart"r ~ A.
sr' - tho r'fe4 f'-t=s i7sa