The Washington herald., 1920-01-18

40 NOT make US pay you interest
now, and II these credits are large
enough the franc and lire will re-
cover from their present fantastic
collapse. said a French banker.
1T Is not charity we ask. From
your point OF view. to divert your
excellent business, for with your
surplus capital to Europe must be
help we can recover, but without
it we arg all doomed to comnIete
destruction. and how can an Amer
lean who realizes that IL his coun-
try does not help the Continent will
either on humanitarian or bus,nass
grounds? There can be NO trade
relapse into barbarism, hesitate
with bankrupt and BoIsheyized bar-
barians. and IL you let us ali per
ish where in the long run win Won
md your own saIvation?"
Smash ID Complete.
The smash OF Europe and the
East" says J. L. Garvin, the we'll
known Unionist publicist who has
been good friend of the United
States. lis far more complete than
It could have been II the great re-
public had not put its utmost power
into the total destruction Of the
old order before, refusing its ex-
pected aid for the constructors Of
new. If American imagination
and conscience could be Awakened
to the conditions now prevailing
In Middle Europe. there wo,N be
from the Atlantic to the Pacific an
oVerWnelming revulsion of compass
sion and conjunction, and some-
thing would be done; but IL Ameri-
ca has abdicated the moral ana
practical leadership of the world,
Britain. with all her burdens. must
take up that leadership, ready. of
course, at any time to welcome
americas return and rejoice In n,
meanwhile Britain must face the
work. for there is no one else TO
do II. ~
Millions Must Suffer.
me effect of Americas absten-
ton and delay has been worse than
the worst that was feared. II is
impossible for us to repair all the
consequences. From those conse-
quences millions in Europe must
suffer and perish, do what we will
The reason Is simple and deadly
Ihere Is no decisive action from
washington or New York towards
stabilizing exchange. Exchange
lalls against Europe. Not only are
British resources limited, but we
are hindered in purchasing with
what money and credit we can give.
though America has most Of the
commodities which middle Europe
requires. To buy for others we
must unduly and artificially burden
ourselves. This is the war situa-
ton over again, repeated on a
smaller scale. but with a more
pttiable turn of tragedy.
As regards QonstantinopIe and
what was the Turkish Empire. the
results. OF the delay are a growing
menace throughout the whole East.
League Sole Hope.
Considerations like these can only
end in one main conclusion. More
than ever the league Of nations is
the sole alternative to endless unrest,
misery and strife amongst nations.
Without the league. any current in /
europe or Asia must flow or sweep
Toward new wars. Not only would
there be no faintest possibility of
ultimate peace. No continental part |
OF the Paris settlement would be !
George has passionately asserted his |
adherence to the cause Of the league. !
lie OF all men is marked out to lead ,
1t on new and more practical lines. !
The letter of the covenant may be |
changed or suspended. The practical !
objects of the covenant can be ad- |
Nanced by other means. Above all, !
n more and more systematic effort |
must be made to bring the 100. 900, 900 !
OF former enemy popula lions of mid !
ors Europe into conference and CO.
operation. Without that there can be |
no order and no hope
The phrase Stacker nation" NAV
make the reader at home hot under
the collar. as it has made me hot.
What have We to answer to these
charges?
Answer to Charges.
l tell our critics that the gods help
those who help themselves. When
France sacks her crooked politicians.
levies taxes and collects them instead
OF living on the printing press, and
shows that she means to get to work
again. then and not before renewed
American credits will be forthcoming.
badly as many OF them are be-
having in their relations with their
neiEhbors. ordinary humanity and
sound business judgment as we'll die
tate that we who alone in the globe
have a surplus of goods, food and
moI.ey should help.
Tlennn's Grim Condition,
Take Vienna. for example. one great
lily amid 2OO.0ooOC0 of people in plight
hardly less terrible. Our Rcd Cross is
doing a little there but nothing by
comparison with the terrible need.
Funerals block the traffic in the
streets. The hearses for the most
part carry little collins. Babies perish
like flies, famished and chilled TO
death. large proportion of those
who so far survive suffer from tuber-
cUlosis and ricketts,. Food and coal are
wanting. Prices are a nightmare. For
lack of other fuel. people have to burn
their furniture. The lot of the work
Ing classes is grim enough. with their
scanty supply of the most squalid ra-
is more terrible. Professors. civil
servants, and other brain workers sink !
of starvation in the streets or die in
side the bare walls of apartments
stripped of everything. The doom of /
Vienna will approach-a consumma-
ton of horror like nothing yet seen. |
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Syndicate, 1920