Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-06-02

missioner of New York, DR.. Copeland.
sailed for the other side just to meas
ure the danger and take precautior
against such an invasion.
This is one menace at our threshold.
The other, more threatening, more ter
rible, is the menace Of the worlds i'll
will. We can afford to die, but to be
despised forever as a greedy and phar-
isaical nation is a fate that we must
not incur.
The French government has many
serious problems to solve, but the
French peasant 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 to the Sc
riousness of Frances problem, and
they are going forward bravely to
solve that problem.
Italy, 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 I have been asked
many times, "What would you do?''eE
am glad to give my own answer.
Accordingly, would ask:
/. That Congress Immediately pass
bill appropriating a sum not to ex-,
ceed S5OO,O0O,OO0 for the use Of Cen
trail and Eastern Europe.
2. That Congress call upon the Pres
ident to appoint q nonpolitical COM
mission Of three Americans, distin-
guished for their character and exec
utive ability and commanding the re.
spect of the American people. Such
commission should include men Of
the type of General Pershing, Mr..
Hoover or ex-Secretary Lane. Iwould
invest that commission with complete
power.
8. would have the commission In
structed to proceed at once, accompa-.
MED by proper personnel, to survey
conditions in Central and Eastern Eu-
rope and then act for the restoration
of those countries under such condi-
tions and upon such terms as the COM
mission itself may decide to be practi-
cable and effective. Among the COD
ditions should be provided that there
should be no local interference with
the free and untrammeled exercise by
the commission Of its own prerogative
Of allocating materials. Governmental
politics should be eliminated; unrea-
sonable and prejudicial barriers be-
tween the various countries should be
removed, and such substantial guaran-
tees as may be available should be e1-
acted in order that the conditions I'm
posed should be fulfilled.
4. As to ffhanciaI terms, I should
make them liberal. would charge no
interest for the Rrst three years; for
the next three years, 6 per cent, with
provision that such interest might bS|
funded If the; economic conditions -
the country were not approaching HeTs
NAL, orif its exchange conditions were
so adverse as to make payment un-
duly ,burdensome, 1 should make the
maturity of the obligation Is years
from its date, and should have no
doubt as to its final payment.
5. Immediately the plan was adopt
ed I would have our government in
vite other governments in a position
to assist, to participate in the under
taking.
6. To set forth completely my opln-
ion, should add that in the final in
structions the American people,
through their government, should say
to the commission:
"We want yeu to go and do this job
in such a manner as, after study, you
think it should be done. This is no
ordinary undertaking. The Amer. .can