Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-06
Says EurOpe's Faith in League of Nations Has Not Waned; Continent Looks Hopefully to Entrance of U. S. Into World Federation
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NEW 1OtNh, OCl. a. - EuFOpc x faith in the League of Nations has not waned, but she looks hopefully to the entrance of the United States to give it the capstone of success and meanwhile is working energetically to repair the ravages of war and to solve the problems of reconstruction. This summary of the situation over seas is given by the Rev. Charles $. Macr'arland, general secretary of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, who just returned from a series of religious confer ences in Switzerland and from speaking tour of the larger cities of Europe.
 Presence Disheartenina
 For an American to be in Europe at this time is humiliatinG and some times almost disheartening," said MT. MacFarland. T found the people there confused; they do not know what to make of Americas present aloofness. It seems to them in such sharp contrast to our former attitude during the war. Any expression of hope that America ultimately would assume her place in the League of Nations was received with tremen- dous enthusiasm and with evident satisfaction.
 Fer the peopres of Europe as whole are doing magnificently. They all are setting themselves industrious ly, seriously to their terrific problems of rebuilding and reconstructing
 Economic Needs Great
 While, of course, their economic needs are very great, one of their greatest needs at the present moment is that of moral support and encour- agement. They expected this from the great American nation. As they now look across the sea to us and find us engaged apparently in inter- nal disputes, some of which appear to be on rather unimportant matters, 1t looks to them like acting the part of Nero playing his fiddle while Rome burns.
 Tt would be untrue, however, to say that the American nation and the American people, on the whole. had as yet irretrievably suffered in the estimation of the people of Europe. They still believe Tn us and look to us for help. The feeling was often expressed that if the American peo- pie were near enough to see ayd hear the needs of Europe. all of us would take the attitude of such representa- tive men as MT Vanderlip. On the other side they are still anxiously awaiting the time when the American people will know and understand these needs.
 Thoughtful Europeans are a good deal disturbed about one phase which frequently re-echoes across the sea the words America first To them it sounds just a little like the words which used to come from across the Rhine-''Deutchland uber alles"-not with the same sense of aggressiveness but with something of the same self ishness. If these words are going to continue as a slogan for any large eieHlent ID American life, they must be explained and interpreted to our friends in Europe, for they certainly nave a bad sound over there.
 It has recently been asserted that faith in the League of Nations has waned in Europe. It did not find any such evidence, except the feeling that the participation of the United States IS essential to its ultimate success and that its present work cannot be regarded as any kind of test. The general feeling was that with Ameri- ca in it, the future would be full of nope. This feeling of dependence upon the United States is. I believe, as great as it was in 1918 whe nthey awaited the coming of our troops"