Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-11-04


Relief Administration n5z. 5T SONS
os the newer tsovernrneass. s1ch as
Poland. Czechosiovalia. Skc.y. are ss
follows.
{ Belsiun s47, ,ssl. 5ss .
France zss5 7sz. .s3s-fs
Great Britain 4.1ss si8.s5s. a
( Greece 1900 600 90
. Itasv 1913 0s4 go 80
{ F.aun1anIa a EOS. stg5z
Russia - fs7.T .Tzs 5000
Serbia - eslT5f3s-zz
Total --.---------..----- -. .ss4 siT. .s25. 50
I AL this r1one.r was fozred afser a.
declared KAY 10 Apfn lsf- r. was
rot seat 90 Europe ror taken there
+. by the Allies sor their oszn cze- Prsr-
{ stcalIy al OF IL Eas tp>at n Ar-<:Se@
rsfa 70 are oEr p&ocie TSeE< 20
pay fer guns. shelly rcz6sr anc ami
trions Of ~z- made teF- ID Use against
I cur common enfnies. ard fc- food
SUITS frora orr farms 70 prevent the
I collapse OF our aI1es4trc-a s-arFscso1
ard enable .1e-n 70 eontt1re TIE ss-g-
! gte uutt3 oar trcor5 coc6 n-srsl1e'l
/ tra-sro--sd a,c s-ong1t into. tAt n-st-
t.esiEe Every battle frszsR wf-e
/ shese zsrucsstors while We were get-
ting ready coEot-a scS Us as much as
I thought bT our ozn men Eits tsts
difference: Il --as tie tv-s cf tne -res
Of CIR aHes ard aot of o1z 1-er that
we're .ost II these battles Ttey 1-re
rghrias cur battle as rel az their
o-r They furnished tne re1 -e
| the nu1itiors- They must pay for
7 the munitions II We 6srsad Il: rEt
icf their losse
[ Moreover. & is nor IS Z Es zr sr-
tered the war spontaneously. zach
country bsertng its cE1 tosses- Far
} three years hescre ~e entered the
Allies had strained every resource q
ard money in the struggle ard had
already piled up z legacy Of debt that
will burden their children FOR gsner-
atoms Il indeed they can sxrracate
themselves zt all from the financial
land economic chaos that Involves
some and tfEearene all of them
T We. on the other hand. a-e IN every
way the richest and most powerful
nation on earth. and while they were
devastated and almost ruined bv their
I four and q half years OF warefare. We
with our few months. are practically
unscathet. For Us IN these circuni-
stances 70 demand the pound cf flesh
as stipulated in the bond 0f cur allies
( for material and ammunition 70 carry
on the fight which we had taken up
IS not IN keeping with American char
acter and not American tradition Tor
generosity and higheartednesS. and
would leave upon Us as 4 nation Al
ever lasting stain-
Measures for collection OF this debt
sare row pending before Congress and
we should consider carefully wha- ths
terms shall BE- No one suggests the
cancellation aor the unqualified re-
mission II the debt II IS true tna-
this would reduce hy tfleHs millions
the billions Of i1dehtedlsss OF the al
lied countries previously Incurred and
due mostly to their own citizens. but
the eject OF this Eoui1 not se iraIred-
lately and directly felt by the alieS
people most IN need Of help
Let rs make OF the debt . perpetual
trust fund 10 be administered by the
allied Governments FOR the direct and
Immediate benefit OF the allied people.
free from any political purposes or
other exploitation Let Us make
special treaty with each allied country
binding il 20 treat as & sacred trust I
the amount OF its indebtedness 70 Us I
and providing that II shall apply the /
interest thereon. say ~ 5 Per cent (
oer annurn. first 20 thspayuent of !
srcn pensions as L should prescribe /
70 surviving widows. minor children 1
and dependent parents OF men who /
lost their lives in the war. and 70 in 4
capacitated soldiers OF the war. Sec
onaiv to tho establishment and main
tainance OF hospitals for al classes
oc its inhabitants: and the balance,
h anv. 70 the care and support q or
phans and OF the aged and infirrn. or
10 educate or other benevolent pur-
doses 20 be specified This would
bring relief directly 10 the most nelp-
less victims of the war IN the allied
which. on acc0unt Of the
huge burden ~ debt under which they
IRE staggering. are unable t1 give
such relief in fuI measure and VIII
,a an example cf American heneFo-
snce and generosity in Eeeqinf WIN
fa real character Qf oar nation. it
gould eufelr us rc lhe hearts ~ Qur
nies from saner tiQu ID generation
.r5 relieve as ~ l1e sasQicion qt soF-
if sairsfness which offerH ~ musf
Ton into wcrni lonFirtun And
sneeianT t Nerit give us qeuer
.rirIcn ~ ourselves. eNrN us 'r our
.uu EIff r oar uussif'Enness 1rf
.aiIsf ln fna fellowship "a man' and
.Fa ns more rasracf ~ ourselves as
elf.f ari tereFe'snt nltinn ~
you'd rr.IFr tN0snirt n NnIcA Gag
oans Nen ionsit tne sag Hiin fsrN
.I.r..as tnorr.H alf ganpfr Ng iH
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