The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-08-06
EUROPE PLAYS US.
FOR BIG SUCKER

Europe. still seething with turmoil,
its nations in the throes of suspicion
and distrust, each observing covertly
and covetously its neighbor. fearful
lest an ADVANTAGE should slip by, dom
mated by greed and envy. are vieing
with each other in the gentle art Of
working America" while Germany
alone is saving wood.
This is the way Rev. Brewster
ADAMS president of tie Reno Rotary
Club. summed up the reconstruction
period" In Europe as he found It dur
ing his recent visit as q delegate to
the convention of the Rotarans of
the world. SAYS the Gazette.
England is sitting ger own indus
tries bv Oscillation. France has In
Cured the hostility Of other nations
by insisting on reaping the lions
share of reparations. Italy is "all shot
20 pieces" by strikes and Switzerland,
ne Of the few countries where money
remains at par. has been flattened by
her own prosperity. the speaker said.
The Lions Club of Reno. as guests
of the Rotarians joined in the reeep-
ton TO the returning delegate.
Mr.. Adams referred to the policies
dominating the nations of the CONT
nent as the piracy of Europe" and
out of the economic strife. he said,
comes the cry TO America Money.
money. money" reaching from the
proletariat right up into the councils
If the government.
THE greatest gift the United States
speaker said. is a certain firmness
N dealing with these people. There
is no reason why they cannot pay
their debts"
Beginning with the British empire
Mr.. Adams described conditions in the
various countries he visited. He said
he controlling influence in the per-
netuation of the coal strike is the non
employment insurance paid the idle
workers by the British government
He was informed. he asserted, that
the men would not work as long as
British law provided for this assist
ance. and British law fed their chill
| 1ren In the schools. And the captains
Of industry seized upon the coal
strike as an excuse for closing down
their plants at Sheffield, Leeds and
other great industrial centers
The speaker also said excessive
taxes was throttling business. as any
man must pay in taxation over thirty
per cent of every dollar he takes In
And the gentry of England" he
| said. consider II a disgrace TO work
They can't understand the American
who gets up and eats breakfast at the
| table. They can't understand the
| American who packs his own luggage
The working people have observed
the idle class living off the labor of
the world and II is not strange that
after the war in which they were
asked to bear the brunt of the con-
| flict and the great sacrifice that they
should come back with the determine
ton that they, too, should be idle
He said that in France the situation
Is better. The first thing they did in
| France was to look to production to
| reclaim their lands and to rebuild
| their cities The government OF
| France. the speaker said allows the
man who has lost his property three
times its pre-war value for recon-
struction. provided he replaces It on
| its old foundation. with Germany pay
ing the bills. This provides a great
| deal of work in the republic.
But when you go up into G ,rmany.
you find the best situation of any
country in Europe" he continued.
The strange thing about it is that
they treat you whittier there than in
any of the other countries The
American soldiers will tell you that.
Germany has gone back to work and
reports of unrest in Germany are pure
propaganda. There was less social
unrest there than in any nation in
Europe. But Germany breads to have
the allies think she Is prosperous. for
then she would have to pay"
Mr.. Adams said the great German
tiiuuStIies III Italy taken over Dy the
southern ally have proved a white
elephant on her hands, She hasn't
the ability or experience to operate
them. Italy is very vindictive toward
France and is doing most of her trad
ing with Germany and unless she
had something to take she would go
In with Germany as against France. /"
Germany is harvesting the fruits of
the low value of the German mark, he
stated. because other nations connot
compete, and this is enabling Ger
many to rehabiitate her Industries.
And conversely in Switzerland, where
money is at par. bankruptcy domin-
ates. Because of the low value of
the mone- of other nations in Switz-
erland, he said. that country Is not
enjoying trade with them.
Mr.. Adams spoke of the war profit
GERS of France and Belgium. While
the United States. he said, was saving
hundreds of thousands Of Belgian