Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-03
BITTER ATTACK BY DAWES
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ing supplfes might have brought uoors
than the g400,0t0. 900 paid by France.
Mr.. Dawes turned sharply on one OF Ms
auestioners. Representative Bland, Pc
publican, Indiana, and shouted ct 8
Just that sort Of fool argument thas
forced Great Britain to- hold on 10 iss
stocks and atternp, % drive a hard
bargain. The stuff is there today, rot
ting You cannot discuss an ex pzrts
question 1000 miles away. There is no
uso 10 try and throw mud when you
were not there To know conditions
England lost millions Of dollars by
listening TO that sort OF tsik--listenlnr
70 lot or people who were Afraid o<
muck rskers ct home. They are rsls-
Ing the devil In England now because
England did not sell its supplies When
we sold"
Mr. Dawes said as a matter Of rsef
ne thought France was charged TOO
much.
Here you come now and charge" a.
said' that we should not have SOLD
sugar. Ihs War department ordered
the sale. The sugar went IL a l,IrnD
lot with the junk. Everything va, sec
ond hand We got four hundred rnaHon
dollars for H. We liquidsted every ae-
count, and we did it because lot os
big men QUIT their own Job. anr want
over there 70 help. We cleaned N.
slate. and Congress today ss1n has
pending claims that date back 20 tbs
Revolutionary War II was a big Ios-
and We are proud Of - IA hndfnx fari-
and hunting responsibility you dor't
nave far to go. Pershing wss tns CON
mander-in-chief, and bis shoulders ar.
big enough, thank God, 70 bear 81"
Mr.. Bland questioned Mr. Dawes
about excessive prices paid for s-qufp-
nlent and material
Sure we paid" be said. we d,e-'t
dicker. Why, man alive. ws bad 70 Win
the war. II was mans Job ".
would have paid horse prices for ss~ep
II the sheep could hav. pulled srrgi4-y
70 the front. The man like Jonns-r
there" ne said. turning 20 the chair
man Of the committee, was Standing a.
tne front 20 be shot At We had 20
get him food and ammunition Oh
It's all right now 20 say ve oouEh. too
much vinegar and 100 many oold
chisels. but Ws saved the civ1tra,snc ~
the world"
Quite a lot of n. questioning r.i,t,,
20 Great Britain
II am no more sshsro~H 20 ssanA y,
here for England than for The Urf->e
States" said Mr.. Dawes, Jumping from
his chair and racing around the little
committee room 1T seems 20 .. fasr-
ionable in American politics 20 attack
England. 7 am not in politics and Z am
not going TO -. And I thank God that
in crisis like we had there we're no
chickering's between the English speak
ing people. England took over 40 PER
cent Of our troops OF course Psrshins
gNye them Eve divisions, but Il lad 20
be done to save the allied line
The Line OF questioning shifted con-
stantly. but all the time Il came back 70
prices and vast stores on hand when
the aruistics was signed Then dlplorn-
ats were mentioned.
The diplomatic system Of appofrrfrx
men with pink tea experiences IN war
time" said Ar. Dawes. was a rotten
failure. sharp was al right. but the
rest OF them were utter failures. u was
all due 70 the appointment OF soclety
uen-ptnk tea fellows. Why. We
couldn't get anywhere. We had George
AcFadden over there. and he did u
three days what the diplomats couidn
do in three months"
Mr.. Dawes also paid ais respects 20
open diplomacy.
Let me illustrate" he said We
needed 10000 artillery horses. They
were n the 6eids. and IL was harvest
time in France. and everybody SAID
there would % a revolution Z ve at
tempted 70 cake them = was my .0b
70 get them. and Il wac my argument
that We could not get our men 70 the
front without horses. Unless we zot
them Germans would break through
We didn't AK prices; We Just pulleo
them out OF the field OF course that
sort Of stun couldn't De print~l-'
What did you get FOR the horses
when they were resoi6 20 France" he
was asked.
I don't Know" he replied. but the
price was low. or course. i WA The
horses We're taken from the fieiG- rs
easy 10 find fault. easy 20 say We should
have struck a bisger bargain. BUt put
yourselves over there and I thlnk your
viewpoint would be different
Before The supply service w. CO.
ordinated everybody. Mr. Dawes SD.
was pulling IN a different direetSoa.
we have got the same trouble hers.
he added, with ten Cabinet officer.
each trying 20 set every thins fos aim
self. regardless Of the conlmoD welfare.
The President ought 70 step q.
There have been complaints that cur
surplus IN France was sold. 70 would
have kept 10000 men there tryin. %
guard II while we peddled q in small
lots. The men were brought home. ana
the best bargain OK the war was IN the
sale Of that stuff 20 France.
Now. here Is how We sold T. Mem
hers Of our commission. including JudEe
Parker, sat down AZ a table with the
French We laid our cards down. Z
told our friends that some cf IA had
suggested different prices, that this
bird Parker was = hard boiled egG and
was standing out FOR ss5o. 900. ooo.
said that I thought S400 0Oo. 900 vss
fair, and We traded.
Mr. Dawes agreed 70 remain over iog
another session today. Chairman John
son announcing that his examination
xe,,s,1d ser,afra 81 hollf three hours