Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-03

Washington. Feb. 2-Dec,aring he was not in politics and was not going in. Charles G Dawes of Chicago, former chief of supply procurement for the American army in France, bitterly at- tackled today what he charged were TO- N,ical attempts to discredit the achieve ments of the people who won the war. In the course of a five hour examina- ton by a house war Investigating com rnitiee. Mr. Dawes struck with sledge hammer blows at critics who had tried, he said 10 detract from the glory of the great achievement by picking flaws and parading trivial faults three thousand miles awaS At times the air was thicK with a streak of oaths for which the witness frankly confessed he had neither a2ology nor excuse.
 Late in the day he reiterated an earl fer ofl-hand statement as to his own mart in politics. which was accepted to mean tha he would not become a mem member of Mir. Harding's cabinet, po- sition with which his name has been linked. Even before his views on this eubject were expressed, Mir Dawes sharply denounced the present system os conductng the federal government, an evil of a hundred years standing. he declared. with which investigators might better afford to deal instead of trying to scoop up water already over the dam. MT. Dawes was called by democratic members of ths corrntt"A to rebut tes1- rnony relating to waste and extravagan. and particu.dr.y Wi,u rrIefence to hqul- dation of American accounts in France and sale of surplus stocks to the French government. Answering charges that food and clothing supplies might have brought more than the $400 ,0eo,- co paid by France. Mir. Dawes turned sharply up3n one of his questioners, Rep resentative Bland. republican, Indiana. and shouted: z>+,'.-: s.'' Fool Argument Hurt Great Britain
 Tt is just that sort of fool argument that forced Great Britain to hold on to it's stocks and atteurpt to drive hard bargain. The stuff is there today, rot ting. You can not discuss an ex parte question three thousand miles away. There is no use to try and throw mud when {ou were not there to know con- ditior.s England lost billions of dollars by listening to that sort of talk-lis- tening to a lot of people who were afraid of muck rakers at home. They are raising the devil in England now be- cause England did not sell it's supplies when we sold P Mir. Dawes said as a matter of fact he thougat France was charged toe much.
 Here you come now and charge" ht said. that we should not have sold su gar The war department ordered thu sale The sugar went in lump 10 with the junk. Everything was sec ond-hand We got four hundred million dollars for it. lequidated every ae count. and we did it because a lot of bi. men quit their own jobs and went eve there 10 he!p. We cleaned the slate ant congress today Itill has pending claim that date back to the Revolutionary war l. was a big job and we are proud of it IT. finding fault and hunting responsfbil Ky you don't have far to go. Pershinl was the commander in chief and hi shoulders are big enough, thank God. t bear it.
 Mr. Bland questioned MT. Dawes. abou excessive prices paid for equipment an material.
 Why They Didn't Dicker
 Sure we paid.' he said. we didn' dicker. Why. man alive, we had to wi the war. It was a mans job. W would have paid horse prices for sheep. the sheep could have pulled artillery t the front The man like Johnson. there. he said turning the chairman of the com Inittee. was standing at the front to. shot at. We had to get him food an ammunition. Oh. it's all right now say we bought too much vinegar and to many cold chisels but we saved the ciN .z&tion of the world.
 Quite lot of the questioning relate to Great Britain.
 T am no more ashamed to stand U here for England than for the Unite States" said Mir Dawes, jumping frol his chair and racing around he lit committee room. 'It seems to be fasl liouable In American politics to attac England. I am not in politics and a, rot going 10 be. And I thank God in crisis like we had there were no bicke i--s between ire English speaking pc pie England took ever forty per cen c. our troops. Of course Pershing ga' then five divisions but it had to be dor 10 save the allied line.
 The line of questioning shifted col E-antly. but all the time 1t came back prices and vast store on hand when Il !arnistice was signed. Then diploma were mentioned.
 Weakness of Diplomatic system
 '-The diplomatic system of appointil ,men with pink tea experiences in V; time said MT. Dawes. was a rott' of them were utter failures It was 2 fsI,ure. Sharp SIS si r4giI;. h1t tke re ere fe :he ap3oin t1rent of Scciety men pink tea fellovs- Why we wouldn't s anywhere. We had George McFadd over there and he did in three da; what tre diplomats couldn't do in thr months
 Mfr. Dawes also paid his respects open diplomacy.
 Let me illustrate" he said. " needed so.O0o artillery horses. Tn were in the fields and 1t was harve time in France; and everybody sa there would be revolution if we 8 tempted to take them. It was my job Eet them. and 1t was my argument tn rye could not get our men to the fro rTithoUt horses. Unless We got them t n.crrnans rn,ih hrealc thrnnnh