The Washington herald., 1921-01-04
Opinions
of Other
E d i t o rs
Brief Comment From.
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation

A credit to Germany, no matter
how arranged. the bankers believe
and many clear headed economists
believe, would start the industrial
wheels on the European continent,
and enable the nations on the other
side OF the Atlantic to increase their
earning power and consequently
their buying power.
II we did not have hundreds Of
millions of bushels Of surplus grain,
millions of bales Of surplus cotton
and an uncalculated surplus of raw
materials and. semi manufactured
and finished goods, probably the
bankers, the manufacturers and the
farmers would agree with Secretary
Houston that nothing was needed
but private, individual action-New
York Herald.
There is still a wistful hope across
the Atlantic, notably in France. that
the United States will cancel her
credits abroad. or at least permit
the gigantic allies war debt to be
pooled. There is ground for her
hope that the American debt wkl
be Cancelled, inasmuCh as it has been
advanced by various American bust
ness men, who. know that il Europe
ever is to pay it. ii will have to be
by the importation Of her goods,
which will. of course, come into
competition with American goods.
and thereby reduce the home mar
ket Tor these self-Sam business
men. OF course. in point of fact. it
is impossible that either the can
collation. or the pooling of the debt
can be brought about. An admin
lstration that sponsored either would
De headed straight for disaster
Baltimore Sun.
Somehow it is hard to get excited
over reported mcnaces to the
United States in a British Japanese
alliance. The two great English
speaking peoples have reached a
point in their DEVELOPMENT where
war between them would be such a
colossal crime that il cannot be re-
garoed as possibility. The unforti-
fed frontier. between Canada and
the United States is a symbol of the
VI DOl0 HdllOHS
ulsputes hereafter shall be settled
by agreement or arbitration. not by
force of arms.
II unreasoning passion should
reach a point where there were war
between Britain and America, civ
lilzalon might as well shut up
shop and go into permanent bank
ruptcy.-Kansas City Times.
II there is anything that America
ana Great Britain are weary of 1t
Is war. Neither country desires it,
ana as for the British, they arc
not in position to wage even one
great campaign. The English peo-
pie, as well as the American, arc
SICK OF fighting; they have had
enough of it recently TO last life
time. Then. what folly it is for
sensational newspaper Of this city
10 constantly harp on the menace
OF England" That Great Britain
ana the United States never will go
to war-it is incredible. impossible.
There is nothing for US to night
over in the first place. and, in the
second place, the British people
would refuse to war on this coun-
- - o'Sh' II Inc government
it.-New York Morning Telegraph.
Comparisons have been drawn
between D'Annunzio and Garibaldi'
but there IL little to justify them
In only ore respect can they be
classed as being alike-their lack
OF what may be called political
gumption. GsribaIdi was an eX-
traordinary figure, one of the great
est leaders of irregular troops that
ever lived. but in the world OF
practical politics he was an alb
surdity. In that respect DAnnun-
zio seems to be like him; but IL Is