The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-14
EUROPE SHOULD.
Be CALLED ON
FOR WARDllEB|Is ! i

] AOil tlISC0 X Al q y.
Debts Should Not Be.
Cancelled
Washington. Oct. a.-A strong
declaration was made today BY
Representatiye. Theodore E. Eur
ton fRepubl:cano of Ohio. a Ipeps-
ber of the allied debt commission.
against. any cancellation of he
debts OF European nations to DE.
United States. His statement ts
this effect made unanimous tar.
opinion ON the Guestion OF all
American delegates to the sinterpas-
l.amentary union conference at
Vienna. a number of senators wilg.
With Representative Burton. tour ::
ed Europe and conferred vita lesd-
ing statesmen and pubEcists. has
! ing previously declared that the all
| he'd. debts should not be sremittess
Representative Eurton conferyea
with President Harding today anil
after campaigning: in Chic; VIII re-
| .urn here for the meeting late this
month of the allied debt comnfi
sion With Great Britain's financiaf-
!! representatives. s
There a1e many reasons why fiies
allied debts should not be Gag
celIed." said Representative B9a
tom: First. they are biHdfnge,ss
/; ;ligations, q national debt. and thssr
Icanceuation would throw doubt Gu
! national credit which is an all flsf-
ind dnsgrial relations
Second these loans were mt
made from an ;abounding revpneA
but were obtained by borrowings
from our people with no small
Ecultg and with a great deal Of
saeritlees There was no tlouge,s
Eat THE time that they Honld not he
repaid and in deed the laW under
Ehich our people took our bonds,
provided for Xchange IN KIM.
Third. the Knitted States is sin
eerely interested in syorld peace. if
fhese debts were cancelled it would
Head To n$expansien Of fhe NH
s1aey and naval esta b1ishaerts ef
other countries. and thereby bring
ia threat OF var and an the Was.esit
entails - s's.sss.e.s 80
:. Fourth l,foportionatels the. ms
crease IN tie debt pf the I United
States as a result ct ;ssifie war IS
greater t1iaa: that OF the Borrower
The increase IN taxation also
| proportionat ely greater.
! Further. while we recngnizs the
| wonderful sacrifices made bv fass
allies during tire war. .tliesr danger
Mas more imminent and we haze
aimed no territory and are not eys
pecting any large iudena:ties The
seperaf feeling abroad is that lsesa
debts ht.tesbe paid. 2,
Mr. Burton also declared q sa5,F..
any further national loans ai,FSsssssr,
adding that private credit for amer
scan raw ar,ateriais might sana
should be arranged. but that tho
United states treasury should not
be called upon again to aid anSsfoT-g
e.gn country except possible for
luman relief. ..>.
He did not appear to be in,pres
ed by the league of nations. sever
al OF whose meetings at Geneva hs
attended - -------ss.
1T seemed like a big desaeias
society" he said. decIaila
number of irrelevant and sacad deHas1.
questions seemed to he. reeeIfGg
indue attention. There Was as Es
tie probahilsss now las seSer ifa
added that the United! STATES Nenss
become, a Inem Der OF the league. hut
he expressad the bcsfef Dat. tsis
United States should have rep re-
se.itatien on world court With
limited jurisdiction and oae net
under control of the league. An e
tort is being made, he SAID. ,o s.asss:-
arate the present iIftern:lfieasl
court from the league.
Il was greatly d.sap ppai,,ssf :
Representative Burton de.seaspss.
that in all the discussions Of sl.s
league. including n,eutien oe
eoutribatioa of .55e.eaG peEaGsss-s.sr
Great Sritaia te Russian
there vas no naeHjon wtustsss
et the s2Bs0a0,eeD given by the
United States and the pirate 90
toris OF .Atncr;ea. which snaagsr
edlS resulted in saving. many. ssssos,
sands OF fres. And only Siscnbe;s
!sllii mentioned the disariaaa aslsss
aGerts of the Washington easssts,
ence on liIuita;ion OF ayIna,sa.s;;sssss..' 8.
$,:isefrees.s opposing cssiseess ssa-
ton ef the allied debts to- slsc
United States we're made issf
urlay by. Senator's Mckinley s,ef *:
iinois and Spencer OF Missouri Rs
pubiicaosl and itarris tDsnsecr--a
Of Georgia. upon their rsta.:ss +hase
from Europe. The thrc@. agreed.
also. that. although there ssfs
much suffering and cs:oao,,;fc Dis
t,'ess in Earepe the ,.Sa,erts-s
government should naks,l,o nsessa
lo;.ns there. 9s..s,
GEN. CONN0I,
SENT To CHINA