Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
A SANE FOREIGN. N.POLICY

1t sure is cold out" said Jack as
he rushed into the house, took off his
mittens and held his hands over the
glowing logs OF the open fire.
"If you would stay in the house this
time of the evening like your sister,
said Uncle Ted, you wouldn't get
cold"
"Well, mother wouldn't let my new
dog in the house and 1 had to see if
he was plenty warm out in the gar
age. I got some more straw and gave
him one OF my blankets and he's all
snug and warm now"
"On the strength of that I'll not say
?ny MORE" said u ice Ted.
"Tell us story anyway, Uncle Ted,
while we're sitting here by the fire."
SAID Ruth.
Putting down his paper and remov-
ing his glasses, Uncle Ted said: "I
was just turning over in my mind the
big problems the world is facing to-
day and the sensible part the United
States has played, thanks to the pres
ent Administration. All Europe is
seething. Every conference they have
held to adjust their troubles has
blown up with no good results. War
! threatens in the Near East with the
Turks drunk with newly gained pow
er and France acts like a spoiled
child because she can't get every
thing she wants in five minutes time.
Germany is crushed, whether right or
wrong, and cannot make her payments
as required in the Peace Treaty of
Versailles.
"But when going over all these
%1a9T.urc Fos
and read the criticisms of our foreign
policy. The people who continue to
talk about the World Club plan and
who want the United States to jump
into EurOpe's burning carbon, head
first, ought to be locked up for safe
keeping. Ever since President Hard
ing came into Office he has conducted
a sane, safe and constructive foreign
policy. He has refused to join in any
of these conferences Of Europe where
he knows to join would mean trouble
for the United States and no benefit to
anyone.
"When we faced the dangerous
problem in the Pacific, problem
which was growing nearer and near
er to war, he sensed the time to act
and the Conference on the Limitation
of Armaments was called. Japan sat
at the table in Washington, in the
open, and the two countries are now
genuine friends for the first time in
years. When the whole world was
drifting toyard increasing armaments
at the end of the war, that same con-
ference led the way to reducing those
ornaments, thereby lessening the eV-
er growing burden of taxation upon I
the people of all the world. President
Harding has demonstrated that he has
the vision of a true statesman in
judging the hour for action toward |
the affairs of Europe. He has courage
and is not afraid to act. But he does
not act hastily.
There is no reason why Europe |
could not enter into a pact similar to |
the four-power Pacific pact which was |
the result of the Washington confer |
ence. President Harding suggested as
much in his last address to Congress.
Some are in favor Of loaning Germany |
money. But for one cannot see what |
good that will do with Germany in
her present state of unrest and poor
Some plan must be
worked out to make Germany under
stand that she cannot eVade her obli-
cation to pay. How much, is another
matter, but she should pay all that
she is capable of paying in order that
the great amount of damage which
she caused may be repaired as far as
possible. The Administration is GER
tainly right in insisting that the mat
ter of Germany's payment must be
settled as a separate matter from the
debts of the Allies. They are two
separate and distinct questions.
while President Harding is ready,
when opportunity offers, to assist in
affairs, a conference is
in progress in Washington composed
of the United States and the five Cen
tral American Countries, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Nicaragua and
to form treaties of under
limit the armament of these
countries and establish a court of
justice. Secretary of State Hughes is
chairman of the conference which
means that the United States is again
present where an opportunity is avail
able to assist countries anywhere,
when they show a willingness to meet
sanely and openly. Not so long ago
the Administration succeeded in
bringing Chile and Peru to terms re-
specting 40-year-old dispute which
contained the germs of war.
$50, as I have said, when we sit
down and think, we quickly realize
that when it comes to the attitude of
the United States toward other ma
lions, large and small, there never has
been time when our policy has been
handled more efficiently than it is be-
ing handled today by President Hard
ing. We have not been isolated; nei-
her have we meddled in foreign quar-
rels which are no concern of ours.
''Well, the fire is going out and it's
late so off to bed and pleasant