The Glenwood post., 1922-12-28
uacls Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
U. s. NOT SH1RKING
HER DUTY TO EUROPE

eff you don't think it's cold, go
out and find out for yourself,'' said
Ruth to Jack who had been making
fun of her for shivering as she came
into the house.
"Why are you girls always freezing
to death?" cont nued Jack. ''You
don It wrap up warm enough to begin
with, and then you walk along as if
you were going to funeral"
"Now what's all the rumpus
about?'' asked Uncle Ted as he came
into the room. 81 IN nearly frozen.
Can't seem to stand the cold as 1 did
once.'
THERE, smarty," spoke up Ruth
to Jack, "Uncle Ted is cold, too, so it
isn't just my being girl either!"
"Aw, L don't care anyway" replied
Jack. Come on, Uncle Ted, and tell
US a story here by the fireplace. We we
got to go to bed pretty soon"
CAN right, children,'' said Uncle
Ted. 81 want to tell you something
about President Harding's recent ad-
dress to congress and the way it has
been received throughout the country
The most important thing to me that
he touched upon was his statement re-
garding the taking care of our own
business and expecting Europe to do
the same. 'We ask no one,' he said,
to assume responsibility for us; we
assume no responsibility which others
must bear for themselves, unless ma
tionality is hopelessly swallowed up
In internationalism.'
"That gives US a better feeling in
these days when every effort is being
made both in this country and Europe
by certain classes of people to get us
mixed up in Europe S maze of troubles.
M. Clemenceau has been speaking
throughout the United States Che was
the war premier of France, you know
and trying to win us over to the point
of joining forces with France. What
for? To shoulder burdens which are
none of our business He talks of
peace, but there is no peace except in
the United States, and he would have
us lose that peace, too. No, we shall
attend to our own business!
''To get back to the speech of the
president. / want to return to that
part of it later, but first to touch on
some other points. He believes that
something should be done in a def.
mite way to enforce prohibition and
he suggested that he will call a con
ference of the governors of the states
to discuss plans to that end. As ]
have already told you, he dwelt al
length upon the necessity of giving
more credit to the farmers of the
country and more power to the farm
loan bureau at Washington so that
everything possible can be done TO,
the farmer in the shortest time and with
The greatest amount of efficiency.
''T There were several other matters
upon which he touched bnt these were
the most important. Wherever l have
been L have found that people are
heartily approving everything in that
address. Around the capitol men were
heard to say that it was a strong ad-
dress, and one that will go down in
history along with the notable utter
ances of presidents.
Now L want to get back to that
part which referred to America S in
ternatonal policy. On the very day
on which the president delivered this
address it so happened that NJ. Glenn
enceau also delivered an address in
Washington in which he reflected upon
America IS policy at the end of the war.
Clemenceau said that the United States
must go back to Europe to take part
in European politics in order to save
France from ultimate annihilation by
Germany. Not only NJ. Clemenceau,
but all Europeans who keep saying
that the United States has shirked her
duty toward Europe, should study yell
the remarks of President Harding with
regard to the results of the Washing.
ton conference year ago. The his
tory of the Washington conference
(eoeoA AW, VIVA