The Glenwood post., 1922-05-04
Uncle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events For the Ch1ldrsn
and orown-uDs, Too
OUR PRESIDENTS
WISDOM INDICATED

81 guess Freddie won't think I'm
right now, will hef" said Jack to
Ruth as they were talking about the
Genoa conference and the secret
treaty between Russia and Germany.
"The whole thing goes back to the
world club plan idea and proves that
the best thing for the United States
is to keep oud hands off when it comes
to matters where Europe has to get
her own affairs settled"
"Well, well,' said Uncle Ted, "I
was going to take the car out in the
back of the house this morning and
clean it up, but the day has been too
bad. Now it t's night and 1 can't do
snything on it at all. Guess I'll trot
along to bed and get up early tomor-
row and do some work on the engine"
"Please don't go to bed right
away" said Jack. "I'd like to have
you tell us little story anyway about
Genoa. We've been talking about it
tonight"
If you promise to go right to bed
when l get through so you can get
up and help me in the morning I'll
tell you something about Genoa. In
the first place, there have been many
Of those who were in favor Of giving
the United States away in the world
club plan who would have liked to see
Ms give the country away by joining in
the Genoa conference. Perhaps they
are right I feel sure they were wrong.
The difference between the conference
held recently in Washington and the
one now going on in Genoa is that the
Washington conference was a meeting
of open agreement and understanding
with the main object the reduction of
armament and the beginning of an
earnest attempt to make war harder
in the future. Everyone knew and
still knows that we cannot STOP
WAR BY A WAVE OF THE HAND.
The Washington conference was
great success and the representatives
of the various countries returned home
with better feeling toward the
United States and with their thoughts
turned toward peace in bigger way
than ever before.
"The Genoa conference, to make the
story short, is n conference presumably
called to try and get Europe in order.
It is a conference of Europeans for
Europeans Just as our domestic prob
iems are first and foremost concern
ing the United States. No one could
wish this conference greater success
than any deep thinking American, but
European intrigue is not dead. With
Germany and Russia participants at
Genoa, trouble was sure to come and
has come. The first thing that was
sprung on the conference was the news
that Russia and Germany had broken
faith with the plans of the conference
and entered into q secret treaty can
ceiling each others debts and making
,eady to do business to the detrinent
Of the rest of Europe. Every question
taken in by that treaty was n question
to have been talked over by the Genoa
conference and of much interest to
every country represented. There is
this much to say about this treaty
It let's the rest of the world know
where these countries stand and,
thanks to our president who has never
agreed that we should mix up in Eu-
ropean politics, the United States is
able to stand back and watch. Our
position today regarding Europe is
stronger than it has ever been.
"If our president had been think
ing more Of Europe than of home we
would now be represented at Genoa
and we would have become so involved
in this mix-up that no one could tell
where it would all end. There is moth
ing in the present trouble at Genoa
worry us, unless some great changes
come in the future which does not
seem possible
"Why did we refuse to join thi'
conferencc?v asked Jack.
'The United States government
Jack" said Uncle Ted, "poltely re
fraad IN io;n that conference hecous,