The New York herald., 1922-03-27
MA YOR HYLAN'S EAR HEARS
PRESIDENTIAL BEE BUZZING

tional paths. and awaken to the lSnowl-
edge that our strength lies in our right
eousness and not in temporal things
such as international leagues and per-
petual alliances.
Let me remind you that the Euro
pcan nations that constituted the Allies
owe the United States approximately ten
billion dollars. In addition, we are prac-
tically loaning our foreign debtors about
a million dollars a day because OF our
Governments apparent indifference TO
the collection of these debts; and this
very sum would be sufficient to meet the
soldier bonus the first year.
There Is no evidence that either the
principal or the interest is likely TO be
paid by any or these debtor nations. a.
they and their American agents in finan-
cial circles are politely telling us 10
chalk these debts on ice.
Mayor Attacks Great Britain.
The payment OF the four and a quar-
ter billions owed 10 us by Great Britain
occasions that Empire no concern, for
she straightway proceeds to pay bonus
to her own soldiers with the money OF
4 America, while the soldiers OF America
beseech Congress for their own honest
reward and for the fulfillment of the
party platform pledges. so freely made
in the last national campaign.
Let us not forget the Indicative at
titude OF our erstwhile allies with regard
TO the money they owe 10 the United
States. When this Government asked
! for the payment OF it's share OF the ex-
penses for policing the Rhineland, at the
/ time when German funds were being
distributed, the request OF the United
States Government occasioned much
n
positive dlspleasure among some others
I Sir Robert Horne, Chancellor OF the Brit
ish Exchequer. ventured the ingenious
4 suggestion that the Allies would stand
a better chance of getting the more than
| thirty billions OF dollars owed 10 them
I by Germany IL the United States witt
one sweep of the pen would cancel the
allied debt due our Government.
'The United States should insist or
I collecting the huge sums loaned to the
/ Allies TO help finance them in theii
hour of need. !, for one. insist thai
the Government demand the return OF
principal and interest as soon as pos
sible so that at least part OF these
sums may be distributed to the soldiers
i Of the United States and their families
who are in need. Seventy-five thousand
ex-servfce men are tramping the streets
OF the city of New York hungry ano
4 jobless. and on behalf of them ano
every other unemployed veteran | sim
cerely hope that Congress will take this
matter up and insist OH an early settle
ment of at least part Of the debts
owing to the United States by these
European countries.
Theory and Demonstration.
1T is evident that our present plan
I of tax raising and tax gathering Is
virtually a failure. The present Ad-
mnistration at Washington. and the
! legislative officials. were put in power
apparently, on the theory that they
\ had all the real brains of the country
I 1t has been demonstrated that Ii was
4 only a theory. If a fact, they have
successfully concealed it.
Political action should never be
/ founded on racial or religious impulse
\ or alignment; It should always be
founded on the impulse of public policy
Corrupt interests In the past have
4 covertly made use OF racial and religious
4 appeals to bring about the selection OF
I complacent Officials. Open or cloaked
/ requests for political support based on
racial or religious grounds should meet
with severe rebuke and punitive politi-
4 cal action.
\ II trust that when the next presi-
dental election comes around men are
/ nominated by both parties who are
genuinely independent men who have
a little of the milk or human kindness
in their souls. men OF the type oi
\ Hiram Johnson. William Randolph
Hearst and Rodnan Wanamaker. These
men are mentioned because l person
\ ally know that they are truly conse-
4 Grated TO the service OF their country
and that their sympathies are always
4 alive and attuned 10 the needs OF the
people In naming these men 1t is
\ done without disparagenent to hun.
I dreds of other men who are in SYM
4 pathetic accord with the people and
\ whose names are or will become
1 familiar TO us as time rolls on.
I'VE shall then have a return tc
4 that stanch Americanism of the early
patriots who buided so wisely and sc
well