Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-19

whom ne refused TO be tockeycd fur
ther IN regard to the payments for
French reparation. France has suffer-
cd peculiar and special injuries by
having hcr territory In the scene N the
warfare. devastated. belgium 10 the
only other country which has suf-
fered In like manner and France
yielded to her the first payments which
were to be made. Tho claims OF Great
Britain are the ordinary coste ahd
sxpenses Of warfare. but tho destruc-
tion OF the homes of her people nat
urally causes tho French to feel that
they are tho sufferers In the greatest
degree. and that they must insist on
payment by Germany, II the French
Republic remains solvent. In a patent
fact" Mr.. Salisbury thcn delved into
what was undoubtedly the most inter-
etsting feature Of HIS trip to the Con-
| tinent. He said:
IL regretted very much the intensi-
| ty Of the feeling against the English
whilc was In France and against the
French while l was In England. We
are none too populac ourselves In
either place. We are looked upon az
the only rich people In the world now,
and naturally tho English would be
entirely willing to have us pay the
costs OF the war, which they sustained
do not think they can understand
| either, that we are not going To do Il
Tho Lord Bafour note dragging IN
the question OF British Indebtedness
to America, when he was discussing
reparations with France, was an en-
tArely unjueuiable proceeding. l tolt
several of my British friends that 4
WAS the first intimation American,
had that Great Britain intended I,
hesitate In paying her debt. and W.
could not believe that such an attitud,
as that was possible.
81 talked with enough Engliphmen
however, to feel that the mischief
done by the Balfour note In 90 grea
we will have trouble in overcoming II
am getting somewhat of m,
travelogue talk. but this is so interest
ing a matter. / think l will illustrate
what l mean.
Should Pay Their Debts.
ITO any ono reading Lord Balfour'
note without knowledge OF the cir
| tuIllSlunCeh. IL NOuiu hI1utuphpul
mean that the United States refuse.
TO loan money or credit to the Allie
other than England, which Of cours
was not the case, and that Englan,
only borrowed from the United state
In order to reloan and thus help ou
the Allies who were engaged with VI
In a common war. How false this i'm
| nt-eScinn a ha ahnxxyn hxr rf In
figures. Great Britain owes tn
United States S7s,o0o.oo0 pounds. 4
round figures and when In London
saw what was practically An officis
, statement of the British governmen
, printed in the Chronicle. which is a
, organ of the government, admittln
that of this vast sum only $4,000, 90
> pounds sterling had been passed o
1 either In money or credits TO ou
> other Allies. Great Britain wa
, turning out good. and necessarie
= and selling them TO the Allies at
5 profit. She OF course has made man
3 bad debts. but the suggestion that W
e should come IN and make good thes
bad debts TO her is to my mind prs
posterous. There are some thine
that need TO be remembered. With
|. out being compelled by law, induce
{ only by public sentiment. our peop
2 refrained from using wheat 40,
D during tho war and substituted 9th,
}, foods, When We had bigger cror
= than those during tho war. my reco
: lection. il that we had only been abb
e to export to Europe about 10000. .0C