The Glenwood post., 1922-03-30
uae'e Tets BED Tine Stories
Current Events For ths Oh1lArsn
and orovn-uDs, 1eo
Why WE SAID "No" TO GENOA
and 0roWn-uNa, 3

"Well, if Uncle Ted doesn t come
pretty soon, IN going to bed" 1t
was Jack speaking, as he lay curled
up in a big arm chair where he had
been studying his lessons. He and
for next day in school and had been
waiting for their uncle to come home
and tell them a story.
"I wish Uncle Ted would tell us
why there is 80 much in the papers
these days about Genoa,'' replied
Ruth. 'tI have not read any Of the
pieces in the papers, but have seen
Genoa Genoa in the headlines
until I am tired of it. I'm really more
interested in the stories about ghosts
up in Canada, but i suppose there
must be something interesting going
on in Genoa or there wouldn't be so
much in the papers about it. can
read the stories about ghosts, all right,
but want Uncle Ted to tell me about
Genoa. l never heard of the place
before except in the history where it
said that Christopher Columbus was
born there.'
"I guess Uncle Ted will tell us"
responded Jack can / know about
it is that Mr.. Hughes isn't going
there. 1 heard man say so few
days ago.
"Here comes Uncle Ted now," ex-
claimed Ruth, bounding from her chair
and rushing to the front hall. "What
made you 80 latei"
ooh, I've been down at the club,
and got interested in the conversation
among bunch Of men there"
"Politics,' asserted Jack.
"No, not politics as we usually un-
derstand it," replied his uncle, "but
politics nevertheless. We were talk
ing about Europe and the refunding Of
Europe's debt to us, and the proposed
conference at Genoa"
"That's just what Jack and ! were
talking about and we want You to tell
us why Genoa has become so import.
ant all at once
''I can't tell you all about it, but
I can tell you a few things that may
be important, though Genoa itself is
no more important than it has been in
the past. You see, we don't really
know all about the Genoa matter and
can only surmise part of it. Just in
few words, a number of countries
in Europe wanted to hold meeting
to talk over and agree concerning 10,
of things of interest to them, and they
invited the United States to send hel
representatives to the meeting, which
was to he held at Genoa, Italy.
''Now it has been my idea, and it i.
the opinion of most of the men / tall
with, that this Genoa meeting was in
tended to be sort of revival of the
world club, that I told you lot about
last year. You know the United
States refused to go into the world
club, and the club, or league Of ma
tions, as it is called has not amounted
to much. The nations that are trying
to get up this meeting at Genoa are
nations that were interested in the
world club. They are making one
more effort to get the United States
to pull them out of their troubles
You remember that I told you
Z, once that the league of nations has
not reduced warm fact there have
been lot of little. wars going on in
Europe almost ever since the league
was formed. There is hardly any na.
tion that is satisfied with the treaty
that was entered into in France to
end the war with Germany That
treaty established new boundaries for
number of old or new countries and
fixed certain amounts the defeated ma
tions must pay. A number of the ma.
tons borrowed money from the United
States to help pay their war expenses
and they still owe it. They haven u
even paid the interest Tn Russia
where hundreds of thousands of people
are starving, the soviet government
has 1,95o,o0O men, and perhaps more
under arms. That many men who
ought TO be farming or manufactur