The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-31
4 rorl,i1 = Democrat Claims
Britain and America
Must Co Operate.
~ MILTON BRoNNER

/ BY sfdiLToN BRoNNER
sSls;s oNDoN. Aug i, 81 e.. 7. Europe is
IN a6worse condition now than it
was last year -
That is the judgment Of Col.s
N House, one-tfme unofficial
Fam bassador to Europe. He has
made study Of what
SShea terms "a very sick patient.
siiSlasf.sAnd there Is no sure cure. no
spanacea, no patent cure-all," he
sssTheSblame. he says, rests largely
Ssons Americas policy Of aloofness-
cit IS mot very easy to be oPtl-
nistic about sick Europe's con-
dttIon.' said Colonel HOUSE, IN an
sintervfe lew with NEA Service
ss1sWhen8 one considers the chaos Of
sRussfa "a the hopeless despair OF
Austria, the collapse of the Ger
Tnansmark, and the apparent drift
OF France and England
over reparatiOn payments
frances is understand
able. ore8t than any other nation
sshtesneeds astwo things-cash ana
safety. Vast sums are needed to
srspairs war damage to territory,
which she alone has had to en-
dsEEtrance alone LOOKS across
& mag inarys boundary line, face
ssSft oasface with Germany she
fears !; with her ever-groWlng popu-
$slatfon, s%her Industrious workmen,
her factories: and farms intact
ssEFEanceF fears a Germany bent on
war fsrevenge.
Kings would have been dlffer-
tent for France, for Germany ana
\ for esworld at. large if the United
States and Britain had honored
the signature OF their representa-
&tiVes:s France would have. been
free from fears Iii these two u a
@tions4 had signed the pact guaran-
fleeing: her from German agrees
s;iion.s She would have been in s
j different frame of mi21 aboat
%German%reparat tons: As 1t IS, she.
&fee1s Sthat she cannot reduce the
sssfza8 Of her army, expensive as y
yCo1oneTHous declared that Ger
!: mar y'sggnnost state smanlike AMI
most farsi GIFTED men of affairs
told him last year how much they
sTesreted that America and Eng
land did not sign the pact to pro-
ssSssgssrh ese Germ ans felt that such
.5aEpact&w ould have eased the stu
alton sS between Germany and
he said, that it would
ss;haKsaed to a equicker restoration
ssofS Europe :
sasgGserrmrany, in AZ Colonel> Houses
Opinion, osts her strongest man 10
the assinat1onSofNV Walter Rathenau =.
IL discussing the proposed can
celia ton Of in erallied debts ne
I'll tho Yer
ssailles peace conference. II we
had given France the guarantee
s;shessWanted. 81 lis possible that
somespIan & could have been work
adMout "a Versailles which would
have helped to sta bilize finances
and yet would not have crippled
any country Among other things
lit ould have been possible 90
Work out a. sum that Germany
could pay and that in all Justice
she should pay 80
ssES Colonel House would make no
spred teton about the League OF Ma
Tons 81 America's ultimate course,
sns said will be a problem OF the
she4tf few years
S$ssss75sseB,i 1T there is one sure thing.
She added I'VE can't nave II oo.n
"a. .-vvays If I'VE turn our back upon
ssEuropes& and the league we then
ssfaYes is right to complain if, as q
sresultSof the unsettled conditions
|sinGEurope, we find our trade Grip
pied and many Of our people out
.ofsworl1.
T.sIn some fashion America
soon son ef or later will have to help
to- restore the world. The war
made 1T inevitable that after
vas end ed there would b only
Two great powers,5asE against about
Seight before the war These two
ARE 8America and, Britain Britain
&cannot8bring about order in the
sssWSiprld ng1e-handed. America ana
ssBritaIn, working together, can 90
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