The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
1t Is Over, Over There!

General satisfaction has greeted
the announcement by the war de-
partment that the boys" are COM
ing home.
Il Newspaper editorial writers, with
hardly an exception, argue that the
order means that the war really is
over The fact that complete
withdrawal is promised directly on
the heels of the controversy over
the payment of the expenses and
the general discussion in congress
OF the reasons for still maintain
ing an army on the Rhine general
Ily are held to have been merely in
cidental.
mo change of policy is involv-
ed" points out the Springfield
Republican, Qnd.) land the army
no longer is needed as a symbol Of
the unity Of the allies" The Bal
timore Sun lind. DEM takes an
opposite view however, insisting
that Had the action taken place
two or three years ago it would
have been held to signify deser-
ton of our allies. We have de-
serted them so many times since
then, however, that once more
will not matter
The Brooklyn Eagle Qnd. DEM
believes there has been no con-
vincing reason for keeping troops
there since the separate peace with
Germany was made.
Their return will be welcome as
a further proof that we regard the
war as over and want to get back
in Of nln
The Columbia, S. c., Record (Dem.)
also SAYS that the time for the
closing Of the last chapter of the
military participation of the United
States in the great war is we'll
past" while the Wheeling, w. Va,
Intelligencer (Rep) calls atten-
ton to the fact that the small
number of troops abroad will have
but little effect on the unemploy-
Dlent situation"
Americans now are out of place
there" suggests the Pittsburgh
Gazette Times (RepD and points
out that it is economic pressure
that will prove the most effective
with the Germans" in compelling
observance of the treaty provisions,
while the Rockford, ILL.,, Republic
! (Rep.) adds that the ''idealism of
America does not sanction guard
duty on a foreign SOIL"
The Lynchburg, Va, News dem
of which Senator Carter Glass of
Virginia is the publisher, argues
that Europe will misinterpret the
action adding: 1T may be true that
now has come the time when our
troops-all of them together with
the American flag-should be
! brough home, but it is neyerethe-
y! less regrettable that the order was
not issued prior to the friction ere
ated as a result of the clash be-
tween Washington and allied gov
ernments in regard to the money
due the United States for the sup
port of her army on the Rhine
The Roanoke, Va, Would News
Dem.) considers that with the
stars and stripes out of sight the
allie will undoubtedly feel less
hampered. After that Republican
separate peace the Withdrawal OF
the flag from the Rhine doesn't
natter while the Boston Trans
script, Und) believes that Amer
ica's watch on the Rhine ought to
| have been called home long ago.
The moral effect of the action may
| be considerable in the opinion OF
1.-THE Milwaukee Sentinel (Rep.j
which suggests that the cutting
/ of our last visible war connection
with Europe may bring the old
world to a realization that it stands
to lose more by its recent policy
! toward the United States than it
can hope to gain in dollars and
cents"
There is little cause for excite
ment," points out the Jacksonville.
Florida Metropolis Dem.) sug
costing that, after all the public
has forgotten these men who have
been standing behind the American
flag on the Rhine with drawn bay
onets."