The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21

7 both allied and former enemy ma
tons and Russia" By putting po-
| litical considerations in the back
ground, the proposed conference, as
/ the New York Globe (In6.) sees 1t
makes "a frank effort to restore the
! comfy of nations which was brok-
en- down by the German attack on
France and by the Russian revolu-
tion," and for the first time since
the war Germany will be called
into consultation less as defeated
enemy than as a sovereign pow
err"
Meet as Neighbors.
Not that there will be any dispo-
sition for nations ito rush into each
others arms, declare that all the
past is forgotten and forgiven and
sit down to a dinner of fatted calf,
the Canadian Vancouver Province
assures US, nor that they will meet
"as conquerors and conquered, die
tating and accepting TERMS, but
rather "as neighbors seeking to re-
! establish commercial intercourse
industrial activity, financial sta
mitigate conditions of want and dis
enlargement where they prevail.
! And this program, in the opinion OF
the New York Journal of Com
merce Qpd) lis the most prom
Using approach to a means of dis
posing of the impossible economic
situation of Europe that has yet
been proposed"
The Buffalo Express Und. Rep
recalls President Harding's mes
sage to congress in which he de-
clared that a program of world re-
storation must be worked out by
the nations most directly concern
ed. They must themselves turn tc
the heroic remedies for the men
acing conditions under which they
are struggling; then we can help
and we mean to help" And the
/ Express believes that Mr.. Harding
"can hardly look upon the proposed
meeting at Genoa otherwise than as
a response to his challenge and an
effort to meet his Thought"
This move toward self-help on
the part of Europe suggests to the
Pittsburgh Dispatch Und.) that
'the long clung-to dream that
America could be brought in as a
fairy godmother has at last been
abandoned" and the New York Post
Und) thinks lit ought not to take
/ Washington long to make up its
mind" on the part it will play at
Genoa Not only is the opportun-
ity afforded US "of improving con-
ditions which We have heretofore
merely criticized from a safe dis
lance" but, the Post holds, "our
economic interest in European re
adjustment demands our presence
/ at Genoa" and a refusal to partici-
pate would be tantamount to reject
ing IAN invitation to improve our
own economic condition"
Must Discuss Debt.
Before the United States determ-
ines its stand on the conference
however, it would be we'll, the
| Washington Post Und) believes
bill which will enable the Presi-
dent to push forward the adjust.
ment of the foreign war loans
The American people are en-
titled to know, also, where they
| come in" But certainly the allied
debt lis no reason at all why the
United States should refrain from
full participation in the Genoa con,
ference" the New York World
! (Dem.) insists, for sooner or later
the American government will be
| obliged to discuss these debts and
decide upon 4 permanent policy
and when the question finally arises
it is quite unlikely that the pillars
of the Republic will totter."
1t is precisely because of our
position as creditor nation that we
! should take an active part in dis
cusSion and determination of Eur
ope's economic and financial affairs
! in the view of many writer's I'VE
have the same interest in this con-
ference" the Great Falls Mont }
Tribune (Dem,) asserts, that 4
large creditor would have in
a meeting called to discuss ways
and means by which a debtor could
continue to carry on his business
and eventually pay his debts" and
since it is to be a business and
not a political" conference, the
| Birmingham News (Dem) feels
LAdL AucIlSd ldllure 10 dSSlS!
| in every way to further its sue
cess would be unworthy and ex-
! ceedingly unwise'
Further American pride" will in
sist that the United States play d
more important part in such a
meeting" than that of mere OBJ
server" the Jersey City Journal
! (Ind) believes. The prospect OF
| Ambassador Harvey observing" al
Genoa appeals to the New York
Times Qnd. DEM as trying to put
out confiagration by squirting
rosewater on it. We need a man
to step in with a high-pressure
| hose" with the authority. the New
ark News (Ind) agrees, Ito cooper
ate in doing the big things that