Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-06

NEW YORK. May 6.-"America Is
about as popular in Europe as a ruth
less creditor at a congress OF bankrupts,"
said an astute American, who has just
returned from the other side, adding. IF
one tells the truth, dare 1t be printed Z"
We thought so.
He continued Very WELL ! shall speak
freely then. 1t is no longer a question
now of who loves us in Europe, but rather
who hates us the most Every hand is
either uplifted in denunciation of our
failure to cancel the war debts or out
stretched in grabbing what they can from
those Americans they can get hold Of
In France the mass of the people have
been made to feel our friendship has
been of q rather sinister character what
we did to help them win the war, was a
part payment on what We profted from
their agOnles in the preceding years of
the war. Cartoons appear in the French
newspapers showing Uncle Sam pushing
France. represented as a bent woman,
away from a table laden with things To
eat
81 would say that the masses in Italy
are less hostile to America than the
French public. But this Is probably due
TO the fact their cOuntrymen still in the
United States are sending them money.
The crux Of their hostility TO America
had Judgement in the Fiume question.
which they cannot seem TO get out OF
their heads
In England they don't like us, they
say, for our saying We won the war !;
here again l refer 10 the masses, the folk
whose minds are fed by the newspapers.
In Holland 10000 diamond cutters are
out Of work and they blame q lot or II
upon our stinginess for not buying more
diamonds. The Hollanders, along with
the British. deeply resent Americas dar
ing to have shipping Of her own on the
high seas. Every Yankee sailor at sea
they argue. means either a British or
Dutch sailor at home.
One could hardly expect the Germans
to be crazy about us. Our worth to
them is the amount of their products we
take Most OF the European countries
have used up their immigration quotas
for getting to America, and In the north h.
where there is a margin remaining, the
people cannot get money enough to buy
even Storage passage. Think of 33,0O
marks for steerage from Hamburg to
New York, 5000 marks second cabin and
$4,000 first class. A barber In Berlin
told me he had to shave thirty persons
10 get enough to buy one pound Of chuck
steak An egg TO this man represented
five thaves.
When one does get a German 10 talk
about the war he will tell you that Amer
Tea outnumbered Germany on the field Of
battle ten to one, and for that reason
there was no sportsmanship in the part
we played. Then he will probably begin
to upbraid the United States for not
On ~ efr.r. 4
troops from the Rhine valley"
Then you think we interrupted.
Well, for myself l am going this
summer for trip into the deep sweet
clover of the good old L. S. A." he re
Piled. "A trip abroad is all right pro-
vided you have the hide of q rhinecerOs
over your sensibilities and can stand the
gan of itching palms that work the
clock around"
The foregoing outburst came from a
quiet man, one not given to tangent
plung!ng and that is why 1t seemed Of
some news value.
Excerpt from New York daily news
paper relating to the mass meeting at
Madison Square Garden of the associa
tion against the prohibition amendment.
They Kissed II. Anderson, the Anti
Saloon League leader"
There were many prominent persons
in the audience. Among them were Ker-
nit Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt, DR.
Richard Derby, Seth Low, Steuyvesant
Fish. Miss Elizabeth Marbury, Augustus
Thomas, Victor Herbert, James speyer,
Grayson H. Murphy and Harrison Grey
Fiske.
why did they hiss your name; what
have you donei" | asked Mr.. Anderson
a.
way.
He squared his 225 pounds of solid per
sonality in his swivel chair and replied
with an expansive grin: Il should
worry what the vets do when they are
on the outside looking In. The hostility
of a selfish and vicious interest is the
best proof OF efficiency. Most of those
who did the Kissing have been misled. 1t
was prompted not by thought, but by
thirst"
With reference to the personnel Of
the meeting he said: "It is noticeable
that most of those persons used hy the
hackers of the meeting Tor window dress
ing are not of the const uctive type. but
are prompted simply because they in
herited a name or a fortune. or both
Mr. Anderson was born In Carlinville.
III. He is a lawyer. Twenty three years
ago he became attorney for the Illinois
Anti Saloon League. lie served n year
In that capacity and then was superinten-
dent for five years. alternating between
Springfield and Chicago. He then came to
New York for the league. locating for
year in Buffalo in charge Of the up
State work. after which lie went to Mary
land for seven years. He returned TO
New York in 1914. and since then has
Teen the continuously pressing thorn in
the side of John Barlyecorn. and a source
Of constant rage to Johns hackers and
friends.
Not all the r0bberies get into the news
papers. Here are two instances Of
Gotham crime which have novel fea' Tres
that recently fell within the circle of per-
sonal knowledge:
Miss Il is a trained nurse and govern
ess employed by a family in Central