The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-03-30
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100000 for maintaining her troops
on the Rhine affords proof of the
wisdom of her refusing to go to Cen
Ga and furnishes additional evidence
of the necessity of this country re-
naming entirely aloof from Euro
pean affairs, The allies agreed to
reimburse this country for maintain
ing her soldiers in Germany. This
agreement was entirely apart from
and independent Of the treaty of
Versailles. The allies now repudiate
that agreement and insinuate that
the United States must sit in an in
ternational economic conference and
decker for her money or agree to
recognize the Versailles treaty if she
expects to be paid what is due her.
This position of European nations
which composed the allied powers is
getting trihe tiresome and the Am
erican people are almost at the end
OF their patience. The British char
acterization of the United States as
mercenary and grasping simply be-
cause this nation asks to be reim-
bursed for costs which she incurred
at the particular request of the Brit
ish government and other nations
comes in bad grace. II is a matter
of history that Great Britain cash
ed in" on the European war to a
greater extent than any other power.
AS condition of the amistice, pre-
liminary 10 peace, she demanded that
Germany give up all her navy, which
left Great Britain absolute mistress
OF the seas, which has always been
her chief national policy. She added
vast territory to her already broad
dominions under the thin disguise
of mandates" This territory in
creaseS immensely her resources of
oil and other natural resources and
insures her tremendous income. She
also secured absolute control of the
Mediterranean, the DardanelleS and
hte Black Sea, thing for which she
has plotted and fought for genera
tions. France obtained the tremend-
ously rich province of Alsace-Lor-
raine and the valley of the Saar, rich
in coal and mineral deposits. She
also obtained mandates to valuable
territory.
1t has not been dwelt upon much
in this country because the United
States has been disposed to exercise
forbearance, but it is nevertheless a
fact that Great Britain charged the
United States rental for all of the
British ships which were used to
transport troops to the front to help
out when England had her back to
the wall, and the United States paid
the bill without quibbling.
France charged the United States
rental for the land used for trenches
to house the United States troops
which went to the rescue of the
French republic. Moreover, when
the United States, after the war, pre-
pared to return to this country all
sorts Of supplies and machinery
which had been sent to France with
the American forces, France inform
ed the American government that if
such equipment and supplies were
removed she would charge the Uni
ted States import tariff (which she
had not hitherto asked) on all the
goods, and would also charge an ex-
port tariff for their removal, which
would amount to S50O,000,000. She
also represented she needed the sup
plies to rebuild her devastated ter
ritory.
In view Of this the United States
government gave TO France supplies,
equipment and machinery of all sorts
in the sum Of Sl,700,000,000 and
took in payment for them Frances
notes for S400,0O0,000, to be paid
in ten years after date. In other
words, the United States donated to
the French government machinery,
material, equipment, supplies of all
kinds, including medical, surgical
and hospital supplies, to the value of
Sl,300000000. Instead of living up
to her agreement to use this material
to rebuild her devastated territory
France Immediately sold the mater
ial TO jobbers, who are selling it
through Europe to injury of Ameri-
can trade and have been reshipping
it to this country.
In order to compel Germany to
live up 10 the terms Of the treaty, al
lied troops were stationed on Ger
man soil. When the congress Of the
United States began TO talk of order
ing the return of our troops because
America did not ratify the treaty,
England, France and Belgium all
three urged that it not be done be-
cause il would weaken the position
Of the allies and encourage Germany
to violate the terms of the treaty.
In view Of all this, il does not come
in good grace for the European ma
tions which agreed to reimburse the
United States for maintaining force
on the Rhine to accuse the United
States of being mercenary or Of act
ing in bad faith--and attempt to re-