The Washington times., 1923-03-04

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posed would not help. They would
only serve the purposes that have
already failed"
knew there was something back
Of this statement which was un-
usual. / have learned that often
there is much back Of that Ford
mind, and especially back of state
ment Of that kinu.
"I don't just get you, Mr.. Ford"
said.
az mean that most of the noise
that we hear coming from Europe
now is the cry Tor bankrupt poll
teal leadership which wants our
money to save its soul
Then what, Mr.. Ford?" asked
him with eagerness. His idea shook
my soul.
RIGHT TIME TO HELP.
"And then We may be able to
step in and help the people of Eu.
rope after the old systems have
failed. The help proposed today
would hardly reach as far as the
people,"
80 you trust the people Of Eu-
rope themselves?"
'sAssuredly. The instincts of the
people are wiser than the wisdom of
the governn ents. BY instinct the
people OF Europe do not care
whether the old governments sur
vive or not.
Does the latest news from Eu.
rope not worry you, Mr.. Ford?
"The latest news from Europe
means simply that the condition OF
the people of Europe steadily Inn
proves while the condition of special
privilege steadily declines. 1t is not
the war that ails Europe, nor the
debt, nor the reparations, nor the
Indifference Of America"
What is it them"
''It is the entire system that is
wrong: the system out Of which
grew the war itself"
BELIEF IN AMERICA.
$50 you are optimistic about
things in America because you be-
lieve In the forward moving minds
of the American people; that they
viii not go back to anything: but
Harvard in everything including
building and buying, and you be-
lieve in the future of Europe because
you believe in the people Of Eu-
roper"
You are correct. And, did it ever
occur to you, Mr.. Stidger, that.
right here in America, we have as
much Of Europe as Europe has her.
self"
81 had never thought of it in that
light. Mr.. Ford"
Have you ever heard any lament
ing or bowling or bewailing the
fate of Europe from these Euro
Poems right here at homer" r.
"Ccnoe to think of 1t l never
have. neither personally nor in the
foreign press here in America. That
is an odd thought"
cit is worth considering when we
think Of the European muddle. We
have thousands of Europeans in our
plants. We have never heard them
beg for Europe"
because the Europeans here
know that the noise is all coming,
from what your friend. Mr.. Mark
ham calls, the masters, lords and
rulers in all lands
EUROPE NOT READY.
$50 you think that things over
there must go down before we get
in and help"
"I don't say that exactly. That
is not the thought at all. We have
help to give, but the principal help
we can give and they can take, they
are not ready for as yet. They are
asking us to interfere to prevent
righteous Judgment on q system
that has caused all of this trouble.
We have not given that help simply
because we cannot give it. The in
stincts Of the people Of America
are right and the instincts OF the
people Of Europe here among us
is the same"
$50 you find hope in the judg-
ments of the people on both sides
of the Atlantic"
81 believe in tomorrow. Business
is due for q great boom. The road
L. l,ri..l,k alaaad >, aaid Mr. Ford