The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-20
Public Opinion
Today's World Crisis


To the Editor Of The Times
There could be no stronger Vlndlca
/ ton Of the policies OF ex President vii
con thar, tho c,lsis which the world
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rast coming to Eeailze Vhose WIZ"
would not see it four years ago. that
tho ,,ost colossal n,Ietal,e this country
..,e,-
mas 81 '''''''' 80 '''-'''-
/ the versailles treaty ana tHe League
| OF Nations. Ana me pity Oh IL IS Una
the crippled. breeding "orlo mas "au
10 suffer on ana on "hlle men are
/ dominated In ihelI acuohS 10y per
/ Sonal hatred ana political JealouSleS.
Anu more 'he PITY lH7l We as ii'eiH'
. sent VOTERS VA. SEMI me" - on U.s.
who are unable 10 discriminate De
tween loyalty TO party and loyalty to
country.
Tn" American people are very
4 gnllih'c. Even n normal times they
4 seem TO ENJOY being humbugged. Tn
/ scrupulous politicians - loyal party
I poliucians-found them easy 70 sway
/ with their oratory about 'entangllng
alliances with foreign nations. and
/ their appeals to the mothers not TO
. vote TO send their boys across the
water again TO settle the dispLes OF
other nations. 1t sounded reasonable.
and il worked. Particularly so. since
the majority Of the people knew only
SO much about what the league was
intended 20 do as our politicians
pleased TO tell them.
And then, too, we We're promised
some sort Of a guaranty against flu
tuFe trS-Soinethins that was mex
pIainable, something not Wilsoman.
We have been waiting for that some
thing. but evidently our present Ad-
minlstration is unable to find anything
that is not too Wilsonian. Albert J.
BeveridSe and few others are still
preaching isolation. While at the
same time they know isolation IS i'm
possible. and not only impossible, but
lnhuman and impracticable.
am not so great league en-
thusiast az to believe ii a cure for
all Ills nor do I believe a different
policy on the part Of the United States
would have made the road smooth all
along the way. 1t is not in reason
that such an upheaval as the world
had passed through would settle us
down In the same smoothly running,
prosperous condition, with no I'M
solved problems; but we should have
helped TO solve the problems We
could have done much toward re-
lahlN alton.
/ We left France bleeding from her
many wounds with her battles half
won. We did not help to guarantee
that Germany would pay. On the ether
hand, our attitude encouraged Ger
many not to pay, and hence the pres
ent move OF france "hlch WiH end
now ana When, no one knows. surrey
no one can look upon or even thlnk
OF the devastation OF france ana con
denim her for her attitude.
ana now ShouId there be another
world war II IS heVIiapie that we par
ucipaIe' no" nluch oetler had we
/ dent our fullest endeavor to make for
world peace. We would all cheer
the nero VINO rushes TO the AID or the
weaker party IN combat but we
"oula Mss nun II ne Ieil the "ouHoe"
Weakuhg 10 DIhd up MS own WouhuS'
| ohhdeo oy pam staggering ana crop
ing ms way 10 SAFETY WnlIe ne the
nero cohIeiuS IhaI ne ulu ms Auli
duty when he relied the DULY 10 me
ground
Four years ago we were the hatlon
among nations. All the peoples OF