Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-10
THE COUNTRY HOME

Also, there has been no final settlement OF
the Panama canal tolls. 1t will not be for
gotten that the campaign of 1912 made the
free tolls. an issue" Republican and Dem
ocratic platforms both adopted the free tolls
for the United States, which had built the
canal, every dollar Nobody dreamed of the
reversal of this policy by the Democratic
president who had been elected on that issue.
Nevertheless President Wilson, in April.
1914, demanded that the United States
should pay tolls, and within the last few
days the correspondence of Ambassador Page
reveals the fact that this demand was made
by British interests, and President Wilson
obeyed.
The storm broke in congress and the de-
bate continued more or less for a year That
matter is not settled, but the Page letters
give a searchlight view of the control of
Great Britain then and later over the gov
eminent of the United States. This great
waterway was built by American brains,
skill and money, and is exclusively owned
and maintained by the tax money of this re-
public, but through British influence Ameri-
can coastwise vessels were forced to pay the
tolls, like outside nations, because Great
Britain could enforce the payment through
the chief executive of own country
Perhaps this the first demonstration
of British control for eight years of crucial
experience since 1914.
There is also a publication, as I under
stand covering some years of the Worlds
war. which Hon Lloyd George is familiar
with, and which regnant in the Paris
conference of 1919, that will most likely be
referred to frequently in the coming COM
paign of 1924, also in the senate.
At a certain time, when things were
squally in Europe, the demand made
that the American army of the United States
should be ordered overseas, from command
ing general to the last of the regular prl-
Yates, to save England and France in a cru
ciaI part of the struggle. According to the
in this known DubliCd ton,
herein mentioned, this demand was made on
the chief executive of the United States, ana,
have been told, will appear as evidence in
the course of the political campaign of 1924.
The bonus bill will cover some weeks of
heated discussion, and thereby hangs a tale
of woe 1t is apparent that the so-called
veterans bureau under Commander Charles
Forbes will be ventilated, but that episode
will be small and unique compared to the
wild waste of extravaganza with railroad az
fairs during the war and succeeding the
armstice AS General Toombs was heard TO
say of the Bullock gang, sit fatigues the I'M
dignatfon'' to think about it.
The human system can only hold SO much
hot indignation over the cup1dty OF Amerl-
can notables, but the recital of plain Facts.
with eliminating figures, heads the list Oh
run-mad extravaganza during the late war
and until the country woke up and voted u
out by majority of seven millions OF TAX
PAYERS in November, 1920.
That conglomerated effort is going to be
made to join this country to European de-
fauters and to donate the debts of the allies
to these Europeans and saddle the debts OF
this nation contracted to provide that war
loan and to force the taxpayers of the united
States to lose the loaned money, with &C
crued interest, goes without saying. l have
lived through the Civil war, and saw riot
of extravaganza when Georgia was unable 10
pay and her business in bankruptcy and with
nothing in sight twenty millions OF dollars
tate when the women ana chill
dren were barefoot and men were struggling
to provide bread to eat at home. MY prayer
for my country today is, "save us from the
political spoiers!"