Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-02-10

enceau in addressing the American
Farm Bureau Federation urging tn.
farmers to support the entry of Ameri-
Gu into European affairs Is reported
by the Associated Press as saying:
What does isolation mean for you
You know what 1T meant with your
last wheat crop more wheat than
America could eat with low prices, ST
that you did not know what to do. AT
the time your prices were down Rus
STA and Austria, Germany and France
were hungry and couldn't eat because
they couldn't pay. They couldn't pay
because of the unsettled conditions in
Europe directly traceable to the fact
that the United States left Europe aft
err the war without helping enforce
the peace treaty"
With the exception of 1921, til.
American farmer exported more wheat
last year than any previous year OF
peace in the history of the United
States. Therefore M. Clemenceau' s
fearful solicitation about the direful
results of isolation upon the American
farmer was wholly uncalled for and
contrary to facts.
AS to his claim that the people oil
France and other Europsan countries
went hungry because they did not
have the money wherewith to import
American wheat and other grains,
there is room for argument.
The United States Senate some time
| since requested the Secretary of State
| to furnish it with information regard
! ing the revenues. expenditures and de.
ficits OF the various nations Of Europe
especially the annual cost of land
ornaments" in the several European
| countries. This information the Secre
tary of State has Just transmitted to
the Senate through President Harding
The data contained there in furnishes
a very Illuminating reason why people
in Europe went hungry. 1t shows that
reason is not because the United Stat
es refuses to take part in European af
| fairs. as M. Clemenceau so positively
asserts but because billions are being
expended by European powers for mil
| itary purposes.
Practically all the powers making
these vast military expenditures are
with two or three exceptions, members
| of the League of Nations and bound by
the covenor+~ of that League to keeT
the peace or at least to submit their
differences to the League for arbitra
| ton and amicable settlement.
| Following are the figures showing
the amount OF military expenditure:
of the several European countries IL
their current budgets, together witt
the amount Of interest which they
owe to the u. S. and which remain!
unpaid
Austria: Military expenditures FOL
1922. 47S7S21 500 kronen (Par value
of kronen. 2026 cents, actual value o
kronen, latest quotation 1-3 cent,
Unpaid interest due the United States
S1.443.342.
Belgium: Military expenditures FOL
1922, 667,297 1852 francs. (Par valu,
Belgian franc, 1913 cents, actual value
Belgian franc. latest quotation. a.
cents) Amount of interest due the u
S. but unpaid $18,S7S.214.
Czecho-Slovakia: Military expendi
lures 1922. 3,108 .846,222 crowns. (Pa
value crown. 20.26 cents, actual valu
crown, latest quotation. 2.18 cents.
Amount Of interest due hut unpaid t.
he U. S. $4.5S7,224.
Esthonia: Military expenditures
1922, 1924 100000 marks. actual va
ne Esthonian mark, latest quotation
cent? Amount OF interest due bu
unDaid to the u. S. $699,957.
Finland: Military expenditures 1872
306 719 900 marks. (Actual value Fl,
nish mark. latest quotation, 2.14 cents
Amount of interest due but unpaid I
the U. S $414,O96.
France: Military expenditures 1872
1926. 2S4 $50 francs. (Par value fran
1913 cents, actual value latest quots
ton. 1923 cents.) Amount of interes
due but unpaid to the u. s. $167 905
204.
Great Britain: Military expenditul
es 1928 budget. $4,000 900 pound:
(Par value British pound s4.S6. actus
value. latest quotation $445) Amour
Of interest due and unpaid the u.
$20S 315,917.
Greece: Military expenditures 1872
142 900 900 dracbmas actual valu
of Grecian drachma. latest quotation
295 cents.) Interest due but unpaid I
u. S. $3.50, 900.
Hungary: Military expenditures 1872
3 600 900 900 crowns (Actual valu
: Hungarian crown. latest quotation z
-. cents.) Amount of interest due but "
| paid to u. s. $101 $50.
Italy: Military expenditures 1929