The Glenwood post., 1923-03-08
uacle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and 0rown-ups, Too
WHOSE TROUBLES AND WHY

"Well, I III be switched if that isn't
the limit said, Jack as he put down
the paper. ".After all this time they
are still trying to get the United
States mixed up with their troubles in
Europe.'
"What do you meant" asked Ruth.
~ was reading an article about Mr..
Lloyd George and what he said in par
lament recently. He thinks the
United States ought to jump in and
solve the mess they are all in after
he has seen enough, I should say, to
let him know where we stand"
"Right you are, jack" spoke up
Uncle Ted. "I have wondered myself
at Lloyd Georges speech and the gen
eral attitude in Great Britain. Great
Britain isn't satisfied with the way
France has gone into Germany, and
she wants us to pitch in and help her
straighten the mess. I suppose there
are various ways of looking at these
matters, depending entirely upon
where you are and what the situation
is from your particular end Of the line.
t'I want to say something more
about our mixing into these troubles,
but first I'd like to point out what we
as nation have been doing while this
trouble has been boiling in Europe. a
great many critics of the present ad-
ministration manufacture their ammu-
nition upon the fact that nothing
spectacular has been done. 1t is like
everything in life, children. It is easy
to stage some big stunt to bring pub.
hcity and get people talking. 1t is
another and much more creditable
thing to go along and accomplish sure
ly, even though slowly, those things
that must be done regarding domestic
problems of government to make the
country run as it should. Taxes have
been lowered as far as they can be at
the present time. The danger of war
with Japan in the Pacific has been
done away with, and four or five mil.
ION men, who, only two years ago
were out of work, are now in jobs and
there is more work than there are
workers to do it. While the cost of
living has been brought down only n
little, yet there are many more people
able to meet the present cost of living.
The British debt has been aidustc
and President Harding, with his know.
edge of tho entire situation, forese ,+
great era of prosperity such as we
have not had since the war.
Now, all these things could moi
Lave been accomplished if we had beer
spending our time mixing into the af
fairs of europe. Lloyd George talks
about odi moral responsibility ! have
heard that before until I am tireC
If hearing it. When he says that tn
American reople morally accepted tn;
whole pos ncn he seem. to forget tina
by a ma aiur,ty of -.HiN 600 the Amer
lean people decided they did not wan
to mix in European affairs. To max,
such statements as Lloyd Georges mo-
only does not help the situation, bu
makes the real Americans take hos
tile attitude as never before. Thos,
of us who have followed the whole af
fair since the armistice know tina
there always have been and always will
be those vitally interested in the fina
results who want the United States t.
jump in and rectify the mistakes o
Europe which America had moth ng t.
do with making, either directly or indi
rectly.
''The question of reparations as af
fecting Europe is something that doe
not directly concern the United States
If France wants to go into German,
and by force make Germany meet tn,
terms of reparation, then, whether W,
believe it the best thing or not, it i
none of our business. II Great Britain
does not agree with France it is no
our quarrel. We cannot set ourselve
up as overseers of the whole world.
"Certainly President Wilson signet
the treaty of peace, but Europe wa'
warned that the United States senat,
would not ratify that treaty if it hello
in its pages the world club plan. Bu
the leaders of the allied countries pat