The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-19
TO KEEP
THE u. S.
OUT OF WAR

THE worse Nations great and small are R 5oter
among the peoples is increasing. Famine
threatens here and there Unemployment growing of
suicidal DESPERATION don moodhas
fled down half the world
Say "Boo!" and world will start which by
parison will bleach the red horror of the last
And such blaze is started will sweep everything before
t-us along with the Some Of honestly think could
keep out" Impossible!
Yet stand around and do nothing stop it.
They say the time hardened right
he the of dangerous illness but while still
fear of a relapse.
One of these days. if lucky the present crisis Europe
may bit escape may
then be in the moments mood for salvation
Then will be the time for the United ready with
plan offer basis of world anity-poica financial
noc If not ready with such plan then should forever
after hold its peace.
"Plan9 Plan7 Have you any thing constructive to of
frf That the reply of Government the Pres
dent the State Experimentation asked if
plan policy They confess they have plan policy
Crticise Oh my, yes! Say what ought NOT be donef
Washington Ocadom chock full of any
thing constructve-never word.
So is offered by this newspaper It pretended
be perfect But it does perhaps
basis to work from It is at least something nothing
THE PLAN
]. The United States the leadership
At the first possible opening President Harding
conference of the leading World War powers.
The program this conference be in two sections
L Economic problems; reparatons war debts
II. Limitation of armament: On land on sea
Instantly the conference to order America
spokesman should lay before the assembly specific plan of
world rehabilitation.
This might follow somewhat these lines:
SECTION
az general moratorium reparaons and war debts so
that payments of principal need be paid for from
three to five years.
OBJ Full American participation Preparations
which, freed Of politicians and soldiers guided by economic
experts should fix the Germany CAN pav-no what she
OUGHT to pay.
(C) Germany should this amount is paid in
FULL France under allied supervision will on the left bank
Of the Rhine
CD An international loan Germanypart to 90 to France
TO help tide her the years balance to be used to
stabilize Germany's finances
e. Wilfu default the part Germany TO be met bv
sanctions provided for treaty of Versailles
F The United States and Great Britain to agree TO aid
France IN the event Germany without provocaton
absolutely SAFE since Germany would never attack France
WITHOUT PROPAGATION long such an agreement stood
90 Allied debts to the United to be got into under
standable form pending the general moratorium and then re-
funded revised adjusted satisfactorily as between the ma
tons concerned
SECTION II
"a The question of might now he tackled En-
rope could should and most of her roons and
Italy and France must conform the of the WASHINGTON
naval agreements.
B The great agree narrow limits for the
per- tonnage and armament of submarines other naval aux
iares and tackle other problems not settled at the WASHINGTON
conference.
Then the world solvent useful tools in hand instead Of
weapons could about earning its bread in the sweat f m
brow and raise crops instead of hell