The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-13

Mr.. Bush has recently had intimate
conversations with Trotsk and Kan
eneff in Russia, Mussolini and Giollti
in Italy, Chancellor Cuno, SHINES and
Max Warburg in Germany, and lead
ing statesmen and business men in
France and England.
There are" said he. on the eve of
his departure for America, three vi
tai things in connection with the con
dition Of the world today-First, the
French occupation Of the Ruhr; sec
ond. the League Of Nations; third. the
World Court.
Believes French Wrong
LAS to the first. 1 think the French
are absolutely wrong. / think France
is sorely in need Of candid friends.
They are not truly friends of France
who pat her statesmen on the back
and say that everything she does is
right. That way lies danger. In the
present instance I thing England is
right I know there will be some
who will say that England Is animated
by selfish motives; that she wants
more favorable conditions extended to
Germany so that her own business
may pick UP.
Speaking from that standpoint ono
could also say the United States is
selfish. Our farmers are in a bad
way and We want TO help them. The
industries Of England are in a bad
way and she wants to help them and,
incidentally. her workmen. SO in this
matter, American interests and Brit
ish interests are identical.
U. s. Should Give Support
THAT being so, would like to see
America come out clearly. bravely and
strongly. This would in no way
entangle us. in European affairs.
In the matter of the Ruhr
and the question involved in it, we
should give our powerful moral
support to Britain. BY so doing
we will prove the truest friends OF
France herself It Is against all
our interests to sit by and see
another war in the making
1.-THE English are now pinning
all their faith to what is virtually
an American plan-the scheme to
have an international commission
examine the facts and report what
Germany can really pay and what
she should pay. This was ably set
forth in a powerful speech by
Secretary of State Hughes last De
cember, in New Haven.
MY feeling regarding the League
of Nations Is a mixed one. As at
present constituted every time it
has a meeting the military power
sits on one side of the table and
the money power on the other.
The military power is France and
her satellites-Poland. Czecho-Slo-
vakia, Jugo.Slavla and Roumania,
whose armies she subsidies. On
the other side sits the money
power, chiefly represented by Great
Britain. The League of Nations
thus becomes a scene Of intrigue.
Undecided on League
80 sometimes 1 wish we were in
the league-if we were assured that
our troops would never have to go to
Europe unless our own people so
willed it, and If we were assured that
the European nations would find no
means Of interfering in the affairs Of
North and South America. But then
1 have second thoughts and am rather
satisfied that we are not i'm the league,
because for our Representatives to sit
in with the willy odd diplomats of
Europe is rather like an innocent sit
ting in a poker game with sharks
II believe in the world court and
think our late President Harding was
right. The world court, too, is an
American idea. We have never. be-
lieved that the only two methods of
settling dispute are either by arbi-
tration or by war.
ION the whole, I think Europe is
improving. The big fact Is that
quietly and unobtrusively the ma
terial condition of Europe has bettered
since the war. The herds of cattle
and sheep have increased. There are
more horses. More acres of soil are