Evening star., 1923-06-10
BELIEVES AMERICA
MUST SAVE EUROPE
No Other Road Open, Says
Senator Wheeler, Back
From Tour.

The United States must lend helping
hand to settle the problems OF Europe,
is the opinion Of Senator Burton K.
Wheeler of Montana, democrat, who has
recently returned to the United States
after travelling in many Of the European
countries. including France, Germany,
Russia, Austria and practically all OF
the new countries which were created
by the treaty Of Versailles.
IT was convinced said Senator
Wheeler yesterday. before Germany
ever delivered her last note to France
that France would turn down the Ger
man proposition cold. / do not think
that France wants reparations, but that
she wants the Ruhr valley and wants
to completely crush Germany. II
France is permitted, 1t means that Ger
many will be driven into the arms of
soviet Russia. and in my opinion the
communists will control Germany. The
only power in the world that can settle
the European questions Is the United
States government. Whether we want
10 Or mot, we are going to be forced to
take hand in the situation over there.
l do not think those questions can pos
sibly settle their differences among
themselves.
Should Not Stand BY.
America won the war and disarmed
Germany. America should not stand by
now and see central Europe crushe ed
and driven into the hands of the COM
munists merely to satisfy the desires
of one Of our allies during the war"
The trainers of the Versailles
treaty perpetrated a joke on Europe
when 1t provided for tho large num-
ber of new countries and their bound
aries. Senator Wheeler said.
1t requires a sense OF humor to
travel in Europe today" he said
Every time you GROSS a frontier,
anu you cross them very often, you
are required to have, your baggage
examined and your passports exam
ined-usually twice.
Must Lift Restrictions.
"one of two things is needed for
the rehabilitation of Europe. The
first, which is not possible, is a
United States of Europe. The second
which Is possible, Is lifting of the
present restrictions by the many
countries. which prevent free inter
course and trade among them"
senator Wheeler repeated an as
sertion made by him soon after he
reached this country, to the efrec,
that the United States should with
ernment of Russia
Il do not believe in communism, =
said Senator Wheeler, NOR do believe
in the dictation Of the proletariat as
they have 1t in Russia
II do not believe any workinEmar
in the United States would want to &c
and live in Russia l do think, how.
ever, the present government is coins
to last for long time and that the
United States government shouIt
recognize Russia, not with view OF
putting our stamp Of approval on it.
form of government, but because as
a Christian nation we owe it to the
] 100000 to 160, 100000 Russians tc
help them and the coming genera
tions TO reach as high a standard ot
living as we have here in this coun.
try.
In many ways the people In Rus.
sia do not have as much freedom OF
speech and action as we have in this
country. For example, practically al
the kilograms and letters going out
Of and coming into Russia are CEN
sored. Citizens of Russia are re.
quired to have passports and to be
registered. They are not permitted
to go from one city to another with.
out obtaining permission. They are
subject to arrest otherwise. This is
largely duo to the fact that they have
had so many revolutions and counter
revolutions that the people are very
suspicious"