The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-09-20
WORLD WAR NEAR AYERS
PASTOR HOME FROM TOUR

WORLD WAR NEAR AYERS
PASTOR HOME FROM TOUR
salida Mail.
"Another World War may come any
dav and France will be the cause of
the war if it pursues its present poll
cy," declares the Rev. ]. B. White,
pastor of St. Joseph's church. who
returned Wednesday night from
trip to France.
"France is determined to crush
Germany he continued "and the rest
of the world appears to believe that
tbe salvation of the world lies in the
economic restoration of. the German
people, l talked with Americans and
Englishmen as we'll as people of other
nations in France and on shipboard
and the opinion was practically unan-
imous that France is preparing for an
immediate war. The French people
see their nation building up great
air fleet, naval fleet, army and marine
CORPS. | cannot say they are directly
anxious for a war but they are IN
different to the consequences of their
policy to crush Germany.
Zone factor alone is holding off the
war and that is the British Empire.
| have had little respect for the Brit
sh government in the past but must
give that nation credit for preserv-
ing the peace of the world. Great
Britain is saving the world from
utter ruin.
at is common talk among Ameri-
cans abroad, although there is no Of
fetal authority for it, that Great
Britain and the United States have
deep understanding respecting Ger
many and that France dare not go
too far.
at is noted by Americans that
America holds to the merchant ma
rine fleet although every ship is los
ing money. 1t is another significant
fact that the ships are manned large
ly by German officers and crews who
have become naturalized Americans.
81 did not meet any American
abroad who believes the United States
should enter the League of Nations
or the World Court. On the contrary
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tions that America mas no place IN
Europe. The reason is that all Eu-
rope is in chaos, brought on by loss
of morality. The World War destroyed
to large extent the influence of re-
ligion upon the people. Morality has
failed. The people of Europe as a
whole, appear to have lost all sense of
moral shame. When a nation loses its
morals, when men and women stoop
to the degradation that now exists in
Europe, there is no room for League
of Nations. I saw only a part of
France mostly the big cities, but
travellers told me moral conditions
were the same in Germany, Belgium,
Italy, Austria and the other war rid
den countries. What is the use of
going into League of Nations with
people who have lost all sense of honor.
with people who have thrown awav
reason and refuse to heed anything
but their passions for lust and gain?
was amazed to find the contempt
IN which the French people hold
Americans They sneer at Americans
as they pass them on the streets
lhey want us in the League of Ma
tions, but most of all, they are angry
because America did not cancel all the
war debts. Meanwhile France is
huilding up terrible machine of war
on land and sea and in the air. France
is full of soldiers and marines, ma
tive and colonists. Every man an
o.Frs armed 1 saw no starving peo-
pie and those not in uniform were
employed in the arts and commerce
mere appeared to be no suffering.
mad a personal love for France
nav'ng known the people during the
war, but times have changed.
During the war and after the arm
istice the French people treated tho
americans Hospitality if they deserved
hospitality, but now they treat then
with contempt. '''N ~
visited the old camp where was
stationed for many months. Every.
thing was changed. The old friend
ship was gone.
Germany amazed the French with
a new air trick No airplane can eu
over the German border nowodons
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