Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-01

Seeing as the alternative a league
Of international financiers, whose
present operations he describes in
much detail, Mr. Gompers finds that
secret diplomacy, the old order of
international affairs, might not be
particularly dangerous in these days
of newspaper enterprise if it were
not for the existence of these huge in
ternatonal interests operating across
national boundaries
Declaring that the interest of
Americans in European affairs is
growing, Mr.. Gompers states that
Europe promises to be an oyershad-
owing issue in 1924. Our interest
changes from mbonth to month and
almost from day to day, but il grows;
disarmament, proposed economic con-
ferenceS or world court. in one form
or another, Europe is always before
US.
"As long as the League Of Nations
or some association of nations was
before the country our foreign rela-
tions-including economic questions
and proposed remedies against the
recurrence of war-were discussed
in the open. International financial
interests were forced to subordinate
themselves to the discussion of funda-
mental international principles.
Discussion Now i'm Secret.
within four years a great and
ominous change has taken place. The
whole atmosphere of international dis
cussion has become elouded. Inter
national financial interests no longer
operate in the open and their sub
sidized propaganda cover the entire
field of international discussion as
with a smoke screen. The change
began when President Harding JIM
mediately after his election, ceased
all reference to his proposed 'Asso-
citation of Nations 1t was aecen-
tuated when Secretary Hughes began
to show in his state utterances that
he had abandoned his support of the
League of Nations with reservations
And, finally, the ideal atmosphere for
the intrigue and propaganda and Sc
cret diplomacy of financiers was pro
yided when Secretary Hughes later
pronouncements struck at the very
foundations of any conceivable asso-
citation oil nations.
"The League Of Nations is endorsed
by organized labor because 1t is the
only international body in existence
or seriously proposed that serves as
a continuous open forum for the ma
tons, because it is the only APP
proaeh to democracy among govern
ments. Without it the financial In
terests of the great powers and those
most powerful, subtle and menaclne
of all financial interests the lnterna,,
tional bankers, are sure TO control
international relations. They are
always on the job; they know exactly
what they want. :, Il.
"Secret diplomacy, the old order
of international affairs, might not DC
particularly dangerous in these days
of newspaper enterprise If 1t were
not for the existence of these huge IN
ternational interests operating across
national boundaries. The danger
comes not from the diplomats, who
after all are known, but from the
financiers, who operate behind the
scenes.
Follow PerilOus Detectives.
"The phrase international imam
cier' seems to imply that the cosmo'
politan bankers represent some form
of internationalism This Is the re-
verse of the truth. Along with GER
tain legitimate and necessary funcs-
tions the very mature of their WORK
compels them TO follow dangerous