The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-23
YOUNG BEGSFOR
LESS TALK ON
PARIS DEBT
Flags Blatant Explosions" OF
Politicians and Asks Calm
Findings by Investigators

BALTIMORE, Md. Feb. "a
Owen D. Young. ad interim agent
general for reparations payments
and with General Charles @. Dawes
co-author Of the Dawes plan, for
Germany, begged politicians and
statesmen of both France and the
United States to cease their "harm.
full talk about Frances war debt
in a speech delivered here today.
It was Young's second address
since his return from abroad and
was delivered at the commemOra-
ton day exercises in John Hopkins
University.
1--WE find irritation and mis-
understanding Young said, be
tween two great nations and two
great peoples who have every rea-
son to work together sensibly and
sympathetically for the advance
ment Of the arts, literature, cul-
ture and business of the world.
These two nations are now
looking at each other with suspic-
ion and doubt and irritation.
Important Inquiry Lacking.
"And why? Because no impair
tial authority, free from the handi-
caps of domestic politics in either
country, has been able to study
the question of the fair amount or
the practical method Of payment
of the French debt.
''I beg the politicals and states
men of both countries to stop their
harmful talk until the facts are
found. We. Of all people, laden
with the blessings OF prosperity and
security, can afford to set the
example OF being big, generous and
polite.
rights will not be sacrificed by
that attitude. They will be, pre-
served"
Young's remarks anent the debt
were made to support his contention
that some agency must be created
to get at facts as a help toward
international peace.
Such an agency. he said, would
be the Walter Hines Page school OF
international relations to be estab-
lished at Johns Hopkins by the en-
dowment fund.- Of whose board or
trustees Young is president. The
trustees are seeking 100000 from
the public for the school.
Weak on Relations.
Listing some OF the worlds prob
lens as economic, racial, historical,
geographical or military the speak
or said there were expert students
Of all of them, but he knew OF no
one whose business it was to inter-
relate them. The Page school, he
said, will achieve three things.
First" said Young. sit will de-
velop a science of international re-
lations. Second. it will ascertain
the facts, so far as they can be
found, on any particular problem,
and, third, it will produce con-
tinually growing body OF men
trained in that science and avail
able for service in the fields of edu-
cation. Government and business.
Young emphasized the wonders
man had worked in conquering cpl
demic diseases while safeguards Tor
peace were neglected.
Disease in international rela-
tions must be destroyed" he said.
1.-THE health of the world must be
guaranteed. This must be done by
preventive research rather than by
the surgery OF war
Praises Arms Farley.
Abiding again to France, Young
said: "If, in the evolution Of the
nations, we have become the cred
itor of the world, then we shall
have to face the fact and act with
the responsibility and intelligence
which that situation imposes
The agent general paid tribute to
the accomplishments of the arms
conference that resulted in cur
tailed naval programs. and added:
"A few months later, without
careful study, without many facts,
without restraint, either in act Oh
word. without politeness, the Con-
gress of the United States passes
an immigration law under such
circumstances as to offend the
pride and dignity of a great ma.
ton in the Pacific, a nation with
which we have every reason to
live in peace and friendship.
1T only needed a great catas-
trophe to show the sympathetic
feeling of the American people
with the people of Japan.
I shall be happy if we can sub
stitute the calm findings OF the
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