Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-12
Why Europe Dislikes America
By SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

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Great Britain has act1Iallv canSelad
all foreign war dehts-somethin
more thaTi q Thousand miIlion
an amount neces-
gary to repav her debt "a the limited
states ana that NJ . nariod Of a4rss.
and train when vasf nI,nnhars ~ heT
mef, were i,nennnIoved owing tn the
staQnatiof, ~ E,iro1ean noarRafS and
when TAXATION is cT11shinc- In ire ma.
fionaI ba,rTIeT,
There would have bean moro be,ief
In American ideaiisno n the TIn;ted
States had made q. generous gesture
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- me worio Dy cancenng some OF ner
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That Thought aIuavs Iurks in the
background Of European thought. and
no argument win ever alter Ii. For
have done INV best to reveal American
generosity. to Europe. in feeding starry
ing peoples, especially Russia, but
that reminder II not strong enough to
yeerIv fribnte which has 10 he naiS hv
Engiand n, the American Trea sl,rx;
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EnriSshnaa11 scEnouIedoss thai th;s
deGf nnlst b Snaid in law and instice,
Buf Il ~ mot Y,Ieas.ant TO nav If n
iiloa a ho,,sahollaT- Ivl,o ha q hn,sOI,f 1i-
fI,rnif,Ira N, fI,e insfalIroent Man n
becor,aes an fnfoiarpbIo hnrden ~, 3
srnaii income eeneciaIIv AFTER fhrSe
years, when the furniture Is getting
frnyed. The man who COLLECTS omar.
teriy payments is not REGARDED cor
ohsession ALTHOUGH thew have. NOT he
gun "a raw.
There is no Frenchrnan I have met
who rexaria that debt as morally
binding. however leRai it NAV be- He
counts up his dead, remembers his dew
asteted districts and says, America,
who fought with us In a common
cause for civilization, cannot pay back
one Of our sons. but demands her dol
lars which were spent for that vic
tory, which was In her interest an well
90 ours." This may be iilogical. IL NAV
be absurd, it may violate every law Of
International finance. but it IN there
in the French minds, and II. rankles.
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Inere are many other psychological
reAsons why the american Nation.
though not American individu4s, II
regarded with unpopular and un-
friendly views in Europe. There is
suspicion that Americans regard Eu-
ropes poverty and stagnation as due
to some moral weakness and wicked
ness from which they themselves are
exempt. Some American ambassadors
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IlSH no ~ 20 pay ~ Dy IeAa = "a
which cripplee trade enterprises. Il Is
exaspelatlng TO the Erencnmens VINO
are asked 20 uemoDinze their army
An0 penaVe ike g0o0 Cnk1sIl&n boys
Wnen they SLID Deiieve tnaI they nave
no security against their oid enemies.
VINO are growing stronser-Secutlty
denied by Americans themselves wnen
they repudiated the pledges given. Dy
Wilson in the terms OF peace. The
enormous wealth OF America, exagger-
ated In its relation to the pockets of
the average tourist, causes accusa-
tons Of materialism by Europeans,
VINO are quite materialistics IN their
desire for similar prosperity. Shop
keepers, who bleed American visitors
ruthlessly, do not love them. because
they TOD them. Lnose Amerlcens;
they say with q bitterness IN when
there is envy ana sense OF oevliisn
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