Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BORAH HURLS SLUR
ON i. S. DEBT PLAN
BACK UPON EUROPE
Churchill Aims at CanCella-
ton in Campaign OF Will
fication, He Adds.
BIG TERRITORIAL GAINS
OF ENGLAND REVIEWED
French Acquisitions Under Peace
Negotiations Also Cited in Re-
buking "Shylock" Charge.

BY the Associated Press.
European critics Of the foreign poll
cies of the United States were re-
minded yesterday by Chairman Borah
Of the Senate foreign relations com
mittee that people who live in glass
houses should not throw stones.
Directing his advice particularly to-
ward London, the Senator said that
Winston Churchill's campaign of
villifiCation" designed to secure the
cancellation of war debts, should not
be permitted to erase from the worlds s
memory the territorial acquisitions ac-
complished by Great Britain at the
peace table
The Earl of Denbigh deplores the
lamentable ignorance of our people. !"
Mr.. Rorah continued, "and wants to
start campaign of education. But
the American people have sufficient
intelligence without any eXtraordi-
nary educational eXertion to under
stand how a debtor acts when he does
not want to pay what he owes. We
understand perfectly that the attack
on the United States is the peculiar
way they have of asking for cancel
lation of their debt"
Official Notice OF Slurs.
The declaration Of the foreign rela-
tions chairman, made in a formal
statement, was the first official notice
to be taken here of the recent anti
American agitation whiGh has eX-
pressed itself in attacks on American
sightseers in Paris, vitriolic denun-
Citations of the American policies by a
section of the Italian press, and other
scattered outCroppings throughout
most of Europe.
Mr.. Churchill, who is head of the
British treasury, was declared by Sem
ator Borah to have sought through
his recent utterances in Parliament
to apply military tactics to the inter-
national situation and conduct "A
Gallipoli campaign for cancellation. I"
Villification always has been part
of military strategy. the Senator said.
and now it had been brought into
play TO brand the United States as
Uncle Shylock,'' and the American
people as a nation void of all sense
of humanity or correct principles.
Mr.. Borah quoted former Premier
Asquith and Lord Curzon to show that
those who negotiated for the entrance
of the United States into the World
ideals which were at that time the
impelling force behind American
policy.
United States Got No Territory.
What has happened since the war
that we should have forfeited oar high
standing and now be denounced as
Uncle Shylock'?'' he continued. Eve
attended the Versailles conference,
WIZ pa hnp hsa
done, the world was to be partitioned.
There were about 4,207,392 square
miles of territory to be divided among
tie victorS. OF this amount Great
Britain secured 3,S05 200, France
402 1872 square miles. 1t would seem
that Great Britain's quarrel is not
with the United States, but with
France. 1t was France that got
402,392 square miles.
MIR. Wilson, speaking for the
United States, said: We want no ter
ritory. 1t Is not in accordance with
our ideals. That is not the purpose
for which we went to war. Very
we'll said Great Britain: we will take
# Both were true to their ideals in
this instance. Certainly there are nc
reasons here for calling the United
States Uncle Shylock. whatever rea
son Great Britain had for complain
ing against France.
British Boast About Pact.
Indeed, after the war and after
the treaty high officials stated upon
the floor of the House of Commons,
The outstanding feature of the peace
treaty is that it puts the British En-
pire at the highest point that it hac
ever reached in regard to territoria.
and world influence
what has happened since the
treaty that would impeach our ideals
We had the note of Great Britain
drawing per cent interest and due
We Cancelled the debt to the extent oi
at.out 80 cents on the dollar and gave
her 62 years in which to pay.
Our settlements with Great Brit
ain, Italy, Belgium and the proposed
settlement with France represent {
cancellation of $1,000, 900 900.
'"It would seem that under all th'
circumstances there IS no occasion fo
charging the United States with being
g. Shylock.'
but / do not wish to have 1t in
ferred that | am charging that Grea
Britain has been false to her ideals.