Evening star., 1927-10-16

admonitons regarding European affairs. The
best way to make his viewpoint with respect
to this clear is to quote him:
without in any way diminishing the great
ness of America one may say that the war
which intensified her power also intensified her
faults. American pride has swollen inordi-
nately since the war; Americans, in the full
flush of successful achievement, now seem to
be filled with the unconquerabe assurance that
alone in shaken world they possess the in.
stinct of what issright.
"They move forward these champions of the
gold standard and of moral righteousness,
anxious to teach all the world the lessons of
their success, impatient of contradiction, for
that, to their minds, means only a waste of
time. The imperative advice they are so fond
of giving is very often hopelessly inapplicable
to those for whom it is intended
"When nations in whose faces the prosperity
of the United States is thrust have been strug-
Cling for years with unbalanced budgets and
deprecated currencieS such gratuitous re-
minders imply lack of sef-appreciation
They are the more glaring because the present
difficulties of those nations are the result of
fifty-two months of war, thirty-two of which
the self-appointed adviser spent in a. state of
neutrality and twelve in military inactivity
when the ruins of that war, which the self
appointed adviser escaped entirely, weigh more
heavily upon the others because of her sudden
dissertation from their community of interest
HI TIC HliuSl VI tHeIf privileged prosperity,
Americans face to face with a distressful
Europe, would honor themselves by some
measure of modesty
Facts have certain rights, and because a
few dozen politicians speak in the name of
hundred million citizens is no good excuse why
they should be ignorant whereof they speak
The American politician, who most abundantly
dogmatizes about the duties of Europe, Senator
.Borah, prides himself upon the fact that Jhe
has never taken the trouble to visit it. If they
were more human, more modest, and better
informed, Americans would be able to refrain
from saying many of the unjust things and
doing many of the imprudent things which
nave made Europe so hostile to them"
X X X X
Those are sharp words. In reading them
many an American will be forced to hold his
mlnd fast to the remembrance that it was in
ITS own Declaration of Independence that the
United States professed "a decent respect to
the opinions Of mankind"
intolerance and lack of respect-those in
1aroieus view, are the dominant character.
lstlcs OF Americas postwar attitude toward
europe. So long this attitude obtains. Tar
oleu believes that there is little ADVANTAGE +o
De gained from European concession to Amer
lean demands Whether the debtor navs or
does not pay. the psychological results are
pretty nearly the same. The last to nepotiate
france Is the object of reprobation which
strains the Oldest bonds of friendship Great
britain, the first to sign, is not much better
feated when she endeavors to alleviate the
burden of her payments.
does Great Britain. to defend her EXCHANGE
ana increase her dollar holdings. raise the
price OF her rubber which the United S+a+os
mas 10 buy? She is at once branded as an
enemy OF mankind. In scathing language. ma.
oohs Wnicn would sell above a fair price"
are denounced. The same Senator's who he
heVe IN the protection of American jndnstry
wax indignant when England protects her nro.
ouction. For must not the well.being of the
american community be insured? Abova oil
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