Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-08-04
CAMPAIGN
cLosE-uPs
BY Donald Morgan

Just 10 years ago this week astonish-
ed Americans looked on while the ma
lions OF Europe opened hostilities In
what everybody expected to be q tus-
sic, short and sweet, but what proved
World War--the bloodicst in all his
tory Few, certainly. OF these spccta-
tors could have realizd this struggle
would continue through more than
four years, that It's costs would ex-
coed In dollars more than three hum
dred billions, In men more than ten
millions, that into 1t would eventually
be drawn along with the other world
powers, our new United States. And
what American, and this is more to
our point, could have foreseen that
Of this struggle would arise many Of
the major issues of the presidential
campaign Of 1882, nearly two decades
later?
What are these war-born issuesp
In answer, we might say those the
, most harrassins and embarrassing to
the party leaders More specifically,
, however, we should point to the dis
, armament and the bonus problems.
{ Prohibition Yes, for many hold the
!, 18th amendment to have been pro-
j, duct OF the war hysteria. Indeed, In
r general opinion, that great conflict
' with its artificial stimulus for produce
:. ton, Its huge international indemnities
1 and loans, and arrangements Of money
e systems, brought on this business de-
IS presssaa itself.
,e One problem directly traceable to
n the war and which in the last fort
1t night has been bobbing up In cam
1t paign debate is that concerning the
rs cancellation Of the $1,000 100000, Of
- debts owed the United States by
Europe. 1t appeared early in the
campaign that the two major parties
were agreed in the policy that these
debtor nations not only should, but
must pay. Recent events abroad
notably the Lausanne Conference have
brought home some doubt as to
whether or not they can and will pay
To meet and conquer this irapasst
each party has during the past weel
enunciated Its own plan for solution
The Republican plan, voiced in re-
cent radio address by Idahos incom
parable Senator Borah and later, IL
communications with France, b.
President Hoover, entails bargain
Recognizing the absurdity Of a situa
ton in which England, France, Ital
and others, assert their inability t
pay these debts at the same time tina
they are expanding millions annual
for ornaments, the G. o. P. woul
propose that this government consen
to q reduction in these debts in direc
proportion to reduction in arma
ments by our debtors. Bargaine
Borah would go farther; he woul
have the United States call an inter
national conference, 1895 popular in
door sport, at which our governmer
might agree to some cancellation
return for drastic cuts in armament
sterilization Of silver, return b
other nations to the gold standar
ct al.
The Democrats remedy for the W.
debt maze came out in a radio speec
by Governor Roosevelt last Saturda
Europe, 1t seems should and must pt
the war debts; but Europe will r.
main unable to collect the necessa,
wherewithal so long as the presel
international tariff walls stand alo
and thus cripple world trade
short, only by selling to us can Euro
81 secure funds with which to pay us.
Ns Roosevelt would call an information
HMM conference to consider the reciproc
I|I reductions in tariffs and the drawlin
W up of commercial treaties between t
H|| assembled powers.
lI|l Whatever else may happen, 1t seer
I||lI clear that the future, like the presel
l||II will by no means be barren Of int
Il||| national conferences! At that
lH|l ounce OF parley is worth pound
l|I|| shrapnel
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Hill burn down the house or poke out t
Ull|| baby's eyes.
IN|| And so on, and so on. And af
Will all, aren't we mighty glad there is
Hill news for the paper?