Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-03-07
WE'RE ALWAYS TO BLAME

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II is always popular, and never out of fashion III hu-
ron to blame ON TO Uncle Sam everything which goes
wrong in the world. Although we dd not start the Norlu
war we were blamed by the allies for not getting III, anu
when we did get in and saved the day Ir 'leih :" { VIZ
blamed for not coming to the rescue sooner III a war WHICH
we had nothing to do with bringing on. Then, III spite Oh
he fact that we demanded no territory or other spolls OF
war, we were blamed for asking repayment OF the money
we loaned to Europe. When we cancelled part OF the debt
and tried to collect the rest Uncle Sam was characterlzeu
as the worlds greatest shylock.
In snite of the fact that we were told it was a war to
bring universal brotherhood and to end all wars, there
has been LITTLE brotherhood and less peace in Europe since
the treaty of Versailles was signed. The ornaments are
greater than before and the international hatreds more
Bitter.
Now we find that even that is the fault Of Uncle Sam.
We have it on the authority of two of the most dlstln-
guished of our British cousins, Stanley BALDWIN, the
political bic shot, and Harold Nicolson, author and Dip
iomat. These two distinguished cousins have told us
in recent speeches that the present plight In Europe IS
tie fault of Uncle Sam, and all came about because We
didn't sign the Versailles treaty and join the League OF
Nations. Having been trimmed out OF our loans, msulted
and lampooned during the past ten or twelve years by
European bmco Hartists'' most Americans think that
The main things we have left to be thankful for are that
we didn't sign the Versailles treaty and were intelligent
enough to keep out of the League OF Nations.
Senator Borah in characteristic fashion paid his re-
spects to these distinguished European statesmen who.
blame us for all Europe's ills, the other day when he sad
in a speech in the senate:
ssThev are, in plain terms, a perversion of historic
dclS. LII III VI b1Sh pOhtSO AAWhA 'AANA
they now come, they are an ungraclous libel upon a ma
ton whose brave sons helped to keep the English channel
from becoming a German lake.
cit is not in harmony with English traditions and pre-
sents a rather melancholy spectacle to see British states
men searching about for some one upon whom to place
the blame for their own policies.
''No ratification of the Versailles treaty by the United
States could have stayed the devastating, demoralizlng,
disintegrating effects of its terms upon the political and
economic life of Europe.
''When finished it was the embodiment of the spirit of
vengeance and of spoils. It-sacrificed the peace and re-
covery Of Europe to the imperialstic ambitions of a few
victor nations.
"An American president sought in vain to assuage its
vindictive terms and to mollify its predatory effect. He
entertained the hope, no doubt, that the League would
ameliorate its terms. Others thought differently.
'But had the treaty stood alone, it is safe to say that
:; would never have received his signature. 1t was con-
trary to his whole theory of adjustment and peace.
''That which has brought turmoil and unrest, economic
chaos and widespread human suffering were the terms
and conditions Of the treaty.
"And no one had more to do with making its terms and
no one received greater material benefits from its provi-
sions than the nation which now denounces the United
States as a scapegoat. The United States received moth
ing, asked for nothing and displayed both wisdom and
humanity when she rejected its obligations.
at is perhaps not surprising when men look about
them and see misery and wrechedness on every hand, the
fruits of their own acts and policies, that, seeing these
things, they should seek out some nation upon which to
place the blame.
cit is not strange, either, perhaps, when we analyze
the motives OF men engaged IN such a desperate enter
prise, that they should turn upon the nation to whom
they owe the greatest debt of gratitude.
1t would seem that here are some logical and timely
words. In these hectic days America, remembering its
past experiences, can well afford to let Europe stew its
own juice. At all odds, anything we might do to help
would never be appreciated.
That socialist politician out in Arizona who was caught
tunneling into a bank evidently thought there were bet
ter ways Of going AFTER capital than the soap box
method.
1t is said that business in Canada is improving steadily
and that that hardy nation will soon be out of the depres-
sion, minus a seven billion recovery deficit.
Walter Lippman says that the governmental program
in the United States is much more important than the
one IN Russia. Well, 1t is more important to us, anyhow.
France has a forty million dollar bank scandal but up
to the time of going to press nobody has blamed it ON to