Evening star., 1935-08-18

think-or not at all To express con-
trary views out loud-in Germany.
Italy or Russia-would be embarrass-
ing for a foreigner and actually dan
gerous for q citizen.
The only American who has gotten
by with a defense of American tradi-
tions in Germany has been Ambassa-
dor Dodd. His after-dinner speeches
on intolerance, freedom Of the press,
religious liberty. etc. caused q mild
sensation in the press outside Of Ger
many. Inside of Maitland, however.
his views did not circulate beyond the
rooms in which they were aired. In
Italy, Americans keep their mouths
shut or praise II Duce. What Fascists
and Nazis. and their newspapers say
about the United States depends
largely upon the temper Of their gov
ernments at the moment.
Uncle Shylock" Inspired.
The sporadic outbursts of enthusi-
aSm for, or resentment against, the
United States which have appeared in
Europe ever since Wilson presented
the Old World with the covenant OF
the League OF Nations, or rather
showed the League idea down Frances,
Great Britain's and Italy's throat by
putting it into the Versailles treaty
have been by-products of govern
mental policies more than the sincere
viewpoints of the peoples in various
continental countries. For example
the Uncle Shylock" campaign which
swept Great Britain and France
when sentiment for reputation of war
debts was being brewed was officially
inspired. No amount of assurances
from Ramsay Macdonald. Stanley
Baldwin or other British government
leaders to the contrary can convince
impartial observers that the North
cliffe press acted upon its own initia.
tive. Nor will Frenchmen such as
ex-Premier Edouard Herriot soon for
get British maneuverings to create an
anti-debt payment sentiment which
jockeyed France into the unpleasant
and embarrassing position of being
the first nation to officially default
while Great Britain continued to make
the face-saving token payments.
Nor has London's secret and abrupt
departure from the gold standard
been forgiven by European countrie,
who were caught for heavy financial
losses. Frances, Hollands and
Switzerland's resentment-and to 8
certain extent England 's-over Wash
ington's dollar devaluation was tenn
pered by the fact that Americans were
playing their own game.
Track Abandoned.
After the London Economic Confer
ence an effort was made to convinct
the European people that Washington
alone was responsible for the chaotic
exchange situation and prevented
stabilization and the consequent re.
habilitation of export and import
trade. That track has now. been
abandoned, generally speaking, and
the French government, at least, nc
longer can pass the blame for the
deepening depression to the Ameri-
cans. The French people are more in
clined to demand that their govern
ment follow in the footsteps Of the
New Deal than to accept political
criticism of American experiments
The threat of Bolshevism is no longer
a bugaboo to hold over Frenchmen
since the Franco-Russian military
alliance against Germany was nego-
tiated. Yet the trend of Washington's
fight against the economic crisis Il
featured as a world menace in many
European newspapers. Editors who
have dared to defend American poll
cies, and who have been persistent In
demanding that the French govern
ment devaluate the franc, have found
themselves in difficulty. The office o1
the Petit Journal of Paris, edited by
Albert Lejeune, was raided for eV-
dence of speculation in exchange, but
the publishers were completely vim
dicated and their sympathy" towart
the United States was found to b