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Show MAKE THE ALLIES PAY Great Britain has paid to the American Government this week the first installment of interest on account, a check for $50,000,-000 $50,000,-000 which was delivered to the federal reserve bank of New York. We are hearing much t every day of the cancellation of Europe's War Debt to the United Unit-ed States, there are suggestions from every section of the globe, that (this is the proper thing for this country to do. It's fine philanthropy all right but is it good common sense? Eur ope today is seething with intrigue in-trigue and diplomacy. We hear nothing but wars and rumours of wars from the other side of the pond. According to recent statistics European governments .' , . now have a million more men under arms that they had in 1914. They are spending $2,-000,000,000 $2,-000,000,000 a year on the old idea of militarism when they should be financially retrenching., retrench-ing., Why then is it the part of wisdom to give them $11,000,-000,000 $11,000,-000,000 more to spend on their game of killing off the other fellow. If our debtor nations are compelled to pay full for the World War, they will not have the money to waste in building armies, navies and air fleets and to go out in search of new conflicts. con-flicts. If Europe is so pleased with the results of the World War that they need another, thats Europe's business. But Europe should not expect the United States to contribute 11,-000,000,000 11,-000,000,000 to another massacre massa-cre of the nations. Yet that is what cancelling the European war debt would virtually amount to, judging by financial, diplomatic diplo-matic and military developments during the last two or three years in Europe,' They can do worse than pay their debts to Uncle Sam and now that Great Britain has started the ball-a-rolling why not send out every month a "please remit," monthly to the other countries who have been helped by the people of the United States. |