| Show rE Let Uncle Sam Sarn Do It I HP THERE HERE seems to be a growing disposition on the part of the V 1 people of a number of European countries to look to the United States for all kinds of aid morals aid moral financial and sustentative the sf 1 latt latter 1 r term applying more particularly to foodstuffs 7 At present seemingly the most pressing demands are for food r in the war stricken countries and these wants are being supplied d as rapidly as possible through gh governmental and Red Cross agencies and through regular business channels and undoubtedly they will be supplied as long as the need exists and to the extent to to which I the 4 the resources of th the United States will permit On top of these demands come others of a financial nature v r r r. and it is indeed a small country which has not put in an n application I 1 f for aid of this description to a greater or less extent re k The most persistent of these demands come from Germany where her the milk of human kindness ss evidently has had a new brew 1 I 0 it as s th the suggestion now is made in that country that the United States take over the financial care not only of Germany but of all v other t er European countries Here is the plan as voiced by by- Bernard Bernardj Bernardi i j Dernburg pe t r It is not only our our duty brit to our interest to help France 1 o whose finances are as desperate as ours and perhaps more so But only international methods can succeed I propose a vast loan to be financed by the United States which country alone is capable of of this enterprise and which is now gorged with useless ca capital ital By the league of nations acting a as as' an intermediary this loan could be applied to different countries needing it These J N nations would give to the league as a guarantee of payment mortgages mortgages mort mort- g gages on on their resources of all sorts America is giving and will continue to now undoubtedly give all kinds of aid to the extent of its ability to various nations re requiring requiring re- re I qui quiring ng assistance but in view of the disposition on the part of Europe generally and of Germany in particular to let Uncle Sam 1 do 40 it probably will result in a very close dose scrutiny of every suggestion suggestion sug sug- ion made before definite action action is taken i r E 1 President Wilson picked a poor time to interest the country j in in in- inthe th the league of nations for all they're thinking of now is is the J coming oming row row between the tWo older leagues the leagues the American Americ n and A National pal Y i ti The French government S has has arr arranged a t lottery t H y loan If this plan were followed by the United Unite d States R patriotic I poker or craps would be more ore in order t After After all lt the wo worry ry and hullabaloo fiver r the thes the high cost of f living labor labor- troubles and whatnot theres there's nothing like a a good baseball ia fame il real excitement I c. c A homeless man Ian brought to to a charity ward in Chicago had w sewed up in his ragged clothes He was probably saving ato buy a new outfit j Carnegie never said that to die die rich was t to die disgraced his hist t secretary points out This removes one of the few compensations 4 of oT poverty j Some shows cause one to wonder why the ultimate consumer consumer too doesn't join in this theatrical strike |
