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Show Germany is underselling the manufacturers. manu-facturers. Steel blames coal, which in turn blames labor. Retailers blame wholesalers, and all these blame the! government. "The old fighting building spirit is still in the English nature, however, and with a sound credit on a longtime long-time basis can pay her old obligations, obliga-tions, which she has already Btarted to do. "France, in her traditional thrifty manner, is staging a comeback. "Belgium and Italy by the same token will recover their financial standings. Outlaw Russia, uncertain uncer-tain South American nations, staggering stag-gering China and proud, selfish Japan have problems to solve that will of necessity involve other nations. Sweden Swe-den is coming under control of the Socialist, Austria is beyond redemption, redemp-tion, a hopeless bankrupt, and Germany Ger-many is in a position peculiar to the loser of the war. She has no armament arma-ment program to keep up." BANKERS TO HELP EUROPE American bankers must help reestablish re-establish the financial integrity of Europe, in t lie opinion of a prominent promi-nent western banker. That is the only way open out of the terrible financial chaos under which world markets and economic conditions are buried. Following is the broad statesmanlike statesman-like view of A. L. Mills, president of the First National bank of Portland, a financial authority: "The regeneration of the civilized world rests on the extension of longtime long-time loans by the United States to European countries. "In Great Britain conditions are bad unemployment is a problem, |