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Show THAT YOU MAY KX'OW The experience America is now saving with the allies relative to being be-ing reimbursed in the sum of $250,-JO.Hilo $250,-JO.Hilo for maintaining her troops :i the Rhine affords proof of the wis-lom wis-lom of her refusing to go to Genoa md furnishes additional evidence of ':!" necessity of this country remain-ng remain-ng entirely aloof from European affairs. af-fairs. The allies agreed to reimburse reim-burse this country fcr maintaining iter soldiers in Germany. This agreement agree-ment was entirely apart from and independent in-dependent of the treaty of Versailles. The allies now repudiate that agreement agree-ment and insinuate that the United States must s:t in an international economic conference and "dicker" Tor her mcney or agree to recognize 'he Versailles treaty if she expects to be paid what is due her. This position of European nations vhich composed the all'ed powers is T-'tting a trifle tiresome and the Am-; Am-; 'rican people are almost at the end . -if their patience. The Birtish oharac-! oharac-! eriza- on of the United States as ' mercenary and grasping simply be-1 be-1 'ause this nation asks to be reim-i reim-i 'mrsed for costs which she incurred at the pr-rticular request of the Rrit-i Rrit-i government and other nations comes in bad grace. It is a matter of ; history that Great Britain "cashed ;n" on the European war to a greater great-er extent than any other power. As i condition of the armistice. preUm-inary preUm-inary to peace, she demanded that Germany give up all her navy, which left Great Britain absolute mistress . ff the seas, which has always been her chief national policy. She added ; vast territory to her already broad i dominions under the thin disguise of ', "manda'es." This territory increas- ep immensely her resources of oil and other natural resources and In-, In-, -tires her a tremendous income. She 1 also secured absolute control of the . Mediterranean, the Dardanelles and he T'.h'tk Sea. a thing for which she ; has plotted and fought for genera- 'ions. Fram e obtained the tremen-, tremen-, lously rich province of Alsare-Lor-i raine and tlm valley of the Saar, rich j soil and mineral deposits. She also j obtained mandates to valuable territory. terri-tory. It has not been dyelt upon much in th s. country be, ause the United Stat' s has been disposed o exercise forbearance, but It is nevertheless a 'act that Great Britain charged the i'nicd Spates rental for all of the British ships which were used to ransport troops to the front to help 'iut when England bad her "lack to he wall." and the United States paid 'he bill without iiuibbling. Frame charged the United States rental for the land used for trenches 'f house the United States troops which went to rescue (,f the French republic. Moreover, when the United Unit-ed States, after the war. prepared to return to this country all sorts of "Upplies and machinery which had been sent to Frame with the American Ameri-can forces. France informed the American Am-erican government that if such equipment equip-ment and supplies were removed she would chares, the American government govern-ment import tarirf (which she had not hitherto asked I on all the goods and would also charge an export tariff tar-iff for thejr removal, which would amount to ! .". u ii.on n.ti no. she also represented slle needed the Sllppl es to rebuild her dovastatcil lerritorv. In view of this ,i United Stales government gave lr. Franc,, supplies. equipment .,,,, ,.,, !,.;,,nry of Horl in the sum of ? 1 .7no.nno.ono and tool; jn pnyineiit of them France's notes for ?lnu. l.ntiii. to be paid In ten years after date In other words, the United States donated to the French government .machinery, material, ma-terial, equipment, fptdlos of nil kinds Including medical, surgical and hospital supplies, to the value of $ .. ?,ftn. firm. ooo. Im toad of living up to her at-reemeiil to use this material (o rebuild her tWa-d-d territory France Immediately sold (he material to jobbers, job-bers, who are selling It through Europe Eu-rope to injury of American trade nnd have been roshipplng It to this country. coun-try. In order to compel Germany to live up to the terms of the treaty, allied al-lied troops were slalioncd on Gorman Gor-man soil When the Congress of the United Stales began to talk of ordering order-ing the return of our troops because . America dd not ratify the treatv. j England. France and Belgium nil three urged that It not be done ho. . cause it would weaken (he position of the allies and encourage Germany -r to violate the terms of the treaty. In view of this it does not come in : i? good grace for the European nations which agreed to reimburse the Unit-j ? ed States for maintaining a force on ; he Rhine to accuse the United Stct-. ?s of being mercenary or of acting in . f bad faith and attempt to repudiate i their agreement j |