Show democratic LEADER WARNS AGAINST GETTING INVOLVED IN EUROPE former united states senator J ham lewis from II Il linos has returned from an extensive trip through europe he attended the genoa the hague the lausanne constantinople and paris conferences mr lewis is a democrat high in the councils of his party therefore it can be asserted that any opinion he may hold regarding the foreign pol poi ley icy of his would be tinged 1 in it its favor by virtue of his political affiliations mr lewis on the eve of his departure tor for america gave to the universal service in london an interview upon the european situation and americas foreign polley policy mr lewis said america is in more danger today from the hatred of europe and the r presentments resentments resent e s ent ments of japan and china which seems to be combined with turkey and russia than she ever was from germany fourteen conferences have been held without results since the versailles peace treaty was signed the breakup of the premiers conference in paris this expressed the jealousy the nations of europe feel toward each other and left led more intensified fied hatreds hat reds no nation trusts any other france accuses england of bartering in the versailles treaty for germ anys trade britain charges france with seizing all the iron and coal industries of germany under the rep orations erat ions claim in order to gain a trade advantage each conference was held long enough to let each nation gather the purposes of the others and then they broke up because the nations were determined to defeat etch other all fear us many hate us and no nation in europe is the friend of the united states if we intervene in europe we will be made the burden bearer of european indebtedness and we will have to sponsor all european obligations for the united states to carry these debts for europe is to bana rupt bupt america it if america now entered the league of nations we would be made the guarantor of war conquests seized by the victorious victorio us nu eions and such a step would make the united states a traitor to her pledges against conquest tand annexation and would mean the entrance of america into foreign entangle ments to be outvoted by europe europ america must take up each question in which sh she e has an interest inhere st with the country involved wo we must build an adequate navy which could be easily maintained on the interest from our foreign debts the cruisers to be used as a mercantile marine immediately convertible to war uses reliance on outside nations is self deception america can only intervene in european complications as a friend tendering her good offices in mediation to assume any other authority is to invite combined opposition from all with a possible war following commercial discrimination against US putting off until tomorrow that which ought to have been lone done yesterday is putting a debt upon today if its any con comfort if or to you the in man an in a million is about the only one t that hat ever gets a million i A good excuse is seldom accepted but almost anybody can get by with a bad one you may not know much but you know that you know more than the one who attempts to give advice men with s short it ort M memories e I 1 bories should not make long promises p ses the only dead issue that cant be revived is one that has been laughed to death A you cant 1 I look 0 alc to your laurels if I 1 f you any generally find that alls right with the ohp world when alls right with yourself i A man out until hes all ail in A girl often says she could just die dancing one in pennsylvania did after she had danced 22 miles the barber Is the greatest optimist he never admits that any customer will have to wait more than five minutes whatever IV may ay be said about the way girls dress they dont wear rats in pompadours pompa dours nowadays r few are sillier sil I 1 ier than tha n a gray bird who thinks he is a gay bird we hear a good deal about children who think they know more than their parents but we pity the children who dont know more than some parents if you have good health and are out of jail you dont need any other good luck the wife knows that a short husband is hard to get along with A good many men go wrong because their stomach or liver has first gone wrong |