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?7ijypSfWi J'"' " ' "TjfpEgR M ,y"'J'(R- " ' " ' '. A v The Commoner OCTOBER, 1914 25 'time to let it know the real truth of the present eitifation. "At the very moment we were leav ing Belgium the Icing recalled to us his trip to the United States and the vivid and strong impression your powerful and virile civilization let upon, his mind. "Our faith in your fairness, our confidence in ydiir justice, in your spirit of generosity and sympathy, all these dictated our present mission." Sir. De Wiart then handed to Presi dent Wilson the results of the official inquiry instituted by the Belgian gov ernment, showing in detail the de struction in Belgium. WJLSON EXPRESSES FRIENDSHIP - "Permit me to say," Mr. Wilson be gan in reply, "with what .sincere pleasure I receive you as representa tives of the king of the Belgians, a people for whom the people of the United States- feel so strong a friend ship and admiration, a king for whom they entertain so sincere a respect, and express my hope that we may haye many opportunities of earning arid deserving their regard. "You are not mistaken in believing that the people of this country love justice, seek the true paths of pro gress, and have- a passionate regard for the rights of humanity. ."It is a matter of profound pride to me that I am permitted for a time to. represent such a people and to be theh? spo.ke.sman, and I am honored that your king should have turned to. me in time of distress as to one who would wish in behalf of the peo ple -he represents to consider the claims to the impartial sympathy of mankind of a nation which deems itself wronged. "I thank you for the document you have pu into my hands, containing the results of an investigation made by a judicial committee appointed by the Belgian government to look' into the matter of which you have come to. speak. It shall have my most at tentive perusal and my most thought ful consideration." QUOTES REPLY TO KAISER At this point President Wilson be gan using the identical language in his reply to Emperor William where he said: "You will, I am sure, not expect me to say more." His words were identical up to the point where he told the emperor it would be un wise to express a final judgment." After that Mr. Wilson said to the commission: "I need nqj assure you that this conclusion, in which I instinctively feel you will yourselves concur, is spoken frankly, because in warm friendship, as the best means of per fect understanding between us, an understanding based on mutual re spect, admiration and cordiality. "You are most welcome and we are greatly honored that you should have chosen us as the friends before whom you could lay any matter of vital con sequence to yourselves in the confi dence that your cause would be un derstood and met in the same, spirit in which.it was conceived and intended." . PROTECTION AND WAR The war checked' imports from Europe, and the checking of imports vioa oonf liicrhAr thft already high cost of living. If anything else than war had interfered in tins way wim 101 eign trade, the effect on the cost of living would have been exactly the same. If there had been no war, but if congress had revised the tariff up wards instead of down, imports would have been restricted as the war has restricted them. So the war, while it lasts, Is undoing whatever good work congress has done with the tariff, arid is putting us back on a high protective tariff basis- How do the protection advocates like it? 'But there' is in the present situa tion some consolation, which would be -denied us under-a protective tariff. The war can only last a comparatively short time a feV weeks or months at most. Then the markets' will open automatically without a long wait for congress to wrangle over the matter. Of course, even then, -there will not be Immediate relief. It will take some time to restore the ruined and disorganized Industries of-Europe the very industries that protectionist politicians have been telling us are inimical to our own. Yet it is evi dent now that the American people are largely dependent for prosperity on these European industries. It will take even- longer- to repair the injury caused .by killing and maiming of thousands of Europe's ef fective laborers. These "pauper" la borers whom our Penroses, Smoots, Lodges and other protectionist legis lators have held up as menaces, to American labor,' we now see have in fact largely helped in (he part to make things easier for American la bor. When it is all over, when peace has been proclaimed, when European in dustries will 'have been rehabilitated and time willhave restored the sup ply of European laborers, will not the voice of the protectionist be again heard, proclaiming the sam'e old ex ploded fallacies? Who can say? jBut if it dods, let the sad lesson of this war bei borne in mind. San Fran cisco Star. PROGRESSIVE PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT In his" speech in Kansas City, Kan sas, opening the state campaign for the progressives, Henry J. Allen de clared for the new rule in county and state affairs, defended President Wil son's administration In its .Mexican and other policies, and declared that the new spirit in politics called for the elimination of politics., from local and state offices. "The only argument that is made for the amalgamation of the progres sive and republican parties is that united we can 'whip the democrats.' That has been the aim of all our po litical activities as far back as I can remember. That is the reason wo have made sueh slow progress in the development of government. Has it occurred to you that possibly the democrats do not deserve tto be whip ped? If Woodrow Wilson carries out his program and succeeds in doing what everyone concedes he is trying to do, possibly the American people will demand his re-election, and why shouldn't thev? That Is the new idea, the new spirit in politics. "If he fails it will be because hip party is merely the democratic party and, unable to catch the new spirit. Then his party should be defeated, just as the republican party was de feated. "Let us get the vision of the gov ernment, rather than, the party. "The people must first get posses sion of the government and then ad minister it for the people who live under "it and who pay the costs of the administration. We "C&n neither re duce taxes nor promote the public welfare upon a' platform of 'whipping the democrats.'." Kansas City Star (Prog.). FINANCIAL PACTS AND ACTUAL CONDITIONS (From the Washington Post.) Twelve nations have proclaimed moratoriums. Twelve nations have thereby offi cially declared that their people and their financial institutions have not enough emergency currency with which to carry on business, The Bank of England is issuing ten shilling paper. notes .on account of the scarcity of gold and silver. The Bank of France is issuing paper notes of two francs, and the Imperial Bank of-Germany is-issuing paper notes of one and two marks for precisely the same reason. Tho cotton plan.crs of the south cannot sell their cotton in Enropo be cause the merchants and manufac turers of Europe find tliat European financial systems aro broken down! and that tlio gold basis in a sliain and j farce when tested by the only iruo test tbe needs of business and the, people. I The banks of the United States call ; upon tho government for $ J 50, 000, 000 in emergency currency, and that aid was ready, thanks to the fore sight and persistency years "ago of J I he Post and re number of Washing ton financiers who firmly and press ingly advocated the establishment of that reserve for use in time of need. Thanks to that 'currency the finan cial institutions of the United States are in the strongest, soundest and safest condition, and will remain so, despite the utter failure of the sys tem in Europe, which many of their managers regarded as a model of finance. Europe is on a paper basis now, with issues of paper growing larger each day, with a corresponding daily destruction of private and public credits, and of private and public as sets. Why shut our eyes to manifest con ditions? There is no theory about lhr abovo facts. There is 'no 'theory as lo what would happen if the stock exchange?; of this country were opened today to Euro pean investors so they could : cash their securities and draw our gold in pay for them. ''There is no theory in the fact thai South American nations cannot send us gqld in payment for what they purchase here wlien Europe cannot send them gold for what they send to that continent. There has "been a world-wide er ror made In finance by theorists; there has been constructed a world wide basis of finance utterly Inad equate for the needs of this twentieth century; too narrow, too feeble, too contracted, and those who were most influential in fastening this unsound system upon the world should real ize quickly that the masses, of the people will not stand for the Josses and suffering that this system is bringing upon them through the de moralization of business affairs In every continent. The people of the south and the west never had faith in the adequacy of this so-called gold basis system, paralyzed by Ifs failure, unable to and as they see foreign countries buy and pay for their products, as they see the stock exchanges of the world put up their shutters, put out their lights, and lock their doors be cause gold is unobtainable, they do not change the!.? belief. The emergency currency of the United States has saved this country at a critical moment. The government of tho United States, through its wise and prudent action, can do much now to place the world upon a broader, a sounder, a firmer basis of metallic currency. One that will carry more safely tho issues of paper; one that will he a relief to finance and commerce in every continent. There is no argument left to the advocates of the gold basis system when the financial and commercial wreck of Europe, and the financial and commercial paralysis of every other continent, save our own, is on exhibit today. Make the basis of finance broader, firmer, sounder, safer than is possi ble with the gold basis. It won't do for this century; this era. - - It is a proven failure andimust be changed. 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