EUROPE'S FATE AND U.S.A.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17315, 29 November 1921, Page 11

EUROPE'S FATE AND U.S.A.

VANDERUP SPEAKS OUT. (tkou on* own cobrisponmxt.) SAN FRANCISCO, October 28. Antn.odoan.s are already cognisant of t-lic prominence into which Washington B. Vnndcrlip, the American adventurer in Sibena, thrust himself when the Sonet Government granted him an exclusive concession in the arid wastes of Kamchatka, and it was thought by Americans that the wily American adventurer had sunk into oblivion, but he has just bobbed up again in a long declaration that Europe is plunging into chaos, and emphatically asserts tuat in Germany is being dug tho grave of civilisation, and tho brake that alone can prevent this economic ratasthrope rents in the- hands of the American Government. Tho on 0 gesturo which alone can prevent tho German collapse, and through it the collapse of all Europe in economic chaos is tho establishing of trade relations between the United fe'tatos and Russia, Vandcrlip says:— His declaration, given publicity ih a Western newspaper, follows: "The condition in Germany to-day ie gravo and a menace to th e world. In the near future, so near that it is appalling to contemplate, Germany, through J;he pimple working of natural causes, uids fair to plunge all Europe into chaos. Germany is on the verge of blowing tip and will unless the citizens of the United States demand that Congress take immediate action along constructive lines by renewing trade relations with Russia, which is the crux of the European situation My reason for the cbove statement is the present intolerable condition in -which the German people find themselves by reason of the absurdly low pric© of the German mark and tho huge indemnity to which they aro voked for,the next fifty years. Germany cannot produce more than enough foodstuffs to feed one-third of her people She must buv food from abroad, from the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Australia, paying for it in manufactured goods, the almost worthless mark, or her rapidly , dwindling gold reserve. German Wages Low. "Facts prove that to-day the German workman is producing manufactured articles and doing ae much work as tho American for the sum of 60 cents per day, as against the American wage of fromU.so dollars to 8 dollars. Germany must purchase her foodstuffs and raw materials on the basis of the wages paid to American labour. At 60 cents per day tho German. workman cannot feed his family. At present his Government is furnishing food subsidies to the labourer, but she cannot keep this up for long, her gold reserve is at the. van-ishing-point. However, if this incred- » ible thing can be accomplished, then Germany will flood the world with her manufactured articles based on ■GO cent and our shops and factories will close. A high tariff cannot be put •gainst German goods. If we do so, then wo take from them the- ability to buy our food, copper, cotton, etc. -An equitable exchange and reciprocity must be our slogan. To-day we . have over 5,000,000 idle. This means over 20,000.000 people are deprived ofi ' income,. and aro living on their principal, in this manner; savings banks accounts are being drawn upon, homes mortgaged; autos, furniture, and per- ;,'■' sonal belongings sold and pawned. ' Armed disturbances 'have commenced, ; ; ; young men' are going back to the farms :■ ' and'nbme nests, thousands of others '« are congregating in hobo bands. Worse) , prevail in Great Rritain, where the workmen have not savings to "drowr.nponaa those-in but "•they '.'are being kept in : a quiescent '-'rtirteV.with weekly grants of money by the in many instances. tfifise" subsidies are higher than pre-war wages. If Germany could .purchase 'food from Russia; giving in payment the manufactured, articles Russia so badly needs, thenj I' see a way oirt for) Europe to become stabilised, but at present it is impossible. Pamine-Strickec "Russia is now famine-stricken, made > *> by three factors. First, the ineffijl. went Socialist Government; second, A ,Entente blockade;' third, our refusing to open trade relations. We are now * about to reap what we have sown, and }<• »*e called upon to give gratis where we might have Bold; Had we tempered A fCmr free gifts of food with loans which * should have been used to purchase Xj, seeds, tools, and locomotives in *V Alnencs-, instead of allowing this money /•■ to be spent by the Central Governments of Europe on ammunition and cannon Jn England and France to arm Poland witt the Balkan States, for the purpose V v 2j tewing-Russia asunder, then to-day }■> Europe would be blooming like a rose, 4." of on the verge of a cataclysm. 3/ohalrwe adopt the humane plan of in*iuT B ont reconstruction,., or is it bet'V W to • ourselves and see whether Providence has not decreed •wlfteße'Earopean nations, apart from gtjaia, have run their course and must " ,»§3\ w ™ tta footsteps of Babylon, As- *' a??' *&&> Carthage, and- Rome; •* jfha* M Governments they have reached Tfteu- uemth, the place on the wheel sot destiny on to which these nations tfii* bound has passed its apex point, * sf-*2* u swinging downward in'-accord-. *f s wce-wjth Nature's inexorable law that ► * »11 things move in circles? }" adopt the Chinese- philoso-i<-{r'phy, which teaches that a drowning *> iiaan must not be saved because it ini£ terferes with the working of the Karv 'f 10 ' emphatically no. lam ivW *•» aavmg and uplifting of human%isf iWe are all in the same boat, V travelling towards the same objective. IH** 0 remedy for all present European | * is to restore Russia to the of nations. Do not be afraid WXjpf Bociabmn, it is a dead thing, and a master of history. Assist Russia s"|» again become the granary of Europe. •* /soe pnoe exacted from us to save Euro»pean civilisation would be resumption of ' do relations with Russia. What a 4 £||py thmg to do for such tremendous England and France can do *||pu" share by postponing for a period years all indemnity payments, ■» giving Germany a chance to revr f wrer. If adjustments along these hues are not made, then I predict Gers will blow up—a dictator will x !t!j2 om * ne rums , perhaps Luden•f itl He Treaty of VersaiDes will become ~ *Ji;Bcrap of paper, for years Eurone will -> be a howling wilderness of strife and $ WoMshed to emerge a United States ; r «t J Europe, if there is anything left to emerge England will become engulfed ft" 7°" as a mere outpost—a Heligo- £ «W for tte United States. §'-• and Russia „P«*tion and they will unite. ,To-day * clever men, and I know whereof I i speak, of Russia and Germany are v Jrmgine pressure to bear on Lenin to £ mute thertr countries in alliance, and ' *e a single diplomat in Moa- *" is * tl s r y» by our .standing aloof, we are p- abetting the bringing about p, Of thuwconditon. In the event of this % 1100 consummated, Poland f wul be obliterated overnight, and the S W, U happen compared to which p tV* great war will have been an affair k jOf ouiiKwte "