The New York "Times" declares:
"The penetrating study of the entire malter by, the Columbia authorities should be sot down as. an event which will have raat influence in changing the mental attitude and altering' the international policy' the. American people.
Note: Along memorandum was issued on Decamber 18 by the poli cal science faculty of Columbia University advocating complete re consideration of debts and. epa tions in an international conference. 3
Unfavourable Uniertone of Political Opinion Washington, Dec. 21.
A decidedly unfavourable undertone of opinion is expressed political circles towards the war-debts proposals of Columbia University.
Republicans and Democrats join in protesting that the United States has been a considerate ere for and that the statement is in-particularly in view of M, Poinerré's difficulty in getting: the French war-debt settlement The New York "World" considers that the Allies ought to be more Tenient towards Germany before conterapliting a further revision of their obligations to" America Reuter.
The President's Rebuke
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