This could hardly have been otherwise.

It was a European quarrel, in which the United States Government could not have justified itself before its citizens in expending the whole national strength, as did the Europeans.

After the United States came into the war her financial assistance was lavish and unstinted, and without this assistance the Allies could never have won the war,[165] quite apart from the decisive influence of the arrival of the American troops.

Europe, too, should never forget the extraordinary assistance afforded her during the first six months of 1919 through the agency of Mr.Hoover and the American Commission of Relief.

Never was a nobler work of disinterested goodwill carried through with more tenacity and sincerity and skill, and with less thanks either asked or given.
The ungrateful Governments of Europe owe much more to the statesmanship and insight of Mr.Hoover and his band of American workers than they have yet appreciated or will ever acknowledge.