Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17

To- have belonged tn II crack cavalry
beter pox in 5he pas, , Is an nni,ely
militarT talent, Nobody can H" deny or ,no at
our stan work has often been char
acteriZed by gross incOmpctency. ana
that that Incompetence has resulted in
dicrs than have been held back from
the army by all the tribunals III the
country.
personally would hesitate to call
The culprits traitors. or to say that they
nave played the cncmy's game. But
DO feel that If the cnarge is to be
made in the other group OF cases
And. indeed. if the words OF Sir
were sincerely spoken and earnestly
meanD are to apply to any groups OF
cases case. a, az | should like TO ask: TO
whom do they not apply How many
men and women are there among us TO
whom they do not apply: Surely. they
OF direct questions. and thus pernetuatc
policies which they know to be HARM
iul in order to save their faces or in
Surely they apply to statesmen who
conceal facts which ought not to be
concealed and who whitcwash incom-
peient colleagues by means OF evasions
and presentations, Surely they apply
TO every man of us who. willingly re-
mains in post for which he knows
himself to be untitled. or which does
not utilize his full energy and talents!
SurMy they apply To every man who
makes out OF the war profit which no
is not entitled to make. Surely they
apply 70 every man who. without an
TO ran into gloom and pcssimism. and
so does his share towards lowering
the national morale! surely they apply
20 every man who spends on luxuries
money which he might nut into the
prosecution of the war!
WOMEN AND MEN NOT
MAKING EVERY EFFORT
And the mention OF luxuries brings
n Ia.
more luxurious than men. though [
really doubt whether they in fact. are.
unquestionabic. You can see it for
yourself by walking along any inn
hortant street or by looking into any
diapers window. or by going into al
most any house where good wages are
being earned. Is not the fancy ring
on the hand. or the Jewel ON the breast.
n proof of playing the cnemy's game?
fou perceive now how far Sir Goddess
accusation may rcaCh.)
But the indulgence in luxury Is not
me only count against women. prac-
1caily al men with the capacity to
which either directly helps the war or
helps the nctional machine to keep
r pa nm 81 smooth" ,%dnn The same cannos
women are working marnificcntly. ana
tns hiEheSt praise is their due. But
SUI Taster numbers Of women are not
WORKING at all. or At any rate are put
ting forth no greater effort in this
IN r me slack time OF peace.
:, the hn a, vest i promises TO be
danger through the withdra wal of agri-
cultural laborers into tho army. and.
therefore, the Prime Minister has made
a special appeal to women 10 come for
ward and learn to help with tho har-
vest; And you can sec and hear in
London and In many provincial centers
army VERY picturcspuely drcssed)
begging for recruits to the womens
Geddes say about the available women
who ignore the Prime Minister'S ap-
peal and the recruiting of the womens
land army, and SO lot the harvest re-
Sare for the notion Of labor in tho
fields? Are they any better than tho
auckland Gcddes rcprovcs? And which
OF US is without sin in this great mat
yer OF honest and entire devotion to
the national interests and the allied
cause?
IRISH TANGLE SEEMS
TO BE ENDLESS AFFAIR
must tintsh with n particular
Dortance-the fate of Ireland In tho
endless Irish tanglc. certain Irishmcn
against the authority of Parliament,
The conservative party officially APP
p peGso Their iro, d3ings: Later British
Irish military enthusiasm for the allied
cause was deliberately insulted. Later.
certain olHeT lrlSnmtn COnSpired
against the authority of Parliament
and the result was the destruction OF
the center of a city and numerous
executions. Since then all kinds OF
errors have been committed on both
sides, and. by reason of tragic folly. |
stupid blindness and violent pretudice
the awful tangle is far more involved
tEan ever and the Irish question has he
come handle TO our enemies and a /
hndrance 10 our friends. In short. tho
irish question now constitutes L very
serious drawback to. the allied cause.
And when IL was being discussed last
week members of Parliament were
freely calling each other TRAITORS"
The british and Irish have conspicu-
ouSly failed to settle the Irish problem |
The imperial War Cabinet and the Inn
perial war conference are now sitting |
in London, and the suggestion has been
authortatively made that the Irish |
problem should he submitted for solu- |
ton To one of these bodies, through
which blows the fresh wind Of colonial |
opinion. Why should not the Irish |
problem be submitted? nd what !
would Sir Auckland Geddes. who speaks
so easily OF playing the cnemy's game (,
say about any group of statesmen who !
FOR unavowable motives. should seek
to prevent the submission of the Irish |
problem To those worldwide councils |
OF citizens of the empire?