The Washington times., 1919-01-06

The Young Lion Bit.
Russian, Indian Marriages.
lust Wanted to Shoe" /"
Please Buy Our Ship"
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
fConrriShf. 1851

(Copyright, 1slS-D
The British war office an
nounces that trouble in the army
has been satisfactorily settled"
Troops brought back to England
had refused to return to France
when ordered.
Representatives Of the men
conferred with a commanding
general" Something new in the
British army. TX
The London Standard talks Of
serious rumors Of discomfort in
the fleet"
Not pleasant reading in this.
country for those who believe that
everything is for the best, in the
best possible Of worlds . while the
profteer goose hangs high.
May Mr.. Wilson soon finish his
important world work, settle the
problems Of the nations, bestow-
ing democracy on them forever.
and return to this country. bring
ing with him the army, navy, AID
allowing democracy over there to
settle its own affairs hereafter.
This country also may have
problems, and should finish as
quickly as possible pulling chest
nuts out Of the fire for others.
Russian soyiets will pick hus--
bands for girls"
In Petrograd unmarried women
between, eighteen and forty-fye
will be provided with husbands by
the city,the children brought up.
~ the government.
Interesting and not entirely
neV.
Read a book OF travel written by
an Englishman, Thomas Gage,
some two hundred years aga.
Spain. controlling South Amer
ica, digging gold and silver, want
ed plenty OF Indians to pay tribute,
plenty Of slaves to work the mines.
Thomas Cage wrote: ITO increase
the number OF those that pay trib-
ute, all Indians fifteen years old
must marry. In fact, the rule is
that male Indians should marry at
fDurteea and Indian girls at thir-
teen" :
Gage says that he had seen chill
dren thus married on. and that it
was q shameful thing"
Petrograd compels marriage be-
cause Il wants plenty Of free citi-
zens from the people to oppose
tyranny and enjoy the news free-
dom. =
Spain Compelled the marriage Of
indian children fourteen and thif-
teen years old that she might have
plenty Of slsves TO pay tribute and
work In the mines.
The Russian idea Is not pleasing
to the highly refined, but Il IL an
Improvement on the Spanish idea
Charles Schwartz went; to the
hospital with q hand badly man
gied- His three-year-old lion had
bitten him. .-.g
Il am much surprised" said
Trainer Schwartz. The animal
was born in captivity. and never
bit before"
That is, probably, what the Car
said. All his people were born in
captivity, but they bit when the
time came. Be careful, Cars and
hon tamers-and some others.
President Wilson, in spite of all
honors showered on him, gold
plate, the rides and appearances
on balconies with Kings and
Queens, does not overlook poverty
and hunger around him He
cables to the American Congress
an urgent request to appropriate
one hundred millions "to feed the
starving in Europe"
It is a beautiful thought for the
new year. Since we can afford it,
it should be done, but somebody
ought to appropriate a few mil
lions, say five or ten, TO supply
with pure milk, at a fair price,
children that are starved by the
high cost in many of the great
cities in THIS country.
"A halt comes in the scheme to
have the United States buy out
the. shipping trust". at the. high
war price-now that boats are less
valuable. .... .
And yet "only one hundred and
fifty millions were involved" -.
What has happened? Hasn't
this country a few extra hundred
millions to obliee Wall Street gen
tlemen that wish to unload?
These ships include some of the
most venerable rat traps on the
ocean. II the United States Gov
ernment does not buy them from
patriots that ran them through the
war at a profit of hundred per
cent q year nobody viii buy them.
Surely the United States win not
cease to be @an unlimited easy
pnayk0 noaraIy baoaus. a. -.