The Washington times., 1919-01-16
Today
Rum and the Workers.
China and Opium.
Monroe Doctrine MeddIingi
R,000 Dead Horses.

II
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. I3IsJ
Mr.. Sweet. who manufactures
paper and is speaker of tie as
semhly in New York State, says
that women talk a great deal of
nonsense about laws to project
workers. His opinion Is: "If
working folks would let rum
alone, they would not need unions,
strikes, health insurance, mini
mum wages, ETC."
With the prohibition anend-
ment soon to be in the Constitu-
ton, only one more State needed,
the public will test the soundless
OF Mr.. Sweets view. The workers
will HAVE to ''let rum alone"
1t would be nice if that should
indeed solve all problems of the
workers. It may not do so, Ter in
India. where thev all '1et rum
alone" YOU can hire them for
fifteen cents a day. They live on
handful of rice. with a piece
OF cotton wrapped around their
loins. They may be happy, look
ing forward to Nirvana, in which
state they won't need either the
rice or the loin cloth.
These are interesting spo.s in
the news:
The Bulgarians have p3lIed
down the Turkish Mosque at
Sofia. Turkev would like to ight
her recent ally. How will you
stop that? .-...
The Germans, having tempo
rarily squelched Bolshevism in Ber-
I'm, are organizing an army under
Won Hindenburg, preparing to
march against what they call
Polish despotisn.." How will
You stop that?
A hunger stricken crowd in
Petrograd begging for bread is
nred upon by Bolshevik troops.
Even Bolshevik brotherhood has to
use powder and shot occasionally.
Lord Robert Cecil says he
thinks the League Of Nations
viii not interfere in any way
with the Monroe doctrine. and
adds: II think an arrangement
could be made by which America
could act in behalf Of the league. |"
America hopes that so far as
the Monroe doctrine Is concern
ed, the United States will con-
finue to act IN BEHALF OF
THE UNITED STATES.
This continent has been get
ting slerx pretty well with the
Monroe doctrine, much better
than Europe with its Greek,
Turkish, and Balkan wars lead
ing mp to the big explosion. The
Lord protect rs from a Monroe
doctrine modified by a league of
nations. 80.
President Wilson's urgent. al
most alarmist, warning against
Bolsheyism appears to echo the
feeling in Europe.
Orlando is called away from
the peace conference because Of
cabinet troubles and serious dis
agreement in Italy.
The same Lord Robert Cecil
even announces that GERMANY
may be admitted to the League
OF Nations if she is good. Per-
haps the energy with which Bol-
shevism was shot to pieces in
Berlin may have had something
to do with that statement, and
with the statement that the food
blockade against Germany will be
modified.
More than forty-two thousand
American horses were killed in
the war. Those horses had lust
about as much to do with II,
and understood as little about it,
as many of the Russian, Balkan,
and Turkish men marched I'D TO
be shot down.
The new Director of Railroads
has appointed a committee to in
vestigate safety devices, automatic
control to protect passengers. Let
the committee write to the Swiss
government for full information.
In Switzerland the people own
their railroads. All safety devices
are used, wrecks are practically
unknown, and railroad fares paid
by the Swiss are less than half
those paid by Americans.
"Dollar-a-year men" in Washing
ton are to receive checks for the
years work signed by President
Wilson himself. A majority will
preserve the checks framed, not
cash them.
Many of those "dollar-a-year
men" sacrificed their business in
terests and rendered invaluable
service to the Government. Others
will be able TO look at the dollar
check, signed BY the President