The sun., 1919-03-18

my own. the Vice President He is for
the league, Of course he is a thorough
ly tested. bomb-proof Democrat. Be-
sides, he now has the privilege when in
Washington Of dangling his feet from
the big chair at the head OF the Cabinet
table. just to see what It is like.
II was triie worried about Mr..
Marshall last week. Just after Marse
Henry Watterson had in characteristic
fashion punctured what he called the
league nonsense as will o. the wisp
and 'whimsy with the word peace
emblazoned on the seat OF its trousers OF
sewed into the hem OF its petticoat' Mr..
Marshall wrote an appreciation OF the
great Journalist to the C0IIrier-Journui !,
in which he said:
In the main Mr.. Watterson has
proclaimed the eternal verities upon
which i believe the future perma-
hence. stability and prosperity OF the
American people must ultimately rest,
when this fever and passion for I'M
known and untried things has passed.
In the midst OF Babel of voices
which cry. 10 here, ana 10 there"
his has been the one never changing,
consistent battle cry. May heaven
let him live long enough TO under
stand that the American people have
not only heard but needed many OF
the solemn warnings which he has
uttered.
THAT sounded somewhat ominous
under the circumstances but all appre-
tensions were removed the following
morning when newspaper dispatches
from Arizona announced that Mr.. Mar
shall had decided to take his medicine
As we all know. It has been no novel
experience for him during the past six
years, but clearly this was the worst
ever.
Socialists Here For 1t.
THE fact OF course is that Thoma $
Riley. like everybody else In Indiana Is
at bottom a pretty good American and
even now he couldn't help saying that
II there was anything in this here
league TO lower the self-respect of the
United States he would rather hzht.
but he somewhat doubtfuliy hoped there
wasn't and 30 with wry face he had
made up his mind to eat little dirt.
When he gets back home. to make
good. he ought to form a dirt eaters
club. but something tells me that the
number of members he would obtain at
any rate from this audience would be
limited. Anyhow he has made 1t plain
that his head IL clear and his heart
Is, willing, even though, his Hesh Is weak.
So let us harass him no more.
But We must not forget the Social
lists. They are for II, OF course, just
as they are in Europe.
- "TlIeir leader in this country, in the
temporary absence from the sunlight OF
Mr.. Debs. is Mr. Charles r. Russell. n
member of the Presidents famous mis-
sion to Russia. While he says, the
plan is not exactly what the radical
thought OF tho world had hoped for, II Is,
after all, most tremendous advance in
civilization
"As for the Monroe Doctrine, he
added. II will gladly witness Atty Mon
roe Doctrines being reduced to scraps
OF paper" Since Mr. Russell had Just
returned from Paris. where he had con-
verssd at length with the ex-Rev. George
n. Heron, the Presidents personal rep
iesentative at the Russian conference. It
is only fair to assume that he spoke
with authority. | tried TO get an en-
preston from the Newark Socialist
whom the President pardoned the day
before he sailed. but in vain. He dis
appeared simultaneously with the George
Washington.
"Of the preachers Rabbi Wise SOL
EMMY declares that we will not give up
American sovereignty but he added
ingenuously, we will share ia most
comforting reinsurance. The Rev. DIR.
Henry van Dyke. the Presidents former
Ambassador To Holland. confines his ar
guments. so far as one can Judge from
the newspaper reports, to polite agser-
tons that the Senatoss are insects. and
that Senator Rorah in particular is a
Pagan pessimist.' For this method he
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