The Washington times., 1919-12-23

80 Years-For What?
You Can't Deport Ideas.
Oasis aorth and South.
To Subsidize Children.
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A boy sixteen years old Steve
! wiszak. was sentenced yesterday
ITO thirty years in prison for mur-
~ in the second degree. The
said 1t was sad, but" said
re can't shut our eyes to the
fsA Rt you have been associated
with dangerous element"
What about shutting your eyes
TO the fact that boy Of sixteen is
sent to prison for thirty years as
. result OF his environment? Who
is responsible for the fact that
there existed "a dangerous ele-
ment" ready to contaminste a boy
of sixteen?
In decent surroundings, protect
ed from the dangerous element"
the boy might have grown to use
full manhood. Now, thirty years Of
prison will make him a dangerous
enemy Of society. Is that the best
that civilization can do to pro-
tect itself, and to atone for the
fact that its incompetency permits
the corrupting influence of dan
serous element"
You think II is all over, and sud-
denly 1t isn't The Supreme Court
now orders the Government to
show cause, on January s, why
Rhode Island and New Jersey
should not be allowed to prove that
prohibition is unconstitutional.
This may mean delay, litigation,
extending beyond January 16, the
dead line of dryness. It may make
Of New Jersey and Rhode Island.
for awhile. the happy wet spots. In
the long run, however, prohibition
win win.
Meanwhile, Cuba is preparing
to be the little oasis across the
blue water. They are spending
millions to make the oasis at
tractive, with fine hotels, casinos
where you may bet your money,
while the learned person mixes
your drink. Millions Of gallons of
whiskey win be tent There sill
te the southern winter resort OF
tie thirsty.
And to the North, in Canada,
where It is pleasant In summer
and winter, they have taken off
the hvs against horse racing,
and vhiskey. Americans vaa
combine prosperity With thirst
need only travel . little, North
and South, summer and winter.
Misc Emma Goldman and Mr.
Berkman, anarchists and will
ing to have you know it, are
somewhere on the bounding deep,
shipped away on q United States
Government boat, with others
who think they could manufac-
ture . better world than this.
In these days, what happens
to 24s out of ffteen hundred
millions on earth is probably
not important But the Rev. Or.
Percy Stickney Grant, who
breaches in one Of New York
city's incest Fifth avenue
churches, says the sailing away
Of these anarchists will make
history as important as the ar
rival Of the Mayflower's Puri-
tans.
Nobody need sympathize much
with the 249 exiles, for they
really like anarchy and excite
ment, and they are bound for
Russia
Mr.. Grant, to use the slang
of the day, utters a reverend
'mouthful" when he says: "You
may deport three hundred or
three millions and think you
are going to deport ideas, but
you are not"
Sending away 249 radical ladies
and gentlemen as solution of $50
cial unrest" is good deal like cut
ting out one smallpox pustule to
get rid of a smallpox epidemic.
When you read about a United
States transport coming in with a
lot Of men shot and a lot of others
in irons, and a general state Of
mutiny, and when you read in your
mornings paper about a radical
mob noting at the United States
Barge Office, you realize that it
would take a good many Govern
ment ships to get rid Of radicalism
and those supporting it. Find out
what is the matter and fix that.
News comes from New South
Wales that the government pro-