The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
INTERPRETING THE FACES

T OR THE most part the will not 1T impress the historian of the future with the wisdom or the penetration of the world editorial mind
 Whether the discussion has been in China, in England elsewhere frequently it has been concerned with trivaes with the undue accenuaG of persons or of relatively immaterial events.
 The editorial fashion at the moment loudly for peace without regard how fast peace can be made Many not any particular kind of treaty, but just a treaty.
 If peace is made, say editors, there will be no more Bohevism, Hungary and Russia will not combine If only there had been peace before this all would be we'll every body would happy the hands upon the clock would auto maticaly swing back four years and everything would be just used to be- not quite the something almost as good.
 Such interpretation is not of much value of injury provided the assumption is made that is better to know the facts about things than not to know them
 Nobody what will check the spread Bolshevism There evidence whatever thathe signing of peace treaty will check it. There is proof that peace treaty not give impetus to Bolshevism.
 Is there really any warrant supposing Russia for instance that the SOvets who have held control for long, while Russians in all sorts of difficulties will find harder to hold when Russia into peace and plenty ncud ing freedom from oppressive hunger?
 The exceeding nippancy of the press of the world while the nations getting into the and they no especial reflection on press The press is composed of persons and persons not prophets whether they were editors, kngsi soldiers, merchants statesmen agitators.
 How many the whole world lad an adequate perspec- tive, the war began of the results would bring forth? Not Here and there student had von the voices of such were lost.
 Even very men, inteIects in their speoalte scarcely perceive the extent to which
  hreefourhs of the whole income with blind acquescence and adequate realization that this in itself revoIuon something fraught with vast consequences, which will work tremendous changes in the social structure
 The world has changed and will not be unchanged The balance of social forces has been altered.
 Those who read The Times will remember that when the began it said that inevitable consequence would be the destruction of the conservatives of the world That by the disappearance of lives the radical elements would obtain greater weight in the social scale, and their be corespondngy important
 The has diminished the influence of the lives of Europe in many ways.
 Relative to their numbers, more killed
 The financial demand of war caused the impoverishment ofmany; and where impoverisen did take place was great diminutiOn of material resources
 The conservative elements lost in moral authority sufferngs which inflicted upon the people, people septca of things they cepted.
 During period the conservatives in moral power the working classes of Europe gained both Their financial condition betered The import of their part in production made apparent them.
 The peace treaty will have little effect the social changes Europe, except may enable them place less Since any result compound enter nto the order of Europe will radical and less ot the the several European states.
 Even important persons who truly have influence briefly referred interpretation requires and collateral incidents, and pro- found underlying