The Washington times., 1919-01-14

Feed, Don't Shoot.
Full Stomach, contented
Mind.
"No Irish" In Paris.
No Chinese, Either.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. lsls.)

stolen by war charity" grafters.
The total amount stolen in this
country in the name OF charity by
amateurs and professionals will
never be known.
II we ever have another war,
wouldn't Il be Q good idea to let
the Government include care Of
soldiers In its other activities:
This would keep many amisble
citizens from advertising them
selves In the name OF sweet char
ity and from boring their neigh
bors. But 1t would save q great
deal Of trouble, discourage graft
Ing and, judging by the stories Of
soldiers returning from Europe, Il
would be more satisfactory to them.
England has suggested "that the
Russian Bolsheyiki be invited to
send peace delegates to Paris and
be recognized"
The New York Times, shocked,
says that the darkness and un-
reason" Of this English suggestion
cannot be too soon explained to
an amazed world"
England probably will do her
own explaining. For one thing the
British government has had a
good deal Of experience during the
French revolution and before and
aftsrward that was enlightening,
and that has been denied to the
editor Of the New York Times.
The English having already dealt
with boiling revolution discover
ed perhaps that the wise thing IL
to leave such a demonstration to
work out its own destiny.
In addition, 1t must be remem-
bered that the attitudes of France
and England toward Russia are
different Almost every French
workman is the owner Of a Rus
sian bond-and all those bonds
are repudiated by the Bolsheviki.
French capitalists have thousands
Of millions invested in Russian
enterprises. And French people
OF moderate means have other
billions invested in Russian loans.
It Is natural that France should
seek to protect her citizens
against confscation. Her money
was lent IN good faith.
It is natural that England, hav-
ing no such claim in Russia,
should decide to keep out Of the
mess, keep on good terms, and
make it possible for her to do
business with the Bolsheviki, in
case they SHOULD win.
As to the United States, we
have, it is true, lent some mil
lions to Russia and taken bonds.
Our International Harvester Com
pany and other enterprises have
large sums invested there, and
our rights should be protected il
it can be done wisely.
President Wilson, who is in
Paris close by, can be trusted to
act judiciously. It is announced
for him that he means to have
all our soldiers back here by next
September. That would seem to
include our soldiers in Russia.
Perhaps he agrees with Lloyd
George that the wise thing is to
let the Russians rule Russia,
while we attend to our business
and keep out Of further compli-
cations until We clear up this
war. One war at a time is a
good motto.
Ruskin complained that the
steam engine snorting and smok-
ing ruined the countryside. Will
not the mo lern flying machine
give human beings a contempt
for the earth as a whole? The
other day the Prince Of Wales
went to Germany and, in an
American flying machine. took
trip for three-quarters of an hour
up and down the Rhine, looking
down at the Lorelei Rock, the
vineyards, and some Of the old
towers.
The real way to see the coun-
try Is to walk through it. Fly
ing through it in an express
train or in an automobile was
bad enough. but flying above it,
at one hundred and fifty miles an
hour, and scarcely seeing it is
worse.
The flying machine will make
men feel contempt for the small
ness of the earth they inhabit,
but it may turn their thoughts
20 the real universe, toward the
sun, a million times as big as this
Earth. and to other suns a mil
ion times as big as ours. That
region above the flying machine
win hold mems respect for a
while. No human invention will
make that dwind,e, sven if we
talk to our neighbor planets, as,
Of course, we shall do.
The lord mayor of Dublin
wanted to go to Paris to invite
President Wilson to Ireland. He
couldn't get a passport; they
wouldn't let him IN. That takes
you back to the days when help
wanted advertisements in the
English papers habitually con-
cluded with the words, "No Irish
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