The Washington times., 1919-10-23


Like the little boy at the circus,
we have passed on to the next
cage. The rip-roaring gorilla of
I1sl4 no longer interests Us, we
want to see what's coming, no in
terest in what's gone by.
Mr.. Emil Friend, under the
name of Boersianer, thinks and
writes more ably than any other
man in the country on financial af-
fairs. Asked what are the finan-
eial conditions and prospects of
France and Germany" he said that
the most interesting and impor-
tant fact is the close tie between
German and French money. "If
the mark goes down." said he, 'the
franc must 20 down. France will
depend largely for prosperity and
money on Germany's ability to
pay the indemnity. The United
States also is interested, for on
GermAnys ability TO pay France
depends French ability to pay to
the United States money borrowed
here. The ability of Germany to
pay depends on her ability to get
raw materials that she may 90 to
work. Nations pay with their
labor, not with currency"
This shows what a curious thing
var is. To kill the nation next to
you, no matter how much you hate
that nation, would be like one
Siamese twin killing his brother.
The one that kills the other must
die with the one killed.
The Great and Holy" empire of
Austria is the nearest thing to
total extinction ever seen. even
after q great war. As Whitfield
down by the Peace League Austrio
has feuey irhnbitdrts than the
City of Nsp York
England is borrowing money
here at six and quarter per cent.
The richest nation in the world,
except this, England would lot
have believed such thing eoSsible
when the war began. Two per
cent was enough for the British
government to pay then There is
A ominous drop The British
empire weaker borrower than
your corner grocer.
II the coal strike came II would
mean disaster TO millions of Amer
leans. Senator F'relinghuysea ssys
il would cost the country petnl y
neatly one billion dollars a fens.
The nnal cost Is not as irnpor-
fant as the immediate cessation ps
Business, transportation and oths--
necessities. What a burglar ,akss
from your pocket is not as serious
as the preliminary blow of the
blackjack on your head IL is he
ing knocked senseless before she
money is taken that hurts and does
the most harm.
The miners say, perhaps truly,
that what they ask is small, com
pared to what has been taken from
the public. without much protest,
by owners Of mines that do no
work.
What shall the country do? As
suming that the miners have JUS
tice on their side. shall il stand still
while the blackjack Is applied,
and allow the country to be knock
ed senseless that working miners
may take from owners Of mines
what is due them.
II is suggested that the Govern
ment use soldiers to get out the
coal. This seems sensible, how
ever great the sympathy with the
demands of half million miners.
IL the Government took out
the coal while miners went with
out pay and mine owners with
out profit, some way might be
found to settle the fight between
mine owners and mine workers,
without first hitting the public
on the head with a black jack.
There must be some better
method than the hfghwayman's
method. He, at least. hits on the
head the man from whom he
wants to take the money. Where
as, workers and owners. when
they fight, instead of hitting each
other on the head, begin by sand
bagging the public and 90 on
with their fight afterward.
The doctor who has been graft
, ing interstitial glands from
young goats on old goats, from
young rats on old rats, and from
monkeys on human beings, said:
"Of course. you can't make actual
experiments Of grating from one
human being to another" But
be did not know the United
States. Here there is more re-
sourcefulness. The problem has
been solved by taking intersti-
tial glands from the bodies of