The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01

oL US stan, VIII De most interesting. It reflects the minds of the soldiers overseas very clearly.
 He says:
 T note that the Prohibitionists, Bolsheviks, anti-Nations Leaguers and anti-cisarette agitators are strutting the stage of American public life to the exclusion of all others. It pro- Vides more or less amusement to the weary, homesick soldier to read news paper reports of their activities. The mosth umorous thing have yet seen is the statement of clergyman speaking before an anu-something Methodist League in New York. He relates how the poor doughboy after a half hour in the firing line, staggered to the rear if unable to ob- tam 'doped cigarette manufactured by some fend tobacco firm in the States. Mercy me, how horrible! More laurels for the Doughboy Though suffering from dope he held the line at Chateau Thierry and saved Paris
 If the reverend gentleman did not present such a pitabIe mental picture he might well be laughed at. How quickly colossal absurdities become stark naked facts with some pervert- ed reformers
 T am opposed to prohibition and from the viewpoint of the dry ex- ponent l must necessarily be in league with the gentleman who presides over the destinies of Hades-a hopeless degenerate. I hold no brief for the liquor interests; liquor when excess lively used is harmful, but I object to the method taken by the small min ority in1Icting their will upon the majority. The question of individ ual right Is at stake and we set a bad precedent in this particular case.
 For every man who dies from excessive drinking at least five others hurry themselves across the Styx as q result of eating too much. Now We surely can anticipate in the near future the formation of an anti-Molar League. They will proceed to restrict
 my right to eat when I want to and as much as I want. The vegesa rians will, no doubt, join this league. Some day, perhaps, I shall step into a res- taurant pleased with the thoughts of immediately consuming a juicy steak. 6 heap of potatoes and some eggs thrown in.
 "I shall be informed that men die from eating too much. I shall be told that meat is harmful, sugar thins tho blood, there is too much starch in potatoes. flour causes indigestion. So I shall be handed some ground peanuts. postum and fiourless bread. Why not? If the will of the min ority prevails, I respectfully ask why not
 Tt is evident that in the absence of a great and sane element of Its popuIation. the faddist3 are running amuck in the States and their cure for-alI-ils formula is to regenerats inc human race. To complete the circle they should import Trotzky' whither. oh. Lord! is the good old U. s. A. drifting!
 ''The foregoing mentioned indivld- uals are not the only extremists, they are not the only opponents of democ- racy. universal as well as national Many of our supposedly enlightened statesmen are hammering the League of Nations and ridiculing the Presi- dent for espousing such an absurd chimerical project Chief among them we find the scholarly Senator Lodge, a man of undoubted genius and a statesman of ability.
 "Coiumbus was crazy supposedly. Bushnell, failing to blow up the Brit" ish frigate in New York harbor with his submarine, was the butt of the cynic's jibes. Fulton was a nut. I could go on quoting example after example. It is natural that Wilson should be assailed.
 Tt Is not surprising to find Lodge opposed to the League. He thinks in channels of statesmanship that IL day. but those channels belong to a dead era Like CIemenceau of France, Lodge is an old man and he apparently fails to understand the | trend of human thought and opinion. Lodge was reared in Puritanical l Massa chusetts and schooIed in the old reactionary. obsolete wing of the Re- publican party. Throughout his career he has been a snug conserva- tive, an uphoIder of the interests of the bIood-sucking industrial capital ist and monied aristocrat of New England, a foe of organized labor and at heart a political royalist. Ut is logical to assume in his case that as the twig Is bent the tree is so inclined You cannot expect him to champion a measure as epochal, as world-rev olutionary and as radical Iy humane as the League of Nations. In his declining years it Is natural that he should adhere to the senti- ments he has possessed throug ghout his political career.
 "One thing is certain, Lodge. in bis opposition to the League of Nations, does not represent the opinions of the American soldier in France. Ques- ! ton if he voices the sentiments of any great majority of Americans at home. Some of the opponents of this League should come to France. Let them start in Belgium and be con- ducted along the semi-circIe tha. once marked the fiood-ti tide of Ger man efforts. Let them walk across the fields of Flanders and Picardy traverse the banks of the Marne. the Somme and the Mouse, In the gripping desolation, inevitable rows of wooden crosses, silhouetted against the skies would meet their gaze and deep emotions would stir within their hearts as they pondered on these Cities of the Dead mans sac rifiCe to the Dogs of War.
 These enlightened gentlemen