The Washington times., 1919-01-05
Looking Ahead
You Cannot See Very Clearly, but Some Things Are,
Plain Enough to Talk About.

and that promises 50 much Is falrly begun Wnat VIII u
give to this earth in permanent betterment?
The President the United States for the first time in
our history travelling observing discussing and planning
for better world for everybody! Far in the distance are
The warnings Washington and Jefferson against foreign
entsnQiements The United States is entangled every
where and with everything the earhs surface few
months ago statesmen resolved to withdraw from the
Philippines and leave the natives to manage their problems
Today our soldiers in Russian Siberia shooting and
being shot in the effort teach the Russians how to
manage their internal affairs Just why they are there
how long they will stay in the country isn't told yet
rfAs Is a ng-distance ENHANCEMENT" surely ,
Our men are in Germany and in Poland. We are plan
ming with Italy and the JugoSlavs to help them settle
the question Of disputed territory the east coast Of the
Adriatic.
We are discussing with England and France the
cessation of armaments the creation Of only great In
tenaonal fleet flying many flags French, English Ger
American and acting world police to prevent war
Ealing that ags sa Ssd any nsDD sa1s 70
it and do it. for while ship fighting is matter
Of mind and courage in which by the way Americans have
excelled shipbuding is matter Of money, and we can
have the biggest fleet if we want to. i
The money that England alone owes US would build
net twice the size of Englands fleet The amount that
al the allies owe US would reproduce the British navy
four times. -"s. .,r =
An that vast debt due from our friends across the
water talk Of forgving and wping in of our
national generous impulses Surely have the
biggest heet want to- and already Secretary Daniels
has made plans and asked for appropriations that will put
The sun Of autocracy is setting the Gear dead the
from their thrones and the Kings remaining public
employees kept on the payroll at their peoples pleasure
Autocracy the throne is a thing of past history
But what about other auocracy that of the mob which
rules m Russia two hundred thousand Bolshevks, as
one hundred and thirty millions nearly all iiterate and
hopeless? little while ago they dreamed of happiness
and freedom they could get rid Of their Gear and call
What about the autocacy that keeps its soldiers of
gold or credit locked in banks-economcal soldiers that
bear interest and eat nothing while waiting be put
work. What about the autocratc power behind the check
book whose subjects its face as the ancient
It's force and its power of taxation taking tyrannicaI
share from every dollar spent? Military auocracy that has
fve hundred foolish uniforms hanging in its wardrobe
fnat starts out to conquer the earth in preposterous
dream OF vanity and ends in disgrace as the Kaiser ends
Is only one kind OF autocracy There many others
any Of nsm contained yet invisible within the
salvation, with the beginning Of this new year?
The greatest in the worlds history is over and
tne greatest menace to the worlds removed How
the Creeks conquered the Persians
When Rome defeated Hannibal and when Carthage
was destroyed.
the battle near the Pyrsnees When we established our
right to freedom here after 177e.
When the Union was resstablished in the Civil War.
a thousand times, ten thousand times in the history
of the world has been said and said truly and vet Il
has TO be said all over again.
The Hungarians said it when they rendered service
to all Europe and stopped the westward march of the Turks
All Eastern Europe said it when Atta died and his
hordes retired Japan said it when Russia defeated had
rely clever bargaining in America for the best
she could get How many times must it be said over
In battles between nations in battles between classes
organised government and anarchy ss in Russia
ween public rights and financial piracy, as in so msn1
tother countries? " '
little more than a hundred years ago Jefferson and
warrington breathed Deep thinking that all was well with
this country It had only to stay out of sforeion en-
and now we thoroughly entaneled in
foreign anairs as any kitten in ball of yarn We are not