South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-08
By MoNTAGUE GLASS.

yes. Mawruss," Abe Potash said
20 his partner. Morris Perlmut-
ter. "a feller which has got 20 write
to the newspaper 10 say that he
didn't say what the newspapers. said
he said when u reported his speech.
understand. has usually made
a pretty rottne speech In the first
place. and in the second place when
he tries 10 explain what IL really
was that he did say Mawruss. II
practically always sounds worse
than what the newspapers said he
said"
But what did he say and who
said II. Abe2" Morris inquired.
Ambassador Morgenstimmung or
Morgernstern, I couldn't remem Der
which Mawruss" Abe replied. land
although he amt wrote 20 the news
papers yet 10 deny that ne said il
MawrUss. IL is only a question of
time when he would do SO. because
he either said one thing or the 9TH
or. but he couldn't say both"
Listen. Abe. IL you think that un-
less you break II 20 me gradually
what this here Morgenstern said. il
would be too much OF "a shock 20
me-" Morris announced. let me tell
you that IL is a matter Of indiffer-
. ence 20 me what he said"
so II IS TO most everybody else
except the immediate family, Nav
russ" Abe continued. but not TO
keep you in suspense. Mawruss,
what this Ambassador Morgenstern
said was speech 20 the American
soldiers in Coblenz where ne told
them that there was going 10 be an
other big war I'm which America
would got 10 fight during the next
fifteen or twenty years and also that
he had every confidence in the
League OF Nations"
Wei. there's a whole lot Of Unit
ed States senator's which has got the
same kind of confidence in the League
OF Nations, Abe" Morris declared
In fact some OF them is confident
that the League OF Nations will
bring about war for us in even
less than fifteen years"
Well, I'll tell YOU" Abe said. "the
word confidence has got a whole lot
Of different meanings. Mawruss. and
it's quite possible that this here Am
bassador Morgenstern used the word
with reference TO the League OF Ma
tiOns in its Chatham square or green
goods meaning. because otherwise
how cOud the League OF Nations
cause another war in less than If
Of 10 f.T
Ter which prophecied il was a repub-
lican senator which Mr.. Morgen-
stern is not"
ITO tell you the truth, Abe"
Maurice said. u have heard and read
80 many different things about this
here League Of Nations that It
wouldn't surprise me in the least if
the final edition OF IL provided that
any nation which didn't go 10 war
at least once every three years with
some other nation or nations, yum
derstand. should be expelled from
the league OF nations with costs,
understand. and in fact. Abe. it is
my opinion that when someone
makes a speech about this here
League OF Nations nowadays, he
might just so well write a letter to
himself denying that he said what
the newspapers said he said, and
let il go at that because it's a hun
dred 10 one that he was the only
person who didn't sp!p it when II
was printed in its original garbled
condition"
AT that, Mawruss, you are going
20 be really and truly surprised 10
md out what that League of Ma
tons covenant means when it comes
up to be argued about the United
states senate" Abe observed. be
cause a great many Of them senators
Is high grade crackerjack. a num-
her one lawyers on the side, Nav
russ. and formerly used 10 make
their livings by showing that the