The Washington times., 1920-06-16
Today
Third Party Coming.
White Collar Boys.
8 Good Cartoons.
Highly Moral Finance.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. isso)

lhero Is no douDt mat the couh-
try is TO see a third party. Labor
threatens it, prohibition hints at
1t, and millions Of dissatisfied citi-
zens, as yet not heard from, want
1t.
In this third party movement
look out for the white collar
boys"
They are the men not organized
that used to take each his little
torch in hand and join the Re-
publican torchlight procession
every four years.
But the price of white collars
has gone up, and the pay of the
white collar boy" has stayed
down.
His rent is up, his food is up.
"A good pair of shoes costs as much
rs he can earn in a week.
He has been forced to realize
that there is some intelligence in
the flannel shirt boys" that have
had their unions and worked to-
gether.
The white collar boys" may de-
eide to form their first union in .
third party this fall. II they do,
1t will be q big party.
To know what is happening in
distant parts Of the world, watch
the price of silver gradually drop
ping. In the war it's price crawl
ed upward, and Mr.. Bryan, like
Jobs war horse, paved in the val
ley and said, "Ha, ha." Now sill
ver's price is crawling down, more
rapidly than 1t crawled up. While
war was on, Europe paid big
bills to Asia Asia's money is sill
yer.
War is over, silver drops. This
means panic in China, India,
Japan.
Panic in those places has its
meaning for us.
Watch the price Of silver for
financial troubles in Asia, while
you watch the white collar boys"
for political troubles in America
The Literary Digest reprints
three cartoons, excellently chosen,
from japanese newspapers.
The Osaka Puck, under the
heading "Japan's job" shows a
gigantic bear, freed from its
chains, threatening a little jap
anese, sheltering himself behind a
rock. Below is written: "The
bear is set free and Japan must
fight it single-handed."
Another cartoon from the Toxic
Jiji shows q Japanese soldier look
ing worried while the American
troops march away. The line un-
derneath is "Alone in Siberia"
Below that line, this: "Japan's
helpless situation on the with
drawal Of the American troops"
The third cartoon shows Japan
frozen in the ice. The title of the
cartoon is. "When the Mercury
Went Down." The lines below
that are, National feeling on the
Siberian problem is colder than
the Siberian air" and the frozen
soldier is inscribed, "More troops
wanted"
These are good cartoons for
American newspapers to reprint.
Learn from them that even
though Japan expected us to take
care of the Russian bear while she
grabbed Siberian territory, and
England expected US to police the
world in general while she digest
ed German colonies, it is on the
whole fortunate for US that we
haven't that Russian bear on
hand, and that Uncle Sam did not
put his foot in the Peace League
trap.
Did you hear about the sweet
moral outbreak in American fl
nancial circles? You know that
."big interests" in the United
States managed to send American
soldiers into Russia. And since the
soldiers were brought back by
public opinion the same interests
have managed to prevent any
American trade with Russia or
American recognition Of Lenin's
government. 1t was supposed that
American financiers, who had
speedily DOukHb NuSoihh pOiuo
from the Czar when everyone but
themselves knew that the Gar
was doomed, hated Lenin because
he repudiated those bonds and
told the buyers to apply to the
Car for payment.
But that, it seems, is all wrong.
These super-conscientious bond
buyers say that they do not want
to see this country do any busi-
ness with Russia because any
money that Russia would pay us
is stolen money, stolen by the
revolutionary Russian Government
from the old regime"
Isn't that touching and con-
vincing?
Where did the old regime get
this money? 1t exploited two hun
dred million miserable creatures.
kept the peasants in condition OF
servitude that was worse than serf-
dom, or even slavery.
The present Government Of Rus
sia disposed of the Gar, then took