The Washington times., 1920-09-13

| Thus spoke Lenin, at the second
congress of the third internationale
| in Moscow
with the steel tempered in the
forge of Moscow we shall arm the
| international proletariat and shall
call on them to plunge that steel into
the back OF world capital
Thus spoke the commissary for
war, Trotzky. at that same congress.
Even so did the giant Goliath.
proudly confident of victory, hurl
his blatant provocations against the
Israelites of King Saul ds they stood
against the Philistines.
Speaking seriously, the gentlemen
Of the Soviets regard themselves as
giants towering above a thronS of
dwarfs. Nor is it only in the flush
of a debate in their congress that
they assume the tone of Goliath,
and give forth his feverish eloquence.
In his latest paper c"Radicalism as
the Children's Disease uf Commit
pism"), dated May. 1920, Lenin among
other things discusses the question
whether the first thing to do is to
abolish the Treaty of Versailles or
whether before that is done Europe
should first be sovietiZed.
From all parts of the earth dis
ciples are crowding to the congress
| of their internationale. which re-
| sembles the pentccost of the Christian
apostles in that they all understand
one another and each fancies that he
hears his own tongue. If such an eX-
perience should cloud the judgment
and dazzle the eye, who should won
! der at it? Goliath beating upon the
bronze of his armor, measuring the
| length of his ponderous spear with
his eye, and proclaiming himself in
vincible.
David vanquished him. The young
son of Jesse the Bethlehemite was
| not able to wear the helmet and armor
or to carry the sword of King Saul.
| With his shepherds stan and pouch
with Ave stones and a sling he went
forth, spurning the armor OF war
riors. But with the first throw from
! his sling he brought the braggart
giant low and then cut off Go
liaths head with his own sword.
For that the spirit of the Lord was
upon him, who wilIest not that man
should be saved by sword and spear"
LLOYD GEORGES ARMOR.
David Lloyd George is not. like the
| shepherd of Bethlehem, "ruddy and of
J a fair countenance," nor has he over
| ccme a lion and a bear--only his col
| leagues Asquith and Grey. Neverthe-
! ..
struggle with the barbarian giant.
with the sword and Spear of others,
! " neither they were called koltschak.
/ Denikin, Judenitch or Piksudski, II
! could not be done. Now he proposes
to make the attempt with the weap-
! ons of diplomacy. To the use of these
| he Is as little accustomed as was
the shepherd boy to the combat with
an opponent armored in bronze. But
even the critical judgment of Mr..
| Keynes credits him with having Ave
| or six senses more than mortals nor
mally possess, and upon this plus
which yielded such excellent returns
| at Paris, he now bases his confidence.
A pity that the choice of this meth
cd of warfare was so long delayed
Even six months ago an agreement
with Russia would have been possible
which for a little while at least would
have pacifed the world. But at that
time our David was still in his
| Knockout" mood. Russia was to be
| forced to her knees and must not be
| admitted to negotiations.
| All of a sudden the wind changed
ir Downing street, and II was a fur
| ther proof OF the extraordinary clev-
! erness of the British prime minister
| that he was so quickly, and without
| allowing himself TO be disturbed in
the least by the invectives from Mos
COW, entered into useful conversa-
items with the delegates of the So
viets.
HIsToRY's GREAT TEST.
II history allows herself jest in
such Rrandiose style, why should not
the eloauence and the suggestive
! power OF a Welsh lawyer be able to
/ r..
and to erect an impossible barrier
out OF the bacilli OF words? Wire
| less insults OF such a character that
| England hitherto would never have
let them pass without a rugged reply