The Washington times., 1920-12-08

70 work what he thinks OF might
makes right"
In his message Of about four
thousand words the President rec
ommends these things:
A loan to Armenia.
Who would handle that loan?
II it is to be q gift, like some 9th
er loans, why not call it q gift?
How long would it be before the
bolshevists would get the money
Ii the money ever really got to
Armenia?
Question: How much Of the So
called "losn to help Russian dem
ocracy" ever got as far rs Rus
sia1
Filipino independence because
tho FIipinos "haVs succeeded n
ntatntaining q stable government"
Have they succeeded, or has the
United States maintained the
stable government for them? How
long would their stability last,
free Of Japanese interference, IL
this country left them? Is it
worth while to drop the Filipinos
now, only to 60 back q little later
and spend q few billions fighting
Japan to put those Filipinos back
on their STABLE" feet once more?
National economy recommended
The Presidents message tells
you that privately-owned railroads
have received from the people, as
q subsidy and bonus, six hundred
millions already, and will prob
ably get six hundred and fifty
millions more within a year. That
tells q story of public looting, the
financing Of mismanaged private
properties at the public's expense
under this Administration.
Budget system recommended.
Certainly q nation which is go
ing to spend six thousand millions
in the coming year ought to show
at least as much sense, in budget
work, az the manager of peanut
stand.
Encourage tho manufacture of
dye-stutfs, promote dgrtcnlturd!
production, improve agricultural
marketing, make rural lVe more
attractive.
Protect aniline dyes and other
American industries, by all means.
You can only do it with q tariff.
and the same applies to the farm
Given stability Of prices, q safe
market, PROFITS, the farmers
will make their own rural life
more attractive with their own
money.
Sympathy for the SIX and dis
abled of the army and navy.
Good idea. 1t is needed. Seventy
thousand disabled soldiers and
sailors are waiting now for the
first sign of sympathy. Why the
delay? Private owners OF rail-
roads didn't have to wait SO long
for their first six hundred millions
of public cash. 1t makes a differ
ence whether you are q disabled
soldier or q disabled railroad, un-
der this administration.
Show example of democracy
rOithin our Oton borders.
: Good idea Why not begin by
liberating political prisoners, Debs
and others, put in Jail for saying
what they thought? All European
nations have done that.
War is over, although we haven't
officially admitted it. According
to the Government estimates, we
shall spend in the next year about
FOURTEEN HUNDRED MIL
LION DOLLARS on the army and
navy-half and half. Is not that a
good imitation Of militarism? We
spend for war, in time of peace,
about three times as much as the
Government spent altogether only
q few years ago.
The learned Sallendra Nath
Chose, subject Of the British EN-
pire in India, thinks India should
recover hertfreedom with the as
sistance ofSan army Of "fifty mil
lion men," Mr.. Chose has the
wrong idea. The late war showed
that you can drive the Indian SUBJ
iects Of Great Britain to the front
trenches, but you cannot make
them fight. 1t would take a big
ger Indian army than "ffty mil
lions" to beat the British Empire.
II India wants freedom, It is to
be hoped that she will enjoy It
under better conditions than pre-
vailed before the English arrived
when widows were burned alive,
and girls seven and eight years
old we're married to men Of fifty.
The best way for Indians to op-
pose British rule is by the resist
ance that the pig offers when they
try to drive him to market. 1t Is
hard for a nation to tight on q diet
of water and vegetables. No sheep
ever killed a wolf.
Makers OF clothing in New Eng