The Washington times., 1920-09-17

S30,000,000 Now.
Seeing Is Dangerous.
A Dying 0inosaur.
No Modern Cromwell.
BY ARTHUR BRIsBANl

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No Modern Cromwell.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright, istoD
+ Mr.. Cox said the Republicans
were trying to collect fifteen mil
lion dollars, ito buy the country.
That would be fifteen cents apiece
for each inhabitant Of the country.
That didn't cause much excitement.
Now Mr.. Cox says the Republicans
are raising a fund Of thirty mil
lion dollars, double the first
amount. Perhaps that alarming
statement will be more effective.
Meanwhile Democrats are puz-
zled about their own campaign
fund. Money by popular sub
scription doesn't seem to come IN
very fast. No great enthusiasm
about financing the war League
of Nations. The saddest part is
this: Ordinarily big corporations
give on both sides, feeling that
either side may win.
But this time the dullest cor
poration gentleman knows well
that Cox is beaten and says to
himself: whats the use OF help
ing to finance a dead one?" That
makes the Democratic money
raising campaign harder, and any
sympathy you have to spare
should 90 to Mr.. White, who must
do the money raising.
Max Rabinowitz, of New York,
dealt in furs and Liberty bonds. AS
an advertisement he displayed day
after day thousand-dollar Lib
erty bond in his window. Harry
Van Reed murdered Rabinowitz,
wounded his wife, trying to get
the one-thousand-dollar bond. He
failed. Passing the window, see
ing the bond day after day, he
made up his mind to get it.
1t is dangerous to expose meat
within reach of a hungry dog.
You might tell about the bonds
in writing and escape murder. You
might tell the dog about the meat
in safety. 1t is actually seeing
that does the mischief.
In that murder there is warn
ing more important than notice to
bond dealers and pawnbrokers to
avoid temptation to crime in front
window displays. This serves no
tice on the very prosperous to be-
ware of foolish ostentation. Those
that waste should do it in private,
where it will not be seen by those
that kick.
Human psychology is curious,
and that which is actually seen is
most dangerous.
The dinosaur, seventy to hun
dred feet long, biggest thing in
creation, probably expected TO last
forever. But he has disappeared;
he was too big. 1t took too long
for his small head to know what
was happening to the end Of his
tail when one of the small carniv-
orous dinosaurs attacked him.
What happened to the ancient
dinosaur will happen to the modern
dinosaur, the British Empire. For
a dinosaur it has been we'll man.
aged. 1t is not likely that any
other country on earth could have
managed as much of the earth as
long and successfully, on the
whole, as England has managed,
from the arctic regions to the
equator, and on down to the South
Pole.
The imperial British dinosaur
evidently has reached the limit of
its growth. Soon the English
government may find itself rul-
ing only those that speak English,
perhaps not all that it rules now.
Egypt is to have some kind Of
home rule at once. That is. one
sign there has been much dissatis-
faction in Egypt.
The Prince of Wales has de-
cided not to include India in his
travel. Another sign.
There has been much unrest in
India, and too much shooting of
the natives.
Lovat Fraser, intelligent OBJ
server, who writes for Lord North
cliffe, says, 1--WE must relinquish
remote imperial commitments and
set to work to restore our fl
nances.'
The idea is that the relinquish-
ment will include only "the dry
desiccated lands in the middle
east" Mr.. Fraser says, 1--WE can
not police half Asia" We can
not, indeed, for Asia will not al
low it.
No ships from America allow
ed to land at Queenstown, but
westbound ships may land there.
The English, intelligent managers,