The Washington times., 1920-08-10


fuses an armistice, stocks go tum-
bling, France will send men against
Russia, England will "help" on the
sea with a blockade. Once more
poor France carries the heavy load.
1t Is to her that Russia owes thirty
billions of francs.
Be grateful that the United
States is still out OF the Peace
League. If we were in it, this
country would be carrying the load.
Last Sunday two war veterans
IN Pittsburgh took an important
step.
On that day they both hanged
themselves with their belts. Both
were gassed in the war, both are
dead and now out Of any further
trouble.
II those men had lived until next
November, they probably would
have told young Americans NOT
yet gassed, and their fathers and
mothers, that it would be a good
idea to have the United States de-
eide about drafting Americans for
service in Europe and not leave
that decision to any Peace League
or combination Of European ma
tions.
Give to our friends in Europe
the right to conscript young Amer
leans for war, in order to save
their own young men, and you will
have the Pittsburgh incident re-
peated many times in years to
come.
There seems to be basis for Mr..
Cox's statement that the United
States has duties In EVERY
PART OF THE WORLD"
A while ago, without any right
or authority of Congress, Ameri-
cans were being shot in Russia,
this Government attempting to
prove to the Russians that they
haven't a right to manage their
own country.
Now we are telling the japanese
what they must do In the Island OF
Saghalin.
That island Is a long way from
Coney Island. 1t is close to Japan,
one part Of 1t Is Japanese, the other
part Russian. The U. S. A. told
Japan to get out Nf the Russian
part.
Exactly what business is 1t Of
the United States what the Japan
ese and Russians do in Saghalin
the average American does not un-
derstand. And nobody, not even
this Administration, understands
why We are telling the Russian
government that they haven't q
right to rule in their own coun-
try, and at the same time telling
the Japanese that they must not
interfere with the supremacy of
the Russian government Id Z little
island that doesn't concern US.
The desperate situation Of Po-
land Is shown in the dispatch about
sending Warsaw's entire police
force, one thousand men, armed
with English rifles, to help stop
the Russian army. Two hundred
millions Of people and a great revo-
luton are back of the Russian
army. Sending out a thousand
policemen seems like an interna-
tional imitation Of Mrs. Parting
ton.
The Poles have fought desperate
ly, with extraordinary courage,
their army has been cut down
three-quarters. Defeat rests, not
on them, but on the Allies that
first gave Poland her independence
and then sent her on an impossible
catspaw expedition against Russia
: to collect debts for the Allies.
For all the Polish dead the al
lies are responsible. Poland might
be prosperous and independent,
free from the conquest that men
aces her, had she not been chosen
to collect loans made to the Car
that Lenin would not pay.
What is sauce for the German
goose is, according to Lenin, sauce
for the Polish gander. Russia
will cease the war against Poland
If Poland will accept her terms,
including reduction of Polanfs
armed force.
Russia is saying to Poland what
the allies said to Germany, "you
may have peace if you will make
yourself so weak that / can beat
you whenever / want to-"
1t seemed all right to the allies
to say that to Germany. Naturally
it seems all right to the Russians
to say the same thing to Poland.
Candidate Cox says, in connec-
ton with the Peace League sug-
gestion, america is at stake"
1t is, indeed, at stake, the future
of the whole country, the future
of millions of American young
men, and billions of American dol
lars.
II we were in the Peace League
this country would be shipping
young men to fight against Rus
sia Now, and THEIR future and
THEIR lives would be at stake
noD.
II this country is put in the
Peace League young men will be
called upon to stake their lives at
any moment, anywhere in the
world. for Mr.. Cox says, "the