The Washington times., 1920-02-04


stealing on both flanks Of every
army.
This generation will watch Rus
sis working out her own salvation,
II she can. An experiment Of that
kind has not been seen for a hun
dred years. It will be interesting,
and not what Russia expects. The
feet never manage the head.
When Russia picks herself up,
some head will be on top, Lenin's
or another, and few, as usual,
will rule the many.
Joubert, philosophical French
man, put much truth in these
words: C'est la force ct. ie drott
qua reglent toutes chooses dops 10
wotde; Ia force en- atterdsnt 10
drOit.
Force and justice regulate
everything in this world, force lat
, first) while waiting for justice"
The rule Of simple justice is far
of. Men are too ignorant to be fit
for It. Force of arms or of supe-
rior intelligenea will rule in Russia
as elsewhere, when the dust set
ties, and before long the ruling
heads will get together. England
recently combining with France in
? vain effort to crush Russian rev.
olution would have sworn, 100
years ago, that she would never
deal with revolutionary France,
except with bullets and sabers.
Now the descendants of French
revolutionists are helping Eng
land to the lions share in dividing
Europe, the two combining to de-
prive of their rights the descend
ants of the Italian revolutionists.
Revolution blossoms into COM
Portable b0urgsoisie, which soon
forgets that revolution was it's
mother. Who would imagine that
this land of taxation by trusts
once rebelled against illegal taxa
ton or that the descendants Of
1776 would humbly ask each day
in 1920 what's the price, and
meskly pay!
Owners of coal mines say an in.
crease of IA per cent in wages
would be too much. They haven't
yet answered the question, "What
becomes of the difference between
ninety-five cents per ton paid to
the miners and ten to fifteen dol
lars a ton paid by the consumer?
Who makes the difference of 1000
per cent?'
Flour must 60 up to at least
$3.50 per barrel, and will probably
80 to $50, Is the latest news. The
price of bread will rise, of course,
and the thing will be done in the
usual twentieth century way.
Price of -four is increased twice as
much as the increased cost of
wheat makes necessary. The price
of bread Is increased twice as
much as the increased cost of flour
makes necessary. And 80 1t goes
until it all lands on the back of
the woman who must feed the
bread to her children. 1t is an
endless chain that will have to
break sooner or later. And it may
The price OF bread has often
proved more dangerous than dyna-
mite.
Financiers tell the people, "You
must do a full days work every
day to make up for the war"
Wise, true words: but back of all
work and all building there is
money. Every undertaking must
be financed. What is high finance
doing to encourage new building?
How many financrcrs will say pri-
vately: why should I take the
risk and worry Of financing build
ing or industrial enterprises when
] can put my money in safe securi-
ties, at per cent or better, or in
call loans yielding 10 to 20 per
cent?"
Count Apponyi, in Hungary, says
he has implicit confidence In the
judges trying radicals, because
they are moving so slowly that
there have been only twenty-seven
executions 50 far. "Appony adds:
. Hungary Is In a state OF self
defense against the Red terror
Just like America, which is deport-
ing Bolshevism." This will be
news to America. With us deport-
ing Bolshevism is n sort af patriotic
national outdoor sport, not quite
! life and death strL gle to keep
government going.
England decides, kindly, that in
/, the League of Nations the United
\ States may have a vote equal TO
( Enkland's. Very gratifying, but
how could any man imagine that
the people of this country would
consent to less?
OF the famous Tenth article,
which would allow Europe to con-
troll the army, navy and treasury
of the United States, President
Wilson said that any change there
would "cut the heart out of the