The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1920-12-10

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It takes all kinds of people TX
make world and Charles Gar
land of Boston, who has refused
to accept a million dollars from
his fathers estate is an unusual
one of the species. He says re-
garding the money: Il did moth
ing for it, | was not even given
an opportunity to decide whether
I needed it. 1t is more than any
man needs. 1t might be doing
poor people lot of good instead
of accommodating to no purpose.
Perhaps it was because of the
circumstances in which | was
reared that l realize how hollow
is that thing the world calls
wealth. Had l not had those
things l might be tempted to
accept the bequest and acquire
them now, but I know that
nothing really matters except
to thine own self be true. :
He may be right but the thing
that puzzles is why he could
not have accepted the bequest
and then carried out his own
ideas of doing good with it. He
did not have to spend it for sell
fish purposes and he need not
have let it make any difference
with his mode of living.
There seems to be considerable
to the Haiti affair. The Marines
are getting the blame for killing
and it is undoubtedly fact
that marines are better fighters
tnan diplomats but the latest
informations makes it look as Il
the Haitians feel more animoslty
toward the American minister
and his financial advisor than
toward the marines. 1t would
seem that the administration
erred in sending down Marines
for administration work when
they are the flower of our fight
ing troops. They probably main
tanned order without asking too
many questions for that is a
way they have, but we doubt II
our Marines are cold blooded
murderers and it is natural that
they should resent the accusa-
ton. We will probably never
know the ms and outs of the
five years but it is safe to assume
that it has not been a pink tea
party down there and probably
we would not care to read all the
pages of the history we have
been making down there.
The League of Nations is up
against the same kind of snags
predicted as no nation seems 20
like a super government when
it gets to working. Spain is pro-
testing against sending Spanish
troops to Lithuania under orders
of the League. Spainards might
be of two opinions regarding the
matter if the Spanish govern
ment decided to send troops out
of the country but there is only
one opinion about a combination
of nations doing the same thing,
The FL Debate evidently voices
the feeling of many when it says
"Spaniards are being utilized IN
the same way as Sepoys," We
have made no mistakes to keep
out of the present program.
There is some agitation for a
blue" Sunday amendment to the
constitution. 1t strikes a humor.
Gus vein in most newspaper
offices as we have gone a long
ways from the days when a man
might not kiss his wife on Sun
day and a woman might not
wash a dish in her kitchen. But
should the thing really happen
and we go back to Puritan Sab.
bath, it would be well to read
the old code before we laugh.
II is good news to know that
this years crops in the invaded
regions of France are sufficient
to support the population and
that they exceed the pre-wal
productive. It is a tribute the
wonderful comeback Of the
French nation. 1t takes knowl.
edge. hard work and pure grit
to rebuild an invaded country
but the spirit of France is un.
conquerable.
Il wouldn't seem ike the ap.