The Washington times., 1920-06-26

The Lion Killers Wives.
Communism In Heaven.
Baby carves the Turkey.
Gambling Kills Gambler.
ARTHUR BRISBANl
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IBy ARTHUR BRISBANE-l
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George w. Anderson. of Bos-
ton, United States judge. says the
authorities cannot deport certain
communists. because there Is no
legal objection to the Communist
Party.
According to Judge Anderson,
the party does not practice or ad-
vocats violence, and who ever will
may join it.
"Nsvsrtheless," say the Govern
msnt patriots, I'VE shall dsport
seventeen communists now locked
up, and more II we can get them"
Communists are for the moment
visionaries. Their theory Is that
property should be held in com
mon. This arrangement is all
right for heaven, where nobody
.diss, nobody owns anything, and
there In no money.
OuS Ou C0IIu VIC uOoo SSssou'
And here. the handspring Of action
Is selfishness. II you destroy own
ership you end selfish activity,
which Ia 80 per cent Of all activity.
1t was only after they owned
land and began leaving 1t to their
children that men gave their own
name to their children and took
. real interest in them. Before
that they belonged to the mothers
and usually took the mothers
name.
II the wilderness has been re-
claimed, bears and wolves killed
of, trees uprootsd, and civilization,
such as il 10, gradually spread,
you may thank selfishnoss for 1t.
Man lived in the wilderness and
foughN< the Indians, because when
II was AL over, he owned the piece
Of ground.
The African savage went out
and killed the lion because when
that was over, ladies gathered
around him admiringly, and he
owned fifty or q hundred of them.
Take away ownership of land
and you kill the enthusiasm Of the
pioneer. Take away ownership Of
many ladies and you kill the lion
killing enthusiasm OF the eQuato-
rial savage.
None the less. 1t is pleasant to
see a man like Judge Anderson,
with courage to say that Govern
ment officials dsporting men
without legal authority are but
criminal mob.
Also it should be pointed out
that Communism" of q certain
kind exists and Is gradually
spreading a. we become at for it.
The great city park is a COM
munist arrangement, since all own
It In common. Not very long ago
cveYy park had Its private owner.
Tho public school represents
communism; all tho children Of
all the people own together the
right to an education, and the best
education. In the well-to-do class,
the costly country or city club
represents communism. 1t enables
many to have Jointly what each in
dividually could not afford.
1t is foolish to Jail and deport
men for believing in the commu-
mist vision for which we are not
yet ready, and which will never
come as long as We remain selfish
creatures, working with real en-
thusiasm only when by 80 working
we can get something that some
body else can't have. This applies
to theoretical communism. He who
would take without due nrocess of
law comes under the criminal law.
But taxation is a legal process,
and that can take anything"
You see natural objection to
communism breaking out when
Northern Baptists Of the United
States and other religious organi-
cations quit the "Interchurch
World Movement" 1t is a fine
movement, and was on its way to
collect q hundred million dollars.
There can be no apparent objec-
ton to all churches getting to-
B0tuoH, IoAclh8 ASoS AoiIu w saw
souls from the evil one. But that
is a sort of "communistic" soul
saving proposition. 1t takes
away individuality, individual
ownership Of the big fund. So the
religious bodies, one after another,
withdraw, saying, "For good rea-
sons Of our own we would rather
70 along by ourselves"
"Women to Play Big Part in
Democratic Convention" says the
head line. At the Christmas party
for q moment they put the baby
at the head of the table and say:
"Baby shall carve the turkey"
But baby doesn't carve the turkey
and he doesn't eat any. He has
his little porridge instead, in his
little high chair.
Women will not play "a big part