The Washington times., 1920-12-27
About War, Coal Trade
And Other Such Things.

| And Other Such Things
In one dispatch from Europe Lloyd George
says all nations must disarm which gentle hint
for the United States Another London dispatch says the
British is told by Lloyd George must cut
in half its appropriations for the and navy That is
the way at it. The United States will be glad to
slider reasonable disarmament AFTER those that have
hitherto started the fighting show signs of reform.
Mr.. lie Fevre, formerly French War Min
ser says Germany is secretly manufacturing at Krupps
dangerous than any used He says also
that Germany has sixty thousand machine guns hand
and is making thousands more
The idea is to prevent cutting down the size of the
French army the ground that Germany getting ready
to begin the war all over again If that be So which prob
ably NOT the Germans certainly do not know when they
have enough
In the fullness of time, of course, if war
continues and the nations persist in breeding hatred
will be another After 1870 France was down as
Germany is down Forty years passed and the
More important in Germany than the Krupp FAC
TORY is the German FAMILY which is producing children
at least twice rapidly the French family Children
NOT cannons, make
Perhaps if the French Republic in the day of its
triumph would deal wisely and in friendly spirit with
the Inundated and beaten German Republic, the next
war; could be avoided But the victor at stage of
civilization is not kindly The defeated bitter and
wars follow each other.
Mr.. Lannon'S New York Evening Post prints
eLJer from an lnLelugent observer IN Germany InlS
man is surprised at the discipline cleanliness and punctu
atty the principal railway lines and the improved order
and neaess of most of the smaller cities and of the
larger ones"
He thinks that Germany is recovering rapidly after
the great catastrophe and he is right. With REPUBLIC
managed in democratic fashion for the German people, in
stead of AUTOCRACY managed in half insane fashion
for the stupid Hohenzoern family of promoted money
lenders, Germany will soon be out of the gulf.
The New York Times publishes the enlight-
ening fact Germanys foreign trade In the first five
months of 1920 Germany exports amounted to than
twentyth billion marks gain of two thousand per cent
the first five months of the previous year The i'm
ports of twenty eight billion marks for 1920 multiplied by
eight those of 1919.
England and even France, in spite of wounds inflicted
begin to realize that will help part of Europe
have the center of Europe decaying.
France and Germany are both republics If they could
agree to live side by side in friendship and emulation
decent permanent basis of peace Republican Government
would be the dominating force in all Europe, and that
would be an excellent thing for the world.
The news about coal is that our dear patriots
in the swindled the Government to the So
every ton, which Administration calmly endured
Having established swndng rate for the Government
of to pass it along all of the popua
ton. If that thing happened in Germany in Eng
land they would have put the swindlers in Jail
All Government does is to reject coal bids in
the Navy and ask for new ones. Common would
put embargo all coal shipments the embargo stay
until after full provision for United States needs Govern
ment and private.
Coal to the Germans that under a agreement
Germany must supply the Allies who defeated her. two
million tons every month without compensation War ex
pensive