The Washington times., 1920-05-17
THE WASHINGTON TIMES MAS
THINGS IN GENERAL.
The Presidents Wise Words. Useful
Crippled Soldiers
Registered at the United States fstent oinSs

Everybody has read with admiration and ap-
proval Woodrow Wilson's telegram to Admiral Sims The
President described the British facing submarines as
helpless the point of panic That must interest the
English Even interesting Americans is the passage
in the Presidents cabegram to Sims, asking for his nde
pendent thought the whole situation, WIThOui NE.
GARD TO THE JUDGMENT OF ANYONE ON THAT
SIDE OF THE WATER"
- That the right attitude for the United states IN
1917, when the President sent his cablegram
Why it not the right attitude for the United States IN
1920? When actually at war, when some OF us
apparently afraid Germany would come over and
swallow this country whole it good idea for this
nation act without regard to the judgment OF anybody
the water Why isn't good thing for this nation
to act without regard to the judgment Of foreigners now
that the is OVER?
And why do need socalled League of Nations
to decide all important questions for us on the other SIDE OF
the water including Engishman in the House of
Commons recently suggested the right of this country to
fortify the entrance to the Panama Canal?
If any wounded soldiers have felt that they
useless in the world they may learn from testimony
taken in connection with soldiers vocational schools that
the wounded soldier may be EXTREMELY useful-to in
teligent expoiters The Government, which can't quite
make up it's mind to give up anything to the soldiers has
plenty of money for the intelligent schemer.
testified that, needing little loose change he
decided soldiers vocational school He got hold
school building had been abandoned for four years.
spent three thousand dollars fixing it up invested
thousand dollars in equipment Now this intelligent
gentlemen is educating and remaking five hundred dis
abled soldiers
It is proftable Yes for the that the school
The gentleman admits that he is making clear profit out
of his class of soldiers of MORE THAN $4,000 MONTH.
You get an idea of the generosity of your Govern
ent when you read that when this school only an
idea the Government guaranteed the man who had the
idea "at least $3.50 per month.
According to one judge Carl c. Mott, of
New Yorks general sessions criminals get all the
whiskey they want, and crime is increasing.
The kind of whskey little than the DID, if
that be possible and there to be crime in
gallon of it than in gallon of the old kind.
The law against making whskey to be some
thing like the law against carrying revovers Law.abidng
citizens do without revolvers whskey the criminal gets
all he wants of BOTH and the lawabding person is shot
While judge was denouncng the harmful effects of
whskey another imposing triing fine for SELLING
whskey. Whiskey is poison, there is crime in it, and
Judge shows contempt for law when he makes light of its
sale
There is a war four hundred miles long now
going between Poland and Russia and knows how
much of war going inside of Russia There is actual
war in Ireland with battle line long the Irish lanes
and streets When ever will the world peace again?
This country might sort of example by officially
declaring peace with Germany