The Washington times., 1920-02-12

Lincoln and the Store.
Wanted BeIief-less Women.
Watch Russia and Japan.
Music and Revolution.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
(Copyrixht 1900


he could come back now, he would
find the world struggling in indus
trial chaos following a greater
war.
So it has been through the ages;
so it will be, apparently, for years
to come, with Japan today threat
ening to conquer Russia, England
building more and greater battle
ships, Italy defying her former al
lies, Mexico urgently calling for
armed interferenco by this country
Lincoln got some Of his knowl-
edge out of a few books. He got
more in the country store, which to
the village is what the department
store is to a great city.
There he met all kinds of people,
heard opinions and, always think
ing, studying human beings, built
the character that carried him and
his nation through the Civil War.
Young men and women who
foolishly believe that work in
stores means lack of mental op-
portunity should read the early
life of Lincoln.
Lincoln believed in votes for
women, and said so. He would be
amused by the problem of the two
political parties throughout the
country just now. They must send
female delegates to the national
conventions and probably some of
the solemn delegateaat large must
be females.
Each party walls, at is SO hard
to find a woman acceptable to all
factions" This means, it is diff
ficult to locate women that COM
bine character and standing, in the
suffrage movement with no definite
belief of any kind.
They can And plenty Of distin-
guished male citizens ready to
obey the dictates Of their pocket
books and their political boss. but
woman that amounts to anything
is apt to have opinions of her own,
and she won't say in advance how
she will vote. Politicians don't
like that.
Lloyd George, intelligent Eng
lishman, has discovered that there
is power in revolution. "Bolshe-
vism cannot be crushed by force
of arms" he says, and adds that
he said 1t to the Allies a year
ago. He realizes that the wealth,
resources, raw materials of Russia,
country bigger than the United
States, must be put into circula-
ton" to save Western Europe.
Perhaps after a while the INTEL
ligent United States will also come
to the conclusion that you can't
coerce Russia with a handful OF
men not big enough to conquer a
small Western town.
Japan, deceived by the ease with
which she once defeated the Car
and his Grand Dukes, is inclined
to think she can make the Rus
sian people take orders from the
Mikado. IL successful Russian
Republic should spread through
Siberia, up to the waters that wash
the shores of Japan, it would be
bad thing for the Mikado business.
japan Will hOWtNtT, IIIdL
conquering a car and his moujiks,
driven to war against their will, is
different from conquering two hun
dred million Russians, willing and
eager to fight for the right to gov
ern themselves.
Uncle Sam would be wise to
mind his own business, lean on
the fence and watch Japan and
Russia. Bolshevism, changed into
permanent government, may take
the Japanese problem off our
hands.
Senator Hiram Johnson did good
work for his California people
when he fought to keep the United
States from helping to make Japan
more powerful through conquest
and annexation Of Siberia.
Northcliffe's Daily Mail says
Paderewski has fled to Switzer-
land from a Polish plot to assassf-
nate him. The musician learns
that Beethoven, Bach. his COM
patriot, Chopin, and concert
grand piano with a fir3t-class i'm
presario are better friends than
revolutionists. They never assas-
sinate you.
The Crown Prince Of Germany
cablegrams to the President his Of
fer to be tried and punished in
place Of nine hundred Germans
whose extradition the Allies de-
mand.
Wholesale extraditions and trials
after a war are a foolish novelty.
The old way was TO catch your
man and kill him while the war
was on, or drag him behind your
chariot when it was over Presi-
dent Wilson is said to oppose the
demand for nine hundred promi-
nent Germans. The opposition is
sensible, since the German Repub-
lie would undoubtedly fall and
make way for another Emperor, or
political chaos, if the eight hun
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