The Washington times., 1920-03-06

Vsho ls Civilized7
Dollar Fights Pound.
Nature Protects Babies.
Beauty Not for Sale.
BY Arthur BRISBANE.
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ITO Stop Flogging Koreans"
You read that heading. The Jap
anese government will stop fog
Eings intended to frighten Koreans
into submission. You ask how
Japan can be included among civil
lied nations. Then you remember
that they have just decided TO stop
flegging women in one Of the
Southern prisons in this country,
and that the British recently shot
down hundreds of miserable Ash
atics to terrify otheys. You won
der how any nation dares call IT
self civilized.
Dollars are the modern soldiers.
Tho big battle now is between the
American dollar and the pound
sterling. Victory will decide
whether England or America shall
rule the worlds finance.
At first the fight went against
the pound. But that financial unit,
like other English things, seems
never 70 know when it is beaten.
Now the pound is coming back,
gaining on the dollar.
II would be we'll for the world II
in all fights, hereafter, the ruling
power could use c. ans instead OF
men in its battles. +.
The French are watching the
fikht between the dollar and the
pound and think it may end in
60ht between the British and
American fleets But it won't.
There have been many interest
Ing trials in history. Joan of Arc,
Charles the First, Calico, Warren
Hastings, Dred Scott, Guiteau,
John Huss, and many others have
supplied interesting material to
the courts.
: Here's a new trial and the new
thing Is the interesting thing IN
America.
A child, four years old. sues
through her father for $4,000
damages inflicted before the child
was born.
A horse bit the mother, not hurt
ing her much. But the child, born
soon after, was deformed, and
mentally abnormal.
Interesting, ancient superstitions
are revived by the statement in
this case that "the child rarely
walks, sits most of the time with
one leg crossed over the other. the
position assumed by horse when
resting"
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f-saThe child, bind as well as de-
formed, is unable to talk and
makes "a cultural noise resem-
bling the neigh Of a horse Other
details are furnished by the father
bringing the suit in his daughters
behalf.
If expert evidence could be pro-
duced and widely published, show
ing with what marvellous efficiency
nature protects the unborn child.
there would be increased rever-
ence for the human machine fear
fully and wonderfully made"
Without judging this particular
case, and to prevent harmful and
unnecessary fear on the part of
mothers, 1t should be stated most
emphatically that thus far there is
on record not one authentic case
proving such results in an unborn
child. caused by fright or any out
side influence.
One item is disposed of. The
Dutch finally refuse to give up
the German ex-Emperor, and the
Allies have dropped the matter.
This suits England. She never
really wanted to hang King
Georges first cousin and Queen
Victoria's grandson. 1t Will suit
the most bitter Of the Allies when
they come to realize that Tantalus
was not worse off than the
Hohenzollern walled up in Hol-
land, his hand so close to his
former empire, unable to reach
out and seize it.