The Washington times., 1920-06-02

eSCcQ IN CnlS latest IrOm CuIopc.
Over there, national bond issues
and lotteries go hand in hand
often.
Where people don't like law. the
the law falls fat.
In one city where whiskey is
bought and sold freely. it is said
the thing is simple, but you must
buy the whiskey you intend to sell
from prohibition agents.
They sell you the whiskey they
have confiscated from others that
don't understand the system.
This Is as ingenious as the De-
troit News recollection of the
striped pig" of one hundred years
ago. 1t was against the law to sell
whiskey in Massachusetts,, but you
could give it away.
A man painted red and black
stripes on an ordinary pig confined
in a tent. Admission to see the pig
was four pence. All visitors
after seeing the pig. drank a big
glass of whiskey with the compl-
ments Of the maoagement- Whis-
key was cheap Id those daysl The
striped pig had many visitorsS some
coming several times day..
Extremely interesting is Pope
Benedict's encyclical letter, just
issued, granting Catholic rulers
permission to visit the King OF
Italy in Rome. Ever since the
Pope was deprived Of his temporal
power and his possessions limited
to the Vatican gardens, the 'Popes
have refused to recognize the 1tal-
ian Government and all Catholic
. rulers have obeyed the Pontfical
order that forbade their visiting
the King of Italy in Rome.
The perfect organization OF the
Catholic church is shown in the
obedience of all Catholic rulers. OF
whom not one has ever visited the
Italian King in his palace.
The Pope, still protesting against
the revolution that seized his tenn
poral possessions, raised the en-
barge on the Italian King by way
of eliminating germs Of discord."
1t is said the Spanish King will
be the first to avail himself Of the
permission and visit officially his
Italian brother. 1t is too late for
the new rule to benefit the Austrian
royal family.
From Vera Cruz, news of a
. Bubonic outbreak, the plague that
rats bring from China. -,
This bad news is Offset by good
news. Thanks to the work of
Rockefeller Scientific Research and
expenditure the yellow fever, more
dangerous to this continent than
any other disease, is about to be
wiped out all over the earth, il
hopes are not disappointed.
Interested, not in curing individ-
nal cases, but in eliminating
causes. it appears probable that
the Rockefeller Foundation will
actually succeed in ending perma-
nently a disease that has killed
millions.
Yellow fever exists as a per-
manent infection in certain limited
territories, as malaria exists in
others. The Rockefeller scientists,
working where yellow fever is ep-
idemic, believe they will do away
with the existence Of yellow fever
anywhere on earth and make it
impossible for it ever to crop up
again.
If they do that, the RockefelIers
will have more than earned all the
money the people Of the world have
given them
Does money possess POWER,
even in republic? 1t does,
"From Paris to Pekin, and from
Pekin to Rome" and also from Wall
Street to the big prison just north
on the Hudson. In that prison,
two men, dying of consumption,
were recently executed. They had
no money to hire lawyers.
In the death house Of that
prison, Michael Rossi has just
htransfered some Of his real es-
tate TO a lawyer" Michael Rossi
will live longer than he would have
done had he not possessed the real
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