The Washington times., 1920-10-28
Today
Stupidity, Two Kinds.
4 Great Takers, I Silent.
Why Prince Paul2
Burmese Wives.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

Burmese Wives.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
tcopyrisht. istV.
Betting eight TO one on Harding.
It might a. well be q million to
one. Here and there bets have
been made at fifty to one. The
absence Of q Democratic party
this year helps to explain the
weird odds. Some men presum-
ably will vote for Cox. but they
do not say 80, because their
friends would laugh. That is new
in a national election.
A stupidity offensive cartoon
was made by an ill-advised under
strapper In the employ Of the Re
publican committee and sent TO
various newspapers Telegrams
were Immediately sent three
weeks ago by the committee con-
demninp the cartoon and forbid
ding its publication. One news
paper, of small circulation, fool
ishly published it.
THAT particular publication will
not affect any vote. Only an
idiot would allow matter with
which Senator Harding had no
connection direct or indirect to
influence him.
But many Democratic news
papers have widely published this
cartoon, thinking to help Mr.. Cox,
and their action, offensive to re-
ligous sentiment, ought to cost
the Democrats many votes.
It all matters little. for, as
every sane man knows, at this
moment Senator Harding is elect
ed and Mr.. Cox is beaten. Only
the size Of the majority remains
uncertain.
The worlds greatest orators,
perhaps. were Demosthenes, Soc
rates, Mirabeau, and Burke. A
well written article, describing
all four Of them, would interest
nine hundred out Of a thousand
men less than the news story
about silent Pat Hanley, who
spent ten years in prison with
out ever saying word. he
writes that he once talked too
much, which got him into trouble,
and has never spoken since. Doc
tors believe that he could not talk
now if he tried.
The world likes queer things.
Ancient rulers bought hideous
dwarfs and creatures malformed
by surgical operations. We
haven't changed entirely.
The New York Evening Post is
owned by Mr.. Lamont, Of the firm
of J. P. Morgan & Co. fnnocently
striving to "act like an editor"
Mr.. Lamont writes to Mr.. Gay,
who runs his paper for him, say
ing: II intend to vote for Cox
and Roosevelt. My chief reason
is that Cox Is for the League OF
Nations and am for it. Senator
Harding is against the League OF
Nations and l am against him"
He might have added. sand so it
is with every member of my firm."
There you have some more votes
for Senator Harding, although he
does not need them.
The frogs asked Jupiter for a
king. He sent them log, on
which they perched, but were not
satisfied. He sent them a savage
bird that devoured them. You
read that without surprise.
Savage African tribes want a
king, to lead them, to think for
them, and kill them if he thinks
best. That does not surprise you.
But it is surprising that the peo-
pie of Greece, with thousands of
years of highest intelligence be-
hind them, should allow Prince
Paul, a boy of nineteen, to be put
up as "King of Greece" A nation
of keen intelligence, you would
think, might rule itself.
Suppose Paul of Greece and AL
fonso of Spain should meet incog-
nito in a cabaret in Paris and
should quarrel about some young
lady with twinkling toes, then go
home and nurse war. The
League of Nations nonsense would
give to this country the proud
privilege Of helping to pay the
bills and supply men for the fight
ing.
This country might we'll say to
Europe: when you have suffi-
cient democracy, common sense
and self-respect to get along with
out kings, come over and talk to
US about a League"
Mr.. Cox says he wants League
of Nations $50 that the angels
again can sing, Peace on earth,
good will to men, as they did
twenty centuries ago" If Mr.. Cox
will look over his famous battles
of the world he will see that quite
a few of them happened within
the past twenty centuries. 1t is
one thing for the angels to sing
about peace, another to make men
stop fighting. A League Of Ma
tions encouraging war in Europe
by making the United States re-
sponsih1e for the hills besides