The Washington times., 1920-08-15
Today
lenln Studies the Allies.
A Supreme Court Gift.
One Wasted Life.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1900

by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. issoo
Russia under Lenin seems to
have studied the Allies methods
under Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and Woodrow Wilson.
The Allies said TO Germany,
You must disarm, that we may
have you at our mercy" The Rus
slams now say the same TO Poland.
The Allies took coal and iron
mines from Germany. The Rus
slams propose TO take coal and
salt mines from Poland. The
Allies told Germany she must not
have fortifications on her frontiers.
Lenin says the same to Poland,
and so it goes. One item in
Lenin's demands, however, was
missing In the Allies treatment of
Germany. Lenin tells Poland she
must give land sufficient for their
support to Polish soldiers wound
ed in the war and to families of
Polish soldiers killed in the war.
Russia helping the dead and
wounded among her enemies is
something new in warfare. The
ingenious will say it proves that
Russia possesses idealism. The
cynical will say that Russia's
interest is Bolshevist propa-
ganda. Conspicuous in the wars
of civilized nations is neglect
of men that do the fighting when
the fighting is over. We had a
sample Of that in the United
States when the bonus for soldiers
was in question. For Russia not
only to look after her own men as
she does, giving extra supplies Of
food and money to families Of
Russian soldiers and also to de-
mand just treatment for the Polish
soldiers, will surely help to spread
Lenin's ideas in Poland.
Lenin is alleged to have said,
Il financed the Russian revolution
with German gold. | shall finance
the German revolution with Rus
sian gold" If he can finance the
Bolshevik revolution in Poland by
giving Polish land to wounded
Polish soldiers and to families of
Polish soldiers killed, he will show
intelligent economics.
Privately owned express COM
panies are again allowed to in
crease their charges twelve and q
half per cent. This may or may
not he reasonable increase. You
observe, however, that Govern
meht-owned. parcels post and let
ter post do not increase their
charges, yet they pay expenses
and show profit. That is the diff
ference between private owner
ship and Government ownership
under proper management.
Unfortunately for the people
they were deceived as regards
public ownership very neatly
when the railroads were taken
over in war. They were left in
charge OF their original managers.
And these. naturally took care to
make Government management as
costly and bad as possible. You
can imagine what would have hap
pened to the parcels post if man
ayers of express companies had
been allowed to take charge, obey
ing the instructions of their stock
holders to make Government man.
agement failure.
Preparing foolishness and fail
ure of their sons is the occupation
of successful. money makers. They
know it, but that does not stop
them.
The other day m England died
Waiter Winans, leaving behind
him some of the millions that his
father left to him. He was an
American, but he never saw
America until he was past fifty.
He was an intelligent man, but
did nothing worth while with his
intelligence. He was a good pistol
shot, one of the best in the world;
that was one waste of time.
He was one of the best known
exhibitors of show horses in Eng
land, another waste of time. He
was tenth rate painter and sculp-
tor; it wasn't necessary for him
to be any better. He didn't need
the money. That was more waste
of time.
The other day Mr.. Winans
dropped dead, at the bottom of
his racing wagon, while driving
in a trotting race, the final waste
Of time.
The man had ability. Had he
started life with the useful lash of
necessity behind him, he would
have been heard of as one of the
country's successful men. But he
lived surrounded by sycophants
that praised him when he didn't
deserve it and bolstered by a check
book that supplied him with money
he never earned.
Every hard worker in the United
States knows how utterly worth
less life is when a man only
spends and never creates, yet the
able men Of the United States are
working, struggling, accumulating,
that they may be able to do for
their children what the father of
Winans did for his son, leaving
him to waste time, waste life,
waste opportunity and waste
money.