The Washington times., 1920-10-13
France and England
And Something About Russia.

France and England, a. was inevitable, arc
drifting farther and farther apart
The interest Of England demands lourishng trade all
the world the interest Of France demands according
to French public opinion permanent oppng Of Germany
and the collection by force otherwise from Russia Of
thirty thousand million francs foolishy lent to the csar
which Lenin will never pay
France persists in keeping Germany helpless Grip
pie and continuing Russia for the sake Of money
that she will ge England cannot do business with
Germany.
For hundreds Of years tho natural attitude Of France
toward England and vice has been Of suspicion and
dislike and this war has not changed 1t.
All the for getting out Of League which
might make very wonder whether to side with
English or French friends.
If reports be true, very likely they are not,
Lenin finds himself in the position Of many Roman En-.
peror and of others possessing power based fighting
army First tho army gives power to the ruler Then the
army reasss that the power Is within ITSELF and IT
rules making Of tho ruler puppet The story is that Lenn
executed tho first committee Of twelve from tho army
listened to the second and then took the amys order
however cannot believe much, II any, Of the "news"
sent from countries opposed to Russia
The statement that Russian middle class is coming
back you may however believe implicitly The turn may
not yet be begun but tho middle class coming back
It ALWAYS comes back
The human race KNOWS only one method and USES
only method with occasional violent interruptions fol-
lowed by Improvement along the old lines
The whole human race is like one body with head feet
and arms The head is the GOVERNING intelligence The
feet the working group carrying the load the hands
the middle class that obey the orders Of the head take
care OF it. watch it, put hat or crown on it and supply the
Sometimes the head goes crazy as in Russia when the
Gar lost his head.
Sometimes tho feet rebel as in Russia sometimes the
hands are paralyzed in Russia
Always when the dust settles you find the head again
active the hands active, the feet carrying the load
Great Britain's warning to Russia that she
will sink any Russian submarine in sight makes your mind
deal with tho element in revolution and nation like
Russia running Wild not recognizing usual international
obligations.
In our society single man. invisible and carrying
weapons could destroy everything.
The submarine and the flying machine can give to Rus
sa tho power of invisible attack beneath the water and
from above the clouds England knows it and does not
mean to e with the unpleasant possibilities involved
Young Theodore Roosevelt, replying to criti
csm from Mr. Cox, makes excellent point previously
made by Senator Hardng This nation would be bound
to consider moral obligation just binding legal
obligation
We do not want this nation to enter the League if it
would be LEGALLY bound to send its to fight in
foreign wars on the order of foreign council
And we do not want this nation to go into such
League with mental reservation about "weshing on
moral obligation
The nation is neither fool nor welsher We should
therefore, keep out Of the League.
Spain masses soldiers on the border of Por.
tugaL They may fight and they may not Probably they
viii not Would you like to be in League that could
force this country to supply and money for Spanish
Portuguese fighting in case 1t happened? And don't you
know that Spain and Portugal any other country or
nation felt inclined to fight the prospect of getting the
United States to pay the bill and supply the would
be rcass fighting inducemen to the nation that could
persuade the foreign council to make the United States
take up its quarrel?