The Washington times., 1920-02-09

thAt Know Mexico say something 3
more energetic is needed there.
Mexican statesmen still believe
that they could beat the United
N5tstes easily. IL II were not for
Texas. They have tried 1t In
The Catholic -Protsstant-Jewish
commission to Mexico Is interest
ing historically. as q milestone In
dicating progress. Not long ago II
would have been - pleasure for the
Catholic to burn the Protestant.
or for the Protestant to burn the
Catholic. as Calvin burned Serve
tus. And II anything could have
persuaded the Protestant and
Catholic to postpone the burning
of each other il would have been
a suggestion that they unite In
burning the Jew. They don't do
that any more, officially.
Abraham Lincoln said that when
the people didn't like their gov
ernment they had right to change
II. He didn't say exactly how they
might go about changing It But
he engineered an effort to change
Government positions that was not
, exactly peaceful. We agree now,
with our modern sedition laws,
that II you don't like anything
about your Government you
may talk about 1t gently and
politely, but that you must talk
carefully il you don't want to go
to jail. Nothing worse than loud
talk for the digestion Of nation or
an individual with full stomach.
In 1776 they ignored that gentle,
polite talk rule and changed gov
ernment rudely. The fact is that,
now as always, if you try to
change your government, no mat
ter how, and fail, you are q traitor,
an anarchist, and the law fixes you.
If you succeed, you are . patriot
and live in bronze after you are
dead. Franklin said it, I've must
hang together or hang separately"
1t is fair to those that would
like to live in bronze to warn
them that this is = poor time for
the realization of any such dream
via the road of government over
throw.
A radical orator shouted: "A
million radicals win rise and show
their power" A soldier In the
hall replied: "Ther a hundred
million Americans will rise and
lick them" The soldier under
stood the American of 1920 better
than the radical orator.
Much of the patriotic demand
that "every dead American soldier
be brought home and buried in
American soil" started, it seems,
among undertakers willing to hurry
many dead soldiers for profit. We
live in a practical age. AS far as pos
sible, the wishes of relatives should
be considered BY the Government.
But this extract from an English
poem about the burial of Sir John
Moore seems to fit the situation:
Lightly they speak of the spirit
that's gone, =,
And DER his cold ashes upbraid
him.
But little he'll reck II they let
him sleep on
In the grave where q Britain
has laid him."
The grave, wherever 1t be, that
a man finds while lighting for his
country is an honorable resting
place.
Asquith, who was prime minister
when war broke out, advises the
allies to take ten thousand million
dollars from the Germans and
charge the rest Of the indemnity
to profit and loss. Lloyd George,
who really is the British govern
ment, will probably decide to take
what Germany can pay, which
would be common sense.
Millerand says that France IL
through with fighting Russia; she
can have any kind OF government
she wants, from Czarism to Soviet
ism. France has decided that 1t
isn't her business.
or all nations the French lose
infinitely the most by Bolshevik
reputation Of the Russian debt.
Before the, war began there were
actually millions Of Frenchmen OF
small means that had invested
their small means in Russian
bonds In good faith. France loses
billions by Russian repudiations.
France also is the nation with the
best reason for recognising Rus
sia's right to govern herself in her
own way. Only 1S0 years ago
France, in her revolution, was at
tackled by the powers OF Europe
as they recently attacked Russia.
And at that time France was beat
ing the powers as Russia lately