The Washington times., 1920-10-23
THINGS IN GENERAL
ElOquenCe, Money, League, Etc.
MIR. w. Bourke Cochran is putting his elo

quence the of its life Running for Congress the
Democratic ticket there has been assigned him the job
of convincing the Irish vote that ought for
the League of Nations.
The League of Nations would first of ALL issue to the
British Empire insurance policy guaranteeing perpetual
possession of everything it now, INCLUDING
IRELAND And the United States with its army and men,
would guarantee the policy
Many Irishmen will refuse Bourke Cockran's appeal
to for eternal British Empire with the United
States under dominion foreign council controlled by
that Empire.
The Montreal Gazette speaking for the British Empire
in Canada is amazed by Mr.. Coxs promise that he will
bring the of Ireland before the League of Nations
The Montreal Gazette reminds Mr. Cox that "the first
obligation of members of the League toward each other
to preserve against external aggression their territorial
integrity" Any ishman voting for the League of Nations
expresses his conviction that free Ireland joke not
to be taken seriously on election day
Sir Hamar Greenwood, speaking for the
British in the House of Commons assuring the
house that Sinn Fem ION the rum said America
does welcome Irishmen freely in days gone
by because America does not wish to add to disturbing
elements already there It would be interesting know
where Sir Hamar gets that notion
The Italian Ambassador announces that five
hundred thousand Italians will here within the next
two years. They will be welcome The country needs them
Arthur Ruhl writing to the New York Post from War
saw says that five thousand Polish Jews to the
United States every week and have difficulty in OBJ
tanning passports nation that wisely welcomes immi
grants from Italy and from Poland at the rate of two
hundred and fifty thousand year ought not to reject Irish
immigration that has done much build up the country
The railroads are to get sixty million dollars,
planters in Cuba to get hundred million dollars
No credit for the farmers And it is quite natural
High Finance controls credit High Finance is in
teresed in the proeering railroads. and High Finance
interested in the profteerng Cuban planters But
High Finance in the least interested in the American
farmer thinks it isn't 1t may find later that it is
Incidentally, sugar goes up cent pound the
announcement that hundred millions will be lent to Cuban
sugar growers Thus American credits directly increase
the of living for every American family by deliberately
financing the profteering in sugar.
The price of silver has dropped again, kind
friends This is painful to India and to England If it
for the United States Treasury the price drop and
the pain would be greater.
American silver at about dollar ounce, storing away
useless of it, this country holding the price of
silver all over the world
Why not do something for American cotton, since we
have money to spend holding the price of silver in Asia?
Hiram Johnson says he is fighting for Hard
ing because he has patched truce with members of the
Republican party that do like him and that he
like Sin order defeat the Wilson League of Nations
lot of Democrats on November second will be found
voting with Hiram Johnson against the League of Nations
although politically they dislike all Republicans
earnestly than Hiram Johnson disikes certain Republicans
Mr. Baruch has written a book defending
League of Nations What he says the New York Times
expresses follows 1T the best treaty that could
have been made at time when kind of treaty had