The Washington herald., 1920-09-07
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morris.
Count oku,ns's Plea

Count okums's Plea
There was a time in Japan's his
tory when Count okuma stood out
pre-eminent as q Liberal, as a demo-
craticalIy inclined leader and as the
prophet of the future. But like
most Of the leaders Of Liberalism
in Europe and England, he 10 quite
out OF touch with the deep currents
that are now running throughout
the world. and he is virtually a re-
dictionary. He has just been plead
ing with the American CoHgsession-
al delegation that the United States
give Japan a free hand in Corea
and China. With condescension, he |
remarks that just as Japan made no .
objections to our taking possession .
Of Hawaii and the Philippines. so 4
we should not interfere with ia
pans ambitions now. He fails to .
note that our chief complaint /
against Japan today is not a ques- .
tion Of national ambitions, but Of 4
lack OF sincerity in her diplomacy I.
and Of crsftiness as a CONNIE rCisI /
competitor.
Nisc0unt shIbusaws.
Jspans very recent elevation to I
the rank Of viscount Of Baron Shi- ]
busaWa is an indication Of the pow
er which business magnates have .
come to have in the land where the
Elder Statesmen so long have ruled 1
over me Emperor. the Diet and the F.
people. There is this to be said for
Nis0ount ShibUsawa, that he is a
fine type Of leader Of an element Of
the population that not so long ago
had neither social prestige nor po-
lucal power. lie is d sincere work
er Tor amlty between Japan and the
United States. and as far as We have
watched his career. he Is not a chau-
whist or landgrabber when IL comes
to national policy. His hospitality |
to Americans visiting Japan Is am |
pie and unceasiRg, and il is because
OF his consistent labor in mediating
between the two peoples that he
has received his new rank
The Sage Of Massacbusetts
Not since Abraham Lincoln has
any American distilled so much
thinking into 50 few words. II will
take only couple of minutes each .
day TO read what Calvin Coolidge
says, but W. believe that any person
who follows these brief addresses
will find that they illuminate and
simplify all the difhcult problems Of
the present.-New York Tribune
Great is Massachusetts. land Of
Jonathan Edwards Ralph Waldo
Emerson and Calvin Coolidge.
Cuba's Literary surveyor
The next educational survey Of
the country is 10 be made by Sonora
de Herrera, well known in Havana's
literary and journalistic circles. The
Cuban government has commissioned
her to make d study" Of our educa-
uonal institutions II she has in
sight equal 10 her style. cuba will be
the gamer. Some foreigners who
come to US can see. but cannot tell. .
and some can tell, whether they see
or not.
Secretary Colby Defended.
John Spargo. the informed stu
dent Of socialism and contempo- .
rsneous Russian history. is a
staUnch champion Of Secretary f.
Colby and his recent note to Po- T..
land aneEt its attitude toward Rus .
sia. He says that nothing has ever
happened to strengthen the in
lquitous Bolshevi~I regime in Rus
sia in any degree commemorate
with the Polish invasion OF Rus
sia," and that therefore to detach
the the Bolshevist. democratic
element in Russia from their tenn
p0rsry alliance with the hated Boil !
shevIki must be the aim Of all
Statesmen who would help Russia
to recover" Hence any warning
to Poland that she must keep with
in her ethnographic territory and
must decline to be led By her i'm
perialists, is sound advice. in Spar
gos opinion.
Offset to Anti-Semitism
Agencies are at work in this
country as in Europe creating anti
Semitic feeling The poignantly
beautiful Interpretation OF Fannie
Hurst'S "Humores sque," which has
been admirably filmed" and may
now be seen in this city. and Booth
Tarkington.s 'Poldekin." which
George ArlisS is playing this sea
son. will contribute to truer un-
derstandinE OF tho real attitude to- .
ward the United States and its
form OF government which a ma
jority or the Jewish emigrsnts .
from Europe have after they have
ceased being immigrants and have
become CiJIzCns.
The differences between Moses and .
Mrs. Gait. the equal suffrage cham
pion have been so vividIy described .
by Grace Raymond Hcbard Of the
State Of Wyoming that they should
be generally known:
For forty Years Moses led the
people Of Israel through the wilder
ness toward a promised land. For
forty years Mrs Catt modified her
people into a vast army for true .
democracy. He had divine prom .
iseS for sur,,SsfuI journey. She
had faith in tho spirit Of Justice
He was guided by pillar Of fire
by night and q cloud by day She
by belief i'm her cause For him
the seas divided that he might lead
on his hosts. For. her no miracle.
She waded through water and mud
Undefled For him a rain Of mama.
For hsr years OF fifty nifty sUbsti-
tutes during the reign OF the
Hooverites. He allowed his anger
to wax hot and broke the ten com
mandments in one VeNstious mo-
ment. She was not only law
maker but a law X eeper marching
into the midst OF her foes and out /
OF their stronghold with her banner
of conquest unsuliied. At the end I
of two score wears he was not per
mitted to enter the promised coun-
try, his only to see, the land which
the Lord had given to the children
of Israel. She enters into the land
of freedom
Now the question is whether she