The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-05-22

one time the gransry Of Europe
rand will be again. The French
nave made some three thousand
7 miles Of splendid roads, SO that
you can ride from Casa Blanca 10
Fee on a road al good as the Bos-
ton post road or London to York.
AZ the same time they have left
Fec and Morocco City absolutely
untouched, and there one can peep
at life as II was going on a thou
sand years ago."
OF his own country, North
eliffe writes:
Things in this country 20 well.
The only thing that Is wrong Is the
frghtful extravagance of the gov
ernment departments that arose
with the war.
I'VE are busy earning money
with which to pay our debts.
There Is a good deal of mis-
understanding in the United States
because they do not distinguish
between Great Britain and Europe.
We are In no need of any kind Of
help here"
About Anglo American matters
Northcliffe writes:
THE picture of Great Britain
presented by many American news
papers is a grOtesque distortion
and accounts for a great deal of
the business disappointments that
Americans are meeting with here
and in Europe generally.
From one end of the Mediter-
ranean to the other | hear of
American shipping muddles. Ship
ping is as complicated a business
as that of running a newspaper.
1t is just as difficult to break into
the Mediterranean as it is to
break into Fleet Street or Park
Row."
Intelligent man is Lord North
cliffe; he proved it, when he saw
the war coming and announced it
two years before it started. And
he is a close student Of many diff
ferent things. When he was here
in 1913, bringing Darwin's grand
son along for company, he could
tell you which was the best print
ed trade newspaper in the United
States and why, and he told, q
year before anybody else told it,
that the French had the best artil-
llery in Europe. q =
His criticism of American
shipping muddles" IS welcome. 1t
should inspire Americans to
"break into shipping" however
difficult it may be. Northcliffe
certainly "broke into Fleet Street"
why not the United States ..'into
the Mediterranean"
A newspaper in Rome prints
news, probably false, about the old
Austrian Emperor committing
suicide by hanging. Kings do not
kill themselves, although their SUBJ
jects occasionally do the work for
them.
One old King Of Bohemia, blind,
with his horse chained to the
horses of two knights, rode into
the thick of battle, slashing with
his sword until killed. But that
wasn't suicide; it was remarkable
sporting instinct in an old fighter.
Henry II of England, finding
that his own son had conspired
against him, cried: 81 care no
more for myself or for the world.
I Shame, shame, on conquered
> king" and turning his face to the
wall, died. But he didn't kill
himself.
Kings in hard luck saw wood
and write about themselves like
William Of Hohenzollern; they re-
tire to a monastery like the great
Charles V. But they rarely COM
nit suicide, for king, as long as
he lives, is like gambler who still
has money left to bet. He always
has the chance of turning fortune
in his way. Gamblers kill them
selves only when the last dollar
is gone, and king can never be
sure, while he lives, that he has
played his last card.
Anything new is pleasing. The
North Dakota Leader, organ Of the
Farmers Non-Partisan League,
suggests a celebration of Captain
KiGd Day" Captain Kidd, the
DlT dbt, 10 1luNii out VI udIt, az
cordng to the North Dakota
Leader. His old-fashioned method
was to run up the black flag with
the skull and cross bones when
he meant to rob anybody. His
descendants have come ashore and
occupy snug berths in profiteer
offices. Whenever they plan TO
4 rob anybody they first run up the
Stars and Stripes and make a
little speech about patriotism.
The North Dakota Leader de-
mands that on Captain Kidd
Day" all his descendants shall
honor his memory by hanging out
a black flag with skull and cross
bones, thus identifying themselves
for the public benefit. IL is an
interesting suggestion at least.
Professor Einstein, learned gen
tleman, supposed to have put "ifs"
and "buts" into Newton's theory
of gravitation, tells you not to be