The Washington times., 1920-11-05
Today
Mexico New Zealand Sur
prise.
Religious Schools7 Yes.
interesting Shipload.
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|, ARTHUR BRISBANE
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Old-fashioned Republicans, they
never learn and never forget any
thing. are delighted. as they put
II. that johnson and Borah have
been knocked on the head"
The idea is that with . ma
Jority OF eighteen in the Senate
the Republicans will do as they
please without consulting johnson
or Borah.
That Is the old program: Get
the help Of powerful individuals
when you need them, throw them
overheard when done with them.
The program may not 60 through
30 smoothly, for Hiram johnson,
thrown overheard at one end OF
the ship, is apt to climb up At the
ether end.
johnson, Borah, and La Toilette,
before the four years are over,
will be able to make the Repub-
licans do q lot of hard thinking.
This is Mr.. Bryan's recipe.
formulated yesterday: Mr.. Wilson
should resign at once. Then Mar
shall, acting as President, should
name Harding Secretary Of State;
then Marshall should resign and
Harding would become President,
without waiting for March fourth.
Interesting program, but it won't
90 through.
New Zealand, small country, has
brains enough to own its own
railroads These railroads, owned
by the government, are run for
the people, not for gamblers,
speculators, and exploiters.
The annual statement shows
that they made net profit Of more
than eight million dollars last year
on less than two hundred millions
invested. The roads earned more
than nine thousand dollars q mile.
Does this mean that public men
in New Zealand are abler than In
the United States? No, it only
means that they are more honest,
and that privately-owned rail-
roads do NOT control the govern
ment of New Zealand as they con-
troll that of the United States.
Mexico supplies another surprise
from the outside world. She has
mapped out q scheme for govern
ment ownership Of merchant
marine. Docks and warehouses,
r exclusive coastwise rights. redue-
tion Of railroad freight rates for
goods sent in national owned ships
such is part Of the program.
It Is all too ambitious for the
United States. All we can hope
for here is to stop a little Of the
public stealing and profiteering.
Voters of Michigan defeated, two
to one, and wisely, q proposition to
abolish Catholic parochial schools.
The Constitution of the United
States guarantees religious free
dom, including the right to say,
think, and teach what you like.
Whoever wants a private school
for his children because he thinks
public schools not sufficiently IRE
fined" Is entitled to his private
school, as long as HE pays for 1t.
A man who thinks the public
school unsatisfactory, because it
teaches facts that are accepted
and does not teach religion, about
which citizens disagree, is en-
titled, at HIS expense, to main
tain a school that will give his
children any and as much re-
ligious teaching as he chooses,
whether it be Protestant, Catholic,
Mohammedan, Jewish, Christian
Scientist, or Zoroastrian.
The important thing is that no
man or church should interfere
with the public schools, that no
public funds should be appropriat-
ed for anything EXCEPT Ameri-
can public schools on the American
plan.
Those that think the public
school not good enough for their
children make a mistake, but that
is their business, as long as
THEY pay for the mistake.
An interesting shipload came to
America on the Baltic two days
ago. Fourteen millions in gold
came as freight in the hold.
Lord Pierrie, great shipbuilder,
came hunting American oil.
Georgette lie Blanc, first wife Of
the fancy writer, Maeterlinck,
whose husband temperamentally
put her aside for girl in her
teens, said she didn't know ex-
actly why she had come, but she
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