The Washington times., 1921-12-21

7 petual rest.
Conan Doyle. who says he has
talked to the dead. including his
ewn son, twenty-one times. says
heaven is like this earth. He will
have his wife. his books. his chill
dren.
He does not say SO. but pre-
sumably he will be boss up there.
the same as in good old England.
The old become young in heaven
and the young become adults.
That's the only change. says he.
What would be your idea of
heaven. if you could plan it to
suit yourself?
Would you not require at least
, CHANGE. something to be got
by struggle and competition.
something to keep ambition
awake? Could you endure 999.-
999, 9,999, ,999 trillion years without
any change or IMPROVEMENT
To celebrate the Washington
conference our mint will coin sill
yer with a broken sword on It.
That means war ending. ana It's
a foolish silver dollar.
You have a treaty with Asia.
She has no idea Of giving up
fighting until land is gained. You
have Europe fighting or planning
to fight, for revenge or for safe.
ty. You may break the sword
Of United States power and de-
tense by dreaming dreams and
seeing visions too soon. but that
Is nothing to celebrate.
Our exports continue to drop
which means that other coun-
tries are taking what business
there is away from us. When,
II ever, we get through playing
Santa Claus to other nations and
fixing their troubles, 1t would
be a good idea to worry a little
about our own future.
Our important men say public
" that everything is lovely and
n;ckine up. "All is bright
ahead.S But that is not what
thew say privately. Not what
thew say, for instance, to this
writer when they say what they
believe. -,
This country needs intelligent
planning for its own industries,
fts own workingmen-something
more constructive than merely
helping railroads to put down
wages. which is about all the
Government has done 80 far.
We have entered into treaty
guaranteeing to japan and Eng
I land permanent possession OF the
enormously rich Pacific islands
That they picked up after the
war--taking them from Ger
many. What about guarantee
ing to American workmen the
better wages that they picked
mn in the war? Would that not
be a useful guarantee?
Or do our super-statesmen
not know that distribution Of
wealth through good wages Is
70 prosperity as important as ir-
riGation to agriculture?
DIR. Ignatowski, very learned,
says he has proved conclusively
that meat is a poison leading di-
rectlv to all sorts Of infirmities.
Charscter is made by the food yol
~at, says the learned one. There
"a much fighting energy in spin
sch. and soldiers should eat much
of IL. All interesting, BUT
History, past and present, shows
Won that meat-eating nations rule
and boss the vegetable eaters.
Look at three hundred million vege-
tarians in India subject to few
meat eating Englishmen thousands
Of miles away. And consider the
Japanese. Their masses were vege-
tarians. But when they sent them
fighting against meat eaters from
other nations. they took from the
Japanese soldier his little tub Of
rice end gave him meat instead.
Tigers eat meat, allowing the
deer to change vegetables into nice
yenison. Some day humans will
rive up meat. Now it means econ
omy to let the COW turn the grass
into boaf--man eating the beek