The Washington times., 1921-12-14

We Are Nicely In It.
Next Comes the Money.
Cast Iron Religion.
No Revivalists Wanted.
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When war ended, the coun-
tries that won, excepting the
United States, began gathering
IN spoils. At Versailles, they
divided, giving little or nothing
TO the little fellows-everything
J to the big ones.
That's fair enough" as
Wallingford would say.
In the Pacific Ocean they
gave everything north of the
Equator to Japan, and every
thing south of the Equator to
England, including the enor-
mously rich island Of Nauru,
that belonged to Germany be-
fore the war.
This country said at the last
election, and by seven millions
plurality, that it wanted nothing
20 DO with the Versailles treaty.
festerday the United States
signed . treaty with Japan,
France and England recognizing
and guaranteeing to protect the
situation in the Pacific. Quite
. change since election day
1920.
The next conference, gentle
American Easy Marks, will be a
financial and economic confer
ence. The biggest men are COM
. ing for that, if they can manage
1t, including Lloyd George. At
that council the question Of
debts will be settled.
We have agreed now to accept,
indorse, and maintain the situa-
tion in the Pacific. That settles
THAT satisfactorily, with Uncle
Sam backing up the Versailles
Treaty Of spoliation. If now
We will kindly agree to "fund"
our debt Of ten thousand mil
lions, taking q do,l..r down and
. dollar Z year, or something of
that kind, all will be well.
The Golden Rule and the other
"tsachings Of Christ" are to manage
the American Cast Iron Pipe Com
pany, Of Atlanta. All directors are
church members, and the Golden
Rule will run the business. 1t is
difficult for. an ordinary citizen to
understand Just how the Founder
Of Christianity would manage q
cast iron pipe business, hard to
imagine Him accepting any profit
or thinking Of anything except the
children Of the workers and the
workers themselves. =
The Federated Churches of Pitts
:burgh hsve decided that hard
working evangelists like Billy Sun
day and Gypsy Smith are not de-
sirable. They are "too high priced,
too much commercialized, obsolete,
false in stimulation and ineffec-
tive"
The regular clergy will never
again invite revivalists to come
and stir up sluggish souls. Billy
Sundays answer to that will be
interesting.
The angel Gabriel will write a
cheerful paragraph in his book
concerning Lord Moreley's appear
ance in the House of Lords to speak
once more in favor of Ireland.
With Gladstone and other old
fighters, he worked for justice to
ireland, abused and despised by the
Tories. Now, eighty-three years
<old, feeble in health, and the last
of the great men of Gladstone's
day, he comes from his retirement,
a real nobleman, noble in heart and
mind, to speak for justice.
There has been no finer sight in
the House of Lords since Lord
Chatham, old, almost dying, rose
TO denounce England's brutality
and folly in her treatment of the
American colonies.
One thing 1t Is to be hoped
our friends from Europe will not
obtain from the United States.
and that is a promise to give up
the use of the submarine.
With q sufficient fleet Of sub
marines and a big enough flock
of flying machines this country
can keep safe. Without subma-
rines our cities are constantly
threatened. The submarine. as it
happens. might be used against
the shipping Of England all over
the world. That we regret. This
country. however. is not going
to attack anybody's shipping. and
it ought not to give up any
weapon that will prevent attack
Ing this country.
The London correspondent of
the New York Post. owned in
the office Of Morgan and Com
many, and therefore well informed
on financial matters. SAYS that
the English pound sterling is