The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-23
Damning a Cause by
 Outbursts of Unreason

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 1T UDGE DANIEL F. COHALAN O did not make friends for Irisl freedom at Washington day din ner given by the committee of thu Irish republic. In declaring tha, England is a menace to the United States and that the menace must be removed before this country could be assured of peace," he appealed te passion and not to reason. l He insisted that Britain free Can. ada and other colonial possessions as a basis of negotiations for the settle ment of her debt to this country anc declared that "the British empire must be dismembered if the world is to have peace."
 1 These are strange words coming from an American citizen. The worlds safety was achieved only through the cooperation of Great Britain and America. To speak of the dismem- berment of the British empire after the sacrifices made by her and her colonies on the altar of freedom is not far short of sacrilege. Besides no one has heard of Can ada or Australia desiring or asking freedom. On the contrary, first and most valiant among the troops fight 1 ing under the banner of Haig and | Pershing were the Canadian regi- ments and the Australians and none shed more blood per capita than the Princess Pat regiment. * < l If Mir. Harding does offer cabinet po- sition to Hoover. despite the protests of the "old guard" peop1e who have sized him up as man without will of his own will have to revise their opinion of the next President. {! F F F | It is announced that Caruso's voice will be better than ever" when he recovers his health. Why not say "as good as ever" and not tax the credulity of a patient public?
 Mr. Al Jennings, reformed bandit, was robbed in New York about the time a movie in which he is starred was ready for the public. Suspicion points to his press agent
 Mrs. Cal Coolidge says she will use nc rouge March 4, and only little powde, on her nose. Sensible woman. Powder on the nose in March weather is imperal tive.
 Nobody but rampant prohibitionist would expect the American coast guard to neglect it's regular duties to catch vio lators of the eighteenth amendment. $ z Siamese movie patrons, says a maga zine writer. don't mind break in the film. Maybe they haven't learned how te stamp on the floor yet.
 F l PlavipU m tho sapd at Dol pao ot is all very we'll for the idle rich. yet w doubt if it is helping the country to get back to normalcv.
 French "ace" has so many decora' tions it is said he can't wear them all at one time If he were a bandmastel he'd find way.
 MT. Hughes will re-enter public life . little older than he was when he thought he was elected President and perhap. a little wiser.
 Maybe the reason why the ,toddle" k so popular in dance halls is because l, requires a couple to cover very little territory.
 While there is a great deal of visiting around among the premiers of Europe the 'vons" are conspicuous by their ab. serce
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 It would be interesting to know how many former Russian noblemen are stii earning a more or less honest living 1T Paris.
 I It may or 1t may not be news to you but the Poles and the bolsheviki have no yet signed on the dotted line at Riga. Mir. Dempsey continues to be the recip iient of bououets and brickbats. with thu brickbats outnumbering the bouquets q z
 Alabama farmers have been advised t grit their teeth and hold on. By this tim, they should have learned how.
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 The coal strike has been called off. Le us hope it will be at least 100 year before there is another one