The Washington times., 1921-12-10
Today
The v. S. A. Can Do It.
Three Magic Words.
Good Swiss Money-Why7
ireland, Yes; India, No.
, ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1891.

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now or other, is the program. A
iour-power treaty" is suggested
france. England. Japan and the
United States united in a semi
oificial agreement to keep peace
In the Pacific. The United States
should and could keep peace in the
Pacific. If 1t leaves that peace to
others. 1t won't be kept.
The three magic words are to be
Consultation, Mediation, Arbitra-
sion."
All nice words, but PREPARA-
TON Is better than the three Of
.nem 30 far as the United States
Is concerned.
We learned that, or ought to
have learned it, in 1914.
You notice that Switzerland's
money is above par. England,
France. Germany, Italy, all have
money below normal value. Swift
xerland is a small country, but
Centuries have taught her that the
way to be taken care Of is to take
care of yourself.
Her men are all trained. No
great standing army exhausts her
resources. but every man can
fight. Every man has a good
weapon.
Every nation in Europe knows
that 1t would cost more to CONQUER
Switzerland than Switzerland is
worth. Therefore Switzerland is
not conquered and her money is
above par.
There is more in that than in
any three magic words.
England cannot deny to India
freedom that has been granted to
Ireland" say India's spokesmen.
But England can and probably
will. The people of India and of
Ireland arc different people. Most
Of the English are fighters; ALL
OF THE IRISH ARE FIGHT
ERS. Forty million Englishmen
have not been able to hold down
four million Irishmen. But q
handful of Englishmen have been
able to hold down three hundred
million natives of India. Mum
bers don't count. Four million
Irishmen are free. Three hun
dred million Asiatics are sub
jects. Four hundred million Chi
nese are treated with contempt,
shut out Of the four-power agree
ment. while little Japan comes in
and bosses. Japan fights.
prof. Roubaud. Of the French
Academy of Sciences shows that
one fly, beginning to lay eggs on
May 1, will have produced by
September 80 the following num-
Der of flies: 1885, ,969 1897, ,755, 100,
not quite four uuadrillions.
You may say the earth wouldn't
hold such load; luckily it doesn't
have to.
Nature arranges fertility in
proportion to the danger of death.
But you can see what it means
to leave breeding grounds for
flies-uncovered garbage pals,
badly MANAGED stables. etc.
Prof. Roubaud fed the mother
flies on condensed milk and they
did nicely. A fly begins to get
tired only after she has laid eggs
steadily for two months. In a
month after the egg is laid the
young fly becomes mother
no time lost.
Condensed milk and other
milk agrees with the mother
flies. 1t also agrees with the
disease germs they plant in your
children's food.
You are interested in old
things. The French have taken
up once more a lawsuit hat has
been running six hundred years.
Yesterday, in the magnificent
Rainier National Forest, a giant
spruce tree, said by naturalists
to be 1000 years old, fell to the
ground. Where it broke, the
trunk is 10 feet through. Four
thousand years ago, when first
It appeared above the ground, a
tiny green thing, men were fight
ing-for land, money, and am
bition, for women, for fun, and
for enemies to eat.
Still in different parts Of the
world they fight for the same
thing. It is sad to say it, but
little trees just starting will
grow to full size and fall before
men lose the fighting habit.
Nevertheless, they WILL lose it
eventually.
You are interested in bold
things. Hear about Tom Slaugh-
ter-well named. Until yester-
day, Mr.. Slaughter, a prisoner
condemned to death, dwelt in
the prison at Little Rock, Ark.
He seized the whole Little Rock
remit en- airy, single-handed.
Som mebody brought him a re-