The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-16
Today
Untr'sndly New Zealand.
Tear Gas for Bandits.
Wireless and Week Ends.
The Spring Bed Man.
ARTHUR BRIsBANK

Al mule comrades together now,
Uncle Sam, tied up with the
British and japanese empires,
AK Uncle Sans little nephew,
New Zealand. what the objsc-
sion ID to Americans doing busi-
mess theref
New Zealand does business
with ua Just now she is en-
gaged In unloading here among
our farmers a gigantic old pro-
ductdon Of butter. And we are
glad to ohlige.
But why II Il that Americans
tind It hard to get licenses to
20 business In New Zealandf
" thsrs b any trouble, could II
not b eorrectedI
Lord Northcliffs says New
Zealand needs capital and pop
uiation. This country at least
has the capital. Wouldn't It pay
New Zealand to make It well
come?
Three Kentucky bandits, Bud
Noble and two sons, hiding in Q
cave, think soldiers will come
altar them and there will be q
romantic "duel to the death"
But It will not be like that.
The Kentucky troops arranged
yesterday to use tear gas, send
ing It into the cave to bring
those bandits out-humbler,
wiser, fearful.
Learn from this that the
United States should not agree
TO abandon gas in warfare. We
are not going to attack any
body. We shall always be in
the position of Kentucky troops,
protecting ourselves against
bandits. Gas that makes men
cry and give up is at least as
humane as dynamite and ma
chine guns-and less hurtful to
cur men when they use it.
To discourage war, make it
! fearful.
Changes come rapidly. A while
ago the wireless telephone was a
vague possibility. Now, in and
around one city, . hundred thou
sand private individuals have wire
less telephone apparatus and iisten
every day to CONCERTS AMI news
neAsages-t Recently they lista.ed
to the singing Of Emma Calvs, on
her way to this country, 200 miles
cut at sea.
In London tired men used to 60
to the Alps for few days once in
q winter. By train to the channel,
by boat across the channel. By
train to the Swiss frontier, then
on sleds or motors up the noun
tains. Now they board a flying
machine in London, fly a few
hours after luncheon, get out at
their hotel on the Swiss mountain
top in time for dinner and q week
snd in the snow.
Man really has conquered space
and time. When he conquers HIM
SELF and the various kinds Of
wild animals locked up inside Of
him, civilization will begin.
You never heard probably Of
James E. Liddy, who died yester-
day, aged ninety-three. Think Of
him tonight as you go to bed. He
deserves gratitude, for he invented
the spring bed after travelling over
rough roads in bouncing blackboard
wagons. He has given peaceful
sleep to hundreds of millions and
ought to have a monument. An
other first-class monument should
be built to George M. Pullman.
There Is no estimating the extent
to which his cars have added to
length of life.
Germany, telling the allies she
can't pay the two hundred and
fifty million dollars gold Cue
January and February. asks
moratorium.
The world will know presently
what the allies intend. They will
declare moratorium and let Ger
many pull herself together and
make the payments later, or they
will carry out another plan
march in. take more territory.
mines, factories. etc.
Germany's announcement makes
this an important date in after
the-war Developments.
There is good deal of money
of the kind that hides from ma
tional tax gatherers.