The Washington times., 1921-04-02

Aneu Wuc' IL IL OOeS, why!
There is q new German record
In beer and tobacco. As compared
with days before the war, less
beer is used in Germany by seven
hundred and fifty million gallons.
Cigarette use is increased by three
thousand millions. Cigars are cut
down by four and half millions.
The population Of Germany is
four and q half millions less than
before the war, which accounts for
some of the seven hundred and fif-
ty millions Of gallons less beer.
Add one to a thousand kinds Of
suicide. An Italian monk, Of the
Franciscan order. Ciavolino, was
convicted after criminal career Of
ton years and sentenced to solitary.
confinement.
He seized and drank large bot.
tie Of ink, and will probably die.
What happens to that particular
criminal isn't important. But the
new kind Of suicide interests little
I boys that suck their pens when
they write. And it is important to
their fathers and mothers.
Charles, once Emperor, went
into Hungary to make himself EN-
peror again. Now his chief
thought is to get out of Hungary,
safely back to Switzerland, which
consents to his return to that great
international boarding house.
1t is said that the Hungarian
regent will send him home, flying,
in military airplane. This is
the magic carpet" in real life.
Anything that men can imagine,
they can do, in the long run. not
individually, but collectively.
In the park an Italian is found
murdered, after a desperate strug-
gle. His tongue, cut out, was
thrown to one side. The murder
represented revenge on an in
former. .r
The horrible details make mod
ern men shudder. Such mutilation.
even OF dead body, is inconceiv-
able. But the great Cyrus, tell
ing of a conquered King. could
write proudly. 81 cut of his nose
and his lips and chained him at
my gate" And it seemed strange
tn no one. We have improved.
You could not imagine, now, tor
ture of innocent witnesses as a
regular part of legal proceedings.
A little more than a hundred years
ago everybody agreed that you
could not have justice without it.
Nevada legislators have invented
and made into law a new scheme
for killing criminals.
And Mr.. Lenin, of Russia, has
revived an old way to keep crimi-
mails from killing him.
In Nevada hereafter they will
no longer hang or shoot murder
ers. They used to give the mur-
derer his choice. Now he will be
killed with lethal gas. The con-
demned will sleep in a room that
can be made automatically air
tight. Some night while he is
asleep the air will be shut out,
the deadly gas turned on, and he
will, theoretically, die in his sleep.
Any man can realize how painful
it would be to 20 to sleep everv
night wondering whether that was
to be the night of no awakening.
Q, We all do that, every night of
our lives, but don't realize it. And
"what we do not realize does not
bother u.s."
Lenin's plan to discourage at
tacks on his life is simple and old.
The last time anybody made the
attempt five hundred Hostages"
were put to death as a warning to
others.
The fact of the five hundred
killings was published. and the
people were reminded that hos
tages had been similarly killed on
q previous occasion when Lenin's
life was attempted. At least that
Is the story that comes from
Russia.
The hostage" plan is this:
Bolshevism locks up a sufficient
number of conspicuous citizens
o~-osed to Bolshevik. government
When anybody attempts to kill
Lenin a few hundred hostages are
put to death. A new government
must rely on old methods. To make
a government stand, in the begin
ming, make everybody fear.
Students at Harvard are told
they must read and Nknow Shake
speare and the Bible. A sensible
rule. The young gentlemen may
learn more from such reading, IL