The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-04

6ame Old Business.
Bees Are Still Free.
What Frlghtens Finance.
0onfsrence Still confsrring

l@y ARTHUR BRiSBANE--l
cepysisht 1891.
More trouble with the Irish
eettlement. Nevertheless, Lloyd
George says he will come here.
The U. 8. A. Is still doing busi-
pess ut. the old stand. A sixty
million dollar merger of coal
mines. . many million dollar
msrger Of steel conpanieA This
hsaps 10 standardise business,
othsrwiss keep up prices. Let
M. Called Jade Average Citizen
Wince.
A judge in Missouri decides
that bees have q right to 60
where they win, collecting what
thay want. An ordinance restrict
ing bee travel 10 unconstitutional.
Once the law said that a woman
with . child could 60 where she
chose, taking fruit from any or
chard unnolested. Now that
would b stealing, but bees are
still free.
Panic Oh the Berlin stock ex-
change. Why, do you suppose!
Not because German money had
gone to almost nothing, 90 that
you could buy for q dollar 2S0
marks, formerly worth $40. Ger
man money gains value; that IN
terferes with plans Of specu-
latcrs; a. the money dropped,
the price Of stocks went up.
Here We had q mental panic
among financiers when it was
proposed to establish the Federal
Reserve, which. as those finan-
ciers now know, saved this coun-
try recently from the worst panic
the world evcr ssw.
High finance II an excitable
thing, sometimes not very in
telligent.
One good thing may come
from the Warrington confer
once. Representatives Of DIFF
ferent nations getting together,
discussing what 1t is that each
wants in the way Of q slice Of
China, for instance, enlightened
each other.
Perhaps the amount Of talk
in all the newspapers Of the
world will finally convince
governments that what they are
trying to take from each other
IL not worth what It would cost.
News indicates . plan de-
veloped by our European friends
to set aside WSshington's
theory about no alliance. II
the plan goes through there
will be an association Of ma
tions, q sort Of league under
another name. That association,
II certain interests arrange 1t,
will consist Of England, Japan,
and the United States chiefly.
The message that Japan and
England send to the United
States is, "Come in; the water
is fine" This is an invitation
that the United States has al
ways refused. What it will do
next remains to be seen.
In any case, the proposed ar
rangement will be even less than
a scrap of paper. If written. on
paper it becomes a treaty and must
pass the Senate. The first year of
an Administration overwhelmingly
elected on a no-League-of-Nations
fight will hardly ask the Senate
and the people formally to ap-
prove an imitation league.
One Of the latest conference
guesses is that Secretary Hughes
plans to include in the discussion
decent treatment Of Russia and
protection of her integrity.
II Mr.. Hughes can prevent the
breaking down in chaos Of the
Russian colossus, he will have rem
dered one great service to the
world, to future peace and mental
and physical health.
As this is written, the latest
Arbuckle news suggests a dead
lock, one woman juror holding
out against eleven others. Can't
you imagine the eleven describ-
ing the obstinacy of the twelfth
and "doubting the wisdom" of
putting women on juries? Per-