The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-15

Mixing Schools With Mexico

do with it, the coming generations of
Mexico and the United States will
| have less difficulty in maintaining
| harmonious relations than their ances-
| tors have had. A. plan is under way,
| fostered by various chambers of COM
merce, Rotary clubs and Foreign Ex-
change bureaus. to establish exchange
Scholarships and promote the ex-
change of educational opportunities
| between the two countries"
| Fifteen American institutions Of col
| legiate grade already have enrolled as
offering from one to four free scholar
ships each to young Americans. Bust
ness men in cities where these scholar
ships are held are asked to help out by
| giving the students who need it part
time employment.
Mexico is enthusiastic over the idea,
and Mexican universities, some of
which are very old, are preparing to
do their part.
This is the way to peace and prog
ress. The dark pages of history, which
deal almost wholly with wars, will
vanish like the shadows that they are
when future generations come out into
the sunlight of mutual knowledge and
understanding gained from reading
each others books and sharing in each
others lives.@St. Augustine Record.
Germany Has Heard the Last Word
Germany is plainly playing for time
on the matter of the Preparations de-
manded of her by the allied powers.
She evidently feels that her position
cannot be worsened by delay, and if
she can gain any advantage by pre-
varicating and postponing, and plead
ing in piteous tones, she is anxious to
secure it. Her whiffling and side
stepping, however, is exciting nothing
but disgust in the minds of her con-
querers. They recognize the insincer-
ity of her plea of non-posumus, and
even if they admitted it's validity, they
would still have the feeling that Ger
many would suffer no more by paying
than they would by renting the pen
atty. And as Germany was the unpro-
voked aggressor, and her barbarities
far exceeded all rules of civilized war
fare, degenerating into common ban
ditry, there is a worldwide sentiment
that she should be compelled to pay to
the uttermost limit of her ability. It
may take more than one generation to
complete the payment, but if so, so
much the better. It may teach genera
tons of Germans that war is not al
ways profitable; that committing I'M
provoked assaults upon ones neighbors
Is neither good ethics nor good bust
ness. Germany needs a few lessons
along that line and now it the time to
administer them. Should she be permit
ted to regain her former power and
prestige her first use of it would be to
ruin France and Belgium. She made
no secret of her intention to bleed
France white" in the late war, and but
for the intervention of friendly nations
she would have succeeded. She should
be kept in leading strings for hun
bred years at least.
Meanwhile pending Germany's deci-
sion, the armed forces of France and
Belgium are standing like leashed
hounds on the border, waiting the
word from Foch" to over-run the
the terms laid down by the allied pow
ers. The latter have issued their ul-
timatum through Lloyd George that
the terms must be accepted by Mon
day, or immediate steps would be
taken" The delivery of the ultimatum
by Lloyd George is good proof that
Great Britain is standing solidly with
the other allies, and that no CONNER
cial considerations will be permitted to
tighten the penalty. Our belief is that
Germany win accept when she finds
that no other way is open to her
Tampa Times.