The Washington times., 1921-03-10

Those Queer Minds.
The Puzzled Allies.
Free Bonds Drop.
Grating Lady Bug.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1927

You may talk about Russia, Ger
many, the allies, disarmament,
Japan, finance, political economy,
science, literature AND the musi-
Cal glasses, and the public will
read listlessly, looking for some
thing interesting"
When you say Babe Ruth
knocks nine home runs in his
first days practice" you have
ssaid enough. You have concen-
trated attention.
That helps to explain why some
millions of human beings have to
have things done FOR them: their
minds are not on their REAL
problems. They're on Babe Ruth.
or the movies, or some killing
lady's diary.
General Wood is going to the
Philippines March 25. Our Jap
anese friends will notice that the
Government is interested in that
outpost.
1t is to be hoped that General
Wood is NOT going on a special
battleship, to burn up enough coal
on one trip to keep a thousand
American families through a win
ter.
The country has seen enough Of
that nonsense in the last few
years. A Government that TALKS
economy, as the present Govern
ment does very we'll, will practice
it.
Senator Knox says he will press
his resolution for an immediate,
independent peace with Germany.
The harder he presses the better.
The sooner the United States with
draws completely from the Euro
pean muddle of invading, grab
bing, fighting, and foolishness, the
better.
President Harding's intention is
to arrange, if he can, for revision
Of the Versailles peace treaty on
common-sense lines and, failing
that, to make a German peace in
side of sixty days. 1t might be
better to BEGIN with peace, as
regards the United States, and let
Europe muddle her own affairs to
suit herself. We've been making
: the world safe for democracy"
long enough. Time to make this
country prosperous for its workers.
France, England, Belgium, with
their troops in Germany, probably
wonder by now what they are
doing there. General Degoutte,
representing France, tells the Ger
man workers he will help them to
produce. The German workers,
knowing that he is there to take
all they produce, will not be
enthusiastic producers.
Chaos in Russia, and the repudia-
tion Of debts that always goes
with revolutionary anarchy, have
cost the French nation thirty thou
sand million francs. France will
never get a dollar Of that money.
The more she helps and drives the
Russians to butcher each other,
the less they will be able to pay
seven if they wanted to. You can't
collect billions from cripples.
The situation in Germany may
produce an imitation of Russia.
Today France could get from
Germany sum yreater than the
total amount lost through the
Russian revolution. If the French
were wise, they would take from
Germany what Germany can pay,
enough to make up for the Rus
sian loss. They would charge the
Russian loss to profit, loss, and
experience" and resume business
with a determination hereafter
not to lend their billions to any
autocracy.
"Free Liberty Bonds" have
again dropped in value. Above a
hundred at one time, they are now
down to ninety. They are called
"free bonds" because rich men
holding them are not taxed on the
;pcouoe from those honds Rapkera