The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-02
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Germany, because Germany dis
bands only her national army and
does not forbid citizens TO organize
military companies.
Germany says she must have
some foundation OF defense or join
Bolshevik Russia.
France and Germany are repeat
ing on modern lines the Rome
Carthage incident In history. "De-
lenda est Germania" is the cry OF
the Paris Catos. Germany does
not like the idea. Perhaps II
France tried magnanimity and
forgetfulness. instead of insisting
on the Carthaginian program, the
world might avoid the war that
will surely come when Germany
is able. Unfortunately, victors
think chiefly OF the present spoils.
Terence McSwiney starved to
death in prison. Again is demon
strated the fact that sentiment is
more powerful than dynamite, even
in war.
The last big" event of the year
was the surrender OF Nume, in
teresung chiefly because OF dan
.nunzio, the strange, WORKOUT,
bald-headed, middle-aged poet that
suddenly developed into a military
hero and force able to hold back
the Allies that had, conquered
Germany.
From him we learn again that
the greatest force, there Is only
ONE, is mental energy. 1t wrote
poems for d'Annunzio for many
years, then suddenly sent him
flying through the clouds, fight
ing on a Pegasus of steel, with
gasoline for its blood.
Otherwise, kind friends, what is
there worth mentioning in lS2Os
history? 1t was busy, but not
GREAT year. All the events men
toned here will be forgotten In
ten years, and real history five
hundred years hence will not
mention one, except the slide at
Mont Blanc, important because 1t
shows how our earth is gradually
approximating a perfect sphere in
shape.
When the earth becomes abso-
lutely spherical, as it will, 1t will
be necessary to dig canals or
other depths to hold the waters OF
the oceans. which otherwise would
cover perfectly round earth
more than a mile deep everywhere.
You may say that It will take q
long time for frost, rain, wind,
and gravity to make the earth
round. 1t will, but the Chicago
gathering Of scientists recently
told US that the earth will last one
trillion years more. A trillion is a
thousand billions, and we are only
twelve thousand years from the
Stone Age; SO you can see how far
We have to go, and that We shall
have to dig those canals some day.
Will there be grating and prof
iteering even then, as when
Michael Angelo built st. Peters at
Rome, and when patriots built
our airships that did not fly?
Probably not. One trillion years
from now a race that has already
ovecome the temptation OF can
nibalism-easiest supply of fresh
meat-will have supplied wealth
and education enough for every
body.
Even a profiteer does not creep
down at night and steal a pail Of
water from the ocean; there is so
much of it.
When the problem Of sufficient
wealth has been solved, dishonesty
will end.
To return from dreaming Of the
trillion-year-off future, what would
you suggest as the one best thing
that could happen, to the general
public, in 1921?
If you combined in yourself
omniscience and omnipotence. able
to do anything by merely pressing
a button, what would you do? A
majority will find difficulty in an
swering the question. For young
baby there is not much to do, ex-
cept to let it grow normally. The
same is true probably Of the