The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-16

They Are Busy-ln Berlin.
Lasker Breaks the Rules.
v. S.-AngIo-Jap7
Go to a Clinic.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE

90 to q Clinic.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE-l
Copyright. 1891.
A United States representative
at Berlin reports fewer men out
Of work because of increased
activity in automobile, textile,
iron. machine branches of in
Sustry."
That will interest workers and
owners in those industries here.
Lasker, Of the Shipping Boar'l,
never will be popular in Wash
ington or in Wall street. He does
not play according to rules. When
he finds that q shipping con-
cern is made Of air and water,
bankrupt into the bargain, he
tells everybody all about it. The
rule Is to ask, "What is my share
Of the wickedness Simply to
spoil everything Just as the
scheme gets nicely started il
most 0dnche and is not done.
japan will have 200 official
representatives at least at tho
Washington disarmament confer
ence, and they will be "ABLE"
Japanese. There Is "a certain con-
descension in foreigners" and
some reason for It, when you
consider how many thoroughly
well-trained minds they can con-
centrate at any given point.
One intelligent observer at
washington predicts that the con-
ference will become a triple alli-
ance or working arran9ement.
with England, japan and this
country united in various ways.
1t might be good for the
United States, but the average
American would be inclined to
ask, who will hold the stake
It would be excellent for Eng
land, Japan could insure Eng.
lands empire for a while in
Asia, and the United States
would make . good insurance
agent elsewhere. What Japan
would get Il not plain, except
good company. But she would
get something; she has not asso-
ciatsd with intelligent England
In vain.
France II rubbing her eyes,
and French Journalists are pre-
perin3 articles do fond with
kick to them. It is announced
that France will get not one cent
OF the first billion gold marks
paid BY Germany. The entire
billion goes to England and Bel
gium. The temporarily discard
cd, once more used "perfidious
Albion" epithet will be dug up.
England says France must not
expect any cash for q while; her
share II charged against her
profits from the Sarre region.
There II an entire after-the-wa1
..aducatton waiting for France.
Miss Alice Robertson, of Okla
homa, only woman in Congress,
is opposed to the maternity bill
which would use Government
money to help women in child
birth.
Perhaps Miss Robertson, like
many opposed to the bill, has
never witnessed childbearing.
She and the other opposing
Congressman ought to attend an
obstetrical clinic. It would let
in light. They would favor ten
maternity bills next day and
thank God that fate had made
them observers Of maternity
only.
UNITED States stands aloof in
plan to help starving Russia"
says the headline. Perhaps some
ono has heard details of one
other American effort TO supply
Russia with food. We were try
ing to help the Cars friends, or
some one to beat Bolshevism. and
thought food would assist. We
sent shiploads Of food to the
Baltic, and there it peacefully
rotted, flour wet, chocolate spoiled
and dumped. And our highly eff
ficient representatives accented
in payment worthless comical
counter revolution Russian rubIes,
printed, as many as you please,
on a British destroyer. In Russia,
this country has made as many
kinds Of fool Of itself as anybody
could desire.
What became Of the $3O,OOO,-
900 in comic-opera Russian money
printed for American consumption
on board a British warshipi
The Gar Of Russia, you will
remember, decided to increase
efficiency by aboiishing vodka
and all alcoholic drinks. It work.
ed. and he was about the first
unnecessary expense to be elm
mated.
Now the Bolshevik government
decides to permit the making of
wine with not more than Ia rer
cent Of alcohol.
"Let the people dance and
drink, that they may forget their
misery" is still good advice. when
in trouble, for those in power.
Five hundred million dollars a
year is the bootIeggers' profit,