The Washington times., 1922-06-10
Today
Highest Climb on Record.
II Lenin Dies.
Binding Foreheads.
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up the great peak. Mt. Everest,
in the Himalayas. 26,s00 feet
higher than men had ever
climbed on this earth. They
made the trip without artifi-
cial supplies. Of oxygen. Later
they viii try for the top. You
know the rough surface Of an
orange. m proportion to the
size Of the orange as compared
with the earth, q microbe crawl
ing 10 the top Of one Of those
roughnesses on the orange would
20 up much higher than those
that climbed Mt. Everest. We
are microbes crawling around
cur orange. &
Lenin Is dying-at least, doc
tors think so. His speech Is
gone, following q stroke. That
stroke came after inflammation
Of the stomach, the trouble that
killed Napoleon. Both men made
the same mistake. working at
. constant and terrific mental
: and physical pace, straining the
blood vessels in the brain by
exaggerated demand for blood
supply. ...,e E.s...
Another chapter will open In
Russian history, with Lenin
gone. Trotsky will rule Russia,
as absolute dictator, If he
chooses, having the army under
him. Hitherto. Lenin, q Slay,
has held the highest power.
That passes now to q Jew.
More than half the ruling minds
in Russia are Jewish. and the
government will nowIbecome an
experiment in Jewish construc-
tive power in government. far
more important than could pos
sibly be made under Enylish
mandate in Palestine. In watch
ing the experiment, remember
that no men ever undertook a
more desperately difficult task.
General Fling, Chinese Chris
tian, and ruler Of Human prov
ince, issues an order forbidding
the binding of girls feet. Good
Christian idea. The next step
Is to free the girls minds. There
Is more binding of brains than
Of feet on this earth, and China
has no monopoly of either.
The government crisis in
Japan In caused by dissatisfac-
tion with the public school sys-
tenn. Not enough spent on
schools, too much on war, say
the people. and the government
bead goes down.
Japan is obsessed With sSas
mania for knowledge" says the
dispatch. .1Sf .--.-.- ..
It's a good mania; this coun-
try would be better of for a
little more Of It. :. Long ago .
Talmudic writer. said: "Jeru-
salem fell because the schools
were neglected" 49,.
In proportion to what we
know and the wealth we have,
this country has the worst
school system, the most shame
full illiteracy. ,~. =,
The amount Of cash in cir.
culation IN this country for
every inhabitant is $4S.7S. Some
have rather more than the aver
age.
A restless theorist asks:
"Why does the Government pay
interest on money when it alone
has the power to make it"
, A difficult question for the
unlearned, but there are some
countries - Russia, Germany,
Austria--printing money very
rapidly. But it's value decreases
cas- 1t is printed" Does seem,
however, that this nation might
safely print q few billions to
be paid off at its leisure. with
out going into bankruptcy.
II collateral Is needed, We
might use those European gold
loans-that we shall probably
never collect. What's the real
difference between printing
bonds and printing money?
At the British grand court per-
formance everybody was shining
IN gems and gold-lace magnifi-
cence except the German Ambas-
sador, who used TO be the most
glittering and shiny Of all. The
I Germans, like the Americans,
have passed the glittering stage
offYcially.J The British will do
likewise some day.
William Allen White says It is
outrageous to bribe little boys to
take dogs to the pound to be
killed for 25 cents each. II Is
outrageous, not on account Of the
stray dogs, which are better dead,
but because Of the effect on the
boys. White says: "A boy who
would take q stray dog to the
pound Is too, '>,ean to live him
self" He Is not as "mean" as q
nation that permits children to be
ground up in the child labor
pound. And what Of the man who
keeps q dog that every day
fnghtens childrenTsatisfied be-