The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-04
I 'oday
Hiram Johnson Says. Senator Capper Says. Japan's Busy Builders.
 Turk k-Italian Deal.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

MI. 11uBHeSs repuDilcdtii occleedt5 If State. says this government will l 1pt recognize the government of Eussia until 1t reforms. that means l lresumably until it initiates us and secomes republican plutocracy-l tempered by elections every four tears. About the same time Senator Hiram
 Phnson. good California republican,
 lho had just finished z speech well pming the Hearst bonus petition
 kith moro than a million names on
 steps of the capitol at Washing ln. said: Millions of Russians.
 Id their children lack food. Mil Ilons of American mechanics and la I,rers lack employment. Millions of Emerican farmers have been getting yr their crops less than 1t cost to
 rcduce them. Tho Russians would
 uy machinery from us. and food and
 ay for 1t --ith their products. This ,uld help our farmers. laborers and hschanics, and help Russia. I don't be why millions in Russia and mIl- Ind kept from dealing with each
 thsr simply because few Russians d by Leni- and Trotzky decided to hange their government
 Senator Joh-son added: "Russia's | rbulously fertile oil fields, greatest
 set of that country have been |
 rnared by British interests. l |
 ots the New York World and I |
 athsr that intelligent British inter sts. as usual. are at work while | Ioms others are asleep. It must in- crest American business men to | Knew that they ca., deal with Russia inay through British agents, the Rus |
 .an and American ends of each tran ! otioA paying . rake-off to the inglishmen.s
 In connection with the soldier ,onus Senator Gu u-.epper, of Kansas, good American and good newspaper | aAn. gives these facts:
 Big business mon have notified ihairman Adams of the republican } ational committed. that they will not ionta ibute . cent to wipe out the sommittee's $2.ooo, 900 deficit # Con- Srsss passes . bonus bill. Those are ihs business mon to whom the United
 4s& &A@ .f
 oo.o 900 because their war contracts svere cancelled when the war ended. "A government able to find three Ihousand million dollars for disap- sointed contractors that stayed home
 nd profiteered Is too poor to pay .onus to soldiers that went ab .oad md lost their jobs. Nice. democracy"
 Mir. Blacks Baltimore Sun publishes 4octor Bywater's proofs that Japan $ actively engaged In naval building. n spite of the ash .gton agree hent. Washington authorities tell he Baltimore Sun that they "are not tt ali worried" They are content hat Japan has turned 'all her man. howsr and machinery" to building so- ,alled merchant ships" Those ships. Frranged for transporting flying dy-
 amite-carrying machines, across the scean. snay worry our government 'atsr.
 If this country ever does get into var with Japan. some Miss Ns.ncy'
 entlemen at Wasnington will have a
 lc moment.
 Mr. Denby. head of the navy, asked
 ongress for $s.Oon,ooo to build an
 fir fleet and new importa. t air base n the Pa-ific coast. Mir. Denby ap-
 arently is not asleep. It Is to be eped that the government will give tim the money. A few millions for ,reparation now might save billions
 pr y...r later.
 Nice invention, that league of na- iona Lucky for the United States hat . collection of sentimentalists Ailed to drag us into 1t. All Europe | Au-hs at 1t now. While Genoa is
 sciding on how Russia and Germany | hall bs disci-lined. the two construct
 n alliance that gives the poor allies | he shivers. Now Italy is said to have iade . secret agreemtnt with the curks. not even consulting p, oI
 ohm Bull and London sees serious |  sreements between nations, now | b before the war, mean as little as | |stween pirates and burglars. They | Ire broken when 1t suits either side. | The best "alliance or "league' for | his county Is the Atlantic on one tide, the Pacific on the other, justice | ln our dealings with Mexico. friend hip with our Canadian brothers on | he north. and adequate preparation | ere at home.
 lis own In China, will remember John D. Rockefeller in his prayers with | rood reason. The battle was about | To start, Wu had no machine guns. 'Te took empty Standard Oil cans. .,lled them with firecrackers and lit. ] is firecrackers. The sound was suf- (sciently like machinegun fire to sat |sfy Wu's enemies. One thousand of Ehang's soldiers surrendered and | 1sers made captives. not scratch on | $nybody. Very humane war.
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