The Washington times., 1922-03-18

Great People, the. Welsh.
The Greatest Mother.
Eating the Youngest Girl.
Ready to Be Bumped.
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"Lloyd George likely to quit in
two weeks" That is the more
or less inspired cable. If Lloyd
George quits. sell English ex-
change; you'll make money.
If he quits. as able . man as
ever carried the load Of q great
empire will 60. and they will
find no man to replace him.
AS chancellor of the exchequer,
he found the money for the war.
He was not afraid to tax wealth.
The yells Of Tories and capital
lists did not disturb him. He
knew the old-fashioned way,
taxing little people. would not
pay for such . war. And he
collected the taxes-that is more
than some other countries have
done.
As minister Of munitions,
Lloyd George supplied the
weapons for fighting through
the war. As prime minister,
he supplied the policies that did
England's share in winning the
war. And Of all the great lead
ers in the great catastrophe. he
Is the only one-excepting, GER
haps. Lenin-still at work.
Where will Great Britain find
2 man to replace that wonderful
Welshman? There is no blood
or brain to beat the Welsh;
no country. in proportion to size.
that has produced more great.
ness than little Wales.
Yesterday, in his first order
concerning France, the new
Pope Plus proved his excellent
judgment. He declared the
Virgin Mary to be the patron
saint of France, and Joan Of
Arc, recently made Saint Joan,
frances secondary patron saint.
Joan of Arc was great
heroine, leader and fighter,
savior of her country from the
English.
But the Virgin Mary is the
great mother. The baby that
she bore and nursed brought
salvation to the world, protec-
tion for women and children,
true democracy, the brother
hood of man, preached in the
name of God Almighty.
The greatest woman is, and
always will be, the greatest
mother"
Horrible tales Of cannibalism,
too we'll authenticated, come
from starving Russia. You
read the dreadful story told in
court by mother: 81 am q
widow. Had four daughters,
fifteen, thirteen, ten, and seven
years old. The youngest was
III. The oldest suggested killing
and eating the -y0kink est. ~.
slaughtered y her At NIGHT. &
Sleepy and i'll, she neither re-
sisted nor screamed" etc.
Thousands have eaten the
bodies Of the dead; "mass can
nibalism" is spoken Of.
1t is heavy load on the con-
sciences of statesmen that
blockaded Russia and caused
this famine, seeking to compel
payment of debts made by the
Gar, while they were not pay
ing their own international
debts. 1t would worry them, if
they believed in God and q
hereafter, which they do not.
We did our share Of the dirty
work but did it ignorantly, the
people not consulted and the
guilty officials pitifully ignorant
provincials, that, in exchange for
flattery, let Europe lead them by
the nose.
IcSCcIudy, al w dSiiiIikCOii, cap
ital Of the nation, they hanged
John McHenry, twenty-five years
old, after putting it off for one
week that he might "haye time to
save his soul" Whether he saved
1t in that week is not known. He
was rather cold about it: "They
say I'm no good. Maybe / amt.
Anyhow I'm ready to be bumped
off. What's the use Of stalling
around?"
1t was not much Of a compli-
ment to Saint Patrick to hang a
man on the good Saints day
not much Of compliment to our
civilization to hang him at all.
He could not escape his de-
formed brain. But the nation
could have avoided the disgrace
of initiating the murderer, killing
through hatred OF fear. Capital
punishment is a disgrace, and
by the individuals will
last as long as murder by the
State.
Something more cheerful