The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-11

Another chapter will open in Rus sian history, with Lenine gone. Trot- zky will rule Russia as absolute dic- tator, if he chooses, having the army under him. Hitherto, Lenine, a Slav has held the highest power. That passes now to a Jew. More than half the ruling minds in Russia are Jewish and the government will now become an experiment in Jewish con structive power in government, far more important than could possibly be made under English mandate in Palestine. In watching the experi- ment, remember that no men evey undertook a more desperately diff cult task.
 General Feng, Chinese Christian. and ruler of Hu Nan province. is- sues an order forbidding the binding of girls feet. Good Christian idea The next step is to free the girls mind. There is more binding of brains than of feet on this earth. and China has no monopoly of either.
 The government crises in Japan is caused by dissatisfaction with the public school system. Not enough spent on schools, too much on war, say the people and the government head goes down. Japan is obsessed with mania for knowledge" says the dispatch.
 It's a good mania; this country would be better off for little more of it. Long ago. Talmudic writer said:
 "Jerusalem fell because the schools were neglected" In proportion to what we know and the wealth we have tkis country has the worst school system, the most shameful il- literacy.
 eight cents is the amount of cash in circulation for every inhabitant of this country. Some have rather more than the average.
  does the government pay interest on money when it alone has the power to make it?"
 A difficult question for the un- learned. but there are some coun- tries-Russia, Germany. Austria printing money very rapidly. But it's value decreases "as it is printed" Does seem, however. that this nation might safely print few billions. to be paid off at it's leisure. without going into bankruptcy.
 If collateral is needed. we might use those European gold loans-that we shall probably never collect Whats the real difference between printing bonds and printing money?"
 At the British grand court per- formance everybody was shining in gems. gold lace. magnificence, except the German ambassador. who used to be the most glittering and shiny of all. The Germans, like the Ameri- cans, have passed the glittering stage, officially. The British will do likewise, some day.
 William Allen White says it is outrageous to bride little boys to take dogs to the pound to be killed for 25 cents each. It 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 a stray dog to the pound, is too mean to live himself" He is not as mean" as a nation that permits children to be ground up in the child labor pound. And what of the man who keeps dog that every day frightens chill dren--satisfied because that dog licks his owners feet. Too much sentiment for dogs-not enough for children.
 The Russians are opening tombs Of the Czars, taking from the dusty bodies magnificent jewels and gold ornaments. "Sacrilege." is the cry. But 1t does not hurt those dead Czars and you must allow for revo- lutionary excitement. The French not only dug up bodies but threw the old kings into open ditches. out of sheer hatred. Even the gallant Henry Fourth. after being exposed to public gaze--remarkably we'll pre- served--was tossed in the ditch.
 The royalists. when they came back, did even worse. They scat tered voltaire's ashes on waste land. Charles Ffrst's successor cut the head from Cromwell's corpse and stuck it up for derision.
 Can you imagine what the Roman offs would do to Lenine's body, if they came back-but they won't come back.
 Six million are starving in China. children are given away to anyone that will take them. Thousands of bodies wfthered by hunger lie in fields and along the roads. That's tho story missionaries tell.
 China has an army. the biggest in the world. with the exception of Rus sia's army. More than a million Chinese are in the field. fighting each other. What can you do to help that situation7 v