The Washington times., 1922-07-20

One Railroad Manages.
Appropriate Suicides.
VIII Force Work.
Hunger--To Please Go,

/ II SS EHStNs
Hunger-To Please God.
lLBy ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. Isa')
The Pennsylvania Railroad
announces a working agree
ment satisfactory to itself and
the men, with 100000 work
ers, including shopmen, main
tenance of way, signal depart
ment, clerical, and misceliane-
Gus employees. Such an agree
ment is better than discussing
use of troops with the ma
uonal or State governments.
=, Two German monarchists
snat killed Rathenau have now
killed themselves. Their idea
was to restore the empire in
Germany. The short plan be-
gan in murder and ended in
suicide, an appropriate ending.
Mine workers and owners
have refused the Presidents re-
quest to resume coal digging
again at rates that prevailed
before the strike. The Presi-
dent asks the governors of
twenty-eight coal-mining States
to get the coal dug and protect
the men.
The President promises to
back up the governors with all
the power of Government,
which means the army.
The Presidents message says
the States must enable all to
work that want to work. There
will be very important conces-
sions by the unions or trial
of strength between unions and
Government, trial important to
the nation.
The situation is complicated
in Illinois and Indiana by laws
that forbid the use of "volun-
teer labor" which means non
union labor. Until these laws
are repealed-and in view of
coming elections, repeating them
will be difficult-those two
States cannot act on the Presi-
dents suggestion without vio-
lating their own laws.
When this strike ends, the
people will know whether 1t is
possible or not for State and
national governments combined
to set aside the power of or
ganized labor.
kidnapping and flogging strike
breakers, with shooting on an
extensive scale, indicates that
there will be much violence and
trouble before the object aimed
at is attained, namely, the es.
tablishment of the open shop in
all matters affecting public ne
cessities. ....y,,
The Rev. William. Riea--is
dying of hunger, self-inflicted,
in his mountain cabin in Ken
lucky. A vision had told him
to sacrifice himself to convert
his neighbors. He has catch
nothing for seventy days, and
may be dead as this Is written.
His family and neighbors sit
around him, watching with nd
miratiop his devotion to an idea.
No longer able to walk, he
turns his head painfully on his
pillow, and will be gone soon.
This well-meaning man is to-
day a curiosity. A few CEN
turies ago there were thousands
like him, believing that they
were pleasing God by torturing
their bodies. They tried self
denial of every kind. Many alb
stained from bathing. believing
that to be filthy was to be holy.
They gave up meat and rave
up many other things. They
tried to give up salt, but found
that life was impossible with
out It.
The Rev. Mr.. Rice shows
courage and determination.
Perhaps he would be surprised
II he could know what the
Ruler Of this universe would
think about a tiny, imperfect
creature, on a miserably small
and imperfect earth, starving
himself to death to please Om-
impotence.
BAHIA Ullah, well-meaning
enthusiast, planned to unite all
religions in one. He did not
realize that up to now mans
chief pleasure is fighting. Unite
them all in one religion and you
end a great deal of the fight
ing.
Mr.. Ullah died and went, let
as hope, to a united heaven.
His shrine is at Acca. His
descendants and followers are
fighting for possession of that
shrine.
Serious outbreaks have oc-
Cured and the government of
Palestine has been compelled
to step in and take charge of
the shrine to avoid bloodshed.
America is somewhat inter
ested because many "Bahais"