The Washington times., 1922-11-17

Nothing Means Anything.
ku kIux Fascist. .
Astors Win.
Millionaire Maniac.
WtIIIIoHdIT0 M9nIaC.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
(Copyrieht, IS2D.

THE world Is mixed up, no.
body knows what anything
really means. We have an cleo
tion here, with huge majorities,
many surprising upsets. Those
that sound wise say, at is a
RADICAL protest"
They vote in England and
the tories win, putting out
Lloyd George, who carried
England through the whole war.
And while putting tories in
power, England gives labor
men the biggest vote in parlia-
ment next to the tory vote.
RUSSIA has q dictatorship
OF extreme radicalism, Italy q
evolutionary dictator, Musso-
lini, representing middle-class
conservatism. All kinds Of
things are coming out of that
war.
HAS It occurred to you that
our American Fascist are the
gentlemen of the Ku Klux
Klan? This, country has no
conception of their power and
growth. You will hear more
Of that. A Washington man,
well informed, said yesterday:
VI believe that seventy-five
members of this new Congress
are also members Of the Ku
Klux."
THE KU KLUX weakened
their power in advance by max
ing fight, unwisely, against
Catholics and Jews. We lack
here the great Socialist and
Communist organizations that
the Fascist fought in Italy. A
militant organization must fight
something, and the Ku Klux
chose Jews and Catholics-very
poor choice, if the khan wants
to win.
Catholicism and Judaism have
been tested through centuries,
and will be doing bushes as
usual when the name Ku Klux
will be seen only in dictionaries,
HOWEVER, the "Klan" is
essentially conservative, in it,
way, opposed to radicalism in
any shape. 1t may change its
mind, as Napoleon changed his,
when he asked the Pope to
crown him emperor Of France.
Usually after war comes con-
servatism. War makes men
tired, and tired men do not like
new ideas. Rest, mental and
physical, is what they crave.
LADY As'roR, fai. young
American Britisher, is victorious
sent back to Parliament. The
Honorable John Jacob Astor,
her brothcr-in-iaw, is electcd
also. Father Astor left America
angry because he was beaten
for office. The family has
taken well abroad. Lady Astor's
opponent, DR.. Bayly, helped to
beat himself curiously. He was
the head of en- organization
formed to combat blood dis
eases, born Of vice, that have
made fearful headway in Eng
land before and since the war.
Bishops, scientists, good citi-
zens were in the organization.
But they advocate supplying
young men with knowledge and
with medicinal packets" that
would enable them to avoid
disease without abandoning vice.
"SAvE our young people and
England from disease" was DR..
Bayly's cry. To that Lady
Astor replied, Certainly, but
do not advertise or distribute
Information and remedies that
will encourage young men and
women to be vicious, by taking
away the danger" It was q
sort of birth control argument
IN another form.
Women sided with and voted
for Lady Astor against the
doctor with his "packet" plan.
THERE are interesting points
involved, including the problem
of the virtuous wife whose life
and health and children are en-
dangered by a vicious husband.
A young wife, with a well.
known English name, lives in
her own private lunatic asylum,
with dozens Of lunatic keepers
dressed as servants, all support
ed by the interest on millions Of
pounds Inherited from her
father. .....
The unfortunate woman's
hopeless insanity was planted in
her blood, on her honeymoon,
bv 4 vicious, diseased husband.
How would she have voted on
that prevention Of disease
issue?
THIS paragraph is from
Eugene v. Debs' magazine.
"Tss rich have the baby srands
and the poor have the grand
! babies"
Victor Berger, another So
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