The Washington times., 1922-04-18


not foresee this ending when
they started fighting eight years
ago, and the Czar promised
''every moujik" to the good
cause.
This agreement between Ger
many and Russia the possible
ity Of q great eastern and CEN
trail European power--ousht to
make the allies on the western
European strip thoughtful.
Germany is not allowed to
have an army--but she has one,
millions of trained men that
could supply regiments and on
GERS on ten minutes notice.
She is not allowed to manu-
facture arms.
But Russia can do as she
pleases and does, She has an
army; factories for making
munitions. What will come out
of that situationf
Once Germany was the steel
wall of bayonets and cannon
that stood between Europe's
western civilization and Russia
and the East. Germany may
now become the wide doorway
leading from Russia into west
ern Europe. Germany does not
want that, but it may be the
outcome.
On cur side Of the ocean the
interest is in what seems to be
reviving business and q consid-
cradle stock speculation boom.
Yesterday in an hour, more
than half a million shares of
stock were sold on the New
York exchange; more than two
million shares in the five-hour
session.
The various moneys Of
Europe went up . little, French
exchange reaching its highest
point IN some yssrs. Aavanc- ]
Ing spriae brings hope.
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Judge Gary. of the bix steel
company. biggest nsnufactur-
ing concern in the world, says
that conditions are getting bet
ter rapidly. He told his stock
holders yesterday afternoon that
the steel business had doubled
IN the past year. In spite Of
the strike, Judge Gary says,
eve are receiving $4,000 tons
of coal per week"
The best part Of his talk was
the statement that the steel
company had abolished the
seven-day week and had cut the
number of twelve-hour-a-day
workers from % to Id per cent.
Hiding your money is diffi-
cult, foolish business, but
human beings are slow to un-
derstand and profit by simple,
safe devices. Mr.. Hanusyi,
coming from Danzig, died on
the steamship Potomac. Under
his pillow was found a loaf of
very stals bread, with $500 in
bills stuffed in it. He had
s257 in . jam jar, with jam to
hide 1t, and more money in his
shoes. Undoubtedly he worried
and that helped along his death.
All that trouble could have
been avoided by taking a
draft-some development of the
bill of exchange that the Jews
invented centuries ago to
thwart the devout Christians
that robbed them. The Jewish
traveller seized on the high
way carried nothing but a
piece Of paper with writing in
Hebrew. The Christian high
wayman, more greedy than
learned, little knew what that
paper would be worth at the
end Of the journey In Venice.
Cairo, Constantinople, any city.
In England wages are still
100 per cent above the rate
before the war. And corn
pared with this country, there
are very few men idle. In
France and Germany there IL
practically nobody out'of work.
Here we have four or Ave
millions. That IL something TO
puzzle the proud patriot, with
our dollar the only coed dollar
on earth.
As interesting and surprising
as Conan Doyle's pitiful descrip-
tons Of q spiritualistic heaven
are the replies and discussions
of various clergymen. One
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