The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-24

| II is not only to those who are poor
! in the matter of this worlds goods
| that nv heart goes out in this
happy Christmas season. 1t is nara
/ to be without the necessaries OF me-
| but it is tragic to be without those
things that mean more than 1000
and raiment.
A good woman has just passed
through my office and said ',Of course
you will have a wonderful ChrlsIIlds'
| for YOU have a boy" and this reminds
! me that there are persons who have
! lost their children, but the persons
| I am really sorry for are those cou-
ples who have no children-and VINO
do not want any.
Mrs. Fisher, of Milton, has just
called me about the piece in TINS COL
umn Yesterday morning and wanted
to know whether the case l mentioned
as being in an adjoining county was
within reach of Milton, and said that
If it were within a reasonable radius
of that place that they would take
care of it.
1t was not close TO Milton out
was glad to tell her that the ST.
Nicholas Girl would do something TO
take care Of the case. even thoush
not as we'll as we would like to.
This call from Milton makes me re-
aIize that the hearts of our people re-
spond to the worthy appea Is, and that
IT is good for Christmas to come.
Politeness costs less and brings
greater returns than any other thlhs
T know about, and 1 am very much
against the disposition Of many men
today to show less and less consider
alton to women. Col. Robert w. Da-
Wis. editor of the Gainesville SUM-
writing on the subject of politeness'
says:
"Politeness is one of the most ad-
noirabIe things in the world. Raising
your hat as you pass lady acqualn-
tance on the street; taking off your
hat in the elevator if there is lady
in it, are time honored old customs,
per thinks, "one of the most success
full operations in real estate on rec
ord"
OF the wisdom of returning prov
ince to "Chinas weak hands" a a
time when the Oriental republic is
fighting dissension, political rtickery
and banditry, much doubt is eX-
pressed by some American editors.
''Shantung goes back to China" in
any event, the New York Times Qnd.
Dem.) says, whether China knows
what to do with it or not" Divided
against itself, unable to exert either
military or diplomatic pressure" as
the New York World (Dem.) puts n,
the evacuation, the Richmond Times
Dispatch (Dem.) suspects, may not
prove IAN immediate blessing to
China, nor imply as great an eXer-
else of sovereignty as might be sup
posed" for "banditry just now is
one of the foremost Chinese indus
tries. and if militancy in the province
Of Shantung is striking menacing
Indeed, the good friends of China who
shed tears because of Japan's wicked
and cruel occupation of Shantung re
gard the departure of the Japanese as
a calamity. The Peking government
is weak and they are afraid that it
cannot protect them against ban
dts"
But whatever the outcome. the
important thing, as many see it. is
the fact that certain principles,
enunciated at Washington, now be-
come precedents," to quote the Pas
sale Herald Gnd), and that the
most prompt endorsement of Ameri-
can principles should come from the
suspected Orient. Withdrawal OF
the United States from Cuba. the De-
catur Herald Und.) recalls has never
ceased to cause Europe to wonder.
European governments are not in the
habit of relinquishing anything they
get their hands on but apparently
japan, like the United States, knows
how to keep its word like a gentle
man" IndecS. Japan takes the lead
among the nations of the world the
Brooklyn Eagle CInd. Dem.) declares,
in relinquishing claims established un-
der the old system of economic i'm
perialism. In fact, Japanese foreign
policy, as exemplified by the with
draWal from Siberia and Shantung and
in her faithful adherence to the Wash
ington conference treaties, has become
4 model for other nations that pride !
themselves on their liberalism To
the indianapolis Star (Ind. Rep.) Jap
ans action is also taken as an indi-
cation "of a new era in the foreign
policy Of the Toxic government" the
record of which for the current year
has been marked by spirit of JUS
tice and diplomatic integrity
Since Japan's release of Shantung
TO China is really one of the out
standing completed features of the
conference called by President Hard
ing, as the Scranton Times Oem.)
sees it. it is, the New York World
HndO holds, "a triumph for American
diplomacy" as well. But however the
honors may be distributed, it is un-
doubtedly, the Herald concludes, "a
long step ahead in Strengthening out
international tangles and in removing