The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-05
Marina HapgOOd's Comment

/ dom that comes with the cold gray
dawn. Clemenceau, at the session of
the Big Three, June 2. 1919. said LAS
| far 8 Poland is concerned, there is first
| of sll an historical crime to repair and
| in the second place we have tc make
| barrier between Russia and Germany"
| Both Of which points are a good deal
worse than nonsense, The more the
| mind of Europe feeds on past crimes
the further away will it be from curing
itself. A good lesson, for Europe az
well as for America, is in Senator
Borah's article on Intolerance" in our
December number.
As Asia and Europe face each other,
with potential menace, Russia, in the
long run, holds a deciding voice. II
friendly to the West she could absorb
any shock, as she absorbed the invasions
saved Europe. Now, We watch many
statesmen bungling and a few really see
ing, we can only follow the details, hop
ing they lead to larger wisdom. Even
Lenin's death would not create govern
mental chaos. Foreign statesmen see
that, in spite Of the famine of 1921, an
increased area was planted. The peasant
is adjusting himself, and many even of
the larger interests would not have the
reactionaries back. Where there Is a
decrease in sowing, it is not in crops
the peasant uses himself, but in those
he sells. 1t is in wheat, flax, barley,
which he disposes Of not in rye, which
he consumes. In his cottage industries
he can make his own boots and shoes
and rough garments. Moreover. unless
our errors continue through some un-
foreseen new interference. Russia will in
few years export food again. Today
the large industry that is nearest to be-
IN e. t.
pens also to be the new power behind
much Of the world diplomacy. The fl
nances will come around also. During
June and July Russia went to gold and
the American dollar as standards. Ex-
cept the peasant, the borrower agrees
to repay his loan with as many paper
rubles as are necessary, on the day of
payment, to purchase the gold rubles or
dollars. For the peasant, the standard
is pound OF rye. With per cent in
terast he pays back enough paper
rubles.. at the market price. TO buy as
much rye as on the day Of the transac- |
ton. Russia has coal. and more than |
half of the hard woods Of the entire |
world. With her iron, copper, lead. pre-
cious metals, and vast food production, |
she can wait for the results. whatever |
they may be, Of Western intelligence or
Western folly.
Those who read this months article on |
Henry Ford's Jew Mania wsll see that |
the present series ends. 1t is not, how
ever. the end of cur attempt to stop
the growth Of anti-S emitisn1. Far from
it. Much first-class material is coming
on that subject. Before long We will |
print something about the Jew in our |
colleges. The Harvard case brought the
matter to a head, and fortunately our
foremost university Is now compelled to
answer number OF questions, among
others this: would prejudice be reduced
or increased if an historic home of free
dom should yield to mob antipathy?
The most famous of experts at auction
whist was gambler on a large scale.
and he also combined his card playing
with vices other than gambling. Such
IS often the case. Those for whom bridge il
becomes the center OF life are likely to
acquire the gambler mind. the gambler
heart and soul. But that is not the en-
tire story Bridge requires thought. 1t ;
puts the brain to an exercise similar to
those given by algebra and logic, 1t
trains the memory and requires concen-
tration. Thousands of men and women,
especially in smaller cities. are thus OBJ
aiming an activity OF mind they would
never otherwise know. Coed does not -
lease to be good because exagEeration
ian turn II into evil There is scarcely
virtue that cannot by excess become
ice.