The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-03
The Pulse of the Nation
As Seen by Norman HapeoOd.


A Russian friend, wise and we'll in
formed, says in a letter: What exists
is the Russian problem, not the problem
of the Soviet Government. The second
is but a detail of the first. The gravest
mistake of the last two years has been
that TO important European and Amer
lean minds the perspective was reversed
and the Russian question lost in that OF
the Soviet Government. This error vas
the result of social panic"
Social panic, we regretfuly admit. still
dominates Washington, just as it still
dominates Paris. Our State Department
is dragged along by facts, like mule
being hauled up hill. 1t finally recog"
nized the Baltic States. after taking
over two years about how smart II was
in not recognizing them. In the end II
had to let Bakhmetev go, although ms
leading representative remained.
Our friend goes on: THE social side
of a revolution is bound to run its course
according to known laws, the same as
in revolutions of the past. The greatest
danger from a revolution comes from
outside While the revolutionary coun7
try is in the fluid state. outside pressure
threatens it's normal development ana
thereby brings about excess of nation
alism.'
Exactly, o wise young man, but can
YOU put such an idea over on Charles
E. Hughes or Raymond Poincare?
AS to the present Moscow Government,
which so alarms the conventlonahy
minded, our Russian correspondent says:
THE revolutionary social development
will always end in the formation OF a
new ruling class, which will assume
executive power and carry out the prin-
cipal purposes OF a national executive,
namely, the feeding of the population
and the protection of the national terri
tory and sovereignty. The most I'M
pardonable act of some of our present
emigre politicians is to let their views
on the social struggle blind them 10
their national duty"
Savinkov, for example, encouraged the
Poles in their aggression against Russia
n was social blindness that made him
do it. Certain Russian politicians N
Paris wish to see an international COM
mission of Russian control, with the duty
of trying to force on the Soviet Govern
ment changes of policy. These politicians
do not see that If such a commission
succeeded 1t would outlast the present
Moscow Government and create dirty
international mess long after the rule
of Lenin is ended.
season, for several years, to try to pre-
vent any other baseball clubs from hav-
ing q fair chance against the New York
teams ought to kill the gan'e Every
body suffers except the money cha l:s IS.
What suffers most is he ideal of the
small boy on the vacant lot. To teacn
him that In his favorite sport 1t is only
money that talks Is a poison more deep
seated than was the venality of few
players rightly banished for selling games.
Mr.. Taft's appointment as Chief Jus
tice was a setback in industrial decisions.
1t fixed the majority of the highest tri-
bunal on the side of feudalism. But few
men are all right or all wrong, In other
fields Mr.. Taft Is showing much value,
his amiahle temper bringing conflicting
feelings into harmony. and his Judgment,
when the class conflict does not scare
him being good. That he rendered the