The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-15
When Driver Kisses at T h ir t y Miles an Hour " a t i c a n Swiss Guards-Two Opinions of Russian Famine- Britain Will Pay Uncle Sam Mir. Harding's Ru- bicOn- Government Operation of Mines and Railroads.

N K, woman beside him. Judge Murray fined him s25, adding twenty for the kiss. Next time let the woman sit in the rear seat" said the judge. Rea- sons not given. It was additionally reckless, on the part of the driver, to mix courtship with speeding.
 
 What should the woman think about her friend? He subjected her to arrest and public ridicule. He put her life in unnecessary jeopardy. Un- less she is married to him, which is not probable, it would be better to cut his acquaintance. It is important for a woman to marry one who has an average quantity of brains.
 
 Swiss guards in the Vatican are dissatisfied. Times are hard and pay is low. Cardinal Gasparri tells them that unless they cease from dissatis- faction, they will be disbanded For centuries Swiss Guards have protected the persons of the Popes. For other centuries they were important to the Courts of Europe, especially to the French Kings. Swiss Guards defenI- ed Versailles from the assaults of the French people at the opening of the Revolution. They were mercenaries, but brave and faithful. The private army was an established feature of the old days.
 Carl Won Weigand, famous German correspondent, writes that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are rid ing in Russia. He accepts statement of Colin Ross. with Nansen Relief Expedition, that typhoid, cholera and cannibalism are spreading over the Russian Steppes.' James P. Good rich, former governor of Indiana, as sociated with American Relief Expedi- ton, says that there are no more dead or dying on Russian streets, that famine is stopped. and that Russian will not be much longer required. Why the difference in the news? Russia is vast There may be spots where the horrible aspects of famine yet prevail
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 Robert Horne, Chancellor of the British Exchequer. announces to House of Commons that Britain will pay the s4,s00. 100000 owed to Amer ica- Our debt to the United States is g. solemn obligation. and will be met" he said. There should be now an end to the more less provocative references to British purpose in this matter. British commercial honor is of the highest.
 Storm center of the world gradually moves to the United States. A coal strike and a railroad strike at the same time mean disastrous conse- quences. The coal strike isn't thor oughly materialized yet. It is getting worse. As passions are infIamed, conditions will not improve.
 Some day the Rubicon must be crossed The Rubicon was a stream outside Rome, beyond which no Ro- man general was permitted to take his army. returning from an expedi- ton. Caesar crossed and won Hence the saying. The American Rubicon is the situation in coal and transportation. Stoppage of both means stoppage, or partial stoppage of all industry. This means vast in jury to every material interest in the country and to many spiritual inter. ests
 MT Harding implies that he will re. sort. to government operation if the pressure becomes great enough. Dc the workers want that? Do bushes: ment want it? Business men vii want it, if from lack of it their ser, vices are consta ntly interrupted, ant their fortunes impaired. The pee. pie will want it, if it is the only way to continuous industry.
 
 Assuming that government opera ton is less efficient in itself thar private operation. It may be mere efficient. if it stops the large period ical wastes from strikes. Thes' enormous. The hateful spirit tha grows out of these quarreIs is dan ge-ous. with its killings. it's anarcn, and its tiny civil war.
 All persons must understand. rail road men included. that when gov ernment operates mines and railroad eSta blishing them as government ser vices. that the right to strike ceases There is no purpose in governmen ownership. or operation. # the iniur, of Stoppage can still be inflicted up on the nation.
 As for railroad owners. they vii know that this Is the law of ser vice-it must be rendered For little while the country will take com of the reasons why service is no given Strikes will he received as cx culpatory- In the end the servic will be demanded. The railroads vii be told either to render service or t make way for Uncle Sam. who can.
 DEBS EXHAUSTED,
 Chicago, July 15-Eugene V. Debs SoCtalist leader. WAS in a local san