Evening star., 1922-12-31

persons whose voices have thus been rscoN-
cred were Lord Tennyson. Florence Nignuh-
asdrich, ''Hne F: (. Barnum % and Louis Napoleon:
The Tehnyson records were taken as the poet
lay on his deathbed and include recitais ef
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tstie pesslbilities
Exit ls12.-The year ends in gloom. In no
country on earth can 1t be said that the pros
pect pleases Even We. the richest, the most
prosperous people on this planet, have daily
fresh ghastly proof that 1t is far from well
with US. There is ground for hope, though
hone too sure that during the coming year
shall be spared great strikes punctuated
with horrors like the Herrin massacre, bus
there Is little promise Of abatement in the
domestic conflict incident to the eighteenth
amendment. while all signs point to con-
.inued rise in our murder rate. already un.
preoedented in the annals Of mankind. If
automobiles continue to increase in number
and automobile drivers maintain their tradi-
tion Of recklessness and ferocity. there should
be few foot-passengers left by the end of
But perhaps government by bloc-and the
progressive character Of the next Congress-
the rest Of mankind. have occasion to
felicitate ourselves.
In Britain the problem Of unemployment is
scarcely less appalling than 1t was year ago.
In the Irish Free State the insurrectos con-
tinue to make life hideoSs and nor nor
very existence Of the state. The French. for
all their buoyancy. cannot regard win COM
placency their mounting debts and the i'm
mense work Of reconstruction still to do. The
Germans, for all that Berlin Is go gay. are not
precisely happy. One hopes. Of course that
the meeting of the premiers at Paris on
January will result in a tentative accord
making possible the long-talked of economic
conference at Brussels, and one goes on to
hope that the Brussels conference will result
in a definite workable reparations settlement
which will inaugurate a of recon
struction and good will in Europe. But ones
optimism is of very sober hue. The Italians
are in the glow of q new and bold experiment
in government-still. 1t should be remembered,
encyclical. just issued Is most gloomy docu-
ment. For Greece her dream of a revival of
the eastern empire has fed. probably forever.
Anatolia is now. thanks to the jealousness OF
Turkish. There is nothing in history more
hideous unjust than the eviction OF the
Anatolian Greeks from the homes where their
ancestors settled thousands Of years be-
1t is difficult to imagine settlement at
Lausanne that should not contain the seeds
OF fresh conflict. There is reason to believe
that the Muscovite army Is becoming really
efhcent and what Moscow may intend, the
devil only knows. The most diabolic piece of
her policy is the announcement of pan -Asiatc
sentiment with its slogan Of Asia for the
Asiatics." The latest news from China indi-
Gates miltarist revival.
And on. and so Away with you, 1922.
you have been q bad performer, and here's
by a careful cogitation of the mistakes of
your predecessor
The paragraphs just above were written be-
fore receipt of the news disclosing the con
governments looking TO our helpful participa-
ton in an effort to save Europe-news which
might be likened sudden food of trans
figuring light over sad prospect