The Washington times., 1922-10-22

they are able to claim In wartime.
They want to be able again to fling
uncounted millions about without
let or hindrance. They seek to keep
the nation In the dark once more,
and they yearn to muzzle the In;
dependent press. .... ....e
Do you know why this ministry.
which is hopelessly infected with
the war microbe, must be ended?
will tell You. They are q govern.
ment whose strength 10 based upon
the support Of the war profiteers.
Our people are becoming the vic.
. tins Of Q group Of men who are
hand In glove with those who have
done well out of the last war;
and II we are to Judge by what 10
happening, the hackers of the gov.
ernment will not be at all sorry to.
see the advent Of another war. We
must terminate this. unhoiy asso-
citation between the administration
and the war profiteers. -,
Remember that Il II not only the
new rich" who welcome the possi.
bility Of war. The gangs Of dis
lodged nmpets smile with renewed
hope when they sec the war clouds
rising. Already they fancy they
can perceive the huts, going up in
the parks, and they dream Of
bonuses and fleets OF motor cars.
The war contractors rub their
hands. the munition makers revise
their scale Of prices. In the service
clubs there are chuckles at the
news. and the prospective "dug.
outs" furbish up their uniforms.
The young and ardent men
among US who came unscathed
through the last war. and who
have never quite settled down to
peaceful occupations. are talking
very valiantly about teaching the
Turk lesson" and about the EN-.
pire, and about the chances Of "a
Job at the front" 1t Is surprising
how many there are among US who
do not look unfavorabiy upon the
chance Of "a scrap with Johnny
Turk"
WOMEN LIKE WAR.
No, 1t is not the government
aloneS who contemplate far too
lightiyNt the menace Of another war.
The uni fortunate truth is that q
great nd nieny people--mostiy those
who mel kr spent q winter In the
trencbes Of Flanders consider the
Likelihood Of renewed war rather
agreeably. g..
Even women. though not many
Of them. banker after the feverish
excitement which war brings. We
have never completely purged this
country Of the war spirit. and
almost the only people who think
Of war with deep horror and aver
sion are those who were bereaved.
and most of those who cafhe back
from the fighting line In the last
war. -
IF we had a Government who
were not collectively demented;
they would strain every nerve to
eliminate the bare chance Of war,
instead Of rushing reinforcements
to the Dardanelles with an osten-
tatious turbulence which. IL bound
to be regarded by the Turks as a
direct challenge. Our debt has
reached the enormous total Of
more than $4,000. .ooo, 900. Very
soon Of the chancellor OF the ex.
chequer must cross the Atlantic to
arrange for the gradual liquida.
ton of our vast liabilities to the
United States. though how we are
to make the payments now that
the new American tariff il passed
no one can tell. Our taxation has
already become 30 oppressive that
IT can scarcely be borne. It has
destroyed thrift and Is Gripping
industry. The crowds OF unem-
ployed men and women which
throng our streets are the direct
consequence Of the last war,
Experts from other lands, who
are not deceived by the apparently
normal appearance of London and
our other great cities. say that
Britain has been harder hit by the
great war than any Of the other
belligerents. Yet Just as we
thought We were turning the cor.
ner a little, just az trade showed
flickering symptoms Of revival,
the madmen who have been given
power over US deliberately try TO
manufacture another war.