The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-19
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SATURDAY NIGHT

Honorable Doyle Carleton, OF | ampa, IN an adj
dress to the Lakeland Kiwans Club on Friday Of this
week, spoke on the subject The Man in Tune" This
Saturday night the same subject might be utilized in
contemplating the happenings Of the passing week but
substituting The World in Tune" Then it might be
proper to go a step further and change the word in
to the word out" there you have it. We the AL
lied powers of Europe, chiefly France and Great
Britain, disagreemg the repaations settlement with
Germany with public sentiment divided on the PROPOSE
ton of making Germany come with every penny
she owes France for losses plus the debts that
due Frenchmen by Germans at the time Germany set
the world on fire. President Pomcare of France and
Premier Lloyd George Of Great Britain have agreed to
disagree. the former standing firm the principle of
payment in full while Lloyd George thinks that some
time extensions ought to be given.
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The death Of Arthur Griffith, one Of the organizers
Of the Senn Fem in Ireland, has been a blow 10 the
Free State government because Griffith great aid
to Michael Collins in establishing that government I'm
doubleday he was a splendid character, that type OF
Irshman always ready stand by his convictions but
not devoid of that broad spirit of federation that marks
the successful statesman. He will be missed sorey
missed in these trying days when the Free State gov
eminent is endeavoring to demonstrate its right to live
and govern, even though that demonstration be by
force of arms No son of Erin in recent years has had
such honors as those bestowed upon Arthur Griffith BY
practically all the poop CT Ireland. His death may
well be considered a wo
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There is one country in Europe that does not worry
the news editor and that Bonnie Scotland. Save tor
the game Of golf Scotland would scarcely be in the
nelighs her people go about their business, attend to
their cNn affairs and incidentally furnish other
tries class of citizenship sturdy, rugged and thoroughly
honest, industrious, frugal and highly intelligent There
is something and appealing in the very so no
wonder Scotsmen the world over never forget the
tive heather 1t is truly refreshing in contemplating
The World Out of Tune to be able to point to
some exceptions A notable one is Scotland. There
may be others.
Here in America trying cur level best to get
back in tune. Discodant notes heard everywhere,
in politics. in business in the labor world, in profess
SIGNAL and in social life The "hddlers' who play
ing the tariff bill are seeking reach high &C but
there is danger of the e string swapping. The tariff
thinkers are having dreadful time, the country vocing
its dspeasue every change and adjustment that
is sought to be made Those who have wool to sell
want high protective tariff against wool imports. The
South insists that its cotton crop be protected against
invasions from Egypt the farmers wants his wheat and
his cats barrcaded and so goes down the line with
the end nowhere in sight.
While business as a whole is practically back to nor
NAL and indeed would be were it not for the mine and
railway strikes, there certain phases that call for
careful and clever handling. especially in the South
where the process of readustment has not yet been
trely concluded The prospect however, is very
couragng it generally forecaed that with the strikes
settled there will be trade revival that will than
make up for the distressing times through which this
country and all other countries have passed since the
conclusion of the World War.
A prominent local railroad man predicted today that
the railroad strike would end within a week. His
judgment was based on the attitude of the Big -Four
brotherhoods who insisting that the railroad execu-
tves come terms with the shopmen, which, being in
terpreted into plain English, that the rail execu-
tves are to restore seniority rights That is now the