Arizona republican., 1922-02-24
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY a, 1922
Ihe aOorst education a0hich teaches
sett-den10t, Is better than the best
a0hach teaches everything else and
f'ot tn0t- John Sterling.
Mr.. Reeds Eruption


We doubt very much whether Senator Reed
could anywhere much less in the United states
senate, find audience to which he could COM
muncate the excitement and anger he simulated ON
wednesday when he denounced Ambassador George
Harvey before the Friends Of Irish Freedom in Chi
cago
There was time in America in the days OF the
Jefferson Bricks when ranting passed for oratory
and defamation for the expression oracular wis
DOM Then any twist given the Lions tail evoked
applause but never from the lion any sign Of dis
comfort.
Mr.. Harvey's offense appears to have been the
making OF amicable, even an amiable speech from
somewhere beneath the folds of the British flag.
We do not know precisely what Mr. Harvey said
this occasion, but we suppose he was guilty OF
that tritenessthough George Harvey is seldom trite
which breaks out when American and an Eng
lishman meet formal occasion. The American
more effusve less stolid than the Englishman
brings the subject by referring their relation
ship. their cousinship or, maybe, the relation
OF a mother and daughter. both highly estmable but
who, unfortunately misunderstood each other about
14S years ago. He speaks OF their Of speech
Of their similarity Of laws and OF manners and
toms. He expresses regret that Great Britain
and America cannot join forces. and then with one
hand tied behind them. they could lick the whole
world and make it behave itself.
Nobody but the very foolish are ever impressed
by these speeches. The speakers themselves do not
expect want another anybody to be i'm
pressed. Especially they do not want the other
nations to understand that there anything serious
in these utterances and they know there is not No
American wants a union with Great Britain and
Briton wants a union with America. He knows
they could not hit it off well together.
Moreover, every Briton and Senator Reed him-
self and the Friends of Irish Freedom know Col
onel Harvey told the world in his Pilgrim Society
address last spring where he stands with respect to
old-world unions and alliances. He then talk
ing seriously and with deep and unmistakabe pur-
pose and with a brusqueness and clearness Of
lation which thought unnecessary. He
plain to the British what we have no doubt they
already understood that all this talk about kinship
and Fastening to the aid of our stricken mother
from whom we estranged a century and
half ago all bunk that went into the
because it was better to get into it while we could
have company than to wait until the Germans had
licked everybody else and then have us alone to
fight; that whatever humanity. democracy and the
democrats might get out OF it only incidental
pure velvet That now that the war was over
America chooses to so its separate way Mr.. Harvey
made quite clear and he spoke with the authority
of in direct communication with Washington.
That speech was denounced by Wilson Demo-
and AngIomanacs this side for its brutality
and misrepresentation Of American sentiment. The
British took no offense They had already detected
the previous bunk and truth was refreshing And
Senator Reed himself approved the speech which
generally regarded official statement OF the
position Of America with respect alliances with
Great Britain any other country concerning mat
ters in which we have material interest.
But Senator Reed will shortly be in need OF
votes many of them, and he must garner them
wherever he can He has the German vote OF Mis-
souri, and it is a large one, pretty well sewed up.
There is large number OF friends Of Irish freedom
in Missouri. He hopes that for his purpose evary
Irishman OF nativity naturalization. OF direct and
OF mixed descent will be found to be friend Of Irish
freedom on election day. And there are compare
lively few Engishmen in that sovereign state.