The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-03
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It is now thought that lot of
the testimony and many OF the
rumors OF terrible doings IN
France under the urge of mill
tary occupation are due to war
nurosis." The soldiers were all
more or less abnormal under the
strain of constant danger, har-
rowing sights, the killing and
wounding of buddies and as
consequence their imaginations
became very active even to the
point of Authorizations. One
execution could thus be magnl-
fed in dozens and spread out
over a wide territory and the
teller of tales could be honest IN
his belief. Without doubt there
were executions. rigors IN dis
cipline and even bad abuse OF
authority in individual cases be-
cause in civilian army a little
brief authority bestowed on men,
accustomed to take orders IN
stead of giving them, would be
bound to be abused by some. But
sitting the evidence, it would
look as though many of the
stories can easily be traced to the
unhinged minds of soldiers who
became the victims of the general
horror of war, ., ....n.>. ..
We have been China's friend
in all the controversies of that
unhappy sleeping giant. 1t has
been a disinterested friendship
for we had nothing we wanted in
exchange for our help. No one
knows exactly why we took the
part of big brother unless 1T
might be that China seemed to
be the under dog and as nation
we have always rather SYM
pathized with under dogs. Lead
ing Chinese in the United States
are united in saying that the
ties between the two countries
have been surely cemented. In
the event THAI the sleeping giant
should awake and regain her
prestige in the Pacific, really
good friend on that side of the
world would not come amiss.
Then the Chinese are credited
with longer memories than the
Japanese.
Uncle Joe" Cannon is to re-
tire from Congress at the end OF
the present term, after forty-six
years service. While he probably
has no great piece of legislation
to his credit, he has helped put
through much of the legislation
of nearly a half century. But
he was we'll liked by his col
leagues, even though he smoked
strong cigars and welded a caus-
tic tongue at times, for there
was nothing small or mean about
the veteran member. His going
takes from the halls of Congress
one more of the familiar figures,
with his yankee face and his
yankee notions, although a
product of the west.
David Wark Griffith defends
the morals of the Movies and it
would seem that they need bit
of defence after the Arbuckle
and Taylor cases. However, one
misstep by those in the limelight
is more noticeable than hundred
by unknown folk in private life
Mr. Griffith asks with reason
Shall we attack the banks wher
a banker gets into the news
papers, or the church when &
minister gets into the news
papers ?" Of course, the in
dividual and not the institution
should be attacked until the very
institution itself proves to be
rotten.
If the theatres were as bad a:
some preachers think them to bt
and the preachers were no better
than some managers think them
this would be a wicked old worlC
but fortunately both are wrong
and the world is a fairly gooC
place after all.
The Kentucky legislature ha:
set in motion the machinery fol
a Watterson memorial. This i:
all well and good but "Marse
Henry" will be his own best