The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13

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oolitical as well as the partner Of
all his plans. ambitions and inter
ests. He has leaned upon her. as SO
many able men have leaned on good
women. trusting to her intuition,
consulting her in all matters as he
consulted no other man or woman.
1t Is pleasure for every American
to repeat the announcement Mrs.
Harding has come through a danger
IS crisis and her doctors are
u ed with hope.
al II Europe, and English states
N especially, are thinking hard
A4ls morning. Constantinopie con-
= tolls the Dardanelles. That pass
age from the Black sea to the Medi
terranean is the key to the safety
Of western Europe against Asia.
Dispatches tell OF Turks killing Eu-
ropeans in Constantinople, planning
to drive the allies from the Darda
nelles
The allies have had all the fight
ing they can digest. The Turks.
with good deal of Asia back of
them, seem full of their old energy.
Back and forth the fight has
swung between Europe and Asia.
The genius OF the Greeks kept Ash
attic Persia out of Europe. A Per-
sian king said to his servant; You
remind me that l must go over and
conquer that little place some time"
but he never did il.
One thousand years later a camel
driver named Mohammed arose in
Asia, married rich widow. invent
81 new religion made out of odds
and ends and supplied the energy
that sent his people conquering into
Europe. settling themselves in Spain
for centuries. Gradually the Euro
peans drove them back, took Spain
from them, sent them about their
business. A little later Europe. on
its crusades, went invading Asia,
without any permanent success.
In the fifteenth century. the Turks,
who with their friends, had wiped
out all traces of the crusades came
marching west through Europe. The
Hungarian fighter. Huniades. check
ed that invasion.
The other day, in the late war. the
Turks and their allies were beaten.
reduced to humble suppliance. And
now here they are again. driving
back the poorly led Greeks, murder
ing Christians, threatening to take
the Dardanelles and open up the
Mediterranean to all of Asia. plus
the Bolsheviki gentlemen of Russia,
Sho c9g-.d build great fleets in the
inland Black sea and worry all the
rest of the world. ''s7e'
Lloyd George and few others,
able to think, in Europe, are think
ink hard today, you may be sure.
The thing is complicated by the
fact that nobody knows how much
Gibraltar is worth to England's
safety. now that submarines can go
underneath the water. and flying
machines go over the rock and drop
dynamite on It.
Fortunately, in the long run, intel
iigence. which is never out of date,
wins battles Asia won't rule.
Mr.. VIII Rogers, of the stage, who
throws lassoes and bon mots." has
thrown his best, which is this;
America never lost a war and never
won a conference" You can't i'm
prove on that for historical ac-
curacy.
Mr.. widener of Philadelphia sends
100000 in gold to Europe and gets
back Rembrandt's Descent From the
Cross" That's the way to spend
American money abroad. Mr.
Midener and the United States don't
need the money. Both need good pic
lures.
What is a great work of art worth?
Nobody can say. The two greatest
works in existence is the Venus OF
Milo and Michael Angeles statue
of Moses. Either would be cheap at
$50. 200, 900. Neither could be bought
for s10o.ooo.ooo or twice that.
Which is more important, should
ell. .e
soda water? New York public IL
braries ask for more money and
should have it. New York city Ii
braries spend for books about IS
cents per inhabitant. Chicago spends
80 cents and a fraction. Cleveland
greatly to its honor, spends 1924.
How much do you suppose a great
city spends for soda water compared
to what it spends for books? And
how much does It spend for cigar
cites compared to what it spends for
good books? Good books also sat
isfy."
The coal strikes are all ended for
the present. Coal is moving Last
Friday more than $4,000 cars were
loaded. The best of it is that neither
the soft coal nor the hard coal miners
had their wages cut. That's good
news for everybody. For country