The Washington times., 1922-10-11

Intelligent Gratitude.
We Live Longer
And Still Are Foolish.
Reactionary Revolution.
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In England the Tory "die
hards" and labor people try
70 get rid of Lloyd George.
robustness from the Tories
surprises nobody. They always
4 mated Lloyd George, never for
gave him for saving them from
1German rule. The labor men,
some of them, should know
better. Lloyd George financed
them, directed them, won for
them and paid them wages
from. public funds when they
faced idleness because of the
war.
Whatever there is left of
the British empire, whatever
prospects it has ahead, should
be credited 90 per cent to
Lloyd George. And they want
to get rid of him. Such is
the gratitude of intelligent
"self-governing" human beings.
Human beings are living
longer than they did. Infant
and adult mortality diminish
steadily. Soon there will be
the old cry of "more people
than the earth can support"
But that won't come. Texas,
under intensive cultivation,
could support all the people
on earth today. And as the
human race improves families
will be smaller. A mouse may
have a hundred children a
year, an elephant has about
four in fifty years.
Men live longer, but seem
little wiser.
The BARRIERS Supply Dealers
Association in Chicago shows
that men buy tweezers to pull
out their eyebrows and do
other foolish things. Eyebrows
were made thick on our ances-
tors to protect eyes from the
sun and perspiration and rain.
Heavy eyebrows are sign Of
strong primitive character,
which has resisted the softening
effects of environment.
Morris Hillquit, able lawyer,
one of the few rich American
Socialists, returns from Europe
with an interesting report on
the condition of affairs in italy.
The Fascist, adopting methods
of communism, utilize them in
behalf of the lower Bourgeotsie
and have actual control Of
Italy.
! They have notified the gov
ernment that they will take
possession, and that, as Mr..
Hillquit says, is no boast. They
have the power. The Fascist
represent something never be-
fore seen in history, q REAC-
TIONARY REVOLUTIONARY
movement. 1t is rebellion
against the government for per-
mitting too much latitude to
the other kind of radicalism.
And the body Of reactionaries
working on revolutionary lines
is led by men that formerly
were leaders of the socialist
party. You never can tell what
war will produce.
France denounces the United
States ruling against any liquor
on foreign ships. The French
don't drink "liquor' as we
understand it. They would
think cocktail-and-whiskey-
drinking American crazy. But
ninety-nine per cent Of the
French drink light wines. To
tell them they can't have wine
on their own ships coming to
America is as though France
should forbid American ships
landing at French ports to bring
drinking water of any kind.
The French talk of reprisals.
and perhaps the most effective
areprisal would be to forbid
DAme1ican ships bringing drink
ing water to any French port.
W. H. Vanderbilt, great
grandson of the first William
f., has decided to be a banker,
and becomes a clerk in Wall
Street. You wish him luck, but
wonder at his lack of imagina-
iton. When you have enough
money, it must be rather dull,
spending your life trying to
get more. The son Of the rich
est man in Rome went to the
wars with Caesar, died younger
than he need have done, but
made a reputation. Even his
father tried to be a soldier,
without much success.
Samuel Rsesewski, ten-year-
old Jewish boy from Poland,
played chess eight hours against
Edward Lasker, one of the
greatest American players and
forced Lasker into an adjourn
ed game. A wonderful thing
that childish brain must be.