South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-20
IN ISOLATED NATION?

his power and the price OF every bushel OF wheat
OF every share Of stock in American enterprises
drops upon the exchanges.
Let those who boast OF the splendid isolation of
this nation and rs freedom from contacts with the
old world. As eloofness conditions which exist
abroad. explain this reaction
Money barometer Of real conditions. Money
that this country its farms It's factories. It's
industries and is railways are linked by invisible
bonds with the wslfare and the prosperity and the
permanence OF other lands
The passing OF Lloyd George from power and
absolute authority 20 be expected. He follows
the fate OF all those who starting with the jealous
desire TO serve and TO interpret the aims Of the
masses, mistake their own judgment for divine
edct and who try TO rule this world through their
desires and for their purposes.
Every who has tried to assume this authority
has failed, from Mohamrned. who fred his followers
with religious seaotisn to murder al those who
disagreed, through the Alexandsrs the Napoleons,
and the HOhenzclsrns
Those who believe in destiny will find IN this
welshrnan much food in SUPPORT Of their belief
that fate has decreed that in hour Of need
shall arise to save the world from disaster in
its slow and steady progress to the light
A dozen or mere years ago this remarkable char
acter found way to parlla msnt as the champion
OF the underfed and the underpaid workers.
thusasm for what he believed TO be a panacea for
poverty. He found in single theory of
Henry George and so when Fels the wealthy maker
OF soap, Jew who loved mankind found In Lloyd
George kindred spirit in his aims he helped TO
finance the campaigns that carried him higher and
higher into favor until he reached the ministry
There comes to mind the memory of a brief ten
minutes some ten years ago when Lloyd George
had become a minister. ready in the belief of Fels
for the final stroke that would the great
fox-breeding wooded estates of the dukes into the
raising O the homeless men and
Of London who nightly slept beneath the stars that
shone upon the Thames Embankment
Fes had telephoned to make the appointment
with his protege. order that the American news
paper might meet the one who to carry
forward the reforms
Relations were beginning feel the strain for
in power, a modified view had to Lloyd
George of the possibilities instead Of the sweeps
ing measure to put a full rental value upon all
lands minister proposed a smaller tax.
That chill was upon the atmosphere the great
man. stopping n his packing to take a train
perform his duty as minister in attendance upon
king, laughed at the custom and declared that
the people really ruled. despite the trappngs and
the of power
In that day he was the impatient. eager states
man. eve upon the future and his mind filled
only with the problems Of poverty of his land, Of
wages of miners the uplft of the common
but always and ever upOn the retention of his
power
The great war gave different turn and a diff
ferent duty to this man He did suspect that
his gradual growth in confidence was to thrust upon
him autOcratc power when his land was in danger
and that he was to use the influence gained that
day 20 guide, to inspire equip the very men for
whose bread he fighting soldiers to defend
the nation.
History viii record this service to the world as
more than ephemeral IN It's fame. The man Of
necessity became the master Of England. His faith
held back autocracy until he himself caught the
infection Of untrqmmeled power.
Whatever may be the politics that led to his
downfall and his retirement whatever sentiment
has turned in Britain to accomplish his overthrow
the details are unmportant
The real cause in the fact that in the exercise
of power ne became drunken with authority. forgot
the habit OF counsel and of advice. intolerant
of the opinions others and had only colossal
confidence in the infalHbility Of his judgments.
That never lasts in a republic or in a nation
where men and women vote and have voice in
affairs
What will harpen with this stronghand missing
from the reins which have been held firm n
and through revolt and reconstruction?
You may have idea when you study the
stock ticker The fnancers Of this country, VINO
deal in wheat IN steel companies and IN railroads.
are not optimistic.
They believe that bodies FL for a time at least.
for the nation which changes leadership. And they
know none better. that the fate Of this nation Is
bound up in the fate of other lands that there
can be no hunger in Britain which is not reflected
in this land that unrest and poverty and unemploy-
rnent across the means less Of market and
falling prices for American goods home, that
there is no escape from reelection here Of condi-
lions abroad.
some day that relationship real to be
written into hourly history by the stock tickers'
may be recognized by a written bond which will
define the purposes Of peace and the responsibility
Of each land 20 all others.
An isolated nation? Read the stock ticker as
LLOYD George goes TO private life and see how bis
a delusion such a dream be.
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