Evening star., 1923-06-28
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS

of the brain bursting into flame; every
FEELING of love. aspiration or fear can
be explained as due 10 purely physical
| changes which produce the vapor of
thought or the aroma of virtue"
Therefore, the wise student will
nightcap, and an automatic spray Of
eau de cologne to neutralize the
! "vapor of thought" if he is to take
a lesson in higher mathematics. or
seeks. solutions for an Edison ques-
tionaire, or is examining to take a
civil service exam"
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Europe has no hate of America"
So we are assured by a noted London
preacher. That puts an end to har-
rowing suspense, for why deny our
self CONSCIOUSNESS of guilt? Did not
America begin foisting billion-dol
loans upon Europe. early in the war,
in spite of her need of money to save
the liberty of the world.
And we are not hated for that?
Did not America invest more bill
lions in combating the starvation of
Europe's millions? Has not our or
ganized charity prevented the most
awful desolation and death that the
world has ever known?
And We are not hated for II?
Our conscfences confess that we
have rescued millions of Europeans
from untimely graves, saved millions
of Europe's innocent children and
| made it possible to repeople her
homes and preserve the coming gen
erations!
Not even hated for such civilized
perfdy against the worshipers of
WOden7
The Spanish have a proverb:
There's nothing in this world 50
hate,"
Hate rankleth long and is bitter.
Hate coveteth, hate envieth. Hate is
easily puffed up.
II we Cancelled our European debt
| would we be perpetually hated? Could
generous without some ulterior mo-
| tive? How could we achieve great
| hatred against us-or even such envy
as expressed by the Athenian who de-
termined to vote against Aristides
! because everybody called him just"
and he was tired of hearing such
virtue expatiated upon.
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An inventive bootlegger has con-
! trived an automobile with a self
| destroyer. as effective as self
| starter. All he has to do when he
sees officers headed his way Is to step
on a button and the whole thing ex-
plodes after fifteen seconds Of clock
work grace. enabling the owner 10
| escape blowing up with il. That de-
/ stroys the evidence, and the auto
mobile, too, but it prevents a term in
prison.
| The next move will be for the police
| or prohibition officers to plant fright
! full jacks-in-the-box at every turn in
the road and watch the moonshine do
| the rest.
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| Lawyers are criticising the prohi-
| bition enforcement officers of New
York for failing to confiscate the
| ships which have violated the Vol
stead law, as well as confiscatinS
their contraband liquor. They allege
that the same law that requires con-
! fscation of bootlegger automobiles,
as we'll as the liquor found in them.
requires confiscation of ships under
l similar circumstances.
| President Harding, in Denver, and
Lord Astor, in parliament, sound the
warning note to the effect that law
enforcement in America cannot be
taken as a Joke. and Premier Bald
win of Great Britain Informs the
radicals that the United States is
| clearly within law in breaking gov
ernment seals when searching for
contraband cargo.
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There have been periods of uncer-
tain<y. even for the hackers of the
1 volstead law, but the President takes
the outstanding position that this is
/ not now a question of approval or
| disapproval of any particular law;
the Volstead law is law, and will he
enforced. Executive offfcers-includ
| ing state or municipal officers-have
no discretion in the matter of law en-
tforcement. lit is mandatory State Of
| f1cials says the President, are oblf-
gated to support all laws. state or
| federal, and the movement of certain
| states to dodge the obligation is but
| an attempt of the states to nullify,
not a federal law, but state rights.
This is the first time in history where
| a state has attempted to nullify state
rights :.