Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-09

ties? Even that would save nothing
not even the self-respect of an Amer
lean. Would they turn the shell
shocked of the world war into the
streets or the lunatic asylums?
Yet without counting in all the
horrible effects of the struggles for
liberty, as manifested by the crippled
and the helpless aged. the total run
ming expense of our very mild milH
tary defense is only 1875 per cent
instead of 81 per cent. of the nations
annual expense. All government
| must cost something and must either
be ready to defend itself against
| anarchy and foreign encroachment or
go down into supine weakness.
Secretary Weeks points out that
| the active armies of Europe number
3,645,oo men; Asia. 100000; Africa,
$4,000. and all America-North and
South-36s,0o0.
x 4 x X
Conquered and down Germany main
| tains, under authority of the Yer
saiIles treaty. an army of 100000 for
domestic policing, with a population
of only 60.Oo0,000. The Army of the
| United States. with our population
| of nearly double that of Germany. -
| only 10000. Yet we are unconquer
ed-though not unconquerable If we
! listen to the council of unprepared
ness
Each American soldier is defending
an average of wealth amounting to
| s., Sc, 900: each British soldier defends
pro rata wealth Of .0o0-about one
tenth what the American defends.
! The French poilu defends 1888, 900;
the italian $4,000 and the Japanese
| $4,000.
Secretary Weeks points out that
| sdp, 10 &c ha
the American system Of government.
| If the nation is to survive, il must
| have an intelligent public opinion.
| The corruption Of that opinion is an
| faith Of those who purport 70 be
actuated by sincere interest in the
national welfare"
| Almost simultaneously with the
| attack of the League for Peace ard
Liberty came the meeting OF the so
called Workers Party, advocating
Russian sovietism and revolution in
America, abolishing capital in the in
terest of workers" They held then,
Washington bank. The bank had
| leas ed the hall to Zionists. and they
! had subrented 1t to the reds me
result is a cancellation of the leass
! to the Zionists and a warning from
| the police that no such meeting will
! be tolerated hereafter in Wash
| ington.
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| The naval photographic office ASKS
mariners to report any unusual
| phenomena they discover in Their
! voyages One of the first reports
states that British ship saw the
! image of steamer upside down.
| bearing north" Nothing incompre
hensible in that. is there? 1t was the
soul of the ship subsidy mirage
| chasing the FLYING Dutchman. II
| has to go on and on forever thai
way. No hope. The merchant ma
rine is pretty topsy-turpy generally
Vice President Coolidge announced
! to a breathlessly waiting public that
! President Hardings denomination
and reelection would be demanded
! by the people. and added, as If a
passing afterthought: II have u"
announcement to make at this time
! of my own plans for the future"
| Now il is Mr.. Harding's move.
| What if he should say, one good
! term deserves another What's the
! matter with my vice? IL he a mon
/ ster of such hideous mien, and all
Somehow Pope didn't word the poem
:! just az 1 mean it"
Anyhow, it is all so sudden-like.
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