San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11

e be that one is the b. c., from the fus
he has raised.
5 then touched on the everyday greco
: of nations, being no better now thar
, in the old days when potentates anC
| princes ruled absolutely. 1iace iutoler
ancc was also mentioned, and fact:
were quoted for all these points. Fol
this, the l.. c. says / insult the United
States and every United States either
and ought to be depOrtcd or something
equally dreadful and then launches or
an attack of English religion, and
crimes of shat nation. Heavens. every
one knows about Egypt, India, Ireland
and South Africa. l certainly couhln't
deny or excuse those actions. But
do ridiculc statements that you yet
hear from Ranny Hearst and George
Sylvester Nicrick and others that we
are just a colony or catspaw of the
Briton and some day they'll annex
us and everything. The crimes of the
British nation were never condOned,
but the two or three good turns they
did the United States are praised
, forthwith I'm Il BritOn.
The Il. c. says I'm n league man.
Yep, that is. i was once but now day
by day in every way the league is be-
| coming dCader and deader,' and it is
! too late n date for any practical good
to come of our entry into the Organi-
cation now. But we should get in or
out and not keep observers in Europe to
! claim any benefits that might accrue.
! without taking Il share of responsible
| ty. Our man at the Paris reparatiOns
conference put forth a plan that Ger
many might have accepted, but the
Il bn MI
it was the observers personal idea. An
official United States position on it
might have caused its acceptance and
now the French would not be in the
Ruhr. When the league was organized
as part of Versailles treaty. it guaran-
teed AlSaCe-LOrraine to France, but
made Danzig Fiumc, Memel and Silc-
STA neutral, their permanent status to-
be decided later. The United States,
only power that could dominate the
league, since France and England were
at lOggerhcadS over most everything,
withdrew, and now Fiume. while nomi-
nally free city, is Italian; Meme.
Lithuanian, stolen from Germany and
Poland stole the richest part of SileSia
and no| France has isolated the Ruhr
Strong official American disapproval
would have prevented this muddle, but
weight in such matters.
Our course in international affairs is
such as to create diStrust among erst-I
while friends and disgust among our
former enemies. This statement is |
probably another British crime.
The b. {. talks about some kind Of
stables. Seems like he must have had
to clean them out while tilling the
wilderness that he talks about, during
the war. Anyway, something makes
him sore. The b. C. is also sending
dissolution. whatever that is. through
you, Mr.. Editor. Now, if that's bot
tied goods. I'm going to hold you per
sonally responsible for its delivery in
tact.
The Z. c. quotes some fine stuff
about Arnold. and Grover Bergdoll be-
ing born here. One might adj the
+. c. too that list too, for | suppose
he's n native. Then one could make
up another list, including Jack Perish
ing. Woody Wilson and Warren Hard
ing, all of whom were born in the
United States, but grew into useful
citizens in spite of that. Mr.. Il. {.
Oh. say, b. c., do you know that Per-
Shing is a Sir" when in British ter
ritory, having accepted a knighthOod
from King George? That's reason
enough to call on him to resign his
job. don't you think?
According TO the B. c., when any
one disagreCs with him, he stamps him
self as narrow. and everything, and if
he disagrees about his pet aversion, he
exercise liberty of thought but not any
England twice befriendel the United
States. Such quotation of facts makes
one a Britisher and Britisher hasn't
any right to liberty of thought, any
way.
Sure. p. C.. ! have liking for Eng
land after the United States. | don't
know of any country l favor more. |
might like the French il l could under
stand them. but | can't But any
country that produced n Shakespeare,
TennysOn and Wordsworth and whose
language is that of Scott. Burns, Long
fellow. Lowell and Emerson. is deserv-
ing Of at least recognition. if not praise
And when you rant and rave anil spout,
| know that you are Just one of n
small minority and that you knock to
your hearts content, it will have very
little impression on the rest Of the
folks, if noticed at all So hop to it, but
stick TO facts and when presenting new
ones, say they are new and don't say
they are true ones where false ones
We're once quoted. For misreprescnta-
ton isn't wise at all.
All in all, the +. C.'s squrming and
evasion of facts as stated. and misquo-
tations is little ludicrous but in the
end rather tireSomc.
Now. Mr. Editor, I've few words
for you. I've been reading your ed-
torials carefully for the past several
months and am Of the opinion that
for clear thinking. fair-minledness and
keeping in the middle ground, you are
hard to heat How can you keep
grinding them out that way? Believe
mo. your editorials are always read
with interest by
"R. COLLINS RRITISHER."
THE INEFFECTIVE CHURCH.
To the Editor: