Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
THOMAS r.. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President Of the Unite
States.

Recently while suffering a slight dis
turbance to my pulse l came to the
conclusion that contemplation of the
disturbance was not a good thing
This caused me to consider the world S
pulse and to wonder whether consta MT
contemplation of ii was advisable
There is always to be noted, of course,
certain arrangement of the pulse of
the world. This arises from MANY ills
which vex the body politic-envy,
hatred. malice. pride, greed, selfish.
ness, ambition. other evils each OF
which agitates the pulse and keeps it
from beating regularly and normally
After numerous futile efforts to en-
able the world to lift itself up by
pulling on its bootstraps. we have dis.
covered, believe, that Christian civili.
zation is the only anti-toxin that will
destroy the germs which threaten the
world. hut there are so many doctors,
legitimate and quacks who are
diagnosing the condition of the world
viewing with alarm every slight dis.
turbance to its life and prescribing for
the ills they discover. that we are kept
In constant worry. AS result OF NV
own recent indisposition | am inclined
to believe that the jumpy condition of
the world pulse is caused. in part, by
the never ending discussion of the
worlds condition. Day by day we are
told that the world Is growing worse.
and admonished that unless something
is done at once it is in for a long spell
OF sickness, if not for utter dissolu.
ton.
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These doctors may believe all thew
are saying about the worlds condi.
ton but the effect upon the patient is
not gooc 1t would be better, it seems
10 me, merely to prescribe remedies
without terrprizing the patient with
the thought that unless a specific
remedy is tried he will grow worse
and probably die. Every one knows
OF course. that the world is sick. and
all wish TO aid it, so why publicly an.
nounce conflicting diagnoses which
compilcate and aggravate. Some Of
the doctors may not be competent 10
make an accurate diagnosis: of this
we cannon he sure, although we know
an incompetent dia gnostician is wholly
UNIT to prescribe cure.
SO long as evil exists in the hearts
OF men the world. of course is liable
again 10 be drawn into war. The
Balkans now are on the verge NJ on.
other outbreak if reports are true.
1hese stories of assassination. of IN.
rest. OF unwillingness to recognize
constituted authority. naturally are
disturbing. With the horrors of the
great war vividly remembered our
minds inevitably turn to that incident
at Sarajevo where a mailman threw a
match into key of powder. Because
OF that incident shivers creep up the
spines of men and women who long
for peace whenever a rumbling comes
from the Balkans. Yet knowing. as
we all know, that evil and danger are
there. we keep talking to the world
about the Balkans. No wonder the
world has jumpy pulse.
The World War came on at time
when everybody believed that the
peace of Europe was assured. No one
dreamed that the ASA ssina ton of the
crown prince would lead to the world
wide results that followed. But now
the world knows better. The govern.
ments OF Europe better understa nd.
They realize fully the potential dan
gers of the present: 90 would it not be
better for the world to assume that a
recurrence of serious disa will be
prevented? Our dangers usually come
when we believe we are safe. Ordi-
narily we avoid dangers which we
know to he near.