The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-07
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Lloyd George Again?
One Mothers Answer
Into the North
More Air Service
BY nj. e. Tracy

Every crisis in human affairs. no
matter how big comes to hinge on
individual leadership.
If the British strike continues
long enough, each side will develop
a leader.
If 1t Is settled, It win be because
both sides find It possible to rally
around some mediat 3.
There Is no man In England better
qualified to play the latter role than
David Lloyd George and 1t is not
surprising to hear him mentioned
for It.
Lloyd George Is born opportunist,
one of those alert, adaptable per
sons, who can grasp critical sit
uation quickly and wiggle out OF 1t
without worrying too much about
the moral, or lasting qualities Of the
remedy.
II was this trait that made him
SO effective during the war and
that hurled him into obscurlty aft
erward.
When England found herself i'm
mobile through partisan politics and
official incompetence It was Lloyd
George who bit on the idea of
coalition cabinet and made 1t work.
When the coalition was threat
ened with defeat as the war drew
to a close It was Lloyd George
who saved It by proclaiming that
Germany would pay all the bills.
who knows but his peculiar tai
ents may come to Englandsf aid
again, to the extent Of a temporary
respite, at least.
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What should a mother do when
she finds herself dying far out on
desert with two babies whose fate
will be slow starvation?
Mrs. A. j. Cox answered the ques.
ton with three rifle shots.
BY law she Is a murderess, and ac-
cording TO some religious beliefs she
will go to hell as suicide.
Far be It from me to pass 1udg.
ment on a question so intimately
connected with the soul of things,
but II were a baby and my mother
were dying from rattlesnake bite
and che used a rife in order that we
might go out together instead of
being separated by day or two l
would not tell st. Peter that she
did 30 for lack Of love.
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The Norge is flying out over the
Arctic ocean to destruction or glory,
an fate may decree.
And does II matter you ask, and
isn't It Just another fool stunt2
Perhaps, but the venture has one
reassuring side at least. People of
different countries are cooperating
to carry It through, which suggests
that 1t represents one way of wiping
out prejudice and provicinalism.
It has ono side which is more
interesting If not quite so reassur-
ing.
The boys don't know what they
will find and neither did Columbus
when he sailed west.
But Columbus found a lot, though
1t was contrary to his promises and
expectations, and who knows but
they will? Who knows but the cold
and frozen north contains invaluable
sections?
Who knows but that with radio
we may be able to utilize 1t as
source of refrigeration for all the
world?
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We are going to have a much i'm.
proved air service If the House of
Representatives has its way.
Not la Mitchell, you understand,
or under Cabinet minister, but
with plenty Of ships and men.
More than 1000 fighting planes
within FIVE years and 1900 boys to
run them-not 80 bad.
We shall continue to talk disar.
mament, Of course, and attend
conference now and then, perhaps,
and take a chance Of being traded
out of our eye teeth.
We may agree to scrap a few
more battleships for the sake of
harmony and a cruiser or two II
they are obsolete enough, but the
air-well, that is something else.
We have been backward In the air.
thanks to a little scandal, a little
politics and a little strain OF paci-
f1sm, but we are waking up.
Nothing much stands In the way
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