The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-06

AldVC PluyOu AufON WAMA tiAC worlds geography since Caesar wrote his Commentaries. An up- start Britain has written a lug ubrious book called The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire but 1t begins to look as though another book would soon be in order, entitled The Decline and Fall of the British Empire. Per haps that vigorous Roman states man-gladiator of our own time, Signor Mussolini will be the au- thor of the book and will help precipitate the Fall
 By the way, since when did Johnny Bull get to be such a rampant Democrat? Have the inhabitants of India found it out yet, for example2 It would be pa- thetic if 1t wasn't so funny, to see how shocked and morally dis turbed the British Lion is to see other lions out on foraging ex- petitions.
 Again of Italy: We who have journeyed down over the Alps and come under the spell of Ital- ian skies, mountains, landscapes, Adriatic and Mediterranean shores-and feasted our eyes up- on the noble temples and priceless treasures of Milan and Venice and Florence and Genoa and Naples and eternal Rome-we who have had that experience can never be indifferent to what concerns that country's present and future well fare.
 AS was remarked before, we old-timers get a special kick out of living in the world of today be- cause we also lived in the far different world of yesterday.
 The writer first saw Europe in crossing the Atlantic on the old Cunarder, Servia. Victoria was queen of England and newly created empress of India. William I was emperor of Germany and Count Bismark was premier. The Czar of Russia was absolute, and the Sultan of Turkey was popu- larly mentioned as "The Terrible Turk.
 The royal families were all inter-married, and the old fiction of the divine right of kings and class distinction was still in vogue; and absurd as 1t all seems today, the mass of people appeared to like 1t and enjoy lowing and scraping' and rolling as sweet morsel on their tongues 'his maj esty", "his royal highhess," "his lordship", and "her ladyship".
 Even in their religion they only put the Supreme Ruler of the Universe little higher; they tried to flatetr Him by furnishing then title of King of Kings.
 Royal and titled dissipation and immortality didn't seem to shock the people. Instead, they con- AOAiV0 WAAAb WOuAd AlotC CCAAACAAAACN in their own class.
 That servility and weak toler- ance was hard for Americans to understand-and the changed at- titude of the European people in those respects Is Q big advance Evidently the Zig is up for he reditary rulers and class favorites
 The old "king business" is played out. Its extinction hasn't even the distinction of being 8 cast of busted; it has simply pe- tered out. Consider the sorry spectacle of the "Hohenzollerns" and their British cousin--whc valued his crown SO lightly that he swapped 1t for a license tt marry double-divorcee from Bal timore.
 Servility has now gone out oi fashion in Europe--as 1t did ir America in 1776. Political lead. CTS there now are from the rank and file of the people. To effect the necessary readjustments some thing will happen that we cannot understand. We've done lots o1 thing in the past that they didn', understand. There's no sound reason why the land of Washing ton and Abraham Lincoln should. mt be on friendly relations witt every nation on earth. No other country need be jealous of tht United States of America, be. cause they all have Q share in 1, some of their own sons ant daughters are here.
 One of the great pleasures tha, my magic radio brings me--il Music from all the World, in. strumental and vocal-and cant help thinking of the limitless pos. abilities of Radio for bringing al mankind into friendly contact and cooperation. One great uni. versal song that will stir thu hearts and souls of young and old Who will write that song? Would. mt 1t be a noble rivalry for all thS inhabitants of the Earth listen. ing in at the same time to heal that song'-Then could be again used the words Of Morse's first telegram: What Hath God Wrought"
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