The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1920, Page 6

Re- ower a ed rvica, The Seattle Star By mati, out of city, be per month; # months, fn (he State of Washington, 0; @ monthe, $2.16; year, Ovtalde of the state, The per monty, for @ montha or $9.00 per year, My carrier, city, Ie per week, “Open Diplomacy” ® United States has sent a diplomatic note to Japan protesting against hese aggression in the Russian half of the island of Saghalin, the south- 7: of which Japan gobbled years ago with other spoils of her war with} la. ica’s note is very n Tokio. Siberia. God has placed fo the exercise of the intel- } He has given us.—Ba- | a tuk or typewriter. side of paper only your name. OF THE SEAL DLAND PARK Father who art in heaven, harken to my plea; I'm only Sick seal and I think you've me. Once I was happy i healthy, but for months I've m & captive in a stagnant pool » lonesome, dirty. and very cannot stay in this filthy, Water so I lie on the stones all day praying for clean death. Sometimes in my I dream this water has been I waken and dive in—only out again, disillusioned, to om the thoughtlessness and of the human beings who around me and sympathize offer help. At each new raise my head eagerly, ex- iy some one answering prayer? But no, just another tment. Dear God, I'm aw the congres ittee here, ‘The Star: I wish to lay my at the shrine of one of the Portrayers of buman char- who ever wielded pen—I re to Sidney Porter, better known Henry. ‘® true artist is one who re the image of the person, or or landscape, or bit of blue in his picture, theh the true must be he whose word. best show the characters Presents to his readers. 0. ; 's portrayal of the “cop” on Me beat, swinging his club, or the jt s. blondined stenog- or the cayuse-riding h Of the smooth-tongued “con” are #o true to life that his need no illustrations to carry the author's ideas. He is the Charles Dickens of a decades later and in a newer ith none of the (to some) onous detail which is found smany of the great English 8 works. There are no dull in any of O. Henry's books. begin one of his stories is to it, without turning the pages to “seo how it ends.” cow: 4 _ In recognition of his wonderful as an author, the state his commission of North Curo. caused to be placed a bronze ‘statue of Sidney Porter in the beau. new state building at Raleigh it the year 1915. As I passed 4 little alcove on the stair-landing looked upon the bit of bronze bears the likeness of this great writer, I reverently removed my hat as I would have done at q tomb of a great statesman or If a man’s true worth is be measured by the real good he accomplishes along any line and the respect in Which he is held by this fellow man, then ©. Henry Yerlly has “a place in the sun” ‘of human regard. His admirers are limited only because there are ome who have never met him, Yours resp., LL. ‘ROY HASTINGS. . eee DANGER MORE DISTANT Teacher -—- Why, Jack! How can ome to school when your little no limits } | mild, however, judging by the tenor of dispatches Sort of a gentlemanly deprecation, that keeps America’s record) without interfering in the least with Japan’s imperial progress over pros-| But here’s the main point: America learns about this note thru an announce-| And the Tokio! ment by the Japanese government! dispatch adds: It is apparently felt here that any publication of the details of the note should emanate from Wash- ingten. : ; : Quite right. But Washington isn’t emanating. Washington ‘is too busy writing notes to make them public. Washington does not believe America enti- tled to know what is going on. Washington calmly commits 1¢ ple to some foreign policy— and doesn’t even tell them about it afterward. America, the whole world, was deeply stirred by the Wil- sonian expression of the great principle of open diplomacy. The heart and the good sense of mankind alike responded to this demand for full publicity of ajl international deal- ings. It was so written in the covenant of the League of Nations, along with disarmament and international arbitra- tion—the three safeguards of world peace. And America’s president—-the very man who so nobly} enuntiated the ideal—continually and habitually flouts it in practice. For, close upon the heels of the Japanese hote, is the new note on.the Polish situation. Here we have the spectacle of one man committing the entire nation to a policy of war or peace. Admittedly, the Polish situation is important. For that very reason “open diplomacy“ can be the only means of securing the proper public sentiment behind the moves which the government may undertake. Whatever these moves may be, whether for war or for peace, whether for support of the Poles or not, they should be made, not in the secrecy of one man's mental chambers, but out in the open— in the free discussion of these policies by the whole Ameri _jcan people. Patriotism or Fanaticism An act of the Montana legislature, defining the crime of nedition, Was held valid by the United States district court for the district of Montana in ex parte Starr (263 Federal Reporter, 145), and a writ of habeas corpus was denied. The petitioner, Starr, by been convicted and sentenced to the state Penitentiary for not leas than 10 years nor more than 30 years at hard labor, and to pay a fine of $500 and costa. In discussing the case, Judge Bourquin sald “In the matter of his offense and sentence, obviously the petitioner was more sinned against than sinning. It is clear that he was in the hands of one of those too-common mobs, bent upon vindicating its peculiar standard of patriotism and its odd cohcept of respect for the flag by compelling him to kiss the latter—a spectacle for the pity as well as the laughter of gods and men! “Its (the mob's) unlawful and dinorderty conduct, not his (Starr's) Just resistance, nor the, trivial and innocuous retort into which they goaded “him, was calculated to degrade the sacred banner and to bring it into contempt. Its members, not he, should have been punished. “Patriotism is the cement that binds the foundation and the super structure of the state. The safety of the latter depends upon the in- tegrity of the former. Like religion, patriotism is a virtue so indi» pensable and exalted, its excesses pass with little censure. But when, as here, it descends to fanaticiam, it is of the reprehensible quality that incited the massacre of St. Bartholomew, the tortures of the inquisition, the fires of Smithfield, the scaffolds of Salem, and is equally cruel and murderous, In its name, as in that of liberty, what crimes have been committed! In every age it, too, furnishes its heresy hunters and its witch burners, and it, too, is a favorite mask for hypocrisy, assuming 2 virtue which it hayeth not. “So the mobs mentioned were generally the chosen and last resort of the slacker, military and civil, the profiteer, and the enemy sympa- thizer, masquerading as superpatriots to divert attention from their real character. Incidentally, it is deserving of mention here that in the records of this court is a report of its grand jury, that before it at- tempts have been made to prostitute the federal espionage law to wreak private vengeance and to work private ends. “As for the horrifying sentence itself, it is of those criticized by Mr. Justice Holmes in Abrams’ case (250 U. 8. 616, 40 Sup. Ct. 17, 63 L. Ed. 1173), in that, if it be conceded trial and conviction are warranted, #0 frivolous is the charge that a nominal fine would serve every end of Justice. “And it, with too many like, goes far to give color, if not justification, to the bitter comment of George Bernard Shaw, satirist and cynic, that during the war the courts in France, bleeding under German guna, were very severe; the courts in Engiand, hearing but the echoes of those guns, were grossly unjust; but the courts of the United States, knowing naught save censored news of thone guns, were stark, staring, raving mad. “All this, however, cannot affect habeas corpus. the pardoning power alone. No Use for Them No man with the slightest germ of Americaniam in his system but Will approve of the heavy sentence given Bill Lloyd, the communist convicted of violation of the Illinois sedition law. It is not that Lioyd preached sovietism and spent large sums of- money in inculcating s0- called radical literature. All_men have a constitutional right to seek to change our form of government, in a constitutional way. But, Lioyd urged his followers to arm themselves, lay in ammunition and. war munitions and to get ready to change the government by bloody revolution, and it is at this point that the constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and personal privilege stop. The Lloyds are the worst foes of democracy. Next to them are the officials who become hysterical over the Lloyds and take them ag excuse for outraging all legitimate rights of free speech and free action Between these two sets of extremists democracy is likely to be ground to pieces, The Lioyds can be jailed: the others can be out of The Great Sacrifice Many great sacrifices—made that \humanity may benefit—go un- heralded and almost unnoticed. Men and women have given up thefr mba, yea, even thtir lives that other men and women might benefit. And a great many of these sacrifices are made within the realms of the medical world. Look at Dr. ¥, H. Parker, in charge of the leper colony on Pent- ese Ista, Mass, He his “wife are practically isolated on the island Now he is credited with having cured two young men wh@%have been confined to the leper colony for three years, And Dr. Parker, with his wife, has given up ‘almost everything we think worth while—friends, relatives, and the world at large—that he might render a service to the great mass of people. This man “without a world” entitled know that America The Feeding of Us During ibe eee year dust ended, we Imported $1,512,776,309 worth of foodstuffs, an increase of over 0,00 © 9 Sf foodetatts, at Biltrense 0 $680,000,000 over 1919, and our exports Note well that these figures are as to “foodstuffs.” Not long ago, we were proud to believe that we'd have to feed the foreign world, after the war, It seems that the foreigg world is feeding ws, 1 May we not ask what has become of the good old-fashioned “back to the farm” movement? It can appeal to put and to Roosevelt says he will get action out of the senate if elected. Possibly, with the help of a few regiments of sailor friends. 7 Charlie Chaplin iaaccused of cruelty by his wife. The judge switl id ably ride that to get a custard pie in the face ts exasps pei erating but not cruel. THE SEATTLE STAR EVERETT TRUE By CONDO | ‘tins é cevS see— 1 You SHAVED ME LAST TIME. YESSIR, ‘ Ll sHAvVED Yov THs Maurice Hewlett SALISBURY, Eng, Aug. 12— “Here in England the English farm hand, the peasant jaborer, has al ways been referred to aa Hodge, “He was a person not given much consideration. He was just Hodge. | For jong he had no vote and no influence. “Histories of England were writ ten which took no account what ever of Hodge and his tute “Then the war came. “Hodge fought for England, and those of hin family he left behind raised the food for England. “England can no longer negiect| Hodge. “No country that wishes to pros | per in the future can neglect its| Hodges. For, after all, the basic industry of « land ts that which is/ concerned with Us food supplies.” ‘The speaker was Maurice Hewlett, the famous English noveliet who, both by voice, by work and by some stirring poems, has taken up the! | labor. |and champion Interviewed by Milton Bronner on Farm Hands mand for every pound of food the farmer could produce, And this de mand increased the demand for farm “The farm hands have secured something like 140 per cent more than their old prewar wages. “They have cut down thelr tn terminably long hours of toil. They in the way of getting reason able half holidays and decent hous ing 1 hope to see the agricultural laborers get a strong representation in the next house of commons, All clamsea ought to be represented | there. No one can doubt it The farm laborers need a voice in partia ment. They also need a voice in the parish, rural district and county councils, In that way they can bring about the constant betterment of their condition. “There ts only one danger that T see, and I say this as their friend ‘They must not go on asking for increases in pay to are cause of the British farm handa, He confirmed the opinion that the change in the condition, wages and hours of the farm hands bf England was nothing short of revolutionary. | “Before the war.” said he, “farm- ing was a declining industry fn thie country. Many farmers found it dif-| fleult to make ends meet. The war changed all that. There was a de MIDSUMMER HISTORY Slightly Jazeed Who was the bravest man? Was it Horatius, the bridge tender? or Steve Brodie? or Sergeant York? Personally, we think it was Rev. Rowland Hill, born August 12, 1745, | or just 175 years ago today. This! divine, while preaching in his Eng lish church, saw his wife coming in| late, wearing a new hat. He said | “Here comes my wife, with a cheat of drawers on her head. She went! out to buy them, but «pent all her money on that hoilty-tolty bonnet.” | Later on, the Rev. Mr. Hill tried to deny having said it, which takes away some of the luster from his | deed of daring eee BIN Bender is an optimist And strange as it may seem His optimism takes a twist That makes men's faces beam, Tho simple faith of Brother Bill, Which nothing can abate, Is that he's always going to fill A middie-open straight. eee Because Miss Ella MeWoodson, Plymouth, Conn., carried her money in her own Stocking Bank she will | lose a leg. Doctors say it must be amputated; bills, covered with dis ease germs, had been stuffed into the stocking, and infection followed, eee | But when robbers held up Mr. and| Mrs. Arnold Whiting in Brooklyn they took $16 from Whiting, and. “They didn't get the $50 I had hid in my stocking,” said Mrs, Whiting. eee Willie Berger, 15 years old, Hous ton, Texas, married a 16-year-old girl merely use she wanted to be a Supe brid Divorced in July. Which proves that young people are too young to be married.) Robert Hicks, who ts 69, Kansas Mo., was divorced by his wife, a, aged 63, after 40 years of married life, She said he was a flirt, and he said she was jealous (Which proves that old people are If we don't abolish war, war will abolish ua. A square meal usually leaves one flat. More baby wars tian war babies came out of the World War, Farewell, Bandit Villat Welcome, Citizen Vilas too old to be married.) eee The average hospital ts full of hu man beings spending a lot of good money trying to keep from dying, while Joxeph Weller, Mifflintown, Pa., was so anxious to die that he swai lowed ten carpet tacks, bandful of such an extent that farming will no longer be profitable to the farmer. For, in that case, the farmer would have to quit. “The demands for higher pay and ever higher pay would defeat their own ends. They would bring about & stoppage in the farming industry which would be rulpous alike to the farmer and bis hands.” match heads and some small scraps of tin, all of which waa brought back to the surface by a stomach pump. eee Mim, Samuel W. Boorstein, New| York, ass for a divorce because her husband has deserted her 12 times in leas than seven years of married life. U. C, Hatfield, Chicago, ts angry | because hix wife acquired the habit of coming home on Sundays. eee Jacob Fraser, Englishman, sold his | wife for a quart of beer, and then the queer British law insisted upon holding the auctioned-off wife for bigamy! Holding four aces three consecu tive times only to have them beaten three times by straight flushes, so peeved Edgar Morton, Denver, that he cut his way into jail with a razor, eee D. Starr, Memphis, cut his third set of teeth at 84 . And the peach trees ‘ft N. J., are bearing English “The present skirts is indicati trousers for wi Eliza Taylor asserts Dr, |. Boston, “Let's eat Adv. 1331 Fourth Ave. WESTERN DRY BATTERY ©. SEATTLE WASH 3 I + a ON RB Ae GE NIT A: el Om Doctor Frank | CRANE’S | Daily Article (Copyright, 1920) The Future. 100 Years From Now. No Business Competi- tion. Iivery one likes occasionally to make @ dream of the future, even if his faney is not so cireumstantial | as Edward Bellamy's, fo here are & few itema of my fancy. ‘Twill be a hundred years from now, we'll all be dead anyhow 80 we need not quarrel, but let each man have hin vision. Money will not be based on gold or any other fluctuating substance, but upon the one stable commodity, which cannot be concealed, and must last as long as the race—Land. All public utilities, including any business that has become so or ganized and monopolized that its management reste in few hands, will be owned and managed by govern ment. Objections to government owner ship, cogent pow, will disappear when politics is better studied, un understood and practiced. Politics, or the art of the self government of peoples, will be the first, last and main subject taught in public schools, Hvery child will be a trained politician. Every child will be kept in school all the year round untll the age of 21. There will be no untrained cith wens, Hence no field for the prop. aganda of theories of ignorance and Henoe, There will be no more revivals of religion nor reforms in government nor revolutions, because the ends de | sired will be worked out much better in the public schools. The school teacher will be the most | highly paid and respected member | of the community. There will be no kings, snobs, nor millionaires, for the rewards of gain and place will not be sought, but | there will be increased achievement and efficiency, because public opin jon will appreciate service, Competition will be confined to the mental and spiritual fields; while in| the field of business co-operation will rule } Churches and sects, as we now! have them, will disappear, being re placed by « unitersal understand ing and appreciation of spiritual jaws, which will be taught along) with the laws ef physics the schoolroom. Women will do most of the gov. erning, (0 the legislative and execu tive positions, and attend to the man agement of affairs, as they are by nature fittest for administration and in | that ts, teno | the,old thrill of outlawry, has passed, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1929. ACHR; ARRAN ec RET ds | AS IT SEEMS TO ME B DANA SLEETH the town whipping pont, ton furore, I came again | I suppose that some time we will the conclusion that there | understand that grime is as much ® {x one thing all crimes of |dixease as the nafcotic habit and will violence have in common—| handle criminals accordingly; to this noe, time most of our police work has By what possible chance did there | been along lines that made big erimk five fleeing half-wits expect to es-| nals out of little ones, and that utters cape? ly ruined all who came in touch with What chance was there for the| it, most of all the police. slayer of Sheriff Taylor to escape ° a the noone—the noone of the mob, the noowe of the law, or the noose of the| capturing por | What sort of imbectlity wan it to exchange a short term in confine ment for & lesser offense, for life im-| guard, and station men; the prisoner prisonment for ® greater? | has no advocate, no protection; whag Ignorance, inability to think, utter| goes on behind the bars te forever blindness to the future; these mark | hidden there, and the screechings of the criminal who defies society with|the condemned against the cruelty violence. of his “keepers” is never regarded, Mont crime will be found arising| ‘This makes for brutality, for cruel from ignorance, or from weakmind-|ty, for viclousneas on the part of edness, | warders, guards, policemen; it turns It is easier to earn an honest liv-| our p foree into a malignant ing today than it is to #teal it, and) thing and it puts the mark of Cain the chances are more against the|on the brows of a lot of petty of- ertminal than they ever were before.| fenders who would never serioudy Even the old veneer of adventure,| consider revenge by violence were they not driven to it by the wanton and now crime is wneaking, sordid, «| brutality of petty officers. thing of drugs and moonshine and| It should be possible for a man to bribery and decadence |be a policernan and keep his self- Five halfwite fleeing thru the | respect, and it should be possible for night and a thousand possemen)|a man to be a detective and still be thrilling to the hunt; the greatest|a man of honor, yet I do not believe and the oldest hunt in the world—/that the average officer who is the hunt for 4 fugttive with all rules | “wise” will deny that under present off and the odds more against the | conditions policing and detecting are hunted than against the fox doubl-|far from elevating, ing thru the hedges before the| And of all the nauseous classed | hounds. |that the world of erime holds, one A pitiful confession of the faflure clans is ecapecially disgusting, and jof society to educate its wards; an that the class on which modern po admixsion of the innate delight men | lice “justice” chiefly relies for effects find in the hunt; apd at the end long | ive work. ‘The informer, the stoolle lines of morbid, curious folk, coming | the cat-eyed, slippery, soft-footed Ju to petk in the cells of these imbe-| das, usually a dope addict, usually ciles as at jungle beasts in their | criminal, always a coward and a liar, cages | always a menace to the town, yet Not a pretty picture any way you) protected, given 4, certain official view it. place, allowed to pursue his unspeak> EDITATING on this Pendle worst thing about the old prison system, about the present police system, ig the giving of unlimited power to the wardens and ne UT we have come along a bit in the last three sgore years. We have decided that the lawbreaker is not & beast, and that society has some slight duty to the home- jens child and the jobleas wanderer. We do not hang our pickpockets England, and we do not chain men to the fetid walls of prison hulks and let them slowly rot there, Our prisons today are at least sani- tary, for the most part, and mis treatment of prisoners in hidden rather than paraded. We have discovered that, what- ow economy (housekeeping), while men will be occupied in the realm of pro- duction War, because of a league of na tions, will be as unthinkable as avery or dutiling now are, Alcohol will be reguinted an strictly as opium all over the world. Individualism will increase, having a better chance because of intelligent socialization. Physicians will be as much public officials as policemen now are. Pre ventive medicine will be taught in all schools and be the concern of all states, Hospitals and sanitariuma will re- place prisons. Cities will decrease and the coun- tryside increase In population, owing to the inventions, There will be no race problems, nor industrial problems, only human problems. Class bunk will have died. Any appeal to class will be considered dingraceful, “And children weep, when we Ife low, Far fewer tears, far softer tears.” INVITING BATTLE “Bob Hawley’s married his cook.” | “Yes, he'd rather fight than eat.” —Judge. 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