Life — August 15, 1918 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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meet eo llont “WHERE ARE YOU TAKING THAT GOAT?” “I'VE GOT TO CARRY A DISPATCH TO THE GEN'RAL, SIR, AND I THOUGHT THAT IF 1 WAS IN ANY DANGER OF BEID less than that of France, Great Britain or Germany. HE Czech-Slovak movements in Russia are getting interesting. Out of the obscurity which envelops all Russian concerns has emerged the realization that these Czech-Slovaks who have combined in an army in Siberia, which in turn is combining with an army of Cossacks, were Ger- man prisoners of war captured by the Russians, but anti-German in all their racial feelings and_ interests. They have scraped together a mili- tary organization, and seem to be do- ing something, and may be the nucleus of successful rebellion against the tyrannies of the Bolsheviki under Trotzky and Lenine, If this is a result of letting Russia alone, it is not altogether bad. The present purpose of the administration CAPTURED THE GOAT COULD EAT 11.” is to send a few troops to Siberia, along with others from Japan and Britain, and to help in economic ways to set Russia on responsible legs again. All these experiments are very in- teresting. External aid for Russia is hard to deliver, even if the Russians ‘are willing to receive it. Internal aid is better, and possibly, through the en- terprise of these Czech-Slovaks, it may actually be coming. It has been costly to Russia and to the Allies to have the Bolshe tried out, but possibly it may prove to be worth the expense. To a people so illiterate as the Russians, object les- sons are particularly valuable, OLONEL GEORGE HARVEY, having turned his attention to beating Henry Ford in the race for senatorship in Michigan, points out in his War Weekly that Henry was on 233 terms ot fairly close association with Edward Rumely, German agent, who bought the Evening Mail, and that when Rumely got into trouble Henry went to Washington to see what he could do for him. He seems not to have been able to do anything, but out of this association and the resulting effort George evolves and offers to the public the suggestion that Henry is a traitor. George is a joker. The habit of jok- ing is fixed on him, and he cannot shed it. This joke on Henry Ford is fairly good, but it is only a joke. Henry may have been fooled by Rumely; it is not very hard to pull his leg; but nobody who retains the use of any sense will think that Henry has committed treason. George will have to think of some- thing else. He has a pretty hard row to hoe in these days. Things are go- ing fairly well, and he seems to be tied up to the endeavor to demonstrate that whatever is is wrong, particularly Baker. It isn’t a good time to be a pessimist ; things move too fast. In spite of war news and occasional hot spells, suffrage gets some attention, Also prohibition. Mr. Wilson Mr. Baird. the new senator from New Jersey, to vote for the suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution. He suggests to Mr. Baira that it befits our posture as world-champions of democracy, to be solid for woman suffrage. So he would trample on state preferences at home in order to give a more or less bogus impression of democratic uniformity to an admiring world. That doesn’t seem to wash. An example of the sort of thing that recommends woman suffrage was the recently reported indisposition of Democratic women in New York to have Hearst run for governor, A few striking examples of bad candidates for office beaten by women's votes might help the suffrage cause a good deal. Nevertheless, there are lots of people to whose interest it is to have bad of- ficials in power. In all the great cities that is constantly illustratede If woman suffrage were sure to improve politics many people would not want it. They think that virtuous characters have too much advantage as it is. wants