Life — June 10, 1920 — page 20: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Ry RPE as: B ig JUNE 10, 1920 Publ LIFE PUBLISH Ciantes Dana € Groce B. Ricuaroson, Mice-President Le Roy Mittre, 7+ Geoxcr, v'Utassy, Secreta t7 West Thirty London Offices, Rolls H BOUT a year ago Mr. J. P. Morgan offered his London house that had been lived in his grandfather before him, as a residence for the American ambassador. He A year ago the feelings that prompted such an act were Citizens of still hoped that the United going be to the and were much inclined to help her be so. of- fered the house as a gift still possible our country tes was to useful world Mr. Morgan, no doubt, had very much at heart the relations between nd J. Bull, 1 felt that anything he could do to keep them on a good basis was worth doing. But times have changed Uncle Sam since then, and that anybody should offer now to give a house to the United States for any diplomatic purpose is incredible The other Mr. Morgan exhumed this offer that he had made and asked for a decision on it, because London needs housing, and he had compunctions about letting his house there stand empty. So the State Department begged Congress about it epted this gift that would to decide If Congress a be very well, for the house would make a good residence for our ambassador. Or, if Congress took the house, but paid for it, that would be very well. Or, if Con- gress, stimulated by Mr. Morgan's offer, bought some other house for the Ameri- can ambassador in London, that would be an excellent thing. But probably it will do none of these things. Probably it will refuse Mr. Morgan’s offer and do nothing. Doing nothing is the long suit of this Con- gress. Mr. Morgan is a rich man doing 7 “While there is Life there’s Ho, ING COMPANY as0%, President Epwarp S. Mart Tuomas L. Masson, Manag F, De Editor 9 Editor Sates Casey, drt Editor first Street, New York . Breams Bldgs., London, FE. C. his best to make it convenient for a poor man to be American ambassador at Lon- don, It is natural to expect that Congress will be unwilling to let him suceced. It has never heretofore shown a disposizion to make it convenient for any one except millionaires United States, ground to hope that it to be ambassadors of the and there is not much will now show a change of heart, This time last year, when Mr. Morgan first made his offer, was six months after and Mr. Wilson sull in Paris, working for the Peace and the What a long time the armistice, was League go that was! How far the world has moved away from us since then! This year is 3 like 1016, war, and talking about it, and not able to y out with any We in the doldrums again and wa good deal when we were watching the get in, and not able to st satisfaction of conscience. are caught ting for conventions and campaign cries and elec- tions to demonstrate where we are and how we really feel Probably as a country much until after Election it is possible that after the two conven- tions have met, the politicians may get a we won't do Day, though popular mandate, and we may know little better where we are and be able to Meanwhile, it is a good time to stay at home and hold nd watch how thing shape a course more clearly. ange Mexi- one’s peace, themselves without our assistance. co is making progress of a sort, whether in arrangement or disarrangement is not very clear yet. Carranza is dead, and the friends of Mexico hope for the best. Maybe Obregon is the best; maybe not. The United States is not wearing mourn- ing for Carranza, but there is little re- spect here for killing as a means of chang: To shoot a ruler ever does any good, though in ( ing presidents. hardly case the shooting seems to have be by the retiring President's owr and not at all by order or instiy egon, who is as free to me HE wish of Europe to have t sharein the responsibilities for Arm and the President's recommendat we should undertake it, are fresh rem ers that we have not at present a go ment that They call attention not so much t menia as to the coming conventions | The Republicans will be at work in can do anything in cago by the time this issue of Lire com out, and their proceedings will be interesting than anything that hs pened since Mr. Wilson fell ill last But to forecast their action would: stur all the seventh sons. The candidate not so bad. al Wood is not | Governor Lowden is pretty good. eis highly respectabk Gene’ ernor Coolid: ator Johnson is formidable at le: not in all respects a backward-lo Mr. Hughe course he is a good man, But what Republicans need is not so much carl they should come to dates as for “a sound as of a mighty wind" to descend upon their ering in Chicago, and “ cloven tong’ “to sit on each of them language that can be underst by the va litical family and that will mean Parthians, Me Arabians, Poles, Austrians, British folk and French and a whole lot of dwellers i South America, Mexico and these United States, including some Democrats, are more than ready to hang on the words of the jous members of their own | thing to outsiders. Elamites, Cretes and Germans, comicbooks.com