Life — July 15, 1920 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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MAYBE WE COULD LOSE DO YOU MIND, TOMMY, IF J SUBSTITUTE THE PITCHER FOR THE CUP? Uncle Sam: THIS RACE Even— HEY stood by the shore and watched the waves, Even as you and I; They counted the stars as each appeared, Even as thee and thy. They saw the light of the moon, Even as her and him, They watched the feathery clouds go by, Making the moonlight dim. shimmery They talked of love on that summer night, Even as us and we; Together they stood with hands clasped tight, Even as you and me. They spoke of the future with hearts athrill, Even as thee and thou Their dreams were rosy. Of conrse youwill Recall them even now. The same old moon—the same old waves, Up to their same old tricks, Trying their best to entangle them In the very same old fix. He held her close as they kissed good- night— There’s nothing under the sun But someone has gone and done it before, Even as we have done. Virginia H. Pendleton. Those Grabby Poles THe United presumably kindly and possibly well- States is sprinkled with intentioned persons who are devoting large amounts of time to denouncing the Poles for working out into territory which does not belong to them in their brisk little war against the Bolsheviks These Poles are land-grabbers, and that they ought to be persons say that the ashamed of themselves, and that they are Why, they ask passionately, don’t the Poles stay on too militaristic for words. their own side of the fence, where they belong? The answer is so simple that the Poles seem to consider a reply un- necessary. The Poles make a great mis- take in not answering; for if people get it into their heads that Poland isn’t be- having as she ought to behave, they will clamor clamorously to have all assistance withheld Poland. When that oc- curs, Russia can from Germany and gaily squeeze Poland out of business between them, as they are hoping to do in the very near future, and hold hands tenderly over the remains. The reason why the Poles have advanced into territory which the Peace Conference didn’t give them is as follows: The full strength of the Bol- shevik army is over two million men. The full strength of the Polish army is something under one million men. If the Bolsheviks should throw their full strength against the Poles, it is only rea- sonable to assume that the Poles would he pushed back. If they adhered to the boundary which is generally regarded as their tern boundary to-day, and if the Bolsheviks attacked them in force and pushed them back, there soon wouldn't he any Poland, for it would have been pushed out of business, So the Poles advance into territory out of which they pushed the Bolsheviks, the idea being that they can fight the Bolsheviks pushed back and back and be and back without heing pushed out of their own country. As long as the world is interested in hav- ing an armed force stand between the Bolshevik army and Europe, it should tender a vote of thanks to the Polish General Staff, instead of criticizing the Poles for heing grabby. Incidentally, any general who failed to follow the tactics which the Poles have followed would be court-martialed and long before sunrise. And inciden- tally—but not so very incidentally—any argument based on the militaristic nature of the Poles, or their land-grabbing pro- pensities, is a pro-Bolshevik argument. Kenneth L. Roberts. deserve to shot also comicbook@eorml