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APRIL 7, 1921 “While there is Life there's Hope” Published by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY VOL. 77. No. 205 London Offices, Rolls House, Breams Bldgs, London, E. C. i the headlines of the news- papers there are jthe usual evidences of disquictude all over the world; a great deal of it in France about the collection of war dam- ages from Germany; a good deal in Ger- many over this same question; loads of it in England about Ireland and everything ; much in Russia, some in India, a good deal in this country because taxes are so high and business so reluctant. The farm- ers are very sad. Our crops last year were too big for their markets and prices generally of agricultural products were very seriously below the cost of produc- tion. It looks as though we should not raise so much to eat this year. Farmers want a tariff on food, but as no one is trying to sell us any food, except perhaps Canada a little, it does not appear how the tariff can help the farmers. [COMVALE SCENT WARD UROPE is much we not hold harder to help out the world. Sir Philip Gibbs declares that the future of the world depends upon the leadership that it is able to get from the present ad- ministration in this country. He wants President Harding to get right in again with the rest of mankind. He wants the United States to take the leadership of the world, which he’ thinks is waiting for us. These sentiments Sir Philip disclosed in a farewell address at a dinner given to him on March 21st by the Allied Loyalty League. He spoke in that address of the annoyed because do take 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York Madison Square Garden meeting to pro- test against another meeting and demon- strate that the spirit that carried the United States into the war was not dead. Of the Madison Square Garden meeting Sir Philip said: It made me think of that day three years ago when everything looked black “when everything we had fought for seemed menaced. That was in March, 1918. Then one day down the road came a new flag—a flag we'd not seen much of, It came down the old shell- torn roads, past the dead trees and finally into the firing line. And the shadow of the menace that had been so terrible passed. It is good to be reminded of that day three years ago when the new flag came down the road in France. It is good to have the spirit that sent that flag poked up from its long sleep and reminded that it is not dead. At this writing M. Viviani is on the way here from France to see how much of the old light is left here, and one hears that one coming from Eng- Well, at least they will get ybe our President, who there is some land, too. a hearing, and ma wants so much to make every one happy and harmonious, will be able to cheer them up. The present English Government is for resumption of trade with Russia. On that subject Herbert Hoover, the new Secre- tary of Commerce, speaks so positively that one infers that he represents the new administration. He says there cannot be any trade with Russia to amount to any- thing so long as the Bolsheviki control it. Under their system, he thinks, there can be no real production in Russia, and there- fore Russia will have no considerable com- modities to export and consequently no great ability to obtain imports. That sounds like sense. But possibly Lenine’s government is cracking. It looks though there is nothing on which to form so, an opinion except what the papers print, and there is still plenty of disagreement in the stories they give us. But if anyone has trustworthy information, it should be Hoover, and when Hoover says that the trade with must wait, believe that it is true. These matters touched upon are only a Rus: one can few of the disquietudes that are agitat- There are lots more. The whole state of it is anxious and uncertain, ing the world. People do not know what to count on or by what means they should get where they ought to be going. A great many people have reasonable views about where they should arrive and about how the world should be reordered, and they are not unreasonable in expecting too much But as to means and time no one can tel much of anything. 9 ALAAT PASHA was assassinated Berlin on March 16th. Talaat shared with Enver Pasha the distinction of being the chief murderer of the Armenians. The: Turk Triumvirate. An Armenian revo- lutionist killed Talaat, making a careful and thorough job of it. Nothing has been done for the assassin as yet; and nothing has been done to him, except to lock him up. He committed a breach of order, and in Berlin they have got back no doubt, some of their old-time punctili- ous regard for public order. But beyond the breach of the peace, the action of the assassin can hardly shock anyone. It may not do any good to kill Talaat, but at least it will’ be felt that the revolutionist meant well. Wh pointing and so seldom seems to cure were both members of the Young public is it that assassination is so disap- comicbooks.com