Life — March 23, 1922 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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called upon the bountiful and courage- ous West for protection from the world’s enemy, received the protection ind is now disposed to haggle about re- warding it. The suggestion is that the East was scared to death by the war, but is now abundantly valiant in holding on to the money. That idea ought to be talked over. The important question about the Bonus is how far the claim for it is a just demand on the country. In so far as it is a just claim it ought to be met, and the best way to meet it is probably President Harding's plan of a sales tax. But if it is not just, it should not be met at all. It is a large matter, much too large to be settled by the mere use of bad language and ex- change of insults. EITHER life nor property is par- 4 ticularly safe in New York just Cartoon Done on a Day of Pessimism now. Underground, folks are liable to be squeezed to death in the subways, and on the surface of the streets to be run over by motor cars, or robbed, and perhaps killed, by gunmen. It seems to be a good deal so in Ire- land, except that in Ireland there is a political complication, and that Ireland has no subways yet, and not enough ac- cessible wealth to make robbery mon as it is here. But the Irish politi- cal complication is troublesome. In Belfast there are political gunmen and in Limerick there is rebellion against the Irish Free State and motions to- wards civil war. But Ireland ought to be able to handle these troubles. Mr. Griffith and Mr. show evidence of having the necessary character and intelligence to do it. The great job for Ireland has been done, and Griffith and Collins, who were leaders in accomplishing it, de- serve Ireland’s support and will doubt- less get it. Ructions are to be expected, but not failure. Ructions between Irish are no great matter, since whoever is beaten the Irish win. HE papers report that James J. Jeffries, lately a prize fighter but now a farmer in Southern California, is about to take tle road on an evan- gelical tour accompanied by a bible ex- pounder in whom he has confidence. The inference is that Jeffries has got religion, which is an excellent acquisi- tion for any one, and particularly for a prize fighter, who needs a_ stronger barrier against the solicitations of a profane life than most men do. A Los Angeles news report says that Jeffries takes the view that tobacco, liquors and profanity are all right in moderation, and that his preaching will accord with that conviction. Some of the regular ministers of Los Angeles are quoted as dissenting from that view, but that does not trouble Jeffries, who feels that his errand is not so much to edify the clergy, as to carry to the plain people the undistorted truth. And for a fact the truth about “to- bacco, liquors and profanity” does need in these days to be set forth without distortion. E. S. M. comicbooks.com