Life — April 26, 1923 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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APRIL 26th, 1923 “While there is Life there’s Hope” Published by IFE PUBLISHING COMPANY Vol. 81. 2112 L London Offices, Rolls House, Breams Bldgs. London, E. C, ork HERE are really some signs of improve- ment in human af- fairs. One reads that matters in Ire- land look better; that the railroads are running again pretty well; that murder and destruc- tion are diminishing; that the irreg- ular Republicans are about ready to quit; all good news so far as credible, and optimists will credit it. And out of the Ruhr, along with reports of trouble, sabotage, killings, fines and general ruction, there come rumors of an impending con- ference. Sentiment in France seems divided about the Ruhr policy. Word comes of strong backing for the opinion that the invasion has gone far enough, and that if acceptable terms can be had, France should accept them. The troubles in Ireland interfered with life and made every- body poor. People do not like inter- ference with their daily life nor yet poverty. The French activities in the Ruhr brought in no money and showed no prospect of bring- ing any in; they were bound not to be popular with thrifty Frenchmen very long, and if they are not profit- able to France, opinion in that country in favor of a settlement is sure to increase. HE resounding dispute over the question whether negroes should be admitted to the fresh- men’s dormitories at Harvard has been put in the way of being cleaned up and the companion problem about handling the reported superfluity of Jewish applicants at that college has 598 Madison Avenue, New also been treated. By action of the Overseers and Corporation it was Voted, that up to the capacity of the freshman halls all members of the freshman class shall reside and board in the freshman halls, except those who are permitted by the Dean of Harvard College to live elsewhere. In the appli- cation of this rule men of the white and colored races shall not be compelled to live and eat together nor shall any man be excluded by reason of his color. That action seems to let everybody out of the freshmen dormitories that has a good reason to be excused and to let everybody in that wants to be in, unless the dormitories are full. Harvard will now breathe easier, which is a good thing, but a better thing is that the problem has been settled right. As for the sifting of candidates for admission, a commit- tee appointed by President Lowell re- ported against any other step than the elimination of inferior students by stiffening the entrance requirements. HE drive against the peonage system in Florida, which has been led by the World, has been tak- en up by the other newspapers and is going strong with abundant publicity. It is a good work. Years ago there was an immense row about the lum- ber camps in Michigan, resulting in an improvement in the conditions of life in those camps. Out of this storm of remonstrance about peonage in Florida and other Southern states will also come improvement. All penal institutions in all parts of the country need constant watching. The people inside of them have lost the power of self-protection, and sub- stitutes for it are very, very diffi- cult to provide. The execution of a Catholic prel- ate in Russia has made a stir and at- tracted attention to the apparent aim of the Soviet Government to destroy all religion in Russia. In that pur- pose the Soviet masters have taken a large contract, and observers will more than ever consider that they are riding to a fall. UT of all hopeful things the most hopeful that has happened has been that Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania has come out for the League of Nations. That is a very inspiriting sign of the times. It means that intelligent Republicans like Pepper and Borah have come to feel that the League is inevitable and that it is the part of political wisdom to join it and have it over. To be sure Senator Pepper wants a modi- fied League; one that will mediate and not coerce. He objected to the Wilson League and he does not with- draw his objections, but apparently out of the information furnished by Lord Robert Cecil of the actual working of the League as it now exists, he has become convinced that as a practical working organization it is safe to join, and that the cove- nant can be amended to conform with the League as it exists and works, and that if it is so amended, the United States ought to sign on. If our leading politicians with the kind of brains that Mr. Pepper is furnished with, have reached the conclusion that it is desirable for us to join the League before beginning to elect a new President, there is not likely to be any trouble about amend- ing the documentary part of the League so that they can accept it. E. S. Martin. comicbooks.com