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AUGUST 21, 1924, “While there is L Publ there’s Hope” LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY Curartes Dana Crasox, President $98 Madison Avenue, English Offices, Rolls House, Bream going to be Irish vote again in the com- ing election, and it may be a serious factor. The Irish Republicans are backing La Follette Judge Cohalan, who has been a supporter of the Free State, is quoted as dissatisfied with Candidate Davis because he is too friendly to England. Doubtless there will be other Irish voters who take that view. If they normally Democrats they — will switch to Mr, Coolidge, but enough will trail off to La Fol- APPAR ZNTLY there is ay are hard| likel. lette. And now intrudes in the timeliest way, but pily at the beginning of the campaign and not at the end of it, a difficulty in Ireland over the Ulster boundary, which may be very trouble- some, so that any one who is addicted to anxieties about Ireland or the Irish has rather more than usual to go on, But i about For one thing the Irish vote is not go- ing to be solid anybody. The voters of Irish derivation in this coun- t healthy state at other enjoy. Not all of them will have it in for Mr. Davis because he got along well in London, nor for Mr. Coolidge because the representatives of his administration in London have been working night and day in apparent harmony with British statesmen and experts to put the Dawes Plan through, bring back peace to Europe and in- cidentally diminish unemployment in Great Britain. Even Mr, La Follette cannot safely be counted on as an en- emy of England. He is credited with ‘common international action let us not yield to anxi Irish votes; certainly not yet. for try nowa of politics voters being for to promote the economic recovery of Le Roy Mirter, Sec’y end Treas. ew York s Bldgs., London, E. C. the world,” and that is hardly consist- ent with ferocity of intention towards the venerable British lion. So all things considered, Irish may wish in the coming election here to twist that animal's tail may find it hard to discover where to take hold. One thing is true nowadays of both the considerable parties here, aswell as of the p: al groups now in power in it Britain: they want the reason- such voters as able Irish to be satisfied politically if it * is possible. They want Ireland to pros- per and be happy, and to stay out of American politics. Opposed to that idea are the interests of such American papers as the /rish HWorld, whose ex ence apparently depends on keeping up the fight with England, and maintain- ing under all circumstances the tradi- tion of Ireland's wrongs. Their job has been growing more and more diffi- cult, but the Ulster boundary trouble may help them a little for the moment, d with an election pending here they ought to ha liv and_ profitable summer, HE stern voters being imper- fectly acquainted with Brother Charles Bryan, he seems to feel it in- cumbent on him to get them into com- munication with his mental processes. That's all right. Many of us want to know him better. He is not yet Vice- President and so has not yet taken the political veil, and as Governor of Ne- braska he is the spokesman of a sover- eign state and entitled to give voice when circumstances warrant it. The exceptions he took to the De- fense Day requests that he received from the War Department and_ its local representatives showed careful discrimination. He assented to every- thing he thought was right, and de- clined to order some things that h thought were wrong. He approved « what scemed to belong to defense ar disapproved of what savored too mucl of “mobilization.” In so doing 1 showed himself neither pacifist nor militarist, and the War Department promptly gave out that the orders | had issued in Nebraska were all that were necessary to carry out its p Mr, Davis, charged with beit barrassed by his associate on the ticke promptly declared that he wasn’t em barrassed at all, but agreed with Gov ernor Bryan. So, on the whole, Brother Charles scems to have done a good jo since he captured a front-page plac in all the newspapers, made everybod look at him and discuss his action, an led observers gently to the sugges! that he was not r suffering any serious mental ailment, but ha brains that functioned, and could v them. Under the circumstances, an with Republicans everywhere, in prit and out, pointing to Brother Charles : a fearsome possibility, this was quite worth-while exploit. SoCOSCSSs HAPPILY for every one now aliy the Dawes Plan seems to be goi: through. One of the strong points i the candidacy of Mr. Davis is that a President he would be freer in policic of co-operation with rope than Mr Coolidge can be. Doubtless the present administration recognizes that. Anyhow it is going to the limit of its tether t get somewhere with Europe while 1! road is still open, and with the Senat not in session and Mr. Lodge in th hospital it seems to be doing pretty well confining itself as strictly as possible to not subject to ratification bh Congress, but employing in its work all the talents at its disposal, includin those of Secretary Hughes and Am bassador Kellogg. Mr. Lodge has been ill, and has had some operations and happily is much better. It was his physical man tha the surgeons dealt with. His ment Prepossessions are unaffected so far as is known. Senator Reed of Missouri has also been ill, and he is better, too. and may become vocal again at any time. But meanwhile a good deal oi earnest work is being done in Europe E. S. Martin. action comicbooks.com