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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1921.
ADMIRAL SIMS' INDISCRETION
Aumirai v imam s. Sims seems to
;have made one of hi characteristic
messes of it. It's novjnearly fifteen
years since Tart as President : found
it necessary to reprimand him for us
ing language in an address, unbecom
ing an American naval officer: and ever
since that episode Sims has been like
some volcanos in a periodical state of
eruption.
The News holds no brief for the Irish
sympathizers on this side the water.
It is by no means rushing to their
defense if defense they need. They
are able to take plenty of care of them-
, selves. What we would call attention
to is the expediency of muzzling in
some fashion or other this gallant and
undeniably able sailor who allows his
fluency so frequently to run away with
his Judgment. We think that hundreds
who in this particular instance might
not violently disagree with what Sims
had to say in London on Tuesday would
approve of somewhat deeper silence on
his part.
Sims is, by virtue of the position he
holds, representative. His commission
in the United States Navy lends weight
to whatever he may choose to' say-
much greater weight we dare say than
his personal record, good as -that Is
-wouia iurnisn. When he is at home
his vagaries of speech do not amount
to much, though they are scarcely in
suuu iasie. vvnen ne stands in the
capital of another land and raises his
voice it is as though one having au
'thorny did so.
He seems constitutionally prone under
;;such circumstances to stir questions
,-that might as well be left unstirred:
,-This he did in his recent utterance
-auu repiy or tnose in authority who
sagree with his views was prbmnt
McCormick in the Senate and Ryan of
New York in the House at once carritd
resolutions for. investigations, - despite
the fact that Secretary of the Navy
.xienoy has already started the some
what slow-moving departmental . mach
inery in motion towards the same end,
Admiral Sims is quoted by the cables
in strange comment upon this action
I stand by all I said, every worof
:it," he is quoted as saying, "I shan't
rrepuoiate a single word I said and
TOTTERING ON THE TIGHT WIRE
A . tight wire artist may step ; his
precarious way in safety as long as
his physical equipment is up to stan
dard. . When his eyes or his stomach
or his neveres begin to wobble, it's
time for him to look out.
In some such situation at present,
according Jo all appearances, is David
Lloyd-George, prime minister of Eng
land, whose physician has ordered him
to , take a complete rest or take dire
consequences.
The little Welshman is the only one
Of the "Big Four", who bore the weight
of a world's responsibilities at Paris two
years ago, who still sits in the seat of
the powerful. Wilson, Clemenceau, Or
lando, have each gone the way of all
the political earth into retirement.
His retention of power, it is loudly
asserted by his foes, has been due to
maneuvers not unlike the twistings of
a wire-walker. His dearest friends
have the fact to face that after a quar
ter of century's arduous fighting in
the ranks of the Liberals, he is at pres
ent master of the House of Commons
by grace of the votes of a coalition the
majority of ' whose votes are cast from
Unionist benches.
Meantime With all of the maneuver-,
ings and twistings, his hold on power
is visibly shaken. Only this week . a
bye election in a division of Westminis
ter, long held by a supporter, has gone
to an opponent by a majority of near
2,000 in a total vote of less than 13,-
000. The Irish mess, the coal strike, the
alleged wastefulness of the government
are all having their effect in breaking
down Lloyd-George's political fences-
It is a parlous time for him to indulge
in that complete rest which seems re
quisite if his life is to be materially
prolonged.
-JjloyjJ-George'c career has been
unique. The details are familar to every
body, in itself no small achievement
for the son of a poverty-stricken miner,
whose rise to prominence has been ef
fected without adventitious aids of any
kind. Despite the bitterness :his meth
ods and certain of his purposes have
aroused in his own country his place
in history is secure; for his name will
be - inseparably linked with the crush
inij of the Hun onslaught on civili
zation.
THE. VACANT POST
Has Harding abandoned all intention
of appointing Taft to the Chief Justice
ship, supposing he ever harbored such
an intention? The talk emanating from
Washington, connecting the names first
of Associate Justice McKenna and then
of Associate Justice Day with the ap
pointment, would seem to indicate that
the ex-President is no longer being con
sidered. To hosts of his fellow citizens,
among whom are ' counted thousands
and thousands of Democrats, Taf t's
accession to the most dignified judi
cial post in the country would be en
tirely pleasing. His personality is so
shot through with amiability as to
call forth answering amiability towards
himself. ; He might have been the ori
gin though naturally he was not of
the expression "all the world loves a
fat man".
His administration, looked backed
upon at the expiration of a decade or
so, stands up pretty well. The animos
ities it aroused have been softened,
its achievements and not a few of
them were very solid are beginning to
be recognized.
Of his ability to measure up to the
vrv hlp-h rpnuirptripnts of th C.hiot
" -i sum in Donas, plus $750,000,000 repre
Justiceship or of the high character I renting Belgium's debt to the Allies,
which he would carry with him to the I rom the total must be deducted the
post, we do not suppose there exists
a shadow of a doubt the country over.
Considering that a Republican is sure
to be appointed, we ' suppose Taft is
about as acceptable to the Democrats
as any man that could be named. It
may be his unpopularity with certain
of his own political faith will be the
boats and went to his rescue.
LITTLE INTEREST
IN BOND ISSUES
First Lot of German Bonds
Will be Offered Public
J Shortly After July 1.
BY CHARLES McCANN,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
,jjonan. Jun in "A -soon as is
practicable" after July-1, the first lot effort was made to &2?:
-, , .. i ill men irom mo iieiu. ukuiucu om"
ux. ucimajy b $tf3,UUU,UUU,UUl repara
tions bond issue will be offered to the
world in the open market.
So far, there in little to be learned
as to when "as soon as praeticabl
means.
-The first instalment of the bonds
$,uuu,ouo,000 will be delivered to the
reparations commission on July 1. A
second instalment i due November I
or $9,500,000,000. At the same time
Crermany is to deliver a third series, to
talling $20,500,000,000 to be held with
Out coupons until the reDarations com
mission decides Germany is able to pay
interest and sinking fund from her
stated annual payments of $500,000,00 J
ana a .6 per cent tax oh her exports.
. That represents a. total of S33.000;.
000,000 to be delivered. Not all of thase
win be issued. The ultimatum to Ger.
many provided for payment of this
sum in bonds, plus $750,000,000
BOATS FEARED BOMB j
AND LET MAN DROWN
Hampton, Va,,, June, 10. Private
Thomas J. Mulligan, regarded as one
of the most expert paracnute jumpers j
at langley ieia, was arowneu i"
Thursday when his parachute was
caught in an adverse wind current and
within a few feet- of the ground car
ried him into Back River.
Boats in the vicinity reported having
mistaken the falling parachute for a
bomb exploding in thewater and no
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final bar to his promotion
The death of Miss Bromwell, the lady
who broke the loop-the-loop record, so
shortly after she accomplished her dar
ing achievement, followed so immediate
ly by the sad deaths of two cadets on
Langely Field, indicates that flying is
not yet the safest vocation in the
world, even if there are no longer
Gothas in the sky to add to the na
tural perils of that vasty deep.
CHEERING NEWS
V
The defeat of a judiciary ticket, in
the city of Chicago, sponsored by Mayor
Ruthlessly supplanting his long-time William Hale Thompson, will cause sat-
chief, Asquith, in December 1916. with- hsfaction to thousands of Americans
in two years he witnessed the signing who know, nothing, and if possible care
of the armistice. It would be as ab-w ahnnt rhinn mtmioi rm,-
surd to deny him all credit in the bring
ing about of the defeat of the enemy
as it would be to assign credit to him
alone. He played his part and the role
was successful. ,
Lloyd-George is still on this side
of three score but his life has been a
ThompscJn's name is inextricably mix
ed, in the minds of the general pub
lic, with a course ofx pro-Germanism
before 1917 and an opposition to the
due prosecution of the war in and af
ter that year- His thoughts are not
as the real Ameican s thonuffhts and
amount Germany has already paid in
reparations so far, $2,000,000,000.. The
total to be Issued will h rnuirhlv $.1!
750,000.
-ine reparations commission will
await a favorable opportunity to open
me nrsc or the bonds to the market-
according to plans: Though procedure
nas not J5een definitely decided unnn.
it is thought they, as the central srov-
erning special body will be formed, corn-
pi ising aeiegates from bond holdin
countries
.ine Donas represent Oermanv's tn.
tal reparations deHt and th
vaiue wm be aportioned by the com
mission among Allied and associated
countries to whom reparations are due
.ine ooiuuon contemplated is to nr,
inn ine recipients of the bonds to fin
most of the mafketing, or to hold the
uunas as iney . choose. In this case
precautions will be taken against pos
sioie dumping" by some country will,
ing to accent too low
mem.
It is believed the first lot market ..nl
will total from $50,000,000 to $500,000.-
uuu. .mere i no- authoritative est:.
mate so far, though it is certain the
marketing will be as soon and as fn-
as great an amount as the commission
inings possible.
-
financiers so far have shown ntt:
mierest m the issue. What little thou-
have said about them has heen
imauu, ana wnue they retain this att-
iuae ana tfte bond market remains bad.
ll is unilKelV the new-horn rnf.-i.
uauy win De sent out to earn mony
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-oiaiesvnie, - June 10. The A'ni7n
M-eu a riuie Uiass Of the. F rst Asn.
strenuous one since he first learned his actions brought him very close to Jte Reformed Church are erecting, a
ceo xiuLnxng un-American Jn :t, even
If Senator McCormick does,
We do not think the Americanism or
:un-Americanism of Sims' words consti
itutes the crux of the question. It is
;the Americanism or un-Americanism of
;his taking upon himself to speak upon
sucn a- topic at all. He has rights of
private opinion that are inviolate, but
ins ranK and military oath, eapress-
:iy or implicitly, . preclude him from
.voicing those opinions in an official ca
pacity, and it is a matter of practical
impossibility for him to dissociate his
private and official status as far as pub
iic speaKing is concerned. An Admiral
ne is and as an Admiral he must speak-
The newly formed Dilworth Civic
Club, under the alert and intelligent
Jeadership of its president, Hugh Mur
rill, Jr., will find a wide field of use
fulness open to it and will doubtless
prove a valuable addition to . the or
ganized activities making the Charlotte
of today into the Charlotte of tomorrow."
FLAG DAY
The occurrence next week of Flag
Day makes timely the suggestion that
a few moments be devoted to reflec-tion.on.-the
meaning of the symbol. The
American flag stands for the giving of a
chance to every man, woman and child
to -make the best of their opportunities
a- stands for the orderly processes of
government, for the rule of .the will of
the majority, duly ascertained. ' it
stands,, m ,the. words of one whose name
is a symbol like unto the flag itself
euveiument oi tne people, by the
peopie ana for the people".
The American flag is bathed in mem-
uucs wucn mane it inexpressibly pre
vious io mose nappy enough to own
its allegiance. A continent conquered
a great civilized state built vyri(
orooa or ! heroes J on
touwiess neIas from Lexington to Chat
jeau Thierry and the Argonne all these
are maeiibiy entwined with the colors.
Possibly we are not yet too far from
times that tried men's souls to feel these
things. Pretty sure It is that there
lie in front of us soon or late other
prises in which the old flag will again
audibly spell to us the best hopes of
humanity. To think on these things
occasionally i3 not .unprofitable ,--w , i
io wane, ana nis moors nave been in
creasingly" exacting. His work as a prl
vate member of the House of Commons
was a man's size job. When he came
to shoulder, some five or six years
hefore. the outbreak of Armageddon, the
main responsibility for the Liberal
party's great program of social legis
lation, and incidentally a largo part
of the brunt of its fight on the House
of Lords, he faced about two men's
task.
Then Potsdam turned destruction
loose upon the earth and the crux of
England's participation in world de
fense lay for a time at least in the
ministry of munitions. This post was
"wished on" Lloyd-George and he filled
it at the expense of soul-harrowing toil
such as even he had never known be
fore. ; '
His duties as Prime Minister can
hardly have given him much oppor
tunity fer rest during the prolongation
of the war and it is a common opinion
that the problems of post-war Britain
are of an acuter description than any
she knew while her boys were in the
trenches.
With such a record of work, no won
der the physical man is showing signs
-Of ; breaking t under the strain- No
wonder his physician warns him that
he must stop or die. Nevertheless the
whole world would unquestionably be
surprised if physical disability should
be the final cause of his retirement.
He has the strong, clever, efficient man's
love of power and he'll probably hold
on to it at whatever actual or poten
tial cost in physical pain.
the jeopardy which was the lot of
those who failed to respond to the
calls of patriotic duty.
It has always been a matter of won
der that Chicago hasn't repudiated him
long since. Possibly all grades and
labels, of politicians in the Windy City
the residence of "Bath House" John
and "Hinky Dink" are so utterly rot
ten that the city, like the fox in the
fable, hesitated to drive off the feast-
ting flies of the Thompson faction, -for
fear of the .settling down ofan equally
pestiferous horde whose appetities
might prove sharper. Whatever the
situation, Thompson seems to have "got
ten his" in this latest election and got
ten it "good and proper". What little
of significance outside of Chicago the
incident holds, is distinctly of good
omen.
building behind the church for the use
ui me class. The building win i,e
known as the 'Cabin" and Is 30x60 feet."
T4- StSlvt A . n - n - , -
-- viivamo a, mam auditorium ,ind a
hiicnenette for serving suppers. The
ciass was organized two and a. hnif
months ago with twelve members- now
the- enrollment is seventy-five with a r
average attendance of 45 and 50. At
torney .Harry P. Grier is teanher. r.iri
Axley, secretary, and W. L. Pope, treas
urer. For some time the rlass h
been holding its weekly meetings in
the- Woodmen hall. They expect to
h61d their first meeting in the "Cabin"
next Sunday.
The vast majority of the press of the
country having wisely fought shy f
publishing the "slacker list", the old
Congressional Record decides to rush
in where angels, and 'perhaps others
frankly confess that they fear to tread
And that too, when the Congressional
Record is one of the few publications
in the world not the" least bit interest
ed in the publicity attendant upon
red hot libel suit.
TCI TXT 1TT APf(T1
OF THE GOVERNMENT
According to an official publication
of the Treasury Department,
one's spending money shrank $1.99 in
Washington, June 10. One American,
small boy, his only known name be
ing "Mike," . is waiting at Liege, Bel
gium, for the huge machinery of the
united States government to find
home for him. He was found. With
everylyvorn -clothes and without monev. on
a road near the city last January ahd
the last year. Judeine- frnm .ati.i.fi told the American consul he had lived
i rr j. m i l .
personal and private sources of infor
mation, that figure is a pitifully ridi
culous -underestimate.
in Trenton, Texas, but was sent away
on a cattle ship by an older brother
because he had fought with another
boy.
Mike" traveled' to Paris with cow
boys fifcm the ship, the consul's report
to ine state JJepartment said, and
a table in a cafe while
NET GAIN DOUBTFUL
The city of New York had Babe Ruth Uln f
ine home run hero arrested the other the cowbova went out "to ae th tAt"
aay for speeding. As it was the Bam-lThey never came back and Paris een-
binos second offense, the law prescribed I darmes turned "Mike" over to the Am-
that a term of imprisonment as well
as a fine must be imposed.
Six hours . it appears constitute a
technical "day" in the. courts of New
York. Such a period Ruth languished
in durance vile. The moment rllfl con.
erican army of occupation on the Rhine
as a mascot,
An order forbidding mascots deoriv-
ea MiKe of that refuge. He trudir
ed away to Belgium as an international
wair
Now, Trenton. Texas, has disowned
him. The consul wrote the noatmaater
tence had been completed he leaped into tnere who said the young traveler was
uia Hia-cmne ana tore for the Polo
Urounds, arriving in time to insert him.
self into the game in the sixth inning
1. 1L. . -
vo ine uncontrollable and most vocif er
Ana 4 a! S .m-I-X. . m a
vo ucirjjni. oi thousands of fans, a
reporter who timed him avows that he
made the nine miles , from the hoose-
gow to the diamond in just nineteen
minutes, which must have been some
what of a jar to the speed , law whose
vmoication had just been accomplish
ed by his six hours' imprisonment.
Nnw tlna a .
.. v..v vxi-jr was most Kind, even
if it had to be chastising. When Ruth
maae his nine-mUes-fn-nineteen-minutes
dash, sitting beside him was a police
court official for -the special purpose of
seeing: to it that the "Babe" didn't fret
murine tons or the traffic sauad he.
fore he reached the game.
TTTI I
wnat we want to know is wheth
it wouian t have been more tmw
up" to say the least to have'laue-he
at ine nrst violation and passed it by,
rather than carefully and most teoh!
nicallyto have punished it, only to
instigate another violation of the same
statute in which the city, or certainly
an official thereof, was particeoa nrim.
unknown. The State Department sairj
he was not "Mike" Gillhooly, the Bel
gian stowaway of a few months, "and
maae puonc tne tale- m the hope that
somebody might claim him. v . ; .
By way. of description, the consul said
"Mike" had a distnet Bowery tahr to
his tongue. .
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