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Show THE CITIZEN 8 accusation by Admiral Sims against our navy department ,and he hastens to convict Secretary Daniels as the culprit who was the author of the as soon fight Britain as Germany in- OBSERVATION PLANE I 5niiiiimiiiMummiiuwuwHmMimimuniuiHiiiiHiiimiiiiiHMiiiHHHinmnmtii Pugilism, Bernard Shaw And Arnold Bennett F we can have the Dempsey-Car-pentier prizefight reported In the high fashion adopted by the British press in honor of the Carpentier-Beck-eX tt collision we shall be not only en- tertained but edified. In their characteristic ways Shaw and Bennett describe the great British disaster of Beckett's coming head-ointo Carpentier's right fist. Oh, what a fall was there, my countrymen! - n Bennett is ecstatic with delight be- cause, viewing his first prizefight, he discovered that it was moral and deeply interesting. Anything that is moral and deeply interesting for Arnold Bennett is worth considering, as Arnold is not always interesting himself, and seldom moral. in these There are still old-fogi- es United States who think that pugilistic contests are not refined and elevating. We cannot quote scripture on this point and so must have recourse to Arnold Bennett, who says: I reflected, all solitary in iny own head, upon what, with such magnificent and quiet hospitality, I had been taken to see. Was the show worthy of the. talents and the time lavished on its preparation and accomplish- ment, worthy of the tradition, of the prowess, of the fostering newspapers, of Mr. Cochran? It was. Was it a moral show? It was as moral as an Rugger match. Was it an aesthetic show? It was. Did it uplift? It did. Did it degrade? It did not. Was it offensive? No. Ought the noble art to continue? It ought I had been deeply itnerested. Take that, and that! ye moralists. As always, Bernard Shaw is somewhat of an obscurist. He remarks Inter-Universit- y diaphragm tenue was perfect. We do not happen to know just where Carpentiers diatenue is situated, but we are phragm . willing to bet a modest sum that it wont be there after Dempsey gets his first big wallop at it We have seen him in action and are sure that he holds a solar plexus and a dia- that Carpentiers phragm tenue in equal contempt and would just as leave pound one as the other into a pulp. But how artistic a prizefight is, if we but look at it through aesthetic eyes, these polished sentences of Mr. Shaw reveal: The measurement of distance and such a distance! was exact to an inch, the speed dazzling, the impact like the kick of a thoroughbred horse. Beckett, except for one amazed, lionlike shake of his head, took it like a stone wall; but he was helpless; he had not time to move a finger before Carpentier was back out of his reach. He was utterly out-speede- d. Three times Carpentier did this, each hit more brilliant, if possible, than the last. Beckett was for a moment dazed by the astonishing sue- cess of the attack; in that moment Carpentier sent in a splendidly clean and finished right to the jaw. We note with jealousy that the playwright has observed just how a thoroughbred horse can kick. As for ourselves, we have seen a dray horse kick a hole in a street car, but we . dont suppose a thoroughbred kicks in that vulgar way. We also would take isssue with Mr. Shaw when he says that Beckett was dazed by the astonishing success of the attack. Our close-u- p experience of the prize ring leads us to suspect that it was the wallop that did the dazing and not any symptoms of success that Carpentier displayed about his person. We also think that Mr. Shaw has used the word finished incorrectly. We think he should have said "a clean and finishing right, although most of us who are accustomed to the vulgar jargon of the ring would have preferred to call it a dirty right Horatio Asks If We Are Friends of John Bull T T s time for Great Britain earnest-- A ly to ask if America is our friend, and if it is found she is not, to make plans accordingly. Thus Horatio Bottomley, editor of John Bull, in his towering rage against Americans. Embittered by the decline in exchange and the ever increasing indication that the American dollar is supreme in the world of finance, Horatio strikes at us with a white-ho- t pen. I say deliberately, he rants, the shame of Americas inaction in that fatal hour (the beginning of the European war) would stand forever as aa monument of Infamy before which for centuries to come every decent American must hang his head. Horatio sees his opportunity in the structions. He then proceeeds to denounce us because we fastened our hold upon the markets of the world while England was suffering martyrdom for a He then indulges in great cause. luxurious jeers at the claims of news sheets from Texas to Canada and New York to the Rockies that America won the war. I dont want to talk of our ability to lick America, but I do sincerely ask Is America our friend? If Englishmen feel the way Horatio does, how do we know whether we are their friends? Of course, we tried to do some little things to show our friendship during the war, but puff Horatio blows them down the wind. When we say we won the war we have the Britons own word for it. Did not Balfour and the other envoys who came to us in 1917 assure us in fear and trembling that if we did not v get into the fight the allies were lost? We got in and the war was won. We thought that was a friendly act. We might have taken the side of Germany, crushed the allies and divided the world between Germany and ourselves. But, of course, we cannot tell whether we are friends of John Bull or not. We did our best to show our friendship when John Bull was at his last gasp, but Horatio and his ilk say that was a mere trifle. Sixty thousand slain on the fields of France are some evidence of friendship. And many thousands more who move among us horribly crippled for all tehir agonized lives are additional proof of friendship. Every Dollar Paid For I Insurance in i The Guardian Fire Insurance Company of Utah Stays In Utah IP I The Agency Company f Managers 334 South Main Street SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH !:.eiia..a..i..a..ei.ii.iHiiiii..-.-ieiieiiiHinaiiaeiie.ii.e- ii "At ttii Old Cltik Cornir Banking Perfection Under U. I. Inspection" IS Our Highest Aim i It is nothing, Horatio would say. How, then, are we to prove friend- j ship? We have loaned Britannia ten billion of those American dollars which so infuriate Horatio and recently we remitted the payment of (400,000,000 in interest. Surely that was not a hostile act. How much does it take to win the friendship of John Bull? Is good Horatio angry because we are loth to ratify Article X and guarantee the British Empire for all time? Or is he angry because we have not granted Great Britain that (35,000,-000,00- 0 loan which Sir George Paish proposed? If we refuse to enter into such a scheme it is because, in the long Utah State National Bank Stator Federal Isom But More than over before successful business requires Banking Servico of the broad, permanent character we givoe 3 i (Continued on Page 18.) tMirczzcK antusiana CoJlAtsasn armuwswnisnMiKttt |