Show Released by Western Newspaper Union A FEW T THOUGHTS ANENT BRITAIN AND FRANCE FRANCEIN I IN 1918 WHILE World War I was wason wason wason on I went to Europe I sailed from fromI I New York on a British transport with all the feeling of f affection for forI I France of an American schoolboy I I had learned reverence for France from school histories and from the same source I had learned to twist the tail of the British lion at every I opportunity I In France I 1 met and talked with I people of every social strata from rom the president cabinet members officers officers of of- of the army and the cab I ers While there I lost all my afI affection af af- I for France and the French people No single Frenchman had hac haca hadJ J f a kind word for any soldier of any I army of the allies other than the I French They did not recognize any other force as being engaged in the war While we in America were eating dark bread and doing without without without with with- out meat a portion of the time you yoi could get the best of white bread and the best of meats In any quantity quantity quan quan- tHy at any French restaurant a at II any and all times I They looked upon the soldiers o of other nations fighting in France as asa asa asa a source of profit for themselves The American soldier paid more for what he bought than any other soldier soldier sol sol- sol sol- dier because he had more money The French were selfish taking althey all al they could get and giving as little as possible Just the reverse was true in England England England Eng Eng- land and I returned to America after the close of the war with the greatest possible admiration for the English government and the English people and a radical dislike for France and the French people There may be good Frenchmen and Lafayette was one of such If we owed anything to France because of Lafayette we paid it The French people and the French government today are showing their true colors We can well afford to forget our affection affection affection af af- for France We should revise revise revise re re- re- re vise our school histories A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED OLD REVIVAL NOW NEEDED WHAT AMERICA again badly needs is responsibility to a Christian God That statement was made to me mea a year ago by Daniel Schuyler a prominent Chicago attorney A good old-fashioned old revival with all America on its knees at the mourners bench would come nearer nearer to putting this nation back on onan an an even keel than any political dogma he continued It would squelch the growing class consciousness I It would stop the mad craze for wealth and position It would cause each of ofus ofus ofus us to think of his fellow man in terms of Christian charity It would restore our belief in the cardinal cardina virtues Yes we need more than i anything else a good old fashioned revival I know Daniel Schuyler very well He is not what I would call a religious religious religious re re- re- re man and I am not sure that he is a member of any church He Heis Heis Heis is a student of government and ordered ordered ordered or or- dered society and was thinking of that good old-fashioned old revival from the standpoint of its effect on our relation to government He saw in religion in a feeling of responsibility responsibility responsibility to a Christian God a vital part in our philosophy of govern govern- ment I was reminded of that statement by Daniel Schuyler a few days ago when W. 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O Hart editor of the Orange Calif Daily News said to tome tome tome me The American people should again get back to that sublime faith in a Supreme Being which was the guiding beacon of our forefathers We need to feel a responsibility toa to toa toa a Creator in order that we may have havea a feeling of responsibility to our government and to our fellow men Such a condition would save the civilization we know We need to tomake tomake tomake make sacrifices but to do that we need an aroused spirituality Both men one in Chicago and the other in California were seeing the subject from a governmental viewpoint Both see in a good old- old fashioned revival a n means of saving saving saying sav say ing American civilization as we have known it If you will analyze the statements of these two individuals you will find they represent an ideal philosophy philosophy philosophy philos philos- ophy of government THE PEACE RUMORS may all allbe allbe be German propaganda but Hitler HiUer would not be averse to a negotiated peace while he can cnn dictate the terms He would undoubtedly be satisfied if allowed to keep what bebas he be helas has bas las with a few colonies thrown in inor for or good measure WIDE TAX RANGE FIVE STATES STATES New New York New Jersey Rhode Island Florida and California have California have a per capita state and local government indebtedness of from for California to for New York In Iu n four states Kentucky tates Kentucky Wisconsin Georgia Georgia Georgia Geor Geor- gia and Indiana the Indiana the per capita apita indebtedness is under 50 There is isa isa isa a wide range between the in New York and the in Ken Ken- tucky There is a wide range too in per capita income |