Show Today Uncle tone Sam Satan Has s No 0 o India The Tue Atheist i Folly Too Little 1 Too Much Muth Not a Strike Just JuH Treason Tre on BY fly J JR BRISBANE Copyright 7 By Dy The Star Company Com pan Britain will do anything to maintain her h r property and prey pres prestige tige In China because she must Three hundred million ruled by b Britain In India are arc watching China and asking them them- themselves themselves themselves selves If Ie four tour hundred million can drive the tho ho British ou au of ot China why can not we drive j them them out of ot India I Because her prestige in Asia and throughout the empire re requires ro- ro requires quires s 's It Britain will wll do what what- whatever ever she sho must to hold her position at trade arid localized authority In India India under treaties long rec rec And the British war de 11 department I nt will bomb born the tho Chinese use all 11 modern war methods If Sf argument falls fails But Dut what about country countr there Is for tor us ue Wo We e have e no empire In Asia staked on our our- ability to coerce China Some big oil Interests are arc involved ol d but those could be bought off for tor less les than any little war would cost coat France and Japan show us ws what should be done don Japan will protest against actions of ot the Chinese mobs but use uso no force torce That Is the tho latest announcement France Trance will look on let Britain attend to China with the help of this country it tc we arc are fools enough nough to create a. a serious quarrel quarrel rel rd with an unfortunate country torn by rc n and civil war var We Ye are friendly to Great Dr- Dr lain aln tam and should like to operate co with the British in maintaining orld peace But we are let us u hope not going to start a a. Chin Chin- Chinese ese so war var to solidify British pre prea- Igo In India Britain has great great influence here Our biggest inter- inter international national banking institution as much British as it 13 is I American and owing to thor the revival of ol Its fortun to England and the big war var war has great Influence with our national administration Millions of or Americans that would pay pa the bills business men of this country whose prosperity unnecessary war would menace are arc interested in this Chinese question In the big war is-ar wo we 0 pulled chest chest- chestnuts chestnuts nuts out of the fire for all Europe to the tuno tune of ten bil bil- billions bil- bil billions lions lons sent abroad and fifty bil bil- billions billions bil- bil billIons lions spent squandered and graft grafted ed cd at home Are we going to spend more billions kill more men because needs to beat China to present present-c her Asiatic prestige and Indian empire The British government it Is said urging this country to join In n coercing China finds our at- at attitude attitude disappointingly vague Lets Let's et's ets hope our attitude will be be- become become come como definite and take this form forn No thanks t We e are not fl fler er lonal SI I. I incurable b chestnut c pullers Vo We Intend to protect our own cItI- cItI z sans ns by taking them out of ot China Then we shall leave o China to the Chinese as as' as wo keep America for Americans If It our British era erB re feel ted that they must most have haYe a Chinese war var that Is their affair We Ve shall neither share it nor fi- fi nanco It tt The Reverend Dr Ir Straton forceful fundamentalist Is suing the tho ho head of at the American Asso Asso- Association Association cletion for tor the Advancement Ad ll Ad cement of Atheism Of Ot all folly foil Atheism Is La Lathe the he greatest If It a passenger on 0 shipboard answers nobody to the he question who runs this ship you ou charitably conclude that he lie hes IllIs lieis Is s feeble f And It Ir th tM thC thC-t t were truth In Atheism which Is inconceivable It would be a hid hid- hideous hideous truths truth depriving humanity of at ofU U Its Its greatest comfort This earth Is a cannon ball hall ex ex- express press going around the sun on a. a mile journey journe every eer year car at a speed exceeding mlles an hour warmed by b a star atar nearly nearl miles away an aa surrounded surrounded-by an ocean of ether ethe at absolute zero z ro Whoever thinks such a a. scheme as that has no engineer should be pitied not sued While since you OU were told tol l our oil wealth will soon soon be exhaust exhaust- ed eeL That helped oil stocks Now ow ho tho question Is What hat on earth shall shaI We e do with all aI the oil new new- oil fields and oil wells that are not so good for tor oil stocks Standard OH Oil of California haS han h drastically cut the price it U pays paa pa for or crude oil cut averaging a 50 cents a barrel Ships and loco- loco IT are aro burning oil oil and its use for tor heating purposes dally daily dall There Thero are oil burners in tho the country now non and another million will soon bo be In use saving trouble for tor the tho ho hand that shakes the furnaces furnace throws In the coal and rakes rak s out the ashes For heating oil compared with coa is like water from a faucet compared with water from froman troman an outside well weli But dont don't sell your oil stock If It they are sound and well wail established established dividend payers The flow flow- flowIng Clo flowing Ing wells will not flow always and the wise companies will con- con conservo conservo servo their oil and later sell for 8 8 a barrel what Is sold now for 90 cents Then there will be the usual too late waiting malting over OHr our national improvidence Great Britain having been badly crippled by a general strike seeks to malta make such strikes Illegal by a II bill recently Introduced In parliament parliament- That ought to be a matter of ot course The right to strike for tor an In Individual In- In individual a group or or an entire union cannot be questioned Such Sucha a II strike U lis at one or more moro employers and If necessary can be controlled by public opinion and antl the tho general law But a general strike Is an ef et- effort et- et fort to starve stano out cripple and coerce the entire nation It Is not no a strike It is treason against a Il nations nation's welfare and should be treated as such A general strike Is as criminal as a general lockout would be J |