The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-04

10 SAA "a VIZ NIAaA
emit value he found placed upon English poets
in England itself and among foreign nations.
Mr.. KlplinE remarked:
"I2erfectly understand the difference OF
taste. and. therefore. OF judgment, on one and
the same poet By two different people. l only
wonder that now and then agreement does at
all exist. You Germans may understand Eng
lish az far as grammar and dictionary can con-
veyEit to you. but when You translate Justice
by 'Rerechtiekeit.' or virtue BY tuEend.' you
By no means call up by these words the same
idea which the EnRlishman thought Of whom
he wrote down these words. We write. IL Is
true, In letters OF the alphabet, but. psychology
caliy regarded. every printed page Is = picture
book. every word. concrete or abstract, q pic
ture. The picture itself may never come TO
the readers Consciousness. but deep down be-
low. In the unconscious realms. the picture
works and Influences US, and that IL where the
difficulty Lies. Every nation has it's " pic
ture for every word. and this Is passed on I'M
consciously from generation to generation.
The German has quite another kind OF pic
ture for 'EerechtiGkeit. rs the EnRlishman for
Justice Now. every poem contains hun
dreds OF such pictures. It is rather TO be won
deced at that any nation can at all understand
the poetry OF another. and still" he added. re-
fectivsly. the time IL rapidly approaching that
bhV Nhi wa NhC VIZ
From what the interviews heard from Kip
ling.heiwas OF opinion that the Friends OF Peace
will find no difficulty IN winning Mr.. Klpling
- . member OF their society.
The annexation OF one white nation by an
other" ne said. L regard ~ the greatest crime
that . politician can commit Don't annex
white men"
How about the blaeks7"
I am against slavery" was the answer. IF
only for this reason. that the white man be-
comes demoralized by slavery
Distrustful a. he is about himself he Is with
out bounds in his recognition Of others. He
admlres Stevenson warmly. delights in Hen
ley's poetry. He expressed himself in high
praise Of the latest work Of Leonard Merrick.
the actor manager" He interests himself
in all the literary work Of the day, and Is at
home In all the chief movements and side cur
rents In the spiritual life Of England. When
discussing the literary history of England.
which DR.. Kellner has in hand. Mr.. Kipling
said:
IF I had your book to write. I would at
tempt In 4 1nal chapter to discover the path
which may lead from the present chaotic con-
dition OF our literature and that OF the TWEEN
tieth century. 1 would call the chapter. Be
tween Two Epochs.' I feel that we are be-
tween sbb and aood. It Is now lust what sail
Olo SoIA EtSNA AAV We oAS eAhA1 AA SSO
great personality which will unite all the
minor tendencies Of the time and collect all the
partial and petty forces into one power that
will give q new and adequate expression to the
new time"
The interviewer concludes his interesting
article with the question. Is that man still to
come OF Is ne Already nereT
"
some months ago an account was given IN
these columns OF MAJOR seton harrs last e1-
plorat1on OF Somaliland. Rather more than q
year ago he discovered the place OF manurac-
ture OF the majority OF the hint weapons, TOOLS
ana instruments OF various sorts which in pre-
historic times were imported into EUROPE. At
the same time he was convinced mat ne mad
discovered the original cradle OF MANKIND IN
TACT. the Garuen OF Eden OF the scrlpSnres.
Major harr is now on his way from Aden
further to examine the locality. and prove
thoroughly that his view Is correct. Writing
to the Times. Mr.. Markham Adams brings Tor
ward several Arguments TO support Major
harr. AZ long ago as 1881 M Adams suS-
eested. not indeed MAJOR hArrs exact part Oh
somahland. out the lmmeulateiy ad1oinlng
plateau OF central africa as the ers'le OF tne
human race. he tnen pointed out that the
territory Oh Eden was not a dlstrict through
which tour rivers mad their rul course. OUT
was essentially a watershed containing q sin
gle river and-rour neads. And-thus IL eH-
actly corresponds Win the great basin Oh Cen
traI AFRICA containing the single river. the
snar1. toGetner win the neaus oi the tour
great rivers. Lamoesi- Niger Me ana congo.
as described oS MI stanfeT In MS paper oetore
the Berlin 1onterence-
Again. the Garden was not identical with
Eden itself. with which 1t is 50 frequently con-
founded. but was situated in the eastern part
OF it.=and thus exactly corresponds with tho
magnificent paradise or park covering 5000
square miles Of the most Rioriously beautiful
lands in the world full Of all kinds of animai
life. which the same author describes as be-
held from the rocky eminences which lie to the
eastward of the central BASIN Among all the
innumerable pretences at Identification. in
how many are these three simple. but abso-
luteiy essential. features. the single river. the
watershed. and the eastward position OF the
Garden. even recognized. far less fulfilled?
Nor are the minor characteristics less obvious
- ..NTaAaI hTrn 70 Onn HnA An uAlua IS fw@