The sun., 1908-01-19
SHAW 'LAMBASTES NORDAU
TRE.K SILLOGYSWS HURLED ar
DEGENERATION ENPERT.
IOndOn's Merry Playwright HAS side slap
~ I.OmbrOsO- Roberts on Britain Army
Needs -SerlO-s Omlc AndrOn'eslAa- Aa--BaIl
IN Honor OI Druce Case Collapse.

NeeNls -AfFhA-A OUhhC NuslEDuNfNuAA-ahA ahAbt
IN Honor OI Druce Case Collapse.
.,pcciaI Gable Dssp0ich 70 Tak SUN.
IoNuoN. Jan. is.-When EIch men a.
bernard Shaw auNi Max Nordau get angry
End say hard things about each other the
rrorary atmosphere becomes scintinating.
TIE cause Of their present quarrel is of TO
consequence, but they have been exchang-
,ng open letters in the FrGnkfdrisr ZsiiWRG.
elch more venomOus than the last. Here
4, an extract from Shaw's latest retOrt
uOurteous
you are, l notice. little hewildered by
The extraordinary saddenness and cOTr-
nictcness OF your demolition. But tho
secret Of il is very simple. My knowledge
, art is derived from study and also from
the production Of works Of art. You find
his process too tedious. You prefer to go
- your master. LombrosO. and ask his
ouuion.
He having studied nothing at first
hand hut criminal lunatics. has made the
discovery that criminal Mnatics are human
beings You have made the discovery that
men of genius are human beings also
Therefore because things that are equAl
10 the same are equal to one another you
conclude that men Of genius are criminal
lunatics.
"lou are so convinced Of the soundness
81 your argument that you take It for
granted that ] apply il to yourself as
follows: Jesus Christ was murdered by
.lews Nordau is one Of the Jews. There
lore Nordau is a God murderer You
SAY that I must have meant this when
mentioned that you are a jew. But why
should | not argue the other way? Jesus
Christ was a Jew. He called those who
disagreed with Him ieblings and other
hard names. Therefore NOrdau is a rein
carnation Of Christ.
Il told you in my essay that | could prove
YOU to be an elephant by the same logic
hat has convinced you that Wagner was
an nattentive dreamer. have been
better than my word and have proved you
to be ttN founder Of Christianity instead.
-This~reminds me- that you have given
up your contention that Wagner was nOt
practical man. You admit the force of
nv contention that he could not have
built the Bayreuth Buchnenfestspielhaus il
he had been the inlbecile you thought he
was NOp have therefore completed a
new syIlogism: Mrs. Eddy built cathedral
She is an impOstor Therefore builders Il
Cathcdrals are impostors. The festspielhaus
is Wagnerian cathedral Wagner built n.
Therefore Wagner is an impQstor, .QuOd
crat demonstrandum What a brain you
have, DOCTOR"
PENSIONS FOR EX-PREsIDENTs.
Ex-President Cleveland's argument in
favor of the pensioning Of ex-Presidents
attracts some interest in England. The
S SpCct1tor is moved to say: I'm every way
an ex-Presdent is made a poorer man.
Just because he is an ex-President, and we
beheN the United States would act in the
Interest of her own dignity as well as in
that of ex-Presidents il she paid rea-
sonable compensation for what are really
sacrifices 20 the public service. pension
of S25 900 year would be an addition to
he remuneration Of a President thai the
richest country in the world would surely
NOT object 10
ROBERTS ON COMPULSORY SOLDERING.
Lord Roberts steadily and persis;ently
pursuas his self-appointed nilsson TO unde-
,eve the British people in regard to mill
t'ry matters. He. like ma jority Of keen
soldiers in this country, is convinced that
service is the only solution
nf England's difficulty; but he recognizes
lat it is useless Al present to urge his
point So no constantly urges asa palliative
the giving to all boys a certain amount
f training in rife shooting. Then at the
ge Of Is OF 10. ne says they should be put
through a two TO three or four TO five
months drill after which they would turn
rut useful soldiers and fortnight's train
ug during the three following years would
robably make them all that was required.
advocating this the other night he said:
Notwithstanding all that has been done
Ior the soldier. the fact remains that the
standard OF height. weight and breadth Of
hest has had to he reduced to such an
'Xteht that we are now taking into the
army men who are utterly untitled to un-
lcrgo the hardships of campaign,
Il want to make 1t quite clear that the
regular army IL only just sufficient TO pro-
ida for the garrisoning Of India and the
'olonies In times of peace and the putting
If very small striking force in the field.
Many people entertain the belief that an
INVASION Of England is impossible. They
IRE encouraged in this by those who might
lav We known better.
1T is in the past immunity from trouble
md the astonishing apathy and ignorance
y our people that the great danger to this
'ountry lies They know nothing Of the
horrors of war and seem quite willing W let
matters slide along, as they imagine that
no danger can come to themselves
THE CHAINED sUFFRA0ETTE
There is great suffragette exultation over
what is considered yesterdays triumph
# the chained Andromeda idea. when sew
raj of the sisterhood padlocked them
elves with chains to the fence in front Of
he Premier's residence at 10 downing
street.
Il think il is excellent said Mrs. Law
-ence, one of the leaders, to-day. -It gave
Dur workers a chance to demonstrate more
It length their views Of the Governments
attitude toward women before policemen
we're able 20 remove them; but this is only
ne of our schemes. We have many up
Jur sleeves"
Ia Is pointed out that the sufrra gette
eaders who planned yesterdays move did
rot consider that opposite the Cabinet
Minister'S house. where the fracss took
1lace. lay Mrs. Herbert Gladstone, who had
Just been operated upon for appendicitis
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