Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

able to make his novels vehicle for polemics, his
fighting and crsading have been done outside his ordi
nary work author.
Thus many great questions, all concerning human
justice, he has left his mark The misrepresentation of
England in foreign quarters the time of the Boer
most difficult thing to combat, and no existing
machinery able to do it. Practically single handed
Sir Arthur took the vndication of England his
shoulders, pamphlet which translated into
every European language, and not only paid its own
way indicating England all the world but made
a substantial of money in addition which, after
being contributed to various charitable funds, expended
itself finally in a scholarship at Edinburgh University.
In the way, when the Kongo atrocities were
first discovered it his clear, straight view and his
pen that did than anything else to show them to
the world in their true light In the cause of Divorce
Law reform in England he has also been valantly
tive fighting for the principle that the poor should have
the benefits from the law the rc and that this
ancient tangle of legislation founded mixture OF
ecclesiastical and property privileges should be straight
ened out and English family life in all classes purified
thereby.
And last of ALL the great subject of crime he has
proved himself kind Of private Scotland Yard. In
two great cases which aewe known to the English pub
c but which will only be American readers
the of Oscar Slater and the of EdalU-he de-
tected practically certain miscarriage of justice. In
such cases with their discovery,
with talking about it to their friends, writing few
letters to the newspapers officials. But that is not
Sir Arthur's way. Having been convinced that wrong
had been DONE he threw his mighty strength and energy
into the rightng of it. With patience and tenaclty
that were worthy of his Sherlock Holmes he studied
and disenanged the complicated evidence in both cases,
wrote clear and lucid presentations of them pamphlet
form, and has not ceased to agtate and harass the
official organizations.
In neither has he yet been successful in attaining
the end that he set to attain but incidentally he
has quckened the whole criminal administration of
England has awakened public opinion and public spirit,
ciadom by letting it know that there is one formidable
observer and critic at least who will not let pass any
blunder or injustice that comes to his notice.
7 HAVE mentioned these four campaigns; but they
are only few out of many instances of the way in
which he is ever ready his gifts his reputation,
and his strength in the cause, of any individual in
terest, but of ceanness and justice in English public
life. Men do not go forth with sword to right
what is wrong and succor those who are in distress.
The weapon of the modern knight is the pen and
his only his of right, OF what IS due to
himself and his country.
And right Justify does Sir Arthur Conan Doyle WELD
this weapon which he keeps bright in its sheath for
whatever need He does not think of it
merely of serving his own ends: it is always
ready and at the service of any that be
helped by it. He is indeed the modern knight Grant
of me strong and fearless go forth vanquish
the oppressor and the oppressed Wherever there
wrong in England you will find Arthur Conan Doyle
passively but actively ranged against it, gloryng
in the battle he has g1oried in many in
sawdust ring or cricket field ready to show forth
that he superlavey that of which the world always
has had and always will have need "a man.