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New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Abraham Lincoln
Drinkwater' S Portrait
Of a Statesman

'ABRAHAM LINCOLN" play by John Drink
water. Published BY loaghton Niifhin & Co.
Abraham Lincoln," plav bv John
Drinkwater, which has been produced
by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
and whose production is promised hera
Tor next season, is being offered first in
book form to the American public. The
effect of the Illusion is stiN Ia be
Judged. The literary effect is to pre-
sent the figure Of Lincoln with d fine
sim mplicity.
Mr.. Drinkwater, who is an English
man, has very properly avoided the pit-
falls OF vernacular and local coror.
lie has even refused to comp3icate his
conception by presenting him through
those strongly indlviduaiized Qualities
through which Lincoln survives as q
great national legend. His intimate
nelghborly qualities, the pungent wit,
the essential commonness Of the man,
are not even suggested III this play. 1t
IS the great figure of Statesman.
holding with wisdom and courage 70 his
faith through the SIX troubled years OF
oiilce, that IS presented here. There
may be the danger that sucn figure
will not move men as homely hgure
WoNl ld-that there is something Of the
Iri5ldity of public monument about it,.
but there is to US every dramatic justi-
hcatlon for presenting him in his pub
lie aspect, stripped Of intimacy. After
jail, there We're times when Lincoln did
mot dandle little children on his knee,
nor tell broad stories, nor spit over
the grocery store stove. There is
drama in this broad sweep Of events
which he dominated with his courage
and wisdom. Mr.. Drinkwater seems to
us to have caught this aspect OF him
very we'll. In the six scenes that make
up the play Lincoln is shown fighting
out the principles Of secession and
slavery, a passionate, wise and far
seeing statesman, handling men
shrewdly and with Imagination. The
incidents are simple and are for the
most part set in homely, unimpressive
surroundings, but they carry effectively
the sense of the movement of great
events. The one touch of fustian III
the book is in the verses that bind the
scenes together. Here two chronicle1-s,
in the character of chorus, proclaim in
very bad verse the purpose Of The ac-
ton. The play needs no such com
mentary and would be very much better
without the verses.
1t needs perhaps no very great
amount of skill to make the figure Of
Lincoln a moving one-but in the mood
engendered by present events this con-
ception of Lincoln seems fine and
significant one. r. D.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Ibanez May Visit America

The news comes from Spain that vi
cente Blasco lbanez, whose new novel,
Mare Nostrum," Z. P. Dutton 4: Co.
will have ready next week, is contem-
plating trip to the United States
some time within the near future. This
Will be MS first voyage to North Amer
lea, although his familiarity with. South
America is evidenced by the series Of
novels dealing with life in the Spanish.
republics which ne had planned and
enc Of which he had written when the
war broke out and turned his attention
10 its problems, which he has handled
in SO mastery q style in The -Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" ,and
Mare Nostrum." The first part of the
former novel as its many thousands of
American readers know, contains some
Of the most vivid pictures of cattle
ranch life in Argentina to be found in
fiction. The. Spanish novelistS four
books which L. P. button & Co. have
already published in this country, THE
Four Horsemen," "The Shadow of the
Cathedral" "Blood and Sand" and LA
Bodega," have had such a marvellous
welcome from, American readers within
the last year that presumably their au-
thor's interest has been reused to the
point where he desired to know some
thing about these people who have sud-
denly and unexpectedly begun to show
such whoiehearted appreciation of him.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
By Haywood Broun

Most Of the testimony which we receive
about Russia is unconvincing because it
q all black or all white. Arthur Ratf-
anne wins credence with his Russia
IN 1919" (B. w. Huebsch) because he
nses persuasive grays. 1t is easily the
most interesting book on the question
which we have seen, and we don't be-
lieve any American who wants to talk
;ntelligently about Bolshevism can do
without it. Neither Mr.. Overman nor
Mr.. Lusk SHOULD eat or sleep again
until he has read Ransome's book.
Even Mr.. Wilson might proiitably find
time for it.
inrly fair in his reports. although he
admits q sympathy for the Bolshevik
cause, or, perhaps more properly. a
helef in non-intervention. There is a
certain kinship in his position to that
Of Raymond Robins, who has been
quoted as saying: Il can't so against
a baby l have sat up with for six
months But if there were Boil
shevik movement in America I'd be
out with my rifle to fight it every
time"
Ransome gives the impression that
he, too, sees Bolshevism not as the
great, hulking. sinister figure of the
American cartoons. but as a child who
has never learned to crawl making &
somewhat pitiful and inept attempt to
walk. Certainly our Left Wingers who
want world revolution wills not find
"Russia in 1919" good propaganda for
their purpose. for Ransome testifies
frankly that Bolshevism has made
muddle of its economic problems up to
date. He sees the movement as phys
ical failure and spiritual triumph
So it seemed to the chambermaid in one
Moscow hotel who had remained in that
same job from the days of the Car
through both revolutions. Asked how
she liked the new regime she replied
that there was not enough to eat. but
that she felt freer." Likewise, Ransome
found that in Moscow the Bolsheviki
we're able TO supply the people with ex-
celent grand opera at low prices and
very bad bread at high prices.
From such facts as these one can
argue for or against the rule Of Lenine
snd Trotzky as his taste runs to bread
or to music If Ransome is a propa-
gandist and not fair and truthful
reporter he is by all odds the best
PAPER. for he drives home the truth
and fairness of his reports at every
turn by his willingness to concede the
faults Of the side he favors. He paints
no Utopia. He shows how far short
Bolshevist practice falls Of Bolshevist
ideals which We must admit is not
uncommon lapse Of teamplay between
ideals and practices the world over; at
any rate. ne lets Us see that Bolshevist
Russia still has militarism, suppression
Of free speech, proHteering, graft and
ticket speculat tors. These exist, to be
sure, in varying degree, and in some
cases he indicates belief that prog
ress is being made.
But after all the men of whom he
writes seem much more appealing when
he tells not what they have done, but
what they are trying to do. Anybody
who accepts his testimony must put
aside as misconceptions a lumber of
things which we, in this country. have
been taught to believe about Russia
Ransome seems, for instance, to have
no faith N the Sisson documents. lie
gives no support to the frightened few
who fear that a world revolution is
imminent. According to Ransome.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Fifty Ennl.x

ieEe is5 l'st which leads off with
your 'zuleika DobsSn." =" not to currv "a
Vor with you and letter my chance "a
see the light o. print, but because .he
arrangement OF the list on anr n,he,
scheme thar the alphabetical order OF
au1hors Isl beyond me. The man who
Salt th@r William was the James who
"iotf. philosophy as II it We're fiction
ahe< 2enry the one who wrote tctior
as u II were philosophy, was stating a
c% lNS!on not confined TO the Jane scs
Where, for 0stAnce. would Won MT
w ~ and Peace . Surely MOI in w}.h
iucAleoerr4 and Penrod. i sl-iof-
't., 10 heaven with philosophy. and SO doe.
raise Gods" SO does "aIariRs." and
the "@Nn Of Tranquility" There are moi
more than ten BOOKS nla tl5s st " h .rf
coWid strictly be called action. yet alof.
.siaA halt Of them are east IN taaf
iorm, Yet If | ignored the form and
went by the content. ny reader. If
should have ono, would find The Bog
raphy Of Wilde" under fiction, The
Be-ter Sort" under essays, The Re
search a-a -agn'iceat' under traVal. am
80 forth. until be would devout.y WISH
| made no list al ALL
50 1t is fer him, and not for you or
me, shat ! have let "Zuleika's name
lead all the rcs-.
|ulcsk@ Jobs0n and The Happy Hyp-
ocri.e, by Max Beerbohm.
Buried Alive. by Arnold Bennett.
raise GODS, Dy Eugene Brieux.
Life and Habit, by Samuel Butler
lphigenia. by Witter hynncr.
George Bernard Shaw, by Gilbert
Keith Ihesterton.
Lord JIM by Joseph Conrad.
Ihais and Penguin Island. by Ana
toie France.
Justice, strife, The Iigeon, Saints
Progress ard The Inn of tranquility,
by Joan t.aisNorthy.
Horizons, by Francis Hackett.
The y eli Beloved, by Thomas Hardy.
The biegrap ply of Oscar Wilde, by
Frank Harris
Little Novels OF Italy. by Maurice
Hewlett.
Che Purple Land by w. II. Hudson.
Melcmaniacs, by James Hunekcr.
Once Aboard the Lugger, by A. S VI.
Hutchinson Gnitia!s probably mixed)
ne setter Sort, by Henry James.
The VIII to Believe, by William
The Sin Eater, by Fiona Mcleod.
Our Eternity, by Maurice Maeter-
linck
Modern Love, by George Meredith.
The Rhythm of Life, by Alice Mey-
nell.
Silent Sam, by Harvey O'Higgins.
Songs of the Glens OF Antrim, by
MORA O'Neill
y Trilogy:
O) In Accordance With the Evil
dence.
(2) The Debit Account.
t3) The Story of Louie, by Oliver
Onions.
Narius the Epicurean, by Walter
pater.
Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand
Russell.
Winds of Doctrine, by George Sam
tayana.
Candida. Cnsar and Cleopatra. The
Perfect Wagnerite, by George Bernard
Shaw.
The Sailor, by j. c. Snaith.
an Inland Voyage, by Robert Louis
Stevenson.
Plays, Acting and Music, by Arthur
Symons.
Riders to the Sea, by John MillIngton
Synge.
Penrod and Sam, by Booth Tarking-
ton.
Essay on Shelley by Francis Thomp-
SON.
War and Peace. by Leo Tols,oy.
Hucklcberry Finn. by Mark Twain.
The Research Magnificent. hIpps and
Joan and Peter, by II. g. Wells.
Intentions, by Oscar Wilde
Dreamers Of the Ghetto, by Israel
LahgW!H. RUTH HALE.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Gossip o $
A Lucky Young Man

w. Somerset Vaughan, author Of
"The Moon and Sixpence" (Doran),
which Hugh Walpole regards as "the
book of tomorrow" has often been
called "a lucky young man" Che is not
much more than thirty now, but he had
10 work hard for his success and suffer
many disappointments. Then, when
fortune came it came with both hands
full. He had at one time three plays
running multaneously in London, and
the sums he has made since his first
success with Lady Frederick" must
amount to very large total. He is
quietly amusing person. with con-
venient stutter, which, like Charles
Lambs. heightens tho effect Of his wit.
lie did intelligence work during the
war, after starting with n French am
bulance as surgeon. That was his
procession before he took to writing,
and he has never quite let 1t drop.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
About a Column
Over and Over Again


In his soliloquy on George Crecl's
"1reland's Fight for Freedom Hey
wood Broun comments that "Mr. CreeI
also writes over when he means more
than"
Mr.. Creel happens, in this case, TO
have the support of Webster's New
international Dictionary. which gives
as one definition Of "over" as u prep
oSitlon Cor adverb} Above or beyond
IN amount or degree; more than; as,
1t cost over S."
But I'm in full sympathy with Mr..
BroVn Ill his efforts in behalf OF good
f-ts lsh, and wish that he would use
1ss influence taward the suppression
oI the prevalent misuse ef ~due to-
IN the sense os because sr~
AR1 HUR GCtTERMAN.
We were speaking not of correct
use out of nice uso~ Webster wei
comes many prodigal words us{ch
n@vc wandered from their original
meaning over does well cnongb
4of more than" in senteDccs where
S"c ValueS concerned are perpendicu-
iai, "s IN the sentence Jess Willard
was over SIX feet SIX inches in be,e,h,
until Jack Dempsey Knoc}.ed him Ior
goal but over" seems 10 us to set
hardly as well in "Over $50. 900 pe~~
sons sons light to read The New York
4fioune each morning"
=, 1t is. difficult to accept "overo a,d
more than" as interchangeable words
because OF the fact that each cover,
dlttehent case. Thus. if we ssv ~jn
matters of grammar Webster is more
thaE We it is not possible ia syb-
stheute over" and let the sentence
iead I'm matters Of grammar Web
lSter is over We"
incidentally, we would like to know
why than whom" persists to muddle
hnglish grammar. X we remenos>
correctly, one of the most exciting in.
S'ients IN Leonard Merricks "Cynthia'
occurs when the hero cries out arains,
TINS exception We are informed er
good authority that Milton il n.
guilty party, because he set tho stvlt
IN IN Paradise Lost" by referring r.
Satan than whom" At gnv ratr
It's devlllsh exception.
Speaking frankly. our pretens5on. te
be critical about nice English rest or
shaky foundations. Probably we he,
gan the over" controversy sirsni,
to snipe at George Creel.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
OF Human Houdavr.

You expressed some SUNRISE tbe.
other day that Somerset Mauobas
should turn up as novelist. Let me
suggest-no matter. how crowded vour
reading hours-th,lt you get a ceav,
OF the same mans "Of Human Bopd-
ageP-and sead 1t.
SAMUEL NFRWIN.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
STANDING BY. BY Robert Keable. Pub
Nshed by Z. 2. Dutton s. Co.

Wartime reflections in France and
Flanders of a British cha plain to a
regiment of African natives. Mr.. kea-
ble's book is we'll worth reading. When
he was called to the western battle
front he went not as conservative
parson but with the sympathetic and
receptive attitude of an enlightened
human being. The war convinced him
of the need of many changes both in
religion and in the relations Of men
and women to each other, and his views
are expressed with commendable frank
ness.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Whitman in the Hearts, Of His Coun-
trymen

Much has been said lately Of the
debt owed by modern free verse writer's
TO Walt Whitman. Touching on this
topic in "The Yale Review" Professor
William B. Cairns gives Whitman due
credit for the inspiration he has sup
piled herein, and recognized his right
to be regarded as the founder Of
school"
But" this writer then. continues,
"a far greater achievementtthan any Of
these has been slow butjgradual win
ming Of q place as one Of the poets
whom the lovers of poetry read.
Whether he woulh have desired 1t or
not, he has gained appreciation. from
many conservative students of litera-
ture. They do not accept his condem-
nation of the class to which they be-
long, nor of the literature which men
Of that class have produced in thepast.
They do not accept all his theories Of
life or Of art, but they have found that
his work at its best touches noti only
their minds but their hearts, and!seems
TO have the stamp of the indescribable
something we call genius"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Booth Tarkington's Place

Advance orders for Booth Tarking-
toms new novel. Ramsay Milholland,"
to be published August l6 by Double
day, Page 4 Co., have already ex-
hausted two large editions. The ad-
vance demand Is the largest ever re-
corded for Harrington novel. This Is
only one Of several recent Indications
that show how rapidly Mr.. Harrington
Is coming into his own. The award Of
the Pulitzer prize for the best novel
Of the year to his "The Magnificent
Ambersons" Is another. A complete
edition Of his works in dc luxe form
was recently Issued and Immediately
absorbed by the discriminating book
buyers. Meanwhile sales Of the regu-
lar editions Of his works are steadily
mounting. Up to date Doubleday, Page
& Co. have sold 1,924,949 copies Of
II Harrington. books. OF "Penrod' alone
234,5S1 copies have been sold. The ad-
vance demand Of "Penrod," however,
was not nearly so large az has been
the case with the Forthcoming book.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
GERMANY's MORAL DOWNFALL. BY
Alexander w. Crawford. Published by
the Abingdon Press.

This book by professor of English,
in the University of Manitoba and
former Fellow in Philosophy in Cornell
University tells the story of the tragedy
of academi materialism. In defining
Germanys degeneration through the
worship Of materialism the author
urges the need of a spiritual recon
struction.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Among Those resent
War and Reconstruction

GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY DUR
ING THE WAR. BY Edwyn Bevan.
Published by e. p. Dltton < co.
The we'll told story of the part played
in Germany by the Social Democratic
Party from the beginning OF the war
until the fall of Chancellor Michaelis
in October, 1917, with a detailed &C
count of the split between the majority
and minority groups Of the party, A
Gear picture is given Of Schcidemann
Haase, Bernstein. Liebknecht and other
Socialist leaders. The boo, is based upon
material published in Germany by par
ticipators in the events described.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09

Nothing can be more deeply appre-
ciative Of the poet than the conclusion
of Arthur Symons's introduction to tha
volume: He died young, worn out
by what was never really life to him.
leaving a little verse which has the
pathos of things too young and too
frail ever to grow old"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09

POEMS AND PROSE OF ERNEST DOW
SON. The Modern Library. Boni s.
Itveright, New York
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09

Speaking frankly. our pretenssons to
oe critical about nice English rest on
snaky foundations. Probably we be-
gan the over" controversy simply
to snipe ut George Creel.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
VICTIMS, MoeNT INTO
: HUNDREDS As MACHINE
GUNS SWEEP STREETS

LONDON Fan l-wozaen -s
slansh.r-.s 18s cattle in TIE strusf
hghtinE n Berin. said { disratch from
Stockholm q the Post, qDoting advices
received in the Swedish capital IRON
Beriin Friday, Arc1nd the Reichstar
building alone uscre were nfty corpsss
seen, chiefly women Some had buIlsa-
riddled babies ciinging TO their necsa.
There has been wholesale kfIiins IN
Berlin, the victimS, most OF whom were
said to be women. mounting into hun
dreds.
The German government has rnasssd
troops and artillery in the Berlin
suburbs, necessarily meaning continued
bloodshed The government is said 20
mean business In its threat to wine out
the red menace"
The first elections 70 the German NJ
uonal assembly have Just taken place
in Baden. resulting in q defeat for ths
radicals.
Women voted in the election There
Is much satisfaction over the outcome of
the balloting In other German and Ans
trian states where election are now due.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
ENGLISH TO BE USED At
PEACE CONFERENCE FOR
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
BY HENRY WOOD.
united Press STAFF Correspon

UNITED Press STAFF CorrespondentD
PARIS, Jan. 12.-For the first time
in history diplomatic French. which has
heretofore invariably been the uni
versal language OF peace conferences,
will give way to clear. forceful Eng
lish. In this language the worlds
future will be worked out
The decision to employ English Is
accepted as a compliment to Presi-
dent Wilson and especially tactful in
view of his presidency Of the first
formal preliminary meeting. now
scheduled to be held in the Quai
d'Orsay.
Premier Clemenceau, the leading
French delegate, speaks excellent
English, as do Foreign Minister
Pichon, Andre Tardieu, and Jules
Cambon. The smaller nations are ex-
pected to follow the French prece-
dent and include English-speaking
officials among their delegations.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
STEFANSSON IS.
OUB|0USOVER
COOK'SCLA|M

Who discovered the North Pole
Cook or Peary?
Back in Washington, after a pro-
tracted stay in the far North, Viljamur
Stefansson, the explorer, has reopen
ed the much. mooted question by an
nouncing he has discovered inaccur-
acies in DR.. Frederick A. Cooks story
of his "discovery" which lead him to
doubt that Cook reached the Pole.
ri was in Seattle a few months ago.
Just returned from my last trip
North" the explorer told a Times re-
porter, when by chance a copy of DR..
Cooks book under the title. Discovery
of the North Pole fell into my hands.
/ had never seen 1t before.
"In looking 1t over. I noticed a map
he had made showing the location OF
the FIRST place where he was able to
make accurate observations as to his
whereabouts.
Sun Finally Shone.
AFTER. many days OF stormy
weather. DR.. Cook said in his book,
the sun finally shone brightly and he
was able to make observations.
"All about him was the tossing ice
Of the frozen sea: to the sotith was
one well-known island. and toward
the east another. according to the
doctors story.
"The locality was familiar. It il
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The Washington times., 1919-01-12
DANIELS URGES
BIG PEACE NAVY

''The United States must pledge it,
self to the building of a greater navy,
IL this country is to do its part in
maintaining a league OF nations" de-
clared Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
in an address before the members OF
the reconstruction conference at the
"Battleship Dinner" in Liberty Hut
last night.
Secretary Daniels voiced a warn
ing against the American junkers.
who, made rich by the war, are al
ready attempting to shift the burden
OF paying for the struggle to the
shoulders OF the poorer classes.
"A league OF nations would be in
effective without the power OF a great
navy of a great and democratic ma
tion behind the league to aid in en-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column g.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
JAPAN AGREES TO
LEAVE TS|NGTAO

Japan has agreed to the Chinese de-
mand that she evacuate Tsingtao
upon the condition that she be grant
ed commercial concession, ic is
learned in far Easteyn diplomatic cir
cles here.
The Chinese republic requested the
Japanese to withdraw their forces
from the former German concession in
China when the armistice was signed,
1t has become known.
1t Is also learned that the Chinese
have entered protests against the con-
tinued maintenance of large Japanese
forces in Siberia Withdrawal of
these forces already has begun.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
ENJOYS b
USE ENGL|S,
AT PARLEYS

The peace conference win open this
afternoon. q Paris dispatch to the
French high commission last night
announced.
will be devoted tS establishment OF
points OF procedure for the world
gathering, ii was stated
France. Great Britain, the United
States and Italy, the four great pow
ers. will receive Japan, Belgium. Ser
bia, Portugal, Greece, and Roumania,
the lesser active participants in the
war, according to the advice.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
SHIP IN DISTRESS
SENDSS. 0. S. CALL

HALIFAX, n. S. Jan. l2.-The
American steamship G. A. Flagg,
3.400 tons. from Louisburg for Hall
fax was reported yesterday in dis
tress about twenty miles of this har-
Dor with her machinery disabled.
One tug is alongside and others are
on their way to her assistance.
She put into Louisburg a week ago.
reporting the loss of three OF her life
boats during a storm at sea. She
was bound from New York to Quebec.
Nothing further has been heard OF
the steamer Castalia, from which dis
tress signals were flashed. Three
steamers are speeding to her aid.
she was about sixty miles off shore
when the appeals for help were sent.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
HARB0R STRIKERS
DECIDE TO RETURN

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Striking
marine workers decided to return to
their stations at a meeting here last
night.
The action was taken upon an ap-
peal to the representatives of the
striking bodies by Regional Director
A. H. Smith, Of the United States
Railroad Administration, based upon
cable advices received yesterday from
President Wilson.
The President formally requested
the National War Labor Board to
take up the case and make q finding.
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
PRINCIPAL DELEGATES TO
SIT AT HUGE HORSESHOE
TABLE IN FOREIGN OFFICE

PARIS. Jan. I2.-America, France
England, and Italy will each be repre-
sented with their delegate at the first
peace conference held in Paris, begin
ming at the French foreign office at
o'clock this afternoon.
Arrangements for the first of the
preliminary conferehces on Monday
will be canvassed. The representa-
tives on Sunday are expected to be:
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column S.,
The Washington times., 1919-01-12
IS HE GREATEST HERO AT
WALTER REED HOSPITAL q
BIG NAVY DIRICIBLE
T0FLY FROM n. Y.
TOKEY WEST

The C-1, the largest navy
dirigible, 1872 feet long. win be-
gin a flight today from Rock
away Field to Key West, Fla.
The C-1 carries six passen-
gers. The flight will be over
New Jersey, Delaware. and
Maryland to Hampton Roads,
Va, from there to Savannah,
Ga, and then on to Key West.