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en- medic do las proiestas ~ - Cans.
N q contesfar 81 sshar Cambb.
Dijo Il Conde A. Romanones gus "a
Gobierno no pone II menor espanfo -
50 6nimo por Is amenafadofan p8la
bras del jcfc - Haeionahsmo essnlta.
agrcgando quc = ~ prop6aito ms -
me ' deeidido rcstaurar si ofdsn -
Catalina q eualquieF rrerio.
T,rmin6 disicndo qus a 0obierna
n mismo tempe quierr eonsraeF uhs
razonabie aatsnomia que - eomfsa
meta IA nnidad A. u patria.
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La QUESTION DE LA AUToNoMTA
Madrid febrero 2o.-

En- el CongresO de los Diputados Sc
cclebr6 hoy una violenta session, oFigi
NADIA por el asunto que fue prefsrcnte
obieto dc Ia misma.
Todas las tribunas SC eneontrabnn
completamente atestadas de pdblico v
era notable Ia concurrcneia 4 las tri.
Dumas cspecialcs.
IL debate SC abri6 acerca del profile.
ma dc Ia autonomia de Cataluha.
Hizo uso dc Ia palabra Fl lidcr del
catalanismo y cx.ministro De Fomento,
seIor Camb6, pronunciando IN discur.
so contra q proyccto dc Ley del Go.
bierno en- que SC concede Ia autonomia
las regiones.
Declare cl senior Camb6 que Cata
luna no Piiere una Observation-Disclosures
sino completa soberania.
Agreg6 que 81 el proyecto del Gohicr-
no era aprobado por las Coftes, ca.
taluha 10 acePtaria dnicamente dcs
pues de habcr derramado mucha san.
gre en- defensa dc su eausa.
Las palabras del senior Camb6 II
vantaron protcstas a. indignation cr
h mayoria de los diputados, quo sisea
ron al orador cuando lanzaba sus anne
nazas.
FL prcsidente del Conscio dc Minis
tros, Condo dc Romanones, Sc leyanid
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MoRBILIDAD PoR PUEBLos

y MORB1ILDAD p0R PUEBLOS
t II
semaha que termin6 el dia 1e do MARIO
Tuberculosis:
Aguadilla 8; Bayatn6n /; Caguas L;
Corozal 1; Faiardo 2; Guaynabo p;
Hatilio 4; Isabella 4; Mayag:iez !;
Ponce /; San Juan 6; Yauco 4.
Paludismo:
Barceloneta /; Caguas 2; Cohnerio / /;
Guayama 1; Juanai Dfaz 8; Ponce q;
San Juan 2; Salinas s; San Sebastian
/; vieques i; Yauco l.
Ucinaria:
Arroyo 81; Mayagiiez II.
Siflis:
Arecibo 2; Corozal 8; San Juan ?.
TisOidea:
Cialss /; San Juan /.
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e. REVERSE De LA MEDALLA
"a mi respectable amigo Don Eudeni,

CA MI respectable amigo Don Eugenio
Astol)
Hace POGO me invitaba un amigo
q formar una agrupaei6n onyo fin seria
leyantar fondos para celebrar la abo-
hcion de la esclayitud en- Puerto Rico
de los esclavos negros, y digo esclavos
negros, porque todos saben que ha ha-
bido esclavos blancos, pues Ia raza
mas eselava que registra los anales
de Ia historic del mundo ESCLAVO
es la raza blanca.
A este amigo inc6gnito, cuyo nombre
no quiero dar, le seaps6 gran sorpresa
cnando, le dije:,e ss-a . s,
y, Amigo. no tengo por que alegrarme
dc.ala abOlicion de IL esclavitud, nj en-
Espaha nj en- Estados Unidos. j
i ALA Ia razaf blanca, la raza escla.
vista, es IL que debe conmemorar Ia
feeha gloriosa en- que empez6 eami-
mar 5por "a sendero del eristianismo.
ii 70 no trngo por quo alcgrarme. La
dignidad e. de 10 vietima,2 Ia algeria
del iyictimario. ~
/ Ahora bieni entire Espa1o abolendo
Ia sesclavitud por que. si,. porque debfa
ser; una abolicidn con o sin indemniza-
ci6ns. y. 10 hizo por unanimidad en- una
ley de 22 de mario de 1873, v Estados
Unidos,aboliendo Ia esclavitud, como me-
tida de guerra para debifitar las fuer-
fas. cohfederadas co Ia election no
8 dudosa.. 49,. . III.
c En- Ia primera surje, Etanislao Fl.
gueras, Acosta, vizcarrondo y otros
muehos,I Igfandes de corazSn, que ,fue.
ron al moximiento dc Ia abolici6n con
grandes empeao, porque. debia ser, por
principles democr5ticos, por deber, por
amor q "a libertad, por amor al derechO,
por principles cristianos, pog justicia,
como eomplemente. dc pn gobicrDo re.
ppbhcano. sr,.e sf IS ses.e..,
i, En- Ia segunda, Ia emancipation fu6
una lnedida de guerra, por ser los es.
elavos elenentos de fueFza para los
Estados del Sud (3) Y aquellos eran
psados, para sosteRcr y defender In
caasa dc, los cpnfedcrados. e.s,
Este, como Podia verse, no hace a
Lincoln tan. grande como 81 hubiera
heeho los esclayos .libres por las mis-
mas razohes que 10 hicieron los, repu
blicanos espanoles.
Mi amigo, me miro de arriba abajo
" Sc despidi6 de mi estrechandome la
mano.
A. Trujillo GGin.
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LA ECONOMICAL
E. ApOnte.

Fonda Restaurant y casa dormito-
rio. Excelente servicio en- comida a
Ia earta. I'll
Ell Restaurant mas popular en- San
Juan por sus servicios y cendimenta-
ci6n en- la comida.
Telefono 11s. Restaurant Cristo 81
y dcrmitOrio Cristo IA. Propietario,
Advt. PATR1c1o BLAsco.
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ID. E#
Fl mosquito lsrasmisor "a hsIhfsa ri.
ca dussnte Ia noehe, Il srasmises -
Ia fehre anaFiIia 10 hase. a. de-.
perforando h tlerrs . ma profun.
aidad de euatro eineo mil riss -
obtiene 81 aeua mis- purs.
In eai rosee n rrcriraaa A. -.
volver los gases de Ia ausaHsiss ra.
trsfactas.
Tina lechada lie cal sobre exsretas.
orinas otras seereeioues - y rueds
considerar como IN drsinfeetante IT, r..
der Elective.
cinco libras A. nrufre tn sombus.
ti6n son mGcientss para nil pies ss
bicos de aire 81 desiRfsstar uaa tsh
taci6n,
II formoI formalina II AZ ror tieaio
Sc considcra como W desinfeefanie
energieo ' Ia vez desodoFante pod.
roso.
Sebastian a. paa.
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DICTIONARIES

Diccionario Enciclopedico, Manual en-
!. cinco idfonas: espafol, frances, In
giles, alemAn . ttaliano( icon 10000
articulos 900 grabados) ...,.... $50
Dicciopalio Completo de Ia hsngua
EspaApla /. $50. ................,.. 500
Nuevo Diccionarto Manual, ilustrado, !.
( de la Lengua Castellana. -COntiens
MS de 1900 pkginas, mas de 5000
grabados y mas de 24o mapas... $50
Diccionari0 ,Castellano Eneiclop6dico
* fCampano ilnstradol Novfsima edi-
ci6n que contiene todas Las voces
de Ia Real Academia EspaACla -. 225
Diccipnario Popular de Ia Lengua Es-
:, panoIa. contiene igual ndmero de
voces Que 81 de la Real Academia. 100
Diccionario dc "A Lehgua Castellana.
i obra nnylsimR que contiene, adem&s +
de las xoces del tltimo Diccionario
dc La Real Academia, los terminus
CientIacos y los dc uso rluy re-
clentQss.s. - y. -. ........,..... 10
Nrevo Diccionario Espanol- -1ngles y
.viceversa. Contiene mas dc 1000
vOcablos ndodernos y 10000 acep-
clones voces tecnicas y modismos
one no - sncuentran en- ningln otro
Diceionario de esta clase ...... 1925
Diccionaric fnglss- -Espafiol y vicever-
sa .........se e.................. LOO
Noyisimo DiccionariO Inglss- -Espahol
y Espaaol-TngI ..,............. 125
Diccionario de Frances -EspahoI y VI
j cevefka =. .,s................... 1.5o
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GIBRALTAR ron nAnnUrcos

MduFt0s AehNeFW ~
Tn dcspache me y ~ Fsvihiae -
csta capital, informa gue II rsfi6las
parisisn - 'intraneircaus. +" diee ahs
Inglaterra ha ecdldo = Esrata = ~
h6n IL Gibraltar q Gamble IT, Csnta.
v Marrnceos.
Este cahltcrama e. ~ disrsfate.
pues no ha habi1o tsi essikn.J
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-03-24

(1)3 Historic de la Abolici6n de la
esclayitud en- Espana.
(2) Pag. S47 y 34s parrafos, 6s5
"School History of the United States
of America. ''-M Montgomery, " History
Of America.''
(s) Pag. 369O-volume XII Library
of Universal. History" by Israel Smith
Clare.
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OBRAS ENCUADERNADAS

Los EzplcrAd0f@ Espanoles del siglo
XVI (vindicaci6n de Ia Acci6n Co
lonizadora re EspaHa en- Amer1ca) 100
la Leyenda Negra Estudios acerca
del concepto de Espafa en- 81 Ex-
tranjeFol ,,..s. ...............,. 100
Los Caudillos dc 1880 (nOveia) -. 1.15
Ia vsiets de Gastizar -. ........ 1.15
SQuiere usted ser bella y tener galud? rs
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Tanca No. l..
EN- RUSTICA

Obras que acaban de recbrse este estabIeemietO:
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Librerfa de Real Herrnanos
P. O. Boz, o.: 345.

Critica Profana: Vale 1nclan, Azorin,
Ricardo Leon ..................
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DEPARTMENT. De SANDAL

Negoclado de Enfermedades Transhiisi-
hies ' EstadtsAicasl
MoRBfLIDAD
semana que terInin6 ei dfa is de MARIO
CaSos informados
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suscribase a EL MUNpo.
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Pedro CrssUO

Pedro Crsspo
A. Dc L,amartins
EleuteriO venixelos
woodrow Wilson.
n. Waldo grinV.
p. Allard.
Salvador Bran.
y. EnriQus ROd6.
Emilio Andre.
J. Benavsnts.
). Cftega ,hhunills.
Miguel Attsbahev.
Befnafdo Kellermann.
Lnis TabIanca.
y. 16pss PiniiIos.
IN. DostOievsly.
Rafael Ma. Baralt.
concha EIpins.
Eduardo zamacOis.
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W. Fernandez Flores.
Andrenio.
Ricardo Leon.
q. Gomez CarriIlo.
MauriciO Barres.
Gustavo A. BecQusE
Henry BergSon.
Lpis Bcnafonx.
Calder6h do "a BafcG
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IAIP0RTE DEL FRANoUEo.
NOTA IMP oRTANTE.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-03-24

Alberto l1oussst.
y. Marguerite.
Jost N. DsulOfsu.
snvain Dseiatine.
Fernando Mariatany.
So 4A ms s.s.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
Zone of Friendliness"

Loquacity has it's perils, as the Ger
mans have every reason to know. Yet
they go on talking in a fashion that onlv
accentuates the bitterness of the feeling
against them. Here is one of the Ger
man officers who came over en- the I'm
perator recalling the pleasant relations
he enjoyed with his American passen-
gers before the war, and another re-
marking that the policy of the simple
minded shippers coming hither hereafter
would be zone of friendliness" Policy is
good word in the circumstances. It
has dictated every German attempt
since the armistice to curry favor with
the people of the Allied countries. The
inslncerity of it all hardly requires
demonstration. Even the Germans have
their occasional moments of frankness,
when they reveal the fact that the old
arrogance and brutality have not denart-
ed from them.
Before German seamen. skinners mr.
crews begin to pirate Of "friendiness"
they might profitaby reflect upon the
shameless and cruel deeds which have
made them Ishmaels among their fell
lows. Some of the very men who lament
the enmity they have aroused were in
the German naval service during the
war, presumably doing their share of the
dirty work. None, of course, will admit
any personal responsibility; it would be
InIA In <,.,,
agree that merchant commanders, many
OF them with acts Of bravery to their
credit, did not quite forget the noble
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

traditions Of the sea. They may con-
ceivably have felt great distaste for the
business Of sinking passenger liners
some OF them in command Of men they
had known and fraternized with in the
old days-of leaving helpless women and
children to drown, Of firing upon the
shivering survivors in open boats. Not
all Of them were guilty Of these things.
Yet in the sentence which their brethr>n
OF the sea have pronounced against than
as class it is impossible to discriminate.
Germany may regain in time that
place on the sea she made so many des-
perate efforts to win, though that hardly
will be in our day. She may find even
among the Allied peoples those who are
willing to forget her record Of deliberate
savagery. But the seamen will not for
get or forgive. They do not want
"friendliness" from murderers. All that
was ended when the Lusitania went
down off the Irish coast. 1t is fitting
and just that the German seamen should
dree their weird and pay the penalty to
the uttermost farthing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

sermon is most likely to aim at the next
mornings newspaper with some opinion on
woman suffrage, the city elections, prison
reform-the steeple, dumb thing of brick
and stone, goes on pointing its finger to
God, but to what purpose?
In our village there Is a woman who Is
frowned upon by the conservative villagers
as irreligious. The head Of tho Kings
Daughters one day asked her bluntly why
she did not come to church and her reply
seems to US to 60 to the bottom of the
problem, " can't see God for the congre-
cation" she said simply.
There is no heater illustration Of the
point she was making than the change
which DR.. John Haynes Holmes, of New
York City, has made in tbs name Of his
church. DR.. Holmes Is one of those-and
let 1t be said there are few of his stripe
among the clergy!-who shuddered at the
shedding of blood In the cause of Western
civilization. but are less vigorous when the
blood Is let in the cause of Bolshevism.
DR.. Holiness church has long been known
the Church Of the Messiah; with the ex-
PLANTATION that the implication had become
false, he has amended the name to the Com
summed up the old and the new at whose
dividing we now attend
Perhaps DR.. Holmes was right in feeling
that the word Messiah, bound up a it is in
the intricaces of theology that has unde-
nably become obsolete, had hollow ring;
to change it would be right, but to change
it to Community is telltale The Church is
of God; cease to call Him Messiah, if you
like, but do not call Him man, nor brother
hood. nor anythin gthat is less than God.
There was a time when we believed the
community was itself God, and our best
endeavor and highest life could be no more
than giving good thought to our fellowman,
but that time is past; the new revelation is
that religion is more than ethics and ethics
cannot long hold up unsupported by re-
ligion. In the fable of the Golden Chain
Virgil points out that though God draws
men up to heaven by it, men cannot
trariwise draw God down to EARTH our
churches stand to-day before this old truth,
which they car never deny and live.
The preacher has a rough ahead; it is
not only rough, but vast. The pole star re-
mains, of course, but land is we'll lost to
view. How much of the Church we shall
retain in the time to come none can say;
there some prophets who declare 1t
must all go and we shall start with clean
slate and a new myth Perhaps we shall;
only the ignorant will make light of the
cost such breaking of a closely-fitted
habit and cherished ways of belief will
entail, but these will not matter if We gain
our soul. Religion cannot exist without
church, to be sure but if there is religion
there will inevitably be church; having
the essential first, all the rest will be added
unto US. Oddly enough, it is not the
preacher who will tell this to his flock; it
is the people who will tell it to the
preacher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
No Regional Understanding

No one will seriously challenge the
accuracy Of Senator Lodges description
Of the Monroe Doctrine It Is too solidly
based to be attacked. No American HIS
torian, no authority on American public
affairs, no American statesman can be
quoted as entertaining a different idea
Of the doctrines origin and nature. In his
books and his classroom President Wilson
has conceded with Senator Lodge.
The Monroe Doctrine is not regional
understanding" and never has been.
Negotiation did not precede it and it rep
resents no agreement. The South Amer
lean states were not asked to join in it.,
and sometimes have attacked it and
sometimes run to it's cover, but never as
their child.
The doctrine is no more a regional un-
derstanding than is the Declaration Of
independence. This nation gave it birth,
as an expression of high political pre-
negative and as a definition of its self
originated and individual policy. 1t is
no more regional understanding than
is landowners notice against trespass-
ing.
The feeling Of the country when it was
declared was as described by Daniel
Webster. ut met WITH" he said, ||the
entire concurrence and hearty approba-
ton of the country One general glow
Of exultation, one universal feeling of
gratihed love of liberty, one conscious
and proud perception of the considera-
ton which our country possessed, and of
the respect and honor which belonged
to it, pervaded all bosoms-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

What Mr.. Burleson announced IN his
statement of Thursday, June 5:
"The President having recommended the
return of the wire systems and the control
Of the owning companies with certain legls-
ation designed to stabilize their operation,
and the Senate committee having taken ac-
ton looking to their immediate return and
the House committee in its hearings on
the proposed legislation having indicated
concurrence in the suggested immediate re-
turn with or without legislation so recon-
mended, | feel it my duty to now return
the actual control of operations to the COM
panes. Some days ago | directed the nee
essary orders to be prepared to accomplish
this, and have to day issued same These
orders do not affect questions of rates and
finance with which the Congress may de-
termne to deal. The rates now in force
and the financial relations between the
government and the companies, and the or
der of October 2. 1918, prohibiting dis
elimination because of union affiliations,
will continue unless Congress in its wis,
dom may decide to change them or the
emergency is terminated by the proclama-
ton Of peace.
BY the action now taken, however, the
wire companies resume actual control of
operations of their respective properties
and are free to formulate and put into eff
feet their own policies unrestricted by gov
eminent control, which is to continue in
any case a few weeks, and thus be able to
prepare themselves for complete resump
ton of the management of their properties.
1t will be necessary for each company to
keep its accounts during the continuance of
government control that its books may be
closed on the day government control ends,
in order that full and accurate statement
may be promptly made when it is called on
for same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
Heroic Economy

The Treasury Of the United States Is
again practically empty. The proceeds
of the last war loan--the Victory Loan
hardly covered expenditures already
made. The government, therefore, faces
choice between resorting to ID another
popular issue of bonds, and (2) the con-
tinuous sale over the counter of short
term notes, certificates of indebtedness
and high interest-bearing bonds.
This situation is one which Congress
must give heed to in making over the ap-
preparation bills which failed at the last
session. 1t is fortunate for the country
that they did fail, for now they can be
cut to fit the reduced needs of the army,
the navy and the civil departments.
The House Military and Naval COM
mittees have made an excellent begin
ming. Mr. Kahn has reported an army
appropriation bill for 1919-'2O which
carries a total of only $750,O00,00O. The
measure which was blocked in the Senate
last March appropriated S1,1170o0, 900.
Here is saving Of 1857 zoo, 0OO-or 33
per cent.
The Naval Appropriation bill, to be re-
ported this week, will carry about $780,
100000, against $746,444 900 in the
measure which the House passed at the
last session-a reduction of $196,444, 900,
or 26 per cent. Moreover, the vast in
crease in the naval building programme
which Secretary Daniels recommended
= and the House approved last February,
has been eliminated.
The appropriation of $1,2O0OOO,OOO
asked by Director General Hines to meet
deficits in railroad operation and to
finance the railroads for the rest of the
year will also probably be sharply cut.
There is another way to meet the short
age in railroad revenue. That is, to in
crease rates. In either case the public
must pay. But it is simpler and fairer
to let the railroads collect the deficit
themselves than to use the Treasury as
their collecting agent.
The $l00,00O,000 emergency fund
placed at the Presidents disposal during
the war is no longer needed. The sundry
civil appropriation bill can also be re-
duced by about 100000 900.
The most urgent duty of Congress at
present is to prevent the piling up of
national Indebtedness. The government
has been spending money with a lavish
hand. That was unavoidable in war
time. Now retrenchment is the highest
patriotic duty. Congress has great
opportunity. 1t will deserve the graft
tude of the country if it pursues to the
end programme of heroic and relent-
less economy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08

What Mr.. Burleson Wrote to Senator
Cumnins on Friday, June g.:
"An order issued by me yesterday rela-
tive to the operation of the telephone and
some as actual return of the properties to
the owners. No such action has been taken
by me nor is any contemplated.
"This order simply dissoves the operat-
ing board appointed by me under date OF
December 10, 1918, and directs that the
systems be again operated by the regular
operating officials under government super
vision. Responsibility of the government
to the systems in no wise colldes. 1t being
evident that these properties are to be re-
turned in the very near future it was neces-
sary for the Postmaster General to take
steps Immediately to set up the regular
operating organization of the companies so
that when the properties are turned back it
can be done without confusion to the SER
vice, which was the purpose of the order
This order in no wise affects the leeisla-
ton pending before your committee or be-
fore Congress. 1t will enable the companies
to begin steps Immediately to prepare the
data and collect their information to sub
NIT to the state commissions for the rate
cases, which will probably be taken up i'm
medlately after the period of government
control ends"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-08
Crime and Romance
money exists.

The recent attempt by two girls, one
his sister the other his sweetheart. to
rescue a youthful prisoner from the
Tombs again illustrates the strange af-
fnity between crime and romance. That
the plot failed is fortunate, yet SO
strangely are human impulses mingled
and so oddly are bad qualities allied to
good, the episode in one aspect provokes
not exactly admiration or sympathy but
feeling that has some shadowy trace
of both. The girls revealed moral per-
versity which cannot be condoned: they
apparently had no horror of the murder
Gus act of the prisoner but still there
was at least womanly quality in SUI
preme personal faithfuness.
There are, no doubt, born criminals,
though the number of these may easily
be exaggerated. But crime, in it's be-
glnnlngs at any rate, is often INSTRUCTED
energy. The gangs" that infest large
cities have their origin in many cases in
the associations of boys who suffer from
an excess of high spirits. Their members
are little more wicked at the outset than
other boys. 1t is sound instinct which
has led to the various efforts to reclaim
them by giving their high spirits
legitimate vent. To turn a gang into
club is to prevent the making of many
bad citizen. The Boy Scout movement
has been of nestimable value in this re-
spect
Modern civilization, obliged TO create
for it's own protection what we NAV call
artificial crimes, is hard on youth. 1t
must forbid many things not in them
selves evil. The city boy lacks oppor-
tunities to work off steam. The worst
of it is that the law can seldom restrain
the potential criminal until he is an
actual criminal. He must be punished if
he does wrong, Of course, and vet the
punishment is only too likely to confirm
him in wrongdoing.
The romantic appeal of crime is unde-
niable. Many books give the criminal
something of the glamour of the hero
Not few young readers have greater
affection for the quarry than for the
hunter. Even in literature of a higher
sort deeds of derring-do shine brightly.
The instinct is rooted in primordial
deeps. Mans remote physical ancestors
were not the chasers, but the chased
species that were compelled to exc out
lack of strength with cunning and speed.
So inherited rnemorios crrovo, Joox, 49,
brain and tissues, evoke sympathy for
the pursued, no matter how just the
pursuit.