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New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

treaty, to beware-that he is known ., :,
man who caused the arrest of Won r.
at Marseilles, and that the word haa 'ansf
passed to do away with him. She con,.s Sn
the details of her whole life to Irrsaa esses
MN the real spy status of her doctor ss- s'-S
panlon, and begs him to take her au,o,, s''a' 'ii
MIN and save her from her masters Tl ''n
nave begun to suspect her and are no~, ,"ey
'p'o'''ng to do away with her, too. as S' -
knows too much about the inner wor,.;s S"e
OF the system. Ulises cannot beljeya as
woman thinking that this is byt me
device Yet surely enough an attor,. new
made upon his life on the wharf wbers !. IS
vessel IS moored, and he is fortunate ono'l, 4,'
to escape with a slight wound. after sssA sbat.
ing the leader of the assassins.
Freya's repeated attempts to have rn;.
take her away from the power of ber n"s r,se'
ters are as fruitless as the first. sbo .s
exp'ates her crime. as she is caught br wv w,
Ailles. And Ulises? Like a true 90,
the sea, like true nephew Of Triton !.
dies IN the waves of the Mediterranean
victim Of the submarines that robbea h',~
his son. " VI
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

SO much for the plot. Not an intricate
nor an exciting cne in outline Yet till it
in with the descriptions of bull fights and
the comments of the author (through var-
characters), with the new insight af-
forded into Spains national sport, with
the views behind the scenes and the
glimpses into the heart of the bull fighters
and their families as we'll as into the
heatrs of the boodlusty mob and you have,
If not great novel, a powerful tract
lbanez, like the man of wide reading that
he Is, has studied the subject not only n
its personal out also its historical connec-
tlons; ne brings singing indictment
against his fellow countrymen and casts it
in their faces with fearless ucrimony. He
shows US the glory of the arena, but re-
veals the sickening other side He mirrors
the thousands that flock to the bull fights
in successive pictures that reach the climax
in the closing words Of the tale The popu-
lar hero has just been gored to DEATH but
the crowd, knowing that the show is less
than half over, sets up new yels for the
continuation of The spectacle The crowd
that bellows like its favorite animals IN
the ring. "It was the believing Of the wild
beast, the real and only one!" From DR.
Ruiz, medical enthusiast over tauro
machy, we get what amounts to a lecture
on the evolution of the brutal sport He
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

in Italy Matlde Serao is not at her best
when she leaves her Naples, nor Grazia
Deedda secure when she abandons her
Sardinia, in Spain Sonora Pardo Bazan
and Palacio Valdes win little success when
they leave their native provinces in search
Of city life and its backgrounds. There are
not few Spaniards who prefer, likewise,
the Blasco lbanez of the Valencian series.
The novel that lifted our authors name
across the boundaries of Spain was that
which is known in English as "The
Cabin" La Barraca, 1899. This was the
third of the Valenclan novels, following
upon "Arroz Tartana" (1S94) and "Flor
de Mayo" Translated into French three
years later under the excellent title "Terres
Maudites" (Cursed Lands), it gave the au-
thor a reputation that since became CONT
mental and is now becoming universal For
Blasco lbdnez has been translated into
French, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Polish,
Russian, Bohemian (complete) and English.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
TWenfy=One
Original Works

The complete count of Blasco Ibanez's
original works reaches at present. when
he has just passed his ffty-second year, to
twenty-one. Of these all but two or three
are fiction. There are, in addition, two novels
with attractive titles announced for .earlv
publicatlon-"Ncnus Dolorosa" and "Los
Enemigos de la Mujer" (The Enemies of
Woman). Judging from the titles alone it
appears that the Spaniard is now to turn
his attention to the woman question; if
that be really the case he will doubtless
say things worth listening to, especially
since they come from nation whose women
are only now beginning to escape Gin litera-
ture, at any rate) from the purely mascu-
line state Of affairs represented and SYM
bolzed in the point of honor"
Perhaps as convenient classification of
the authors original work as any would be
that dividing the novels into the region
al type, the propaganda type and the war
books, which are in essence Of the prop
aganda type. Outstanding representatives
Of the first would be such masterpieces as
La Barraca" (Ihe Cabin, or Farmhouse
and "Canas y Barro" Reeds and Mud); to
the second type belong such works as "Ia
CatedraT cine Cathedral, or as it is known
here, The Shadow Of the CathedraD, Gel
lntruso" (The Intruder), "Sangrc y Arena"
tBlood and Sand) and ia Bodega" (Thc
Saloon; to the third belong "Los Cuatro
Jnetcs del APOCALYPSE" (The Four Horse
men Of the apocalypse and "Marc Nos
trum," soon to appear in English as "Our
Sea" do not claim for such classiica-
tion that it exhausts the writer's work;
indeed If rf "a
"Ia Maja Desnuda' The Nude Girl. from
Goya's painting, although the character to
whom it is applied in the tale is the wife
Of a renowned artist) and "S6nnica la Cor
tesana" (known in English simply as Son
nca). The latter, besides being tale of
ancient war, is also one OF the most sue
cessful modern novels Of the sort that at
tempt TO reconstruct a past age Here, no
doubt, the vast reading Of the author was
Of material aid, but only his penetrating
vision and glowing imagination could have
infused life into this absorbing tale Of the
siege Of Saguntum by Hannibal.
Not little Of the work that was to con-
tribute to Blasco Ibancz's chief literary
glory that is, his regional novels s-was
tofeshado"ed in his carly collections Of
short tales, "Qucntos Valcncianos" (Val-
cncian Talcs) and "La Condcnada" (The
Condemned Woman). Just az the English
satlrist Gilbert expanded more than one of
his "Rab Ballads" into full-szcd opcrctta
lbretto, 80 Blasco Jbdhcz (qutc az eco
nomical with his material ns was SulN-
vans gifted partner) made later use Of a
situation or a parsonage from these cur)v
collections.
u IL not strange that the regional novel
should have hourished in Spain and Ituly
ne Various districts Of relatively small
territory have through linguistic variations
ana the Slo" march Of progress preserved
many traits Of distinction and hnyc fur
nished types and milicus that readjlv lend
themHelYca 10 literary treatment And ius,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
The Spaniard Who Has Risen to World Wide Fame; His
Life, Growth and What He
Stands For

shall lose half her legacy if she marries
again or is shown to have had intimacy
with any man. She discovers that she is
with child by Tonet; her greed, how
ever, will not permit half Of her fortune
going into the hands of persons whom she
detests, so she hides her maternity by
superhuman endeavors. When the child
is born Tonet is told to leave it at a
church door in Valencia; instead, che
browns the infant. Later the little corpse
under most dramatic circumstances, is dis
covered by Tonet's own dog. Tonet has
tried before to drink down his remorse;
now it flames up beyond control In a
moment of disgust with self and rage
against Neleta, whom he bames because
of her greed, he shoots himself Thus his
own death redeems the drowning of his
child.
Of course, there is a type of critic that
would, on a mere hearing or reading of
Such a plot as this, condemn the book at
once An antidote for such @ hasty atti-
tude would be to recite to ones self, slowly
yet concisely, the mere plot of "Hamlet"
Thoughtful readers of "Canas v Barro"
have written that "to the Anglo-Saxon its
clinical methods essentially grewsome" !"
To be sure, the novel, in parts, furnishes
hardly pleasant reading but cannot feel
that the methods pursued by the author
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
Losing Our
ParOChiaI Attitude

This is but one of the possible conse-
quences of our growing Internationally in
the literary world. l speak of it because
what have called our parocha attitude is
keeping away from US numbers of books
from Italy, Spain and France that should
be known here generally, rather than to the
curious and cultured few. Without the
proper mental attitude established, such a
pook, for example, Blasco IbAnz's "La
MaJa Desnuda" appears in an utterly
wrong light, as does more than one scene
from other Of his numerous novels. 1t NAV
be hoping too much to see, in the growing
popularity Of this Spaniard an opening for
the important literature of his compatriots
However that may be, he is himself red
blooded representative of Spain that 10
altogether too little known; Spain that
bellies the accusations Of degcneracv md
decay; Spain that looks forward that
would gladly have joined the Allies. and
that will yet contribute an apprecjnblc
snare TO the new world now in the making
Vicente Blasco Ibaaez was born in Janu-
ary, 1867, Of Aragonese parents, in that
Valencia which he has glorihcd in his bes.
work. From his earliest days he exhibitor
dynamic, militant spirit that raised him
above the drygoods shop owned by his
father. lie vas graduated in law from the
local university. and during his student days
acquired not little nOtoriety for his dis
turDing ideas. In almost every important
particular he incurably against the
inertia Of things as-thcy- He refused
U accept the conventional notions abou.
church and state and persisted in propa-
mo p Ill
ten word. Being young spaniard and
hence fairly born with the gift Of verse
making nc penned an anti government SON
net and "as rewarded With Il six month";
sentence 10 goVernmcut prison This at
tne aye Of eighteen. Subsequent anti-gov-
eminent sonneteering was punished by SINH
lnr Incarceration. In 1896 he was forced :.
nec Valencia and takc refuge ~ Paris; two
years '"ter IN amnesty permitted him to
scsufn But II man not Ike ibAnez to keoo
''nH out Of trouble, End to a spirit such
~ MA there nan much N Spanish affairs to
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19

are exactly clinical. Surely not so clinical.
for example, certain scenes in "Sangre
y Arena" The important thing is that the
author takes us into the very soul life of
these men and women; he is so familiar
with their mental attitudes that, although
ne himself is veritable dynamo of
literary, oratorical and political energy. he
can yet produce, in the vagabond
Sangonera an imaginative, besotted tramp
whose arguments in favor of universal
ldleness carry almost fascinating convic-
tion. In this tale of less than 300 pages
we find world in little; the region of
Albufera becomes, while we read, as wide
and as deep as the human heart I'm
pleasant? Yes. Grewsome? For a GER
tain type of reader. But what is far more
important, does it impress us with an at
mosphere of truth and actuality? If it
does, then it is great work 1t is one
of the books that had to be written. and
is therefore one of the books that ought
to be read. If l could read only three of
lbanez's novels l should choose "La
Barraca," "Canas y Barro" and "La Maia
Desuuda"
When we come to the two latest books
of the author the first of which has sold
IN such large numbers during the spast few
months, we encounter a strange synthesis
of the old lbanez and the new. 1t was
written in the stars that Ibafiez should pro-
duce "The Four Horsemcn of the Apoca-
lypse" and "Mare Nostrum" In the war
that threatened first France and then the
rest of the world Ibanez's sympathies
were with the Latin republic, to which he
was further bound by his worship of zola.
an affection that reveals itself in Ibanez's
love of description, in his multichrome
portrayal of crowds and buildings, in his
instinct for propaganda. He was one of
the first Spaninrds to abandon all pre-
tence at neutrality and come out boldly
for the Allies. What, then, more natural
than to cmbody his overfiowing feelings
in a book? And what more natural than
that such a book, inspired by the heroic
resistance at the First Marne, should IT,
self assume dimensions adequate to the
vast scale upon which the war itself was
being fought?
New-York tribune., 1919-01-19
The Famous
"FOur HOrSen7en"

The greatness Of "The -Four Horsemen ~
the Apocalypse" lies in it's descrintve ms.
snges. AS tale it is of the lnmborin,x
typo that is excmplncd in the novel yritto'
against the bul!-hght institution. it, like
more 'h"h ono OF the propaganda novels
'h"t preceded 1t, lacks adequate characteri-
A"'ion Again like these predecessors it is
stronger from the standpoint Of Character
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
DENY THE POLISH POGRoMs
Atrocities Perpetrated Against Jews II
's'- Poland Were Confined To
~ - - Two Localities. ,n

lA washington There were no atroci.
ties on Jews IN Poland at any other
places than vilna and Ffnsk, according
to statement Of Hugh Gibson, United
States minister at Warsaw, made, pub
lie, by. the state, department.
~ Mr. Gibson says that his sourcesoot
information are the local newspapers,
including the. Jewish press, the Amer
lean Relief Administration and, .s;'rep-
resentatfyes Of Jewish organizations
vito have talked frankly, with him
cSonecrning the situation" The fol
lowing was issued by the. state de
partment, based on Mr.. Gibson's er'
port: q ( ,osgs34. = a1eq<e
s"Feeting in Poland against. certain
classes of Jews, is largely due iteseco
nomic conditions. rather than to re
ligious intolerance, ie According to the
information received, ,aoertain Jewish
elements support the government,San and
are regarded with respect as an in
tegral part of the nation OF Poland
while another Jewish element is open
ly hostile to the government" lsPa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13

fs 44tft4 tf1H
Naval Committee and Secretary pan
ieIs Get Together, on Plans o.
,,,. Future Navy. 81, 4

Washington. The American navy
after June 80, 1920. win have an en-
listed strength OF $4,000 men If thi
decision of the house naval affairs
committee is. accepted by, congress
Personnel provisions of the house, ma
val appropriations bill, adopted by ths
committee, stipulatel 100000 men t(
Oct. /, 100000 men to Jan. 4, 1920. apd
175,000 to June 80, 1920 4aH 4.
Secretary Daniels has requested the
committee for "a strength 4ofl 100000
men after June 80, 1920 His program
called for 250,000 men to Oct. !, 1919
and 1000 men to JAM 1, 1920. Da4
The committees action If followed
by congress then means Daniels pro
gram will be cut $4,000 men as al
average" 1t means also that at leas
10000 men must be released from.ser
vice before Oct51, to reach the figure
provided in the bill.
Action by the committee came, after
barely 20 minutes Of discussion, sur
prising even members Of the commit
tee who had anticipated a fight ovel
the personnel provision. Chairman
Butler said the action was unanimous
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
BuRLEs0N RETURNS WIRES
Former Owners Given Short Notice
ITO Resume Operation ofi.9i
ii "a. Their, Property. y ,saJ


Observation-Disclosures and tele'
phone companies whose lines have
been controlled and operated by the
government since last August were or
dered to resume Immediately opera.
tions for their own account by Post
master General Burleson. The postof
flee department, however, under terms
Of Mr.. Burleson's order; retains q
measure OF control Of the services,
pending final Legislative action by
congress-. 'Ah go -.
Regulations prohibiting discrimina.
tion against wire employees because OF
union affiliations, maintaining exist
ing rates and charges and instructins
companies to keep special accounts
to facilitate cost settlement between
themselves and the government are re
tanned in effect under the order issued
by the postmaster general,
Mr.. Burleson accompanied the order
with statement giving the reasons
which impelled him to take action. He
asserted, that the president having
recommended the return Of the prpp
critics. the senate interstate commercs
,committee, having indicated that inn
mediate return was advisable and the
house committee having. through hear
ings, manifested a desire for action
toward that end. he felt it his duty to
return operative control to the VARIOUS
private owners. 4e,u.ls Ii
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
ARREsTPREsiDENT0 W.
Anarchists Make Futile Attempt Ts
cs d Blow Up Several Promi-iou
isoJ nents Citizens. li-5se

! Pittsburgh, Pa.--RoDert Johnson, IS.
president OF the 1. w. w. organization
and internationally known as a radical
agitator, is under arrest after a fight
with detectives and agents of the de-
partment of justice in downtown Of
flee building. Johnson opened fire on
the detectives with q revolver when
they opened the door Of |. w. w. head
quarters on the third floor OF the build
ing with a key taken from suspect
arrested in connection with the bomb
explosions here.
\ Several bullets passed through the
clothes Of detectives, but no one was
injured. Johnson /, was oyerpowered
and taken to police headquarters with
a quantity Of anarchistic Literature
found in the office. rIsa IS
Explosions took place in Washing
ton, Pittsburgh Cleveland Newton
ville,. Mass; Boston. Philadelphia. Pa
terson, N. j., and New York. None Of
the men for whom Tic aaombs in
tended was hurt, but one man, a watch
man in New York. was killed; one OF
the plotters himself was blown4to
pieces when an Internal machinesin
tended for Attorney General.lAs Mitch
ell Palmer exploded prematurely. a
Hope Is held out by federal agents
thatthe perpetrators of the crimes will
be apprehended. The identity of the
anarchist apparently has been estab-
lished "a = II 81 ''t25
The ottrages are believed'tb be d se-
quel to the May day bomb plot. wher
Internal machines were mailed to q
score of prominent men over the coun
TRY, - 4
The explosions were accompanied BY
1.-THE scattering Of anarchistic literature
written by persons who, were not INIT
crate. The literature contained the
stock doctrines of radicals WHO have
been preaching class war, i ~,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13

the United States from The 6eg ~. !,
Of the war up to November s. 1913.
Imas "a. 5o6.S07, Of whicls a ,Iittje rplore
than 100000 were Springfeldzri;ies.
Considerable attention is devoted to
the production OF sGEtomatic pistols
and revolxers for the ztFDanxzIzHro-
pean countries failed to appreciate the
value of a large caliber, hard hitting
weapon of the American type and fie
chief use of pistols and revoIverY In
EuRpeane synies had hesn rs orha.
ments for officers uniforms, 1t is sfid.
With the standard army autom4tie
1t Is stated. saRy average soldier with
average training can hit what he
shoots at In almost the ffst skirmish
IL proved, its superior susefulResso In
trench fighting, Such incidents .nz
that Of the single American soldier
who dispersed or killed whole sasiad
Of German sbayoneteers whichehadss,Ir-
,roundedi him struck .therenemy1 with
fear of Yankee aprowess With 4 the
pistol"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
sAsT s7s 8
DISQUIET IS !. SEEN i: J..
AMONG SLOYAKS

10
the vacancies left by the Sloyak intel
ligencia with oficials from Bohemia
and Moravfa. This hattPafly aiigers
both the, Magyarizdd elementyand THOSE
! aSloyaks who are unfit but swouldniilse
to occupy all the Jobs. i. - uea
A decided sentiment for real local.
autonomy Is making itself felt. ol,
the whole, the government may, NOT
opposed to granting an outspoken d. ),
mand7 for homie rule Tfn the pf6sliic, 4
The peasants do not take much inte =
est ip theoretical politics. / They coi,
plain that the republic lasted .pRly
three days. BY this they mean that
they were aI1bwed to plundef the. Jews
for only three days in the 1ntervalsbe-
tween the withdrawal Of the Hnngnr-
ians ms. and s1s the arrival Of the ,Gzechsss
During this time the, peasants bad
o very free hand. There. were. very
few towns or villages where they did
not completely clear up the J9@ish
population. who .are the shepkeepers
and small traders. and at, times les
sors Of estates; Now the peasants have
no longer the 1ews ~ plumber their
interest In the new state his 'diffnin-
ished.e5 5Theylwere kept n a. sfateaof
illiteracy ,by4 the Huagasians and
therefore are By spo means. rine Afor
real self-government. However, just
now they are very bitter because ecaa they
claim the Czechs take ftheir2fo6t5 sup
plies away.e saa;te sieas uis .sa4
3 eoishevism Nets Popular. aa,ss
= Bolshevisma has not takens'a fKgat
grip sonl the peasantry.'a s10takia Sis
largely an. agricultural district. ana I'VE
know farmers are, always the most
conservative element. In the few in
dustrfaI confmdnitfess in ''thef'4 more
mountainous north'a and east eartiffn
amount, of unrest has. deneloped.lc In
Kassay, far eastward, the large. mills
are not working and the food situation
is very bad, assit IL IN midst Of the IN
dustrial districts. Here tine wofldii6n
hold meettugss aHtEsg4gwf bolsheviIr
tone. Naturally Eassav IL rather near
the Hungarian border. ,Sou that s.bol-
sheyism there WOULD be natural isJn
the other industrial districts the work.
men seem to- have taken out Sftheir
ciass-constfcusness' I'm 'rnakfng bfg de-
mands. upon their employers. Not uh-
usual was Il. for ,Workmen to conae, 10
their employers and demand that they
receive a percentage Of All profits ac-
crued since the wars sbegfnfifhg. win
all this disRontent the food situntfon
Is very much involved. q Il .s.,..R
Gepsrally speaking Slovalxiaa weuld
not be the first province to 60 spp in
anarchic flames. For the time being
the Bolshevig' oveftnfr I'll 'HNiigaffa
has had indeed a rather quiating aef-
feet on ,Slovakia. .sThe wealthys 1r
well to do who were most attached
to their old fatherlaHd now now do not
relish the idea OF returning to sf7un.
gary which wiil,talze all their property.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
TEXAS GOVERNOR TENDERS WAR
DEPARTMENT USE OF TROOPS
TO GUARD RIO cRANDE.
10000 NOW ALONG BORDER
Offer is Transmitted To General ca
~ : Bell, Commander of, Southern Do
partment--state Cavalry
d g. May Be Used.

Washington. = Declaring that thu
Mexican situation is so critical that 9
larger force of troops on the border
is necessary to protect lives and prop
-erty OF citizens, Gov. Hobby Of Texas
has requested Secretary Baker to cal
into the federal service the. First and
Second Brigades OF Texas Cavalry and
to mobilize them at a convenient point
The war department Immediately
telegraphed the commanding genera
'of the southern department, who hal
acharge Of the border guard, asking hi
views on the request and for any In
formation bearing upon the situation
described by Gov Hobby.
y Confidential reports reaching tn,
war department within the last weel
regarding the situation in NortherI
Mexico contained no information, Il
was said, that would lead army Off
GERS to hold the opinion expressed by
Gov. Hobby. The border guard al
present exceeds 10000 troops, includ
ing cavalry, infantry. field artillery
air squadrons and engineer units, dis
trtbuted from Yuma, Ariz., to soutf
of Laredo. The latter point is head
quarters of the Fourth United States
Cavalry. Behind these is an ever
larger force at the denobilizatior
camps or en- route.
81 Maj Gen. De Rosy Cabell in com
I rnand of the Mexican border district
has standing orders to dispose thu
American troops as he thinks best t.
protect lives and property.