The Washington herald., 1920-04-29
In the Linnelight
By George Perry Norris

XII @6
By George Perry Norris
II Gov. Coolidge. OF Massachusstts.
Is nominated by the Republican, he
would add a large number Of ne
groes to the party. Secretary Baker
and the War Department and the
doughty governor are having a set
to now which has not closed despite
the apparent finality OF the depart
ments recent decree. Massachu-
setts negroes wish to enter the new
army on the same basis as they did
the State militia The War Depart
ment declines to let them. They
must be pioneers" and workers.
camp followers and stevedores. They
decline to accept a status which is
lower than they used to have. Gov.
Coolidge says that he intends to
find out whether q State may not
use its human material as IL pleases
in time Of war and in training for
war. He declines to accept as de-
cisive Secretary Bakers decree and
his preachment to the negroes to
take what they are told to take
or nothisg.
Paul Bartlett, the sculptor, who
10 so well known in Washington, is
leading in the ight that the art
committee of New York City en-
dued with final authority, is put
ting up to compel erection OF a war
memorial that will be authentically
American. in keeping with our
own country Or our times and our
own people" Having added in dis
cardtng sixty-seven proposals
made In the competition for ideas
recently closed. he is now Justify
ing his position by arguing for
something that is original not imi-
tatiye.
With Henry Ford's managers
carefully studying the advisabiIity
of their plant" beginning con-
struction of low-cost aeroplanes
and with the largest of the tire
making firms in Akron. Ohio, e1-
perimenting in construction of 6iri-
gibles far beyond the limits set by
them during the war when they
worked for the government, it may
be that before long the much ar
gued for private support Of aYia-
ton will come to pass in this coun-
Try. Ralph H. Upson. who has an
international reputation as a bal
loonist is chief of the aero branch
CT the Akron company, and he Is
aided by experts of all types in the
costly but prophetic process Of ex-
perimentation.
OF course as Chinese national
circumstances increases and as
the problems of government are
mastered, the issue Of prolonged
control Of the Concessions" or in
Iternational settlements by foreign
ers in cities like Shanghai is bound
TO become acute Even now in
Shanghai the demand goes up for
native representation on the CITY
council. Americas representative
just elected is Sterling Fessenden.
who. by vocation, is a lawyer. His
associates are one japanese and
seven British citizens.
Readers of the New York Indepen-
dent, in its palmiest days. and Of
other leading weeklies and month
lies that were Influential in the two
last decades Of the last century, will
recall the brilliant, scholarly ar
ticles contributed by William CIeay-
er Wilkinson. a clergyman by voca-
ton. but a man with a distinct lit
erary touch to his work. OF late
years his pen has been laid aside
| a "a =
has passed on. He was a doughboy
polemiCist when aroused and toll
and gave hard blows when issues
were in debate on which he had
strong convictions.
| Is Destiny saying to Amundsen.
| Curb thy vaulting ambition" He
has a South Pole record and patur-
ally wanted a North Pole one: but
has been defeated. RadioEram sery-
ice has established the fact that he
Is Seattle bound. What did Peary.
to mention no earlier pioneer in Arc
tic exploration, know about radio
| grams?
! Seward's sons, one OF whom Will
lam H., has just died, like Lincoln's
son. walked in the ways of con-
| serNatlsm as they came to manhood
and stood on their own feet. Greeley
and Wendell Phillips had no heirs.
But the descendants OF William
Lloyd Garrison followed the heredi-
tary bent of radicalism: and in Os-
wald Garrison Willard of the nation.
economic and political revolution
here and in-Europe, has its most
unequivocal defender among the ma
/ tive born journalists of the country.
The Importance that Great Britain
attaches to responsible administra-
tive positions in news-collection
and news-distribution in the Far
East is shown by the choice OF
William Turner to be general man.
Ager of Reuters. with headquarters
In Shanghai. Mr.. Turner for sew
eral years was the British Do
minions' and Far Eastern specialist
Of the service, with headquarters In
London. At the Paris Peace Con-
ference he held a responsible po-
sition as the ofiicial reporter of the
plenary sessions for the British
press and he handled the distrIbu-
tion of the conference reports to
the British dorninions.