The Washington herald., 1920-11-05
ENVOY
EX-DIPLOMAT
A. |. Elkus VIII Go to Eu-
rope for U. S. to Sit With
World Commission.
By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.
Having found Abrsm !. EIkus. OF
New York City. dependable as a
diplomat in the past. the admin
istratlon has named him to 80 to
Europe and sit with the special
commission of the League of ma
tions which In TO arbitrate the dis
pute between Sweden and Finland
over control of the Aland Islands.
II f. another case OF our moral
II not legal right to 'sit in" being
recognized by Europe, and of re-
lance being put upon the good ef-
feet Of an American representative
advising. IL not voting. upon a con-
crete issue raised by settlement OF
peace terms. Were the precise in
structions given to Mr.. Elkus avail
able. IL would be possible TO com
ment more accurately on the import
Of this AFFAIR. Mr.. Elkus IL a New
York lawyer. prominent In social
betterment work. whose leading
service 70 the country in the for
eign field was given when he was
Ambassador to Turkey from 1915
to 1917.
meyer Lenders beturn-
Meyer London's return to Con-
gress and Victor Berger's defeat
by a combination Of the conserva-
tive forces of Milwaukee indicate
that Socialism will have as its sole
representative in Congress q man
who was respected by many who
differed radically from him on So
cial and political issues. London
never was SO much OF an idealist
that he lost touch with the facts
OF life and OF politics: and he had
one excellent habit OF going home
each week to his constituents In
New York City and describing his
own record as a lawmaker. and
the meaning OF his colleagues
votes as well as Of his own.
Were the custom as prevalent as
conditions permit IL to be for a con-
siderable number OF Legislators IL
cational effect. London's recall
when he left Congress was due 10
back fire from his own people, who
thought him too much OF an op-
portunist. They have seen light
since he returned to his profess
sion and they are now backing him
again. He is too sensible a man to
be an unyielding doctrinaire.
Louise InoEen Quincy.
Long residence in England has
taken Louise Imogen Quincy out OF
the sight and thought Of the Amer
ican literary world but there was
a time when. under the patronage
of John Boyle O'Reilly, of the Pilot
(BostonD. and Editors Howells and
Aldrich, OF the Atlantic Monthly. she
had a very loyal constituency OF
admirers OF her verse. She once
was postmistress in Boston
suburb. but even then rose above
mundane things to write poetry OF
marked spiritual depth and eX-
Quisite polish. She owed the sp-
pointment to Grover Cleveland and
TO the fact that she was the daugh-
ter Of Gen. Patrick r. Quincy.
Moved by motives quite different
from those OF Henry James. she
nevertheless was like him. became
eXpatriate. the English ecclesiastical
environment and medieval atmos-
phere suiting her later development
as spirit better than did the city
OF Boston. Neither a great poet
nor a great critic. she nevertheless
stands very high among American
women who have had the artistic
impulse to model their work on
pre-modern masters. and some OF
her translstions of the hymns Of the
church fathers are admirable.
Welcome Chess Prodigy.
Eight year old Samuel Rzesz-
weski. the Polish chess player, has
arrived in the country to tour il
and meet the best Of our PLAYERS.
He has the requisite entourage: a
father, physician. and a manager:
and he probably will duplicate here
the extraordinary record he has
made abroad Genius is capitalized
today as never before. and Paul
Morphy's dazzling career was pre-
mature as TO time. There will be
Justification for any envious critl-
Cism Of this youths enrichment. II
will be small compared with the
French prizehghter's share in the
fight with Dempsey.
-ImItative- washInEton.
One Of the cleverest Of contem-
porary London artists-C. W. Il.
Nevinson. son of n. W. Nevinson.
the well-known journalist and trav-
eler is coming TO this country
again this year to let the public
see the sort OF work which has
won him such a swift increase OF
reputation at home. Some of ft
will depict the New York that he
l fell In love with last winter.
The tall buildings of Gotham
seem to him the city's most fasci-
I mating spectacle and the most dis
/ tinctive contribution of America to
architecture. He has seen Wash
| ington. and calls il Initiative" II
/ lacks the distinctive original Amer
| ican quality in its public buildings
that he was hoping to find. We
are too classical and conventional.
( Evidently he sympathizes with Bor-
glum and his, school. When he
comes to town again he should be
/ pinned down to constructive sug-
Restions