The Washington herald., 1920-08-24
In the Limelight
BY George Perry MorriA
rupert H.sAe., the PeIe.,eas..

Rupert Hughes, the PeIeatekst.
Rupert Hughes. the novelist RI
walls John spargo now as fighter
against the Russia that is. in behalf
of the Russia that is TO be- The
theme of his present emotional fer
vor certainly is greater than when
he was writing Excuse Ne" The
Thirteenth Commandment" and The
Richest Girl in the World" II is the
Third Russia" that now is the sub
ject of his prayers and vehement
appeals. He has become the spokes-
man for Russian ''intellectusls" who
are in proletarisn bondage. To date
he is rather lonely because solitary
in his role. Voices that were
CLAIMANT against Teutonic tyranny
say not a ward against Lenins-
Iaaso yitobe . League Champion
Nitobe, the japanese scholar, sd-
ministrstor, author and Interpreter
of "Bushido," married Phlsoel-
phia Quakeress. His religion now Is
of the order of the Friends. He is
on the working staff of the league
Of nations, and as such appeared at
the world conference of Friends.
just held in London, urging that the
conference recognize and approve
the league OF nations covenant, not
as a perfect scheme, but as one
leading to something better In this
attitude he was opposed by Prot.
William ]. Hull, of Swsrthmore Col
lege, a well-known pacifst and writ
er on international relations. Nj
tobe's career has been one of the
l.. ~ 4
Grafton of literally educated, mod
ern-spirited japanese. The last time
he spoke here IL was under evident
outer restraint and inner constrsint
To be loyal 10 Japan and also to be
loyal to his ethical ideals evidently
was not proving an easy task. In
his present position as an assistant
secretary of the league he doubtless
feels freeE-
The Gorxss Memorial st Panama.
Don ]. Z. Lefevre. charge d'sfisires
OF the Panama Legation, intimates
that his country is prepared to &c
far in endowing an institute for re-
search in tropical disease. which
will be a formal memorial OF the
late Gen william c. Gorgas. II the
lsOGhelellGT AAN
rIoy of which Gen. Gorgss was dur
ing his last years, can be induced
70 cooperate with the republic in
this plan and IL other States OF the
Americas - including the United
Stztes-vill rally around Panama,
there is no reason why the world:
finest institute for the study Of dis
cases of the tropics should not come
into being. 1t would be the best
sort of memorial OF Gen. Gorgas, a:
fire as anything a sculptor can DC
with marble or bronze.
sveden's Artist Friend of AmerIc.
Andreas Zorn. the Swedish artist
was better known probably thar
any man Of his nation in the ar
circles of this country. He had
come among US. been appreciated
found patrons, and had come TO Un.
derstand US. Returning home b,
conspired with other Scandinavian,
TO see to it that more youth from
Sweden and Norway came to oui
universities to study and TO our cen,
] ters OF light and leading for inspi.
! ration. His work as an artist hac
virility and other qualities tha'
made il appeal &c our buyers: and
some of his best works arc 10 b,
found in our public and private col.
lections. Haig taught him how tc
etch. and he won first rank in thi.
field: but he also worked in oils
water colors and sculpture
The interval between his first
burst upon US at the Chicago expo
sition OF 's3 and the day Of his re.
cent death has been one Of great
productivity. Owners Of his work:
have good speculative possessions.