The Washington herald., 1920-01-15
In the LimeliSht
BY GEORGE FERRY MORRIS.

Some Of the younger scholars. his
torians and social philosophers OF
the country who shared in the House.
Mezes inquiry OF investigation of Eu-
ropean conditions and who were on
the American stan of experts" at
the Paris Peace Conference, have
held the stage of public attention
to date. because OF their revolt and
their withdrawal from the stan and
because OF their subsequent open
criticism Of the President.
Now some of the older men who
remained loyal and who did not ex-
pect a millennium to dawn are be-
coming vocal. Prof. Haskins, of
Harvard University. for Instance. has
been giving lectures at Lowell In
stitute. Boston, which. If read by
the Wilsonphobiac editor of the
Transcript. may give him pause"
Now 1t is announced that Prof.
Charles F.. Seymour. of the depart
ment of history at Yale. is to write
the volume on Woodrow Wilson
and the Great War for a series of
handbooks on a history which the
Yale University Press publishes.
There are others of this group who
served at Paris yet to be heard from.
and the final verdict may not be
that of Walter Lippmann ct al.
or course c. Bernard Shaw would
much prefer to pity himself than be
pitied by anyone else. But whether
he likes 1t or not. there will be some
Of the few Americans whose faith
in him has survived the war to regret
his latest diatribe against the United
States. and his misreading of con-
ditions here. He will be quite dis
Greet II he never sets foot on our
soil. even though under ever 80
clever management. for lack of
which. by the way. the Maeterlinck
tour has gone awry. Neither in
Ireland, England nor the United
States is there much respect left
for the Celtic intellectual Ishmaelits
whose undoIng has been his egoism.
"smartness" and his worse than
neutrality in time of erisis. Ger
many may continue to play his plays
and Mr.. Hearst continue to print
his specials" But nation of
villagers''-which he says We arc
will not make his purse full here
after. Yet how much he might
learn. were he to come here in
cognito,
The New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church on Tuesday evening was a
good cross-section of contemporary
Ireland, with its clashing of speak
ers from Ulster and their SYM
psthizers on the ono hand, and the
Sim Fein advocates who within and
without the edifice made ructions
that were quickly suppressed. The
Scotch born. Glasgow University edu-
| Gated and Belfast-stationed Presby-
terian preacher. Mr.. Blue, most skill
fully used the fact that Lincoln wor-
shipped in the edifice as a chance
text to pay tribute to the man that
Drinkwater has made the hero of his
admirable play. Later he quoted GER
tain of Lincoln's words spoken dur
Ing the civil war as justification
for fighting Sim Fein.
The case Is typical OF much in re-
cent British polemical history, es-
peeially during the war. Lincoln has
been quoted far more than Bright,
or Golden or Gladstone by British
journalists and political leaders since
1914. And like the Bible, men find
what they want. so universal is his
appeal to both radicals and conser-
vatives. he being a great moderate
and opportunist.
Miss Helen Taft. acting president
of Bryn Mawr College, is urging on
women students and on women citi-
zens more serious and constant at
tention to international affairs.
She says this after a somewhat
prolonged tour Of Europe last sum-
mer, and also no doubt, because as
the daughter of a former President.
|fne mas for some time been aware
or the value of her own life and to
her professional serviceability of such
special knowledge in this field as
she has acquired. She believes that
women, both rs voters and as Of
heiais. will be called upon to, in
creasing service in shaping the for
elgn policies and administrative
methods of governments; and she
also is confident that women will
do this important civic service freed
from traditions that hamper men.
who have been at 1t so many wears
that they have got in deep ruts
ana become unsympathetia with all
things new. Were Ii not almost
certain that Miss Taft is to become
a permanent executive at BrynI
Mawr, she might be enlisted for
work on the league of nations
stan which, IL we mistake not, al
ready Is committed to equality Of
opportunity for men and women.