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New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
The Real Religion

A faith that feared the progress
Of knowledge anticipated it's own dis
solution, he said. Yet while some
elements in the Christian tradition
we're perforce discarded, the essen
tial nature and strength Of the
Christian faith had been more clearly
disclosed, For Christianity the per
fection of Christ's religious teaching
and the revelation of His own su-
preme excellence were alone of de-
cisi7e Importance. The unique value
of Christ's self-revelation was a fact
OF history and of religious expert
cnce undisturbed by scientific prog
ress.
On the other hand, Christ's reli-
gious teaching dovetailed with singu-
lar exactness into the wider scheme
Of evolution now coming into view,
Canon Barnes asserted. 1t now
seemed highly probable that from
some fundamental stuff in the uni
verse the electrons arose. From
them came matter. From matter
life emerged. From life came mind.
From mind spiritual consciousness
was developing, There was a time
when matter, life, mind, the soul of
man, were not, but now they are.
Each had arisen as part Of a vast
scheme planned by God. The Christ
spirit within man-"the quality of
deity as it had been called-sepa-
rated him from the animals whence
he had sprung, just as life separated
them from the matter of which they
we're made. And through the same
Spirit Of Christ men put on im1nor-
tality, inasmuch as the things that
were Of God were eternal with God.
Thus science described the process
by which man had come into being,
and religion offered him guidance
toward his spiritual destiny.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
The War Gets In

s"The overshadowed single life Is
legion; but, apart from these, there
are passages in tho lives Of nations
which tho mind finds It almost I'M
possible to envisage otherwise than
In terms Of the Biblical vision Of the
Fall or it's soul-searching interpreta-
ton by the genius Of Orcagna or
Milton. When one thinks Of the
moral conditions of almost the whole
of our own people in the first months
of the warts clearness and sobri-
ETY. Of mind, its sane willingness to
do and to endure, the mutual good
will and generosity that animated it,
the concentration Of its desires upon
a simple effort of rescue and relief
and then Of what has followed, of
the prodteering, the witches kitchen
Of spite, greed and vindictiveness,
the carnivals of lying propaganda
the envenomed hatreds in action in
Ireland and in oar industries, one
has = sansc al somo appalling visita-
easn s& mozal ka1lurs, dtsplseemau&
aaA luA Asa3etky wA&aA IN nasfn naan
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Who Would Be Adam?

"Yet is there a single man in Eng
land to-day who would change
places with him? Boys have wished
to be Robinson Crusoe, but who ever
desired to be Adam? We think of
him chiefly as a rather uncomfort-
able Englishman who has mislaid
his clothes, a naked ninny. Some say
he was a black man, others say he
was a Jew. Whatever he may have
been, the main fact remains that
not only the Archbishop of Canter-
bury but Mr.. Bottomley feels I'M
mensely superior to him. However
much We may deplore the Fall. we
do not think much Of man before
the Fall. Adam may have been
well enough in the Garden of Eden.
but he would not do in England.
Christians as well as atheists would
tremble if they were told that thew
were going to revert to the condi-
tlon of Adam on January l prox.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

well as in other churches. The old
view Of a certain school Of thinkers
that every fall is a fall upward has
long ago gone into the limbo of
other exploded tales-but dear
Canon Barnes and his probable
fundamental stuff leading to no fall
at all, surely out-Herods Herodl
II protest"
Canon Barnes came right back in
another letter to The Times, saying:
''I trust that you will permit me
briefly to reply to General Bran
we'll Booths letter in to-day's issue
Of The Times.
Canon Barnes Replies
"You kindly quoted my descrip-
tion Of the generalized scheme of
evolution which finds favor with
some men Of science. The scheme is
built up, as I said, Of theories tested
by experiment and unified by the
speculative reason. Though it has
not received anything like adequate
confirmation, it is to me probable
and the analogy which it offers be-
tween the origin Of the soul and the
origin of life is Of value to Christian
belief. The General makes fun of
my use of the word stuff to describe
the something--it may be the ether
Of the physicists or the space-time
complex Of Professor Alexander
which is fundamental in the whole
scheme. A neutral word it is, of
course, necessary to use; matter
would not do, as the stuff is not
matter. Reality is dangerous in
its philosophical Implications. So the
General had, and took. his oppor-
tunity.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Not Historical Event

"But, while I must thus insist
against the General that the Fall
can no longer be regarded a his
torical event, I would urge that It
is not, as he seems to think, vital
to Christian theology. 1t has no
essential place in the scheme of con-
version and redemption through
Christ Jesus, Of which he and I,
however unworthy, are both minis
ters. To the Christian who accepts
modern biological principles the
Christ-Spirit Isl the supreme and
final power in the evolution Of man.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Fall OF Man Story Untrue English Churchman Saws:
Sermon by Canon Barnes Raises The0loaical Sto,
Christian Thinkers Declared to Ac-
cept Quietly the Theory
of Evolution

come from, them some CLEAN Of dis
interested irrelevance."
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Man Not Made Perfect

"Jesus Christ was the miraculous
example Of what he should try to
become. Man was not made perfect
and then marred; his evolution is
still proceeding; he is growing to
the measure of the stature of the
fuilness Of Christ Why need we
trouble about the Fall so long as we
can preach that in Christ shall all
he made alive?
II shall the less regret the ne
cessity Of this controversial letter
II you viii allow me to make it the
occasion Of publicly expressing my
admiration Of the work done by the
Salvation Army and my respect for
it's honored leader"
"If," retorted General Booth, 81
am compelled to choose between
competent biologists and that giant
among Christian thinkers, st. Paul,
I am resolved to range myself with
the latter"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
A Touch of Humor

Tt would certainly be an excellent
custom if every county council once
year passed a resolution deplor-
ing the criminal weakness of Eve
in the matter of the Serpent, copies
of the resolution to be forwarded to
the Prime Minister and the President
of the United States. For the Fall of
Man is fact, though nobody be-
lieyes it. 1t happens every day,
though it never happened at all.
Canon Barnes is killing dead hy
with a sledgehammer when he at
tacks the Fall Of Man on historical
grounds. But he cannot get over
the Serpent, and many wise men
doubt if he can get over Eve.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Many of the Orthodox Dissent From
This Opinion, and the Dis
cussion Is Warm

river and at the root Of every tree;
he Is figure ever among the stars.
He is the crooked worm that makes
it's path through the mind Of a
statesman. He Is the lie that wrig-
giles In the soul. He Is variously
known as the Destroyer and as the
God Of the Things That Are. He Is
the most real character in the trag-
edy of the Fall. Even clergymen
find themselves compelled to believe
IN him. One may doubt Adam, but
who can doubt the Devil?
adam, before the Fall, we fear,
has little more human reality than
a circle or straight line. That is
why none Of US can look up to him
or envy him, as we should if we be-
lieved in him. Here, We tell our
selves vaguely, was a perfect man.
IF he was, we must endow him with
a spirit more beautiful than that of
St. Francis, with love, daring,
energy, truth beyond any Of the
saints and heroes. He lacked moth
ing Of the ideal man but the knowl-
edge Of good and evil, but in every
other kind Of knowledge he must
have been wiser than Aristotle, more
cunning than Pico della Mirandola.
He was at once sage, saint and
demigod.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

spite Of the first chapters Of Genesis,
the stories Of the special creation Of
man by God and of the Fall have be-
come incredible. To assert them Is
to renounce our intellectual heritage
from the nineteenth century. That
heritage is one part of the work
done by the Holy Spirit at a time
when the same Spirit called William
Booth to His service.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Beyond Our Sympathies


"The truth is, the perfect man is
a perfect foreigner to US. He is so
foreign as to be entirely beyond the
reach of our sympathies. We can
sympathize with human greatness
only in It's struggle with sin and
suffering. The man who knows
nothing Of sin or suffering is. so far
as we are concerned, blank sheet
of paper which we are expected to
read and translate. He is the .. of
algebra, and we know nothing about
him except that he-r. How impos-
slble of comprehension he is by a
civilized man is shown by the fact
That SO great poet as Milton could
not ennoble him but could only make
him master of an idealized eating
house and circus. Conceive, if you
can, a modern bishop envying the
domestic Adam Of Paradise Lost:
To their supper fruits they fell.
Nectarine fruits which the comnI,ant
boughs
Yielded them, sidslong as they sat re-
cline
On the soft downy bank damasked with
flowers:
The savoury pulp they chew, and in the
rind
still as they thirsted scoop the brirn
ming stream;
Nor gentle purpose, nor cndearing
smiles
Wanted, nor youthful dalliance az be-
seems
Fair couple, linked in happy nuptial
league,
Alone as they.
"a fine life for vegetarian. per
haps, but for a Christian? And even
on vegetarian the frisks Of the
performing animals must ultimately
have palled:
Bears, tigers, ounces. herds,
0snbes'd kezsrs 1Asmt a. unwsslAy
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New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
In Peril of the Stake

Ihe courageous sermon preached
at Cardiff yesterday by Canon
Barnes, Fellow of the Royal Society.
and distinguished theologian,
might have led him to the stake not
so many generations ago, and even
to-day it may bring him into con-
t1ict with some sections Of clerical
opinion.
"The majority Of thinking people
will share this belief, or at least
sympathize with 1t. But the
churches have a grave choice to
make. They must 80 state their
creeds and their formularies. how
ever venerable and endeared by
tradition, that they do not present
obstacles to educated intelligence;
or they must be content to minister
only to those who can be reached
by emotion and ritual. The choice
will arise in an immediate form
when the movement toward reunion
passes from the stage of good will
to the stage Of definition. If they
prefer the easy way of concealing
disagreement under generalized
phraseology, they may indeed unite
the churches, but at the cost of iso-
lating the United Church from the
intelligence of the people"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

also an editorial in the same issue Of
"The Gazette" rehearsing these dis
torted facts, headed Shipping
Board Guilty Of Misrepresentation"
As a matter of clear fact, the
Shipping Board has based it's de-
mand for Section % upon the sound
est reasons and upon the unassail-
able facts stated by Admiral Benson.
That section is u sound and needed
defense against unfair discrimina-
ton by other nations. 1t has and
deserves to have the support Of every
American DESTROYS Of seeing the
American flag maintained upon the
seas. The Jones act was carefully
drawn after mature deliberation,
and the attack in "The Nautical Ga
zette" is valuable confirmation of it's
essential soundness and fairness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Liberalizing the League

One OF the first problems with re-
spect to the Wilson league which will
come before the Republican Admin
istration, in the event of Nj. Har-
ding's election, will relate to Arti-
Gle X.
This issue is not as farreaching as
that upon which Mr.. Roots interest
has been centered-the restoring of
Judicial functions to their due place
in world association of nations.
But it is immediate and vital, touch
ing the nature and character of the
league and its practical service to the
world.
Liberal opinion in every country
at once fixed upon Article X as the
covenants most Objectionable fea-
ture. Time has strengthened this
eplmon, despite Mr.. Wilson's earnest
eHorts to convince the country that
here was the heart of the league"
ana that he who attacked it sought
to drive knife" into that heart.
Perhaps Mr.. Cox meant to take his
stand with AIR. Wilson on this i'm
portant question when he spoke of
the vital principle" of the league.
Perhaps he did not. There is no wav
OF telling or basis for guessing.
But there can be no question of the
Republican view. 1t was expressed
IN the Lodge reservation on Article
Z. 1t is in accord with the liberal
view in every nation. We do not
know where this opinion HIS been so
we'll stated as it was by Mr.. Hoover
last June. 1t does not need to be said
that Mr.. Hoover is pro-leaguer.
He was SO much pro-leaguer that,
like practically the entire Republican
membership of the Senate, he was
willing to accept Article X, subject
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
A Municipal Yaphank

The only cure for housing short
age is, Of course, house construction.
But this simple truth the public's
agents have been trying to dodge.
The lodging has not succeeded and
can't.
Private capital will not 60 into
housing on a large scale under pres
ent conditions. Who will put money
into construction for a per cent
return when tax-free government
bonds net more than 6 per cent?
Who will pay labor and material
men 200 to 400 per cent of the old
prices when there is strong likeli
hood that soon an apartment house
Will not be worth what it cost, be-
cause new one can be built for less?
What temptation is there to invest
IN housing when the owner carries
/ all the risks, but finds his rent
charges dictated to him by a public
which naturally insists on low rents?
Yet the housing problem, at least in
Its emergency features, can be
solved. But it must be by the public
assuming the risks of the business.
Yaphank was created in three
months. Four months are to elapse
before winter closes in. 1t is still
possible to have barracks where
space can be provided for a family
at $40 month. Not all families
would desire to live there, but there
are many families which would re-
gard the low rent sufficient compen-
sation for Inconvenience. For p
year two million of the best men in
America We're housed in barracks
and suffered no harm
Unfortunately, we have a Mavor
who deals with practical problems on
the theory that they can best be
solved by wind and demagogy. So
the spring and summer have been
wasted. But it is not too late. If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Camps for Commuters

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Have all the mobilization
camp buildings been destroyed and did
the government receive about 10 per
cent of the value of the materials
based upon pre-war prices?
Should there happen to be camp
remaining within easy committing dis
lance of New York, would it not be
"a scrvlceable undertaking to convert
these buildings into quarters for home
less families? There will be manv
such this fall, and gladly would they
avail themselves of any Offering for
housing.
In ths suburbs attractive offers are
being MAIDS for barns and garages to be
used as living quarters. Then why not
convert one of the large camps? 1t
can readily be done at relatively
small cost. Is there camp remaining ?
HOUSED.
New York, Aug. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
"AN Available Means"

The solemn and moving statement
which Poland has addressed to the
conscience of the world, document
which brings to mind that similar ap-
peal Of Belgium six years ago, CRATE
fully speaks of the comfort the Pol
ish people derive from the assur-
ance of the President that he will
employ call available means" to in
sure Poland's freedom. Then the
statement pertinently adds:
"But Immediately the question pre-
sents itself as to what is meant by the
phrase all available means"
On another momentous occasion
the President indicated he would
'omit no word or act" if certain
events happened. They happened,
and then there was a wait of two
years during which words were not
omitted but acts were.
1t is obvious, as the Polish state
ment points out, that aid to be of
use must be immediate. The fingers
of Bolshevism, the Bolshevism which
the President accurately describes,
are about Polands throat.
1t is scarcely necessary to point
out that words, while very we'll, are
not substitutes for deeds. If "all
available means" are to be employed
to safeguard Poland, the fact would
seem to demand a summoning of
Congress and a request for credit.
Yet there is no hint that Congress
is to be called or that definite action
is in mind.
AS to Poland, this country, if it
functions at all, must function
through the President. With respect
to the ratification of the Versailles
treaty there was dual responsibility,
but as to Poland, in the first in
stance, the responsibility of the Pres
ident is single. He has written and
he has written well, but what does
he intend to do?
The voice of partisanship is stilled
in the presence of the new crisis.
From the nature of the problem the
President must lead if there is to be
leadership. AL! patriots will desire
to get behind him now, as they did
in 1917 and 1918. But what does he
want or wish to suggest concerning
the use of "all available means" to
save Poland? Having written one
note, there is need of another, or at
least q postscript
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Swedes in New Jersey
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF Inc tribune.
Sir: Will you permit me space to cor
rect slight misstatement of the facts
of history in an editorial on the Puri-
tan influence in todays paper?
The Swedes did not, as it states,
settle in New Jersey. The first set
tiers in that region were the Dutch
traders. A few Danish and Swedish
settlers attempted to form part of the
colony, but were driven out by the
Dutch and returned to Europe. The
Dutch held New Jersey as part of the
New Netherland colony until 1864,
when the English took possession. The
only colony of Swedish settlers was
in Delaware, which was discovered, as
its name implies, by the English Lord
de la Ware, in 1910, and founded by
the Dutch in 1880. The Dutch settlers,
however, were killed off by the Indi-
ans, and some years later a colony was
organized by Gustavus Adolphus, of
Sweden, and sent out in 1888, after his
death. Seventeen years later the
Swedes were driven out by the Dutch,
who, in their turn, were obliged to give
way to the English in 1864
No one with any perception of char
acteristic racial qualities can deny that
the Swedes are among the most desir-
able of the recent immigrants to
America, but actually the number tc
settle here in Colonial days was ex-
tremely small, as their tenure Of the
land was brief For traces of Swedish
and other Scandinavian influence
therefore, we must consider contem.
poraneous history in the Western
states. Ole Hanson is case in point
KATHARINE METCALF ROOF.
New York, Aug. 10, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Subway Natural History
a Study OF Mech Lambs and
Sturdy Pigs Upon Our Trains


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: When look at the average SUBJ
way patron I divide my opinion between
meek lamb, victim of necessary sys-
tenn of slow slaughter, and well devel-
oped hog trained in the art Of acting
natural The reader may contemplate
either in his next glance in tho mirror.
In the usual stampede for seat all
law or prior right or consideration Of
age, infrmity or WEAKNESS is thrust to
the winds, with the result, Of course,
TINT those least entitled to seat and
best able to stand are seated, stretching
out their hind legs in sweet comfort.
The night that this protest was writ
ten, feeling fatigued, let one car go by,
and, awaiting the next, stood at the
very edge of the platform, and, as it
happened, when the car came in, right
at the entrance. Yet, notwithstanding
these advantages, was trod on, damned
and jostled, and, as usual, did the strap
hanging clear to Eastern Parkway.
Not to discriminate among hogs
for not all are Marathon runners-I
noticed as I hung on to the strap that
among those who showed their way to
seat there was but one gray head, and
his hair was prematurely gray. Not one
appeared to be over thirty-fve and the
majority under twenty-five. Only two
girls among the women landed prize,
for whom congratulations are due.
No doubt apology should be made in
some instances, since like breeds like,
and hoggish actions stimulate to like
action as a means of justifablo self
determination. Nor do all those in pur-
suit of seat realize all that they act
out, perhaps; but most of this disgusting
rudeness is sheer piggishness, however
you look at it.
New York may boast Of it's civiliza-
ton, but it's rush crowds suggest big
question mark
What is here written may not look
we'll in print, but it looks worse in
practice, and is worse than it looks, for
it is dangerous.
Furthermore, as an example of selfish
ness, this inhuman practice is having
it's effect on our boys, only now and then
one of them being gracious enough to
offer his seat to an elderly man or
woman.
1t seems that an otherwise generous
public should awake to the situation, and
each for himself provide the remedy by
practicing the rule of first come first
served. AS is the individual so is the
crowd. Only by this means could the
abominable rush hour conditions be
eliminated.
CHARLES ELMER FURMAN.
New York, Aug. II, 1920.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
At the Stadium

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the favorable notices
which you have given to the Stadium
concerts, | sincerely believe that these
concerts, which furnish the very best
quality of high class and attractive
music in the open air, III pleasant and
artistic surroundings, have beneficial
influence on the summer life Of the peo-
pie who remain during the summer. or
the greater part of it, in the city,
Dwellers in private houses can sit on
their stoops, but often the surroundings
are depressing and not healthful. Those
who live in apartments or tenements
cannot even do this. Until lately the
only amusements offered were motion
pictures, theaters and roof gardens
Motion picture shows are mostly in in
closed halls, and even if few are in
the open air we have already had 50
much of the movies, and they arc often
not of the very best. Outside of that
there are theaters and roof gardens
and | need not elaborate on the fact
that, owing to the kind of performances
which are mostly given in the summer
the tine concerts in the Stadium in the
open air are very much more elevating,
attractive and beneficial to the commu-
nifty. ADOLPH LEWISOHN
New York, Aug II, 1920