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New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
A Modern Omar
Mr.. Jones Describes Eu-
rope in Light Verse

y r ERBERT JONES made one men,
\ orable visit to the Vienna Of
the days before the war While
there he met girl of the type Schnitz-
Ter has immortalized as the "susscs
Madl and fell rhapsodically in love
with her. That Is what happened, at
least, If we are to believe his verse ac-
count i'll "Thc Well of Being" (John
Lane). The book centers around an
event of this nature; it is told in a
sonnet sequence and retold in a roll
licking verse narrative.
Mr.. Jones borrowed his philosophy
from the Rubaiyat and his knack of
making rhymes from Lord Byron. He
is charmingly inconsequent poet who
"anders over Europe a little more in
nocently than Don Juan and relates his
adventures much in the same way.
Sometimes he is bit the Cooks tour
list, but his enthusiasm avoids the worst
banalities. One likes the Viennese ad
ventures especially; he did also if his
account may be trusted. Life at that
time seemed to be composed chiefly of
hustle and hot chocolate
If I recall that afternoon arixht
It was whirl Of taxi expeditions
ana sense and nonsense, laughter haste
delight,
A triumph Of achievements and omissions.
How 1t was all worked in l half forget
Hietzing and Grinzing. Innere Stadt, Ring
straSse,
And Schoenbrunn Palace and the Cloriette
God knows what further-Alsergrun-
Bcrggasse--
The night came down before we had our
Such verse is light and amusing and
one would be silly to object to it be-
cause it isn't Homer. A. E. Housman
once defined poetry as something that
gives you strange sensation in the
back of the neck, or along the spine, or
a funny feeling in the pit of the stom-
ach. There are no such authentic
shivers about "The Well of Being
One can say only that it is jolly and
well written and not too soporific-
hut in saying that one ranks it above
nine-tenths of our modern verse.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Swiss Democracy
E. Experim ents in Direct
Popular Government

& WITzERLAND has, perhaps, the
~ oldest democratic tradition of all
European governments. The sturdy
mountaineers who cast off the Haps-
burg tyranny in the fourteenth CEN
tury constituted one of the few free
communities of the Middle Ages. Sub
sequently Swiss democracy suffered a
temporary and partial eclipse, cspc-
clally in the large cities. But a series
OF reforms instituted during the nine
teenth century made the little repub-
lie one of the foremost exponents of
the principle of direct popular govern
ment.
The workings of the Swiss system
are clearly and carefully explained by
NJ. Felix Bonjour, former President of
the Swiss National Council, in "Real
Democracy in Operation" (Stokes). M.
Bonjour lays emphasis upon the initia-
tive and referendum as important fea-
lures of Swiss political life. He hear
tily tndorses both these instruments of
direct government by the people. He
asserts that their constant applica-
tion makes the legislators more re-
sponsive to the popular will and pre-
vents the enactment of many harmful
and useless laws. The author appar-
emily does not believe that repression
is a cure for radicalism. After describ-
ing and severely condemning the recent
effort of the Swiss Socialists to pre-
cipitate revolution By means of the
general strike, he suggests a further
extension Of the initiative principle as
logical consequence Of this abortive
movement. Evidently NJ. Bonjour is
convinced that the remedy for the evils
of democracy is more democracy.
Switzerland has been called on to
solve number Of difficult religious,
racial and economic problems. M. Bon
jour's account Of the means employed
to bring about their solution should
commend itself to the attention OF
every student of political government.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
4 DELAIDE NJ HUGHES, a0ite of Rupert Hughes author
III Of "D1antha Goes Her. Primrose au published bo,
Hdrpers

maximum amount Of injury upon Ger
many. He contends that coal and iron
are the basis of modern industrial
and military strength; therefore as
much Of these minerals as possible
must be taken away from the Ger
mans. 1t is interesting to observe
that his recommendations have gen.
orally been accepted by the Versailles
peacemakers.
The author seems to overestimate
Germany's capacity to pay an immense
indemnity. He adopts the ingenious
method Of calculating the Teutonic
national wealth partly upon the basis
of mineral resources still in the
ground Hypothetical and unde-
veloped assets Of this character are
not very promising material for in
IDENTITIES or for taxes.
Mr.. Barker is a veritable mine of
historical, industrial and financial in
formation. The book bristles with
statistics; the author Is equally
familiar with the number Of watches
manufactured every year in America
and with the number of German gen
erals serving in the Russian army.
hn
additional chapters. Mr.. Barker gives
a bird's-eye view of the enormous
natural resources of Russia. He is
afraid that this great Slav country
may fall ultimately under German
domination. In this connection he
says:
THE governments Of tho victorious
democracies should devote their in
telligence and energy not only to the
setting up Of chain Of independent
states physically separating Russia
from Germany, but should by all
means in their power promote the
economic, intellectual and admins
trative regeneration of that country,
the fate of which may conceivably de-
termine the fate of the world"
Rather vague piece of counsel:
but perhaps i. is the best that could be
given in view Of the present confused
and difficult situation.
Mr.. Barker is seriously concerned
about the future Of his own country
He emphasizes the fact that Ameri-
can production per worker is three
times as great as British. He at
tacks the British workers for their
lnsistence upon diminished production
and for their adhesion to socialistic
fallacies. Mr.. Barker's favorite eco
nomic authorities are Andrew Car
negle, lord Leverhulme, a we'll known
British manufacturer, and President
hadley, of Yale University. In con-
cluslon he suggests an elaborate
scheme of profit sharing as the best
means OF making labor realize that
its interests are identical with those
of capital.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
A Dickens Anniversary

The fiftieth anniversary of the death
of Charles Dickens, which occurred on
June 8, was observed in many parts
Of England, especially in London and
Manchester. The novelist made MANY
visits to Manchester. In 1910 his sister.
Fanny, the wife of Henry Burnett,
started music school in Manchester.
Dickens visited them at least once
year, and the Burnett family furnished
him with several characters for his
novels. Burnett was the original If
Nicholas Nickleby, and his son, Harry,
was little Paul Dombey. Some years
after her fathers death Mamie Dickens
became a worker in the mission school
in Manchester.
Robert Lynd, writing in "The Daily
News" says:
dickens was by far the greatest
Snowman who ever appeared in English
literature. To him art was entertain
ment, and it was entertainment both
for the artist and for the audience.
His audience thrilled him quite as
much as he thrilled it. He was as
theatrical as Victor Hugo, but, luckily
he enjoyed the laughter of the theate
as we'll as it's tears and applause
There has been 10 comic writer to
equal him since Shakespeare. Sterne
is his only possible rival, and Sterne
wrote in comparison for a little the
ater. Dickens would willingly have
had all the world for his audience, and
so wide was the range of his appeal
that there are few races above the
level of the bushman who could have
resisted his spell.
He was master at once of farce,
of picturesque comedy, Of character
comedy, of tenderness and of terror
He alone since Shakespeare created an
entire bustling world. If one had to
burn the works of all the English
novelists except one, 90 per cent of us
would keep Dickens. He is a sea into
which we can at any time throw our
nets in the sure hope of a silver haul
OF all authors he is the easiest to dir
into casually without regard to the
beginning or end Of the book"
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

is Mr.. Merrick's special gift. But those
who know Mr.. Merrick's temperament
know that his vivacty is susceptible to
uraccountable flaggings. And this oc
ours in "When Love Flies Out O. the
Window"
The story is, of course, more than
half told in the title. Meenie Weston.
an English girl who has buried her
voice and aspirations in the chorus.
finds herself, after a long, desperate
season out of work, with a miraculous
concert engagement in Paris.
1t turns out, when she comes to it.
to be in a small, dsreputable cafe, and
from this she is rescued by q Young
English novelist, sojourning impecuni-
ously in Paris. They marry, and then
the title begins to have its significance.
For though Ralph Lingard Is nove,
lst of distinction, he is not a financial
success. He tries, at the pinch, to write
cheap novel and fails. But when. to
| preserve the integrity of his work,
Meenie asks him to let her go back to
work, Lingard Indignantly rejects her
offer. He is too proud to accept aid
from his wife! And he cannot bear 10
think that his wife will show herself
nightly before other men! From this
point the descent Of Mr. Merrick and
his hero into stodginess is swift. For
when he does finally accept his wife's
help, he does so with bitterness and
MS bitterness grows when she unex-
rectcdly develops into a success. This
Merrick admits, was not generous at
tltude, but he admits it with a good
deal of complacence. There is in
Ralph's mind and that of Mr.. Merrick
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
A Square Deal for Business
Financier Pleads for Less Restriction and More
Favorable Legislation

Furthermore, les
sened production naturally makes for
high costs. High wages accompanied
by proportionately high cost of the
essentials Of living do the worker no
good. And they do the vest of the
community a great deal of harm. The
welfare of the so-called middle classes,
i. e.. the men and women living on
moderate incomes, the small shop
keeper, the average professional man,
the farmer, etc, is just as important to
the community as the welfare of the
wage Garner. IT, through undue ex-
actions, through unfair use of his
power, through inadequate output, the
workman brings about a condition in
which the pressure of high prices be-
comes intolerable to the middle classes
he will create class animosity against
himself which is bound to be of i'm
finite harm to his legitimate aspra-
tions. Precisely the same, of course
holds true of capital"
The author also contends that the
worker is entitled to living wage, to
proper housing conditions, TO insurance
against sickness, unemployment and old
age.
AS the forceful presentation Of a
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04


ment and NJ. Krassin, the representa-
tive of the Soviet government, special
attention is called to A. Nckludoff's 8
diplomatic "reminiscences Before and
During the World War, 1911-1917." NJ.
Nekludoff was Russian Minister in
Sofia and Stockholm and served as
ambassador for the provisional gov
ernment of Russia in Madrid. The rise
of the Bolsheviki brought the fall of
M. Nekludoff as diplomat. Like
James w. Gerard, but unlike most
European diplomats, M. Nekludoff
writes frankly Of his experiences in
the diplomatic world.
To most readers this account of Rus
sian diplomatic life will come as a
surprise. 1t reveals frankly the i'm
portance of intrigue as means of
obtaining post in the service, the lack
of discipline and real leadership in the
Russian Foreign Office, the Cars in
difference to the advice of his diplo-
matte officials, the power Of Rasputin.
Protopopof and the Czarina, and still,
with all the encouragement and handi-
caps under which they labored, the
heroic efforts Of the better class of
Russians to save their country from
the debacle which they could plainly
foreseee, unless radical changes were
made. M. Nekludoff's testimony is
particularly valuable, for he was not
an enemy of the Czarist regime, but
friend who hoped to save it from it's
inevitable doom. How he and the
people of his class fought against over
whelming odds to help Russia and her
allies in the early days of the war is
not the least interesting part of this
book
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Shopworn Goods
Miss Hamilton Uses Ove,
worked Themes
r 7 is hard to think of ANYTHING MI,

7 is hard to think of anything ms,
completely outmoded. more rsnot.
y and antique than the recruiti,,
propaganda of 1919. A faint odor d:
musk mineles with the smell of fr,,
printers ink that goes up from Ii.
pages of "Willism-an Englishnsp
by Cecily Hamilton. Of. A. Stokes {
Coz
Miss Hamilton is sill dramatizics
sometimes effectively, the rape Of Be-.
GUM; she is still railing against Ii.
pacifists. The conversion Of a pscihsf
is the rather -climactic theme d
her present novel. William, a hall
baked radical, and his wife Griselds
are earnestly opposed to war until the,
are caught under the heel of the Ger
man invasion while on their honeymoo,
in Belgium, and Griselda loses her Iii;
under particularly narrowing circum
stances Whereupon William sees re-
and goes home and enlists.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
War Hurnor
"A. p. Herbert's Verse Is
Typically British
P. HERBERT'S attitude to the
war is typical Of the best side


Of English character. No mat
ter how disagreeable existence in the
trenches may become, the verse of "The
Bomber Gypsy" (Knopf) never forgets
to be good humored, and no matter
how uproarious is its good humor it
never CLOSES over the fact that the
war is inherently disagreeable. it
marks the victor:- OF sporting blood
and the English public school; the tri-
umph Of the equilibrated mind
And yet to say that Mr.. Herbert is
typical of the best of English life is to
reveal his limitations as we'll as his
excellences. His kindly ridicule rarely
or never cuts deeper than externals; !;
he does not seem to hunt for causes
or solutions, or to question the final
sufficiency Of life marked off by a
butler, six maids and the Inevitable
ity of afternoon tea. Probably it is
for this reason that he does not rise to
any broad nsideration Of the values
Of the war; neither does he bite deeply
into the consciousness Of the individual.
lis answer to this objection would be
simple enough to phrase He is not
attempting to reach the heights; he is
striving merely 70 write good humored
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04

WOOLD perhaps De DetLeT IL LeOi-
ard Merrick's colleagues were a
little less determined in their eff
forts to force fame to stand and
deliver to him. These generous spon-
sors for him grow solemn and didactic
in their insistence on his greatness.
One has a sense Of being bullied into
liking him. After all, imm ortality is a
gift Of the years, ard there will be
time enough to canonize him when he
is dead.
The latest Of the novels to be reis-
sued in the Authors Edition Of Merricf,
(Dutton) is "When Love Flies Out O.
the Window" and it is introduced by Sir
w. Robertson Nicoll. Sir Nicoll is not
one to do a generous thing by halves.
He AYERS for Mr.. Merrick no less than
perfection. "He has already given us
enduring gems Of extreme finish, unique
and perfected" he writes, "and none is
more precious than When Love Flies
Out O. the Window"
"When Love Flies Out O. the Win.
dow" seems to us considerably less than
that. In fact, it seems to us distinctly
mediocre. There are, to be sure, mo-
ments of that effervescent gayety that
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
The Next Big Strike That of Capital Says Otto H. Ka

edge of Bolshcvik and other radical
theories. And, despite his bitter hatred
of Lenine and his associates, Professor
Miliukov imparts to his work at least a
modicum Of genuine scientific spirit.
He studied Boishevlsm in it's interna-
tional aspects as a historical problem,
and his evidence, with few exceptions.
is calculated to stand serious historical
scrutiny a hundred years from now.
The author sees the kindling of
Worldwide revolution as the primary
aim of Bolshevism. He does not share
the opinion that the Bolsheviki are vul-
gar German agents, bought by German
gold. On the contrary, he produces a
good deal of evidence to show that they
have made every effort to bring about
a proletarian revolution in Germany.
After the overthrow Of the Kaiser,
Liebknecht and the Spartacides were
literally supplied with money, and Rus
sian agitators participated in almost all
sporadic riots that broke out in various
parts of Germany during the early
months of 1919.
Professor Milukov is inclined to Law
much of the blame for the success of
Bolshevism at the door of the moderate
Socialists, both in Russia and elsewhere.
The extremists never met with firm and
decided resistance from the more nation
alist and conservative clements. On the
other hand, the Bolshcviki, in the au-
thors own words, "were the only people
who knew what they wished to do, and
who were ready to use force in order to
achieve their aims" Professor Miliukov
looks upon Bolshevism as a direct chal-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
verse about the war. And in this aim
kas urCoonroJ oIv,,

verse about the war. And in this aim
he has succeeded admirably.
His fun Is typically English. 1t is
mild, observant, and shows tendency
to the mock heroic. There is no terrific
punch In the last line, or anywhere
else, in fact. That is why Mr.. Herbert
is so difficult to quote. This stanza
from the adjutant's address to the new
guard gives as good an example Of his
humor as any:
There is no potcntate in France or Flan-
ders
You will not heap with insults II you
For 10! It Is the Corps Command j.
cr's;
The scntres take no notice OF the man,
Or FIX him with not unkindly stare,
And slap their butts In an engngng way.
Or else, too late. in nenitent despair
Cry. Guards, turn OUT" and there Is no
guard there,
But they are in the Blue Estaminet.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Merriick Again
''When Love Flies Out O. the Window" cb.
acteristic Romance of the Theater

the feeling that he had made n.
pirate male gesture, that a man rs''
be the breadwinner for mis- VIII.
if for any reason ne fails A. :.
should. if he his half man ,s.,
inflated. Raiph's humiliation !, V
that he leaves Meenie. But SIM. "
the purpose of the story, repn;,. .
necessary, Mr.. Merrick bestoxs .-,.
such success that he can comsba.t = =
unimpaired self-respect to Neon.
ask her pardon.
There is, heaven knows. them.
for satire in the situation. But ...
is. precisely what it never coma.
There is no hard and shining Nm,
Mr.. Merrick's box with which n
into such tangled underground
motives and self-assertions. Wbs,.
Merrick is faced with the hard ,..
sity for satire he takes refuge in n.
sentimentality.
when Love Flies Out O. III. r.,
dow" has a fair amount Of the viva.
and grace that are characteristics
Merrick's. In minor aspects of life :
humor has truth and an edge tn
Certainly Merrick can write abou. ;,
theater as no one else. These earl.
chapters dealing with Meenie's In,
for an engagement are among th. h.
things that ever have been writ,
about the theater
But, clairvoyantly. one can So. :,
next generation lifting its eyebrs,
over Sir Nicoll's introduction.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
OTTO H. KAHN author of ''Oev Economic and Other
Problems, published By George Fl. Doran Company

financier's viewpoint Mr.. Kahn's book
cannot fail to prove highly significant
to any student Of our modern economic
conditions. The book ranges over a wide
variety of subjects. 1t includes appre-
Citations of Theodore Roosevelt and E.
H. Hartman, observations on popular
art, and an open letter from the author
to Senator Miles Poindexter, in which
Mr.. Kahn expresses opposition to the
idea of the League Of Nations in its
present form.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Piano Pieces for Children

"Children's Piano Pieces,' one OF
the famous Whole World Music Series
edited by Albert E. Wier. has just been
publ.she by D. Appleton & Co. The
volume comprises about 200 compost
tions by famous classic and modern
composers, selected particularly with
reference to their adaptability to the
child's mind. y
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Peace Economics
Enlarged Edition of ]. Ellis
Barker's Work
T HE new and enlarged edition Of

T HE new and enlarged edition Of
j. Ellis Barker's work, Eco
nomic Craftsmanship" pub
lished by E. P. Dutton e. Co.,
is peculiarly timely because the
original work, written while the issue
of the war was still undecided, con-
stltutes in large measure a discussion
Of the proper economic formulas of
the peace. Mr. Barker is frankly i'm
perialistic in his viewpoint; he is
anxious to strengthen England as
much as possible and to inf1ict the
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
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BOlsheviSrn
Its International Menace
Analysed
ROFESSOR PAUL MILIUKOV is
the first noteworthy scholar who
l,n.. IL,

N ROFESSOR PAUL MlLlUkON is
the first noteworthy scholar who
has undertaken to describe at
length the ominous modern social
phenomenon known as Bolshevism
His work "Bolshevism: An Interna-
tional Danger" (Scrbner's) possesses
several distinct points of superiority
over the many books about Russia
which have been written by journal
lists, propagandists and causual on
lockers.
In the first place the author is init
mately acquainted with the course of
recent Russian history. He held the
post Of foreign minister in the short
lived first provisional government, and
he has been an active figure in the camp.
of exiles who are inplacably opposed to
Soviet rule. He displays accurate knowl-
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
Literary News From London
A Diplomats Story-Baiting America in Con-
servative Papers-The Dickens Anniversary

which has apparently neither the
knowledge nor the inclination to pre-
serve English ways of speech and be-
havior. ENGLISHMAN.
And so on, week after week.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
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lenge to every established government.
He censures the Allied powers for not
accepting the challenge and dealing with
it more vigorously and effectively.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribunes European Bureau
LONDON, July I.

OW that Europe is following
\ with the keenest interest the
II course Of the negotiations
botwnen tho Rritish oovnrn
New-York tribune., 1920-07-04
By Rebecca Drucker

Tr WOULD perhaps be better if Leon
ard Merrick's colleagues were a
little less determined in their eff