New-York tribune., 1920-01-18
-"NHE need for a common
- knowledge Of the gen.
eral facts of human

last few years. Swifter means Of
communication have brought all
men very close to one another, for
good or for evil.
"War becomes a universal disaS-
ter, blind and morstrously destruc-
tive; it bombs the baby in it's cradle
and sinks he foodships that cater
for the NON com batant and the neu-
trail There can be no peace now,
we realize, but common peace in
al the world; no prosperity but 8
general prosperity. But there can
be no common peace and prosperity
without common historical ideas.
Without such ideas to hold them to-
gether in harmonious cooperation,
with nothing but narrow, selfish and
conflicting nationalist traditions,
races and peoples are bound to drift
toward conflict and destruction.
"This truth, which was apparent
to that great philosopher, Kant, a
century or more ago-it is the gist
Of his tract upon universal peace
is now plain to the man in the
street. Our internal policies and
our economic and social ideas are
profoundly vitiated at present by
wrong and fantastic ideas of the
origin and historical relationship of
social classes. A sense of history as
the common adventure of all man
kind is as necessary for peace with
IN as it is for peace between the
nations"
The foregoing is from H. G.
Wells's Introduction to his new
work, '"The Outline of History" in
which he undertakes to tell the story
Of the earth from it's earliest begin
nings to the present day. 1t seems
to be pretty clear statement that
his work is to be frankly propa-
ganda-internationalist propaganda
Indeed, Mr.. Wells admits it, and
admits also that he can't help exer.
cising his gift Of prophecy.
To Judge by the Past
Such are the views of history
that this Outline seeks to realize u
he says. 'It is an attempt to tell
now our present state of affairs
this distressed and multifarious
human life about US, arose in the
course Of vast ages and out Of the
lnanimate clash of matter, and to
estimate the quality and amount
and range of the hopes with which
It now faces it's destiny"
SO much for the propaganda
feature Of Mr.. Wells's adventure
AS for the manner in which the
"outline" is written, he has some
hing to say of that in his introduc.
ton.
Universal history is at once
something more and something less
han the aggregate of the nationa
a'storles to which we are accus
somed; it must be approached In 6
aHerent spirit and dealt with IN Z
inherent manner. This book ha,
'sen written primarily to show tina,
Mzlory as one whole is amenable
more broad and comprehensive
nniing than is the history Of spe'
ssi nations and periods, a broade,
nd'ang that will bring it within
"e normal limitations Of time anc
~ set to the reading and edu-
ssVon Of an ordinary citizen. This
uine deals with ages and races
aSa nations, where the ordinary
o1y deals with rcigns and pedi.
ss and campaigns; but it vii
- found 10 be more crowded
a names and dates, nor more
sos TO follow and understand.'
Assss ss o certain bYeathlessness
~ that paragraphs feeling o1
carried through great space,
- gfeat lapses Of time on ths
o. the hurricane. And thu
Jnxsafes 1T, Mr.. Wells ha,
sn hiz "outlins" to be pub.
= IN fortnightIy parts~~abou,