The Washington herald., 1920-11-15
BRITISHPAPERS
.LEARNAMERICA
Imperial Editors Learning
Life of New World at
First Hand.
By GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

By GEORGE PERRY NORRIS
Harold spender. whose biography
OF Lloyd George recently published
is the latest friendly exposition Of
the weishman's character. has ar
rived In the country 60 share in
the celebration OF the landing OF
the Pilgrims at Plymouth and 20
travel about the country promoting
Anglo-American unity. Year by
year. since the war opened, the
increase OF British journalists visit
ing this country has had its benign
results on British Journalism. There
are more STATS in British ofnces to-
day that have editorial writers who
know something about America AT
first hand than there were in 1914.
There is something like reciprocity
Of intercourse now. Formerly our
journalists knew British life at
close range and British editors knew
but little about US. To Lord North
cliffe. with all his Shortcomings
must be credited some OF the bet
tered situation. He set the example
by repeated personal visits and he
then began to order his suboroi-
mates over here to At them 20 write
tntelligently on American politics.
commerce and social changes.
New Englsnd's Railway Problem.
They are talking about a four
cent a mile passenger rate on the
New England railroads now. They
begin to see the need Of some such
consolidation Of roads as Mr.. Nor
gan and Mr.. Mellen planned and
formed, but in ways that brought
them into collision with the Law
Now New Englanders want q law
full, governmentally approved merger.
Important negotiations with the
Federal authorities are now on. and
the roads plans for additional loans
and the Treasury Department.
standards OF securities for the pro-
posed loans do not jfbe. wherefore
Boston is at present harboring
some Of the sOlest corporation law
yers Of New England. among them
Charles F. choate, the present rep
resentative OF the clan that once
had Rufus and later Joseph Chosts
for it's chief exemplar in forensics
and legal skin.
Coincident with the appesrance of
visits of Judge George W. Ander-
son. His definition of the best thing
about Boston is not The S o'cIocs
train for New York" His version Is
The Federal for washington"
When he gets tired Of dispensing
law he runs over here 70 watch
politics. get the latest inside news
about the railway administrator
( situation, and dine with Mr.. Justice
Brandeis. He has the merit or
knowing what he thinks and why
and Of saying Il unequivocslIy
This is as true Of his conversation
as Of his judicial DEGREES.
Valuable PapyrI-
Prof Francis w. Kelsey, Of the
University OF Michigan. while in the
city for a few days doing what
could be done 10 promote the Con-
stantinople City Planning project.
indicated TO those persons whom he
met what some OF the facts are a.
to Turkey in Asia Minor. facts
which make the outlook for Ar
menia so dark and which show the
allies to be at odds when they
should be working as hGrmoniously
as when Foch led theif united
forces. But he can only be quoted
IN ma references 10 the DTlkhA
prospects facing investigators like
himself who are profoundly eager
20 get at the hidden art treasures
and the buried cities and communi-
ties OF Asia Minor and all other
lands from which the Turks have
been driven, in some cases only
temporarily and in others perma-
nently. as he believes. Whether
under Greek. Italian, French or
British rule the territory is now TO
| be open TO the archaeclogists % the
world, and thrilling discoveries are
expected, valuable TO students Of all
phases OF humanitys evolution. For
instance Prof. Kelsey had with him
papyri so fragile and yet so val
liable that he dared not entrust
them TO any messenger and so len
his work of investigation tempo
rarily in order to deposit these
treasures at Ann Arbor.
They will illume. when deciphcr.
ed. not only the religion. social Gus
toms. commercial standards-and
literature Of the people who made
them but also the most minute de-
tails Of the lives Of the writers
Prof. Kelsey reports that during the
great war" Turkey ruthlessIy cx-
ecuted a decree that has practically
put out Of existence all written and
printed Armenia literature. Price
less manuscripts. that were hidden
in order to escape this edict's ef-
fectiveness, too often have persisted
from imperfect burial.