The Washington herald., 1920-07-19
In the Linelight
Mr.. Wilson'S Future writins..
By George Perry Morris.

Msssrs. Roosevelt and Taft, Presi.
dent Wilson. after next March, will
do what Presidents prior to them
never did. namely, use the press for
steady journalistic attack upon poll
cies and persons. II 10 q custom
more honored In the breach than In
| the observance, In the opinion of
many persons conservative in tenn
per. They like to see Q President
really quit when he retires and give
his successor q fair show. Mr.. will
son. presumably. will have the sense
to record the history he has made
and let contemporary politics alone.
This habit OF public personages.
men in and out of once, striving to
capture the magazines and become
star contributors Is getting on the
nerves Of high-grade space writer's
of England. Clement Shorter. for
instance. writing in The Sphere"
has been growing at the rates paid
Winston Churchill, minister Of war.
and Lord Birkenhead. the lord high
chancellor. and the frequency with
which their names appear. He
wants the ministerial cobblers to
stick to their lasts and keep out OF
! the way Of impecunious journalists
who have no other source Of income.
The Hero of Tientsin.
They have just buried in Kentucky
Col. James A. Nancy, who was in
command of the American forces
at Tientsin during the Boxer up
rising in China. He was a West
Pointer of the class of 1877, had a
chance to show his mettle in the
Spanish American war and in the
Philippines. In 1900 duty had called
Col. Nancy to China and he went
Through an experience that no
previous leader of a body of Ameri-
can troops had been called upon to
undergo. He has died just as China
has begun to have another chapter
Of civil war; but with both factions
Thoroughly aware that foreigners
must not be made to undergo the
perils that Col. Nancy and his troops
barely saved them from when Tien-
tsin and Peking were bombarded
and besieged. 1t is not at all prob
able that Ambassador Crane will
duplicate the experience of Ambas-
sador Conger.
Minister Gibson.
Preferring just now the grave re-
sponsibilities of Minister to Poland
to the duties of an Assistant Sec
retary of State in Washington, Hon.
Hugh Gibson is doing what he can
while al home on a furlough TO edu-
cate his countrymen TO appreciate
the precise problems that Poland
faces, problems that have grown SO
much graver since he left Warsaw.
II he gets back to the Polish capital
he may find conditions approximat-
Il ing those he saw in Belgium in the
worst days of occupation by the Ger
mans. He has had the chance TO see
the might makes right" theory do
its worst under Teuton executioners:
he may have the chance TO see the
same theory practiced by Jugo-
Slavic artists in social sabotage.
Then, again, he may not be able to
get back to Warsaw.
The Y. NJ. L. As Constant Friend.
Chicago's Jewish merchant, JUL
ius Rosenwald, has done more to
multiply associations conducted by
Christians for special work among
negroes than any Christian has
done. Now he comes forth with a
new offer planning to give $25.000
TO any city that raises not less than
sl25.000 from white and colored
donors. Thus part Of the income
from the largest mail order business
in the country finds its way back
into circulation in the veins of an
organization that provides youth
with inexpensive clubs conforming
to ethical standards.
Brand WhitIock.
When Brand Whitlock first went
to Belgium as Minister, it was said
that he did SO because he wanted a
post with a minimum Of work and
leaving him a maximum of time
for completion of literary work
planned before he left the country.
Destiny saw to il that he got a
maximum of official labor and time
for a minimum of literary work
along lines travelled by him earlier
in life. Destiny also demanded that
once there was a chance for author
ship he should first tell of his eX-
periences with the Belgians and the
Germans; and he has written one
of the most durable books that has
come out of the war. One wonders
now whether he may not be set
thing down to write some fiction:
but If he is it will be of a more
serious sort than anything he has
produced hitherto. The iron has en-
tered into his soul. He has not be-
come a cynic. Far from it. He saw
too much splendid humanity among
the Belgians. But he knows the
depths of human depravity better
than he used to in Toledo. His op-
timism is Of a more rational sort.
Belgian love for him must keep
/ him toned up. The government has
just given him a fine marble por-
trait bust OF himself; and a replica
is to be put in the Houses of Par
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