The Washington herald., 1920-07-01
In the Linel;ght
By George Perry Morris.

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gates now assembled in Boston at
the fourth decennial international
council of that denomination, are
about to discuss world problems
and especially Anglo-American rela-
tions. The British Ambassador
was to have addressed the body on
July 4, but he has had to with.
draw his acceptance for reasons not
stated. The council. as IL to en-
phasize its interest In foreign af-
fairs. has chosen as president James
L. Barton, secretary of the an
cient American Board of Foreign
Missions. who knows the Near East
and its problems as few men in the
country DO; who has been promi-
nent in the effort to get our ma
tional protection for Armenia; ana
who is rated throughout the world
as a missionary statesmen. Middle
bury College educated him. as was
natural. he being a Vermonter. He
has a temperament that enables him
to meet defeats with placidity, his
Industry Is unusual, and he takes
long and deep views of national
and international problems.
Paderewski is said TO be mulling
over a proposition to share in a
great motion-picture presentation
Vi roland's part in history and a
setting forth OF her present and
future hopes. By IL he can, IL he
will, refill his depleted personal
purse and probably become richer
than he ever WAS as a pianist; and
on the other hand, the Poles will
get their share of the profits to
put in a treasury that cannot be as
full as II was before the war drive
into Russia against the Soviet gov
ernment began.
The desire OF Mr.. jefferson Levy,
present owner OF Monticello" the
historic home OF Thomas Jefferson
at Charlottesville, Va, to pass title
OF the property with its invaluable
relics to a suitable organization
which will care for it as Washing
toms former home is, seems likely
to be answered SOON At any rate
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial As
ISOLATION, of which former Ambas-
sador Gerard is president, is well on
the way toward getting the $500. 900
which t needs IL expects TO have
the entire sum within two or three
months. Just why the project
should be reserved to donors Of
large sums and deliberately spurn
the gifts of the masses IL is difficult
to see. II is not Jeffersonian in
its temper and theory. Mr.. Levy.
1t will be recalled. once offered
Monticello to President Wilson az
summer White House, and
stranger turns in history have been
known than that some day the re-
public will provide country as
we'll as a town residence for its
Presidents. But where? In sa-
lubrious Western national park or
by the waters of Massachusetts
Bay:
Philip Snowden, NJ. p, says that
there is probably no country in
the world. not even Great Britain.
so completely bankrupt OF states
men as the United States" He
predicts a large increase of votes
for Debs as the result of Senator
Harding's nomination. The latter
he describes as a rank outsider"
These comments are cited TO in
dicate how valueless. comparatively
speaking, are comments of the citi-
zens of one country upon the poll
ties of another country, without
something more than superficial
reading OF a class press or car
window" generalizations based on
transcontinental tours. Mr.. Snow
den has never studied the United
States as S. X. Radcliffe or A. ].
Whyte recently have. and he takes
as gospel descriptions of our po-
liticsl life written by such judi
cisIly minded interpreters as o. c.
Willard and Walter Lippmsn, not
to mention Max Eastman.
Mrs. Margaret Deland must be
added to the list of Americans
whose interest in "spiritism" has
produced a book that is more than
ordinary. II was we'll known TO
Bostonians that. following the death
of her husband. she turned with
interest to counsellors in the church
for light on the problem of i'm
mortality. Then the war came
and with it sights, sounds, and eX-
periences and questionings born of
her own observations in France.
New we have the book The In
seen Guest" which, while it is i'm
personal in form, indicates the
depth and range of this novelist's
spiritual powers. which have al
ways been partially reflected in her