The Washington herald., 1920-11-21
Lord charnwood's Lincoln.

The American publishers of Lord Charm
woods life of Lincoln announce that IL is
selling well that they have had to order
an eleventh edition. That comes near ex-
ceiling if it does not surpass the record OF
editions of any life of Lincoln by any Of
his countrymen. In it you get the valuable
element of detachment, perspective and dis
passionate judgment that non-national can
always give TO the study of national hero
better than one of the hero's own country
men. Lord Charnwood has duplicated the
success that William Roscoe Thayer had
with his rCavour." Circulation OF the
Charnwood estimate in Great Britain and
Drinkwater's staging of his play on Lin
coin" in London and the publication of the
plays text have done much to create that
welcome for Lincoln's wisdom during the
strain of war and that acceptance of his
statue for London, which have been such
noteworthy features of British recourse TO
things American of late.
Kropotkin an Impoverished Refugee.
For not a few Americans the most tragic
figures in contemporary Russian life are not
the high born and formerly wealthy emf
gres in Vladivostok or Constantiuople and
! the islands off the Turkish coast, where
they live on the bounty of others. Their
plight is sad, but to a considerable extent
il is the consequence Of their past They
provoked the popular uprising that has
swept them not only out of political power
but also out of control of property and
life save on conditions intolerable to them
The most pathetically tragic figures are the
group of Kropotkin and Madame Bresh-
kovsl1y, "The Little Grandmother of the
Russian Revolution" the latter hidden away
in the mountains of Carpathis waiting for
the Bolshevik era to end, and kropotkin,
low destitute and lacking clothes and food
and unable to get passports out OF Russia
so that he may return to London and Eng
lish friends. This man and this woman,
though the former is what he terms an
| ethical Anarcho-Socialist," never expected
when they urged the downfall of dynsstic
tyranny that they were sowing the seeds OF
a proletarian dictatorship. They used to
hate King Stork- They now hate King Los.
Joseph Medil School of Journalism.
The new president of Northwestern Uni
versity, Water Dill Scott. has scored a
scoop" on the University of Chicago.
Being an expert in publicity and in the
| psychology of advertising, he rates jour
nalism as il should be-namely, as a field
where the influence Of university and
| specialized school Of journalism can operate
| powerfully. Now as a matter OF theory
you would >say that If a great city like
! Chicago were to have a school similar TO
/ the one that Joseph Pulitzer founded in
/ New York, 1t surely would go TO the Unl-
versity of Chicago But apparently Presi-
dent Judson was asleep at the switch. Or
| possibly the Mccormick family has a
| grudge against the Rockefellet-founded in
| stitution. At any rate the fact is that
| Northwestern University, at Evanston, gets
| the plum" and the McCormicl1s, who are
to finance the proposition, quite naturally
! have named the school after Joseph Medill.
| who built up the Tribune property, gave 1t
national fame and laid the foundations for
its present great power in large area OF
the Mississippi Valley.
Henry Ford Under Fire.
The vehemence and moral indignation
that eminent clerical and lay readers OF the
Jews are now showing in their pulpit and
/ newspaper attacks on Henry Ford reflect
| a resentment against the rise IN this coun-
try of an anti-Semitic crusade, also existent
in Europe, including Great Britain. This
! resentment will take more practical form
and Ford will probably find out later, i
he already has not done so. In the speci-
nc demand made upon him by the Ameri-
| can Hebrew. and in the terms offered him
to prove his charges If he can, there IS a
sign of what is coming. Two publishing
houses, one in Boston and one IN New
York, are standing sponsor for publication
of the Protocols" document alleged &c
disclose a plot against the Gentle world
and sermons by eminent Christian preach.
ers throughout the country are being
preached denouncing the ti-Jewish propa
ganda. Mr.. Ford's journal, in which he !:
carrying on this campaign, he distributes
himself and is not dependent upon its ad
vertising for its life.
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