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The New York herald., 1920-12-26

tory of the Near East for the last one
hundred years when he said to a Brit
ish officer;
European policy is invariably the
maintenance of the status quo. and
you win do nothing for the subject
races unless we. by taking the in
itiative, make you realize that helping
us against the Turks is the lesser of
two evils"
And the officer said getting the
measure of the young patriot Veni-
zelos for the first time:
Damn it all. the beggar is right,
And I hope we shan't have to shoot
him."
Venizelos never ceased to help him
self in helping Greece. and he pro-
vided an army and navy OF surpris-
ing strength. after breaking loose
from the Constantine Government,
which, with its proven pro-German
proclivities, always opposed the Allies
and the true will of Greece. Thus he
forced the Allies first to reckon with
him and then to welcome him. AL
though he gained but few conces-
siohs dt lit WdS dDle WITH MS
military forces, when Constantine had
gone and he was Prime Minister, to
free Greek territory-Thrace from the
Bulgarians and the Smyrna region
from the Turks, and then come to the
rescue Of the small British forces
guarding Constantinople.
When Venizelos visited England af-
fer eSta blishing his Government ha ra .
ceived great honors, and Lord Curzon
said:
"The feelings excited by Tricoupis.
the deeds that he wrought, the emer-
gencies with which he was faced. were
as nothing compared with those which
have been encountered and triumph
antly overcome by our guest of this
afternoon"
For VeniZelos had done the un-
equalled--he had made himself trusted
when his country was not!
| At Paris Venizelos joined forces with
Great Britain, for, as Mr. Gibbons
says:
"Venizelos cherishes a profound ad-
miration for English institutions, and
| while he accepts the essential dishon-
esty of all diplomacy (?). he has never
| lost his faith in the inherent sense of
| justice of the Englishman as an in
dividual and the inherent sense of fair
| play of the British as a nation"
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earners, who wish not only for a
greater share of the proceeds of their
labor, but also for larger control of
the management and machinery Of
labor. When / was in Amer
lea / found consciousness of this
among the rich people. The
wisest among them did not adopt the
stiff -necked attitude of complete hos
tility to the demands of labor for a
more equal share of profit and of gov
ernance. If capital goes any
thing like half way, there will be no
bloody conflict in the United States.
"That, then, is one of the ways in
which English observers see the fu-
ture of the United States. The other
Is the way of militarism-a most
grisly thought! Some people
believe the United States may adopt a
philosophy Of militarism by adding
Mexico to her dominions and captur-
ing the strategic points of the worlds
trade routes. The intense self-confi-
dence of the Americans, their latent
contempt of European peoples, their
quickness to take affront at fancied
sights worked up by an unscrupulous
press constitute, in the opin-
ion of some nervous onlookers, a psy
chology that may lead them into tre-
mendous and terrible adventures
But do not believe that they
will ever indulge in aggressive war
fare for imperial ambitions or world
domination. Their hostility to the
peace terms and to certain clauses in
the league was due to a deep-seated
distrust of entanglements with foreign
troubles, jealousies and rivalries; and
the spirit of the United States, so far
from desiring mandates harked
back to the old faith in a splendid
isolation
"Be that as it may, IL is clear, al
least, that the destiny Of the American
people is now marked out for the
great mission Of leading the world to a
new phase of civilization. They
cannot escape from that power even
though they shrink from its RESPONSE
bility. BY their action they may
plunge the world into strife again or
settle its peace. They may kill or
cure. They may be reconcilers or de-
stroyers. 1t is terrific power for
any people TO hold. If | we're a citizen
of the United stat | should be afraid
afraid lest my country should by
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
PEOPLE OF DESTINY. By
Gibbs. Harper & Bros.

We'll. now. who can that be? VINO
is it that this Englishman sets up 70 oa
the torchbearers of the future? why,
II is ourselves! No modest, retiring
future for us, safely withdrawn within
the broad barriers of the ocean; but
career as leaders of the world, bear
ers of the White Mans Burden ana
high chief unsnarlers of all roreigh
entanglements wheresoever arising.
america is at the threshold OF her
supreme destiny in the world ne
saws. "By her action in the war. when
for the first time her strength was
revealed as a mighty nation, fuii
grown and conscious of power. she
has attained the highest place among
the peoples, and her will shall prevail
il it is based upon justice and liberty
The future, says this English war
correspondent and student of events,
rests not with the diplomats and pom
nosities. but with the middle class;
ana America is essentially a middle
class nation. We put all problems OF
life to the test Of that simplicity which
ia found in middle class homes, where
neither anarchy is welcome nor aristo-
cratic privilege. In spite of New York
luxury, unjust inequalities of wealth,
the lingo spirit of our militarists, our
rumors of revolution, our Government
censorship of news and our intol-
erance of free thought, Philip Gibbs
reports: IT came away with memo
ries Of a people filed with vital en-
ergy, kind in heart, sincere and simple
in their ways of thought and speech,
idealistic In emotion, practical in con-
duct and democratic by faith and up
bringing. The soil of America is
clean and strong and free; and the
power that comes out of it will, L
think. and hope and pray, be used to
gain the liberties of other nations and
to help forward the welfare Of the
human family
These are the words Of a man who
is a good friend to America: some
times he seems even to suffer from
a certain affectiohate blindness to
faults which are painfully evident to
ourselves. In his chapter on what
England thinks of us, however. he
explains in a way that will be most
cnightening to American readers
some OF the causes for British distrust
and dislike Of this country.
First, of course, is the behavior of
certain American braggarts who as
serted in public that we won the war.
and, even more important, our Senate's
refusal TO ratify the treaty. Most
Englishmen would have appreciated a
refusal on the ground OF the unright-
eousness OF the treaty fact of
which they are only too we'll aware;
but that we should simply refuse to
carry our share Of the burden of run
ming civilization fills them with con-
tempt. A third cause of bitterness in
England is our refusal To- help the
starving people Of Europe i'm any
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
China Fared Ill at the Peace Conference
AMERICAS AIMS AND ASIAS AS
PIRATIONS. BY Patrick Gallagher.
Century ComDany

AMERICAS AIMS AND ASIAS AS
PIRATIONS. BY Patrick Gallagher.
Century Company.
Mr.. Gallagher was a representative
of THE New York HERALD at the peace
conference. His book is an account
Of the deliberations at Paris with
special reference to Aslatic and Ameri-
can affairs. The author was for a
number of years a correspondent for
English newspapers i'm the Far East,
and displays i'm this book the intimate
knowledge Of the history and di-
plomacy of the Orient that Is neces-
sary If the events at the peace con-
ference are to be seen with the proper
perspective. He possessed the addi-
tional advantage of knowing per-
sonally most of the Chinese and Jap
anese representatives at Paris. and
was able to obtain information of an
intimate and accurate nature about
the issues discussed.
To Mr.. Gallagher the central prob
lem of Asia was China, and it is TO
the story of the Chinese delegation i'm
Paris and Of the development and set
tlement of the Shantung problem that
he devotes the greater part of his
book. The words of Dr. Wang, a mcm-
Der of the Chinese delegation, uttered
to the author on the eve of the sign
ing of the treaty of Versailles. when
tho Chinese had just announced that
they would not sign the treaty be-
cause of the Hlaochau decision. will
tell more Of the story OF China at the
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Balfour Has Been a Philosopher
Rather Than a Man of Energy

a number OF sta tesmen who owe their
fame less to any specific performance
than to the impression created by their
intellectual brilliance." This is the
opening sentence Of the book, and in
its implication 1t may explain why the
author came to use his peculiar
method
"Mr. Balfour typifies the man Of ac-
tion in whom great powers of compre-
hension go with some deficiency Of
Judgment and a marked deficiency Of
energy" he goes on to say. The
statement, of course, must be taken
with due qualification. Judgment Mr..
Balfour has in large measure; few
could compete with him in rapidly
seizing the nature Of sudden emer-
gency, while his views of more distant
questions are often sound. But he has
always appeared to experience some
difficulty in getting all objects, near
and remote, simultaneously in just
focus his is not the automatic and
almost infallible Judgment of some
great statesmen. contracting to the
smallest details, expanding to the larg-
est demands. Energy. also, he has
often shown. energy fierce and impet-
uous, but it is a fitful energy. requir-
ing the stimulus of a great occasion
to arouse it; with success comes leth-
argy. Mr.. Balfour is constitutionally
indolent-the effect partly Of too
narrow margin of physical strength"
Or. again: Throughout his long
career Lord Rosebery was judged not
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Two Living European Are Themes of New Bogaphi

But from the beginning he antici-
pated the defeat of Mr.. Wilson, and
had ready an alternate programme to
that Of the American President"
Venizelos advanced the now famous
theory of national consciousness" as
the true test of nationality. saying the
standard of race or nationality was the
"Germanic conception" For Germany
claimed by the language or racial test
most Of Switzerland, Flanders, Alsace-
Lorraine, and even Holland.
Gibbons wisely says: "venizelos did
not antagoniZe Wilson, for Wilson's
influence would last only if he could
make military contribution to the So
luton of Near Eastern problems, and
that was so improbable that it was un-
necessary TO worry unduly over the
opinion of Wilson's experts"
The author relates an old Turkish
tale to illustrate true Turkish char
acter, always thinking nothing ever
happens that could not be worse.
"When Timur the Lame came to
Konia, Nasreddin and his wife We're
agreed that it would be wise for the
hodjd to pay his respects to the con-
queror. The only difference of opin-
ion was concerning the Offering that
should be made to Timur. Wien Mas
reddin stood in the presence of the
greatest Of the Tartars he carried a
basket of figs Timur, who was proud
of being a good shot, amused himself
by using Nasreddin for target. AS
each fig splashed in Nasreddins face
he cried. "Allah be praised"
You fool" said Timur "I don't see
what you have to praise Allah about" ("
MY wife wanted me to bring ap-
pies" answered Nasreddin.
1t was the resolution and prepared
ness Of Venizelos more than allied de-
cision which finally brought disinte-
grafton of the infidel Turkish Empire
in Europe, and marked an increase in
the population Of Greece Of from
100000 in 1907 to her present number
of 2.650,0 900.
No one can read of the career OF
Venizelos, whose vicissitudes were
those of Greece without conviction
that his present eclipse is but tenn
porary, and that he will be called back
to govern. For. quoting Disraeli again:
'I believe that everything that is
great has been accomplished by great
men"
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

like Wells a Socialist, has deliberately
turned to the opposite view."
The last chapter OF Guyot's book
treats of Wells's views on woman. He
shows that to this modern novelist the
entire problem Of sex has assumed a
form so complex that every part os
the ancient system of values is dis
placed. AS NJ. Billy goes on to say:
Wells is convinced that before So
ciety can be reconstructed upon new
foundations a more urgent task must
be performed-to harmonize the rela-
tions of man and woman which the
sudden development of the feminine
self-consciousness has disturbed"
Here Andre Billy translates the
passage from which he draws this con-
clusion. l will give the French, since
it may amuse you to read so very
English writer as Wells In another
language:
"Mdlhenr a celui qui croft que dams
le monde lordre peut succedcr au
deSordre GCdnt que pobsedant prob
lime des rapport des seres ait recu un
commencement de solutioni"
And these are NJ. Billy's final words
on the work of Guyot:
II doubt il even in England Wells
has found a more clear-sighted critic
or one more skilful in setting forth his
exact meaning"
Some of the Americans and English
in Paris used to ask why the title of
wells's novel, "Mr. Britling Sees 1t
Through" was changed in translation
to mean "sees clearly" Zut, dlorsi
Did you ever try to find the exact
English phrases for a French idiom
An amusing search might be made for
idioms lost in translations Of titles
alone-to say nothing of the books
themselves.
A poem by Paul Deroulede has pro-
duced profound impression here. It
was printed few days ago in CIdrte.
the review founded by Barbusse. the
title being given by the editor. Though
he wrote of an earlier war. the poet S
final words find an echo in the hearts
of those who have lived through the
last few years.
THE TESTAMENT OF DEROULEDE.
When we have ended the war in tri-
umph.
And our country assumes again her
place.
Then, with the evils born of conquest,
VIII disappear the horror that follows
conqueror.
Then mighty France, loving and free
from bitterness,
Sowing her young grain under new
laurels,
Will honor Labor. father of Fortune.
And sing Peace. mother of long toll.
For that will be a tranquil Peace. se-
rene, august,
That disarms the body without arming
the spirit:
For we shall prove ourselves conquerors
Just at heart,
And we shall reclaim only what was
taken from us.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

vUNTZTLOS By Herbert Adams Glib
bons Houghton Mifiin Company.
Mr.. Gibbons has written what is
both more and less than a biography
a mastery review Of the creation of
modern Greece which touches on every
aspect Of Near Eastern events dating
from the entrance of the great figure
who moves through them all as a
true god in rhe machine-rather than
an intimate personal biography, which
is vet to be written. For Venizelos,
the equal of any old Greek of the
golden age, and spirit incarnate of her
most glorious traditions, must, like
Napoleon, be the subject of many
books And his story will be truly an
epic of an epoch.
We learn little of what he said but
everything of what he has done Born
one of the unredeemed Greeks-on the
island of Crete then under Turkish
domination-hts father had some pre-
science of his future when he re-
Trained from sending his boy to Greece
for schooling. fearing environment
which would fire his ardent nature to
understanding of Ottoman domination
of so large part of Greek soil and
people. and his becoming, as he did,
the chief instrument of their liberia
ton. He at first refused his son
Eleutherios permission to study law
in Athens, insisting that he engage in
business in Crete and remain content
with his lot But fortunately for
Crete and Hellenism, the Greek Con-
sul-General at Canea noted the young
Venizelos's intellectual gifts and helped
the boy to get his own way. To Athens
he went. and very early in life adopted
as his own the old definition of Greece,
"Hellas is where there are Hellenes.'
Returning to Crete after his studies
he became at once a political leader,
first defying Turkey-then knowing
lust when to resist and when to op-
pose-the great Powers. who had
bound themselves by a long mistaken
policy and frequent undertakings to
preserve the integrity of the Ottoman
Empire. 1t can be counted as almost
the one error of the great Disraeh
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Then our nation. weary of burials,
Exalting the dead. will calm the living.
And we shall desire that one talk of
war no more,
And we shall cause our children to un-
learn hate
There shall be only widespread hap
piness
Vibrating from one end of the land to
the other,
Such thrill of rapture as they knew
in Greece.
When the Persian fled from their in
vaded fields.
Happy. happy, then, the poets of France.
Whose soul could no more have borne
our long sorrow!
They shall sing of love, as we of suf-
fering;
AS we tremble with rage. they shall
quiver with pride.
As for me. harsh old crier Of war.
Whether or no / survive the stroke that
frees us,
Ny work. feel twill not outlive the
war,
And my soldier songs will have no more
a singer.
Yes, yes the hour will come-he who
foresees 1t may prophesy--
When these cries of pride, dear to
conquered nation.
Will seem like rawlings to a restored
land
Where none shall. comprehend the hate
through which lived.
A beautiful hope, but we are far
from ;ts rea1izafiout
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
BY PANAME.
r. are talking about Wells here

w ~ are taking about wells mere
w also. His new history of the
world seems to be making a
great noise in England and America
and some day we shall read that. His
novels and other books have made a
profound impression upon French
readers. And at this moment we have
new book about him, III. G. Wells"
by Edouard Guyot
1t is odd that in thinking how 1
could interest THE HERALD's readers I
planned to make a study of foreign
influences upon French literature in
our own time. Perhaps it was tel
epathy or kind of intuition, for, as
found afterward. such an inquiry was
actually being made here. When the
results are published you shall have
them.
No doubt in any symposium of opin-
ion, Stevenson, Kipling, Chesterton and
Wells would be among those admired
here. But the best known, the most
widely read of these English authors
in France is Wells.
| Among us he has often been COM
pared with Jules Verne. But that
comparison touches only one side of
his genius. Wells writes for mature
readers, and even while he entertains
them he also forces them to think.
To show the character of our best
critical opinion ON Wells, will quote
from an article by Andre Billy:
1T is notable fact that the trans
formist theory, upon which the opti-
mism of Wells is nourished, his faith
in the possibility of unbroken prog
results doctrine has given birth.
among other philosophers. Anatole
France for example. to despairing
pessimism! There is one thing that
amazes me, writes France in 'Histoire
Comique.' 1t is the value we place
upon an existence which does not in
terest us i'm anything. We appear to
believe that life in itself is precious.
Nevertheless observation of nature
teaches us that nothing is more vile
nor more to be despised.
Formerly We were less upset by
sentimentality. Every one held his
own life infinitely dear without pro-
Tossing any regard for the life of
others. Men were nearer then to ma
ture: we are made to devour one an
other But our weak modern race,
nervous, hypocritical, pleases itself by
practising n sanctimonious cannibal-
ism. Even in the act of gobbling each
other down we proclaim the sacred
gess of life. We no longer dare con-
fess that life is murder
From this atrocious doctrine there
is to-day a reaction, and Anatole
France himself. like Wells a pacifist.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

Russias downfall and with it danger
of possible Russian domination of the
Near East, removing the necessity of
Turkish integrity to oppose Russian
claims, to accomplish the end of the
Turk in Europe. But it required the
constant vigilance of Venizelos. and
craftsmanship which is without paral-
lei in modern times to free unre-'
deemed Greece from Turkish and Bull
garian grasp, and to be strong when
allied diplomacy was weak.
For Venizelos summed up the his
The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Can Modern Greece Keep House
Without Her Great Statesman

that he supported Turkey, especially
at the Berlin Conference; and Britain's
eyes were opened first when Lord
Salisbury made his historic remark,
I'VE put our money on the wrong
horse"
But it required the late war with
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

A LIFE OF ARTHUR JAMES BAL
FOUR. BY Z. It. Raymond Little,
Brown & Co.
The New York herald., 1920-12-26

A beautiful hope, but we are far
from its realization!
Evening star., 1920-05-25
Fifteen ACCIDENTS
ON STREETS YESTERDAY
Five Persons Injured, But None
Seriously, Police Re-
ports Declare.

At least fifteen traffic accidents oc-
Cured on the city streets yesterday
according to the police reports. and
personal injury resulted in. five in
stances. None of the victims was
seriously hurt, the polio reported,
but many vehicles were damaged
George Lucas. colored, ffty-five
years old, 1917 L street. was knock ed
down by a bicycle while crossing at
14th and Q streets about $40 o'clock
last night and injured about the left
side of his head. First aid was given
at Emergency Hospital.
Miss c. c. Martin. 1878 10th street,
was slightly hurt by an automobile
driven by Walter Hamilton. 1142 18th
street. at Pennsylvania avenue and
18th street shortly before O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. One wheel Of the
vehicle passed over her left foot. but
did not inflict serious injury
Joseph Reeves. four years old. ran
against an automobile in front of his
home. 523 9Th street southeast about
noon. was knocked down and his left
leg injured. Physicians at Providence
Hospital examined his leg and said
his injury was not serious
Walter Breeze. Sheridan road. Ana
costa, was occupant of wagon that
was struck by street car at Nichols
avenue and Sumner road yesterday
afternoon. He was thrown from the
wagon and slightly hurt.
Nancy Rosa, six years old, 229 G