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and Senor Ibancz replied gracefully.
He then met L. j. Cattell. city stat
isticiau, who was asked by the Mayor
10 act as host to the party on its
visit to Independence Hall.
Before they left. Mayor Moore eX
pressed sorrow that they could not see
the hall where the first Supreme Court
met but he said that it was locked
up.
Il saw it the other day" the Mayor
explained and l am starting a move.
ment to allow it to be opened for the
benefit of the public.
Senior Ibanpz also met Clinton Rogers
Woodruff. head of the Civil Service
Commission, who was in the Mayors
office at the time.
After his visit to Independence Hall
Senor 1banez went to the grave of Ben
jsmin Franklin.
As he stood before it with bowed,
barred head, he exclaimed his delight at
seeing the resting place of a man whose
reOutation is so well known to Euro
peanS.
The final places in the itinerary of the
party were the Betsy Ross house and
Old Christ Church. At both, Senor
Ibanez showed a boyish interest in
knowing the full details connected with
the history of each.
Returns TO New York Today
He planned to leave for New York
late this afternoon. Senor 1banez came
here Yesterday and went directly to
Bryp Mawr as the guest of the college
In an interview there he spoke Wig
or0usly OF the decentralization of the
world.
The Germans" he said, "have not
been vanquished, and they will not be,
o long as 80 per cent Of the whole world
: German Half the people Of the world
have German mentalities.
II do not mean German according
to birth" he continued, nor in race
or language. but German in mind.
That holds good also for the United
States. Half of everything in this
country from coast to coast is German.
YCur art is German, your architecture
is German, your business methods arc
German.
You have allowed German influence
to creep in everywhere, and it has
thrivcd Us all parasites thrive on
hralthy, but neglected bodies.
Throw out everything German
Danish il from all manifestations of
your life. Then you will have van
quished the Germans.
Pestimistic on Peace
Senor Tbauez expressed i pessimistic
opinion rs to the future peace OF the
world
Il hnvc very little faith in human
nature" he said. And | do not ho.
licv" that Huv new law. compact. con-
tract or League of Nations can change
il No development toward liberty or
Democracy ever has been reached with
ont travail, bloodshed and tribuation.
"NO written Or spoken word will
upset that law established by history.
Tho carnage will go on, perhaps for
several centuries, before al ideal con
ditiou in world affairs can be realized.
The great tragedy in the life of
humanity is that the human mind lacks
logic The majority Of people are
idiotic. They are imbeciles. You can
not hammer logic into their heads. In
fact. hardly think it worth while
bothering much with humanity at all.
ITO judge by Tn" actions Of the pco
pie ot the world one would believe they
would like to fight themselves TO death, 4"
Scnor lhanez spoke 70 the Bryn
M&wr girls last night in Taylor Hall.
Much Of the local color for The
Paradise ot Wom"u,' the next book
Ibaurl viii write, was gotten by the
uu,hor at Bryu Mawr, it is believed. The
ooE which first won him fame was The
Four Ilorsempn uf tho Apocalypse. "