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and Carranza might continue indef-
nitely to hold office. Whatever the pur-
pose, the administration put itself SOL
idly behind Bonillas, spending millions
OF the country's money on such pub
licity campaign as Mexico had never
seen. The irony Of such campaign in
country where the majority are IL
literate did not seem to occur TO any
one, nor the futility OF modern elec-
tioneering methods in a country where
the voters preference went chiefly for
nothing.
If it were Carranza's intention to pro-
woke Obregon to a show OF resistance, he
succeeded abundantly and with results
unexpected to himself Ibafiez had an
interesting meeting with Obregon,
short, thick-set man OF forty, who re-
minded Ibanez of q wild boar. He is
untidy and affects contempt for adorn-
ment to show his democracy. "He has
line of risqu6 stories which he tells
with brutal frankness smacking of the
camp and the bivouac. They helped me
to understand the popularity OF the man.
He talks that way with every one, with
the women of the street, with the work
men he meets, with the peasants in the
country, and these simple people swell
with pride at being treated with such
familiarity and at hearing such amusing
stories from a national hero. the con-
queror of Celaya, former Minister OF
War, and a man who has only one
ARM"
There is, significantly, passion for
pacifism in Mexico at present. Car
ranza's appea! for Bonillas was on the
score that he is civilian. Obregon de-
mands to be called "Citizen" Cbregon,
not General"
Of army administration in Mexico
Ibanez gathered some astonishing
knowledge. Just how Mexican gen
eral can grow fabulously rich in five
or six years is simply explained He
receives directly the money needed for
his army's maintenance. He may pay
for fodder for horses, but it is more
economical to issue an order to have
horses put to Craze in private meadows.
He may maintain the army in the re-
ouired rations or not. He may have
as many men as he draws pay for
But the government takes good care
not to ask him for an accounting.
Ibafiez comes to no definite conclu-
sion regarding Mexico, but he gives
such clear and telling pictures of Mexi-
co, the state of her land and her people,
her trials and her hopes, as cannot fail
to contribute to some ultimate solution
Of her problem.
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FRANK B. GTLBRETH author o. Motion Studu for the
Hands" published by 3. p. Dutto1 c Co

for atrocities, Mr.. Franck's acquaint-
ances either denied that any were COM
mitted by German troops or denounced
the blockade and the alleged Russian
outrages in East Prussia.
If the author found little repentance
he also encountered little active ami
mostly. The population of the occu-
pied districts was docile, even servile in
it's attitude toward the Allied troops.
Throughout his travels in all parts of
Germany Mr.. Franck was never molest-
ed or insulted on account of his nation
aEty. The mass Of the people seemed
to view the war in retrospect rather
stolidy, without nourishing any per-
sonal hatred of their conquerors
1t is doubtful if any book has yet
been written about Germany SO free
from bias and propaganda, so full of
life and color as Mr.. Franck's. Full of
lights and shades, and always leavened
with a healthy American sense Of humor,
it presents a remarkably vivid and
clear cut picture of the country and
the people after the armistice
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Heroic Armenia
Novel of Adventure in the
Near East

-NGLISH fiction has given us
r. novels concerned with war in all
- parts of the globe. Mrs. Steels
'The Face on the Waters" and Mason's
THE Four Feathers come to mind at
once as stories revealing British sub
jects enmeshed in the tolls of war in
India and Africa. One can continue in
q list of considerable length. And
here at hand is new recruit in this
section, A. c. Inchbold's "Love and the
Crescent" (Stokes), an admirable pres
en- tation of recent events in that part
Of Asia which touches the Mediterra-
rean.
In clever way, the author of this
novel introduces men and women rep
resenting Germany, Turkey, France
and England, with Armenian refugees,
as heroes, heroines and villains The
plot swings around the love of a
Frenchman, Pierre Marson, for a young
woman, Veronica Severin, in whose veins
flows the blood of British mother
and an Armenian father. The scene,
at the outset, is in Armenia during the
days when Germany apparently was
winning the war A German consul,
Otto Rosen, attempts to bluff Veronica
into marrying him. He exhibits all
the swinsh coarseness of his race
plots to kill Marson and even aids in
engineering q wholesale deportation
and murder Of Armenians. The bal
ance of the novel deals with the courage
Of the young girl in defying Rosen and
with the escape Of Marson from prison
after suffering torture at the hands OF
his captors.
This book, with Its stirring account
of an Armenian stand for freedom
against heavy odds, while on noun
tain overlooking the sea, is valuable
addition to the fiction Of the late war.
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thies were unchecked: a backward
population was misgoverned by corrupt
and incompetent rulers.
Into this unhappy country came Eng
land bearing the blessings of Western
civilization, law and order. The author
emphatically denies that England has
drained India of her resources. For
eign capital, in his opinion, has brought
incalculable blessings in it's train. Sir
Verney believes that the taxes which
Indians are compelled to pay for the
upkeep of the British military and
civil establishments are q cheap price
for the manifold benefits of English
rule.
The author traces the growth Of In
dian nationalist sentiment down to the
present time, quoting literally from
speeches and articles by Hindu and
Mahometan leaders. AS member of
the Rowlatt Committee, which was
formed for the purpose Of investigating
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nounce that he intended to become a
nun"
Mr.. Conrad mediated moment. and
added: "You know I regard Loves
toft as my birthplace, because it was
there that | first landed in England"
The captain also gave a plausible
explanation of Mr.. Conrad's laxity in
the use of shall and will, which has
been mentioned as one of the few
traces of foreign origin in Mr.. Con
RAIDS written English. He says that
this is due to that fact that Mr.. Con-
rad first learned his English from
Scots seafaring men, and the Scot has
always used shall and will inter
changeably. Therefore, Conrad's habit
in this respect is not a proof OF foreign
origin, but rather suggests that his
English came to him tinctured with the
fine, harsh flavor of the North.
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tlcles on Mexico, writ
ten for several newspapers and now col
lected into book form by E. P. Dutton
{. Co.
1t is not to be wondered at that
these reports of Mexico carry a con-
vlction. an impression of vigor and
authenticity, that no account Of Mex
leo, however picturesque, has yet had.
These are plainly written by a man
who IS alive to every shade of feeling
and opinion in Mexico. He is, to be
sure, novelist, and susceptible to the
color and romance Of Mexico, but
these sketches are compounded Of
something besides atmosphere. They
come from man who has the kew to
Mexican speech and thinking, and they
have hard framework Of fact.
Obviously, all is grist that comes TO
the indefatigable Ibanez's mill. He
takes the opportunity in a foreword
to state that his Mexican experiences
are to take the shape of a novel later.
to be called "The Eagle and the
Snake" These journalistic sketches
are for the present the rough notes.
the impressions hastily assembled and
set down.
But the material he has brought
does not need sublimation into literary
form to be interesting. Whether
lbanez aims at journalistic distinc-
ton or not, these sketches are fine bits
of journalism. 1t even seems to US
that a novel cannot make Mexico more
interesting than these straight, rapid
colloquial descriptions. which contain
such terse and vivid sketches of the
land and the people, such acid. sa
t'ncal picture of their leaders and so
shrewd an estimate of the conflicting
forces which control Mexico.
lbanez was drawn to liking none of
the figures contending fer the mastery
of Mexico. The mild, patriarchaI bearing
OF Carranza did not blind him to the
mans obstinacy and stupidity. Obregon
did not inspire him with anv trust.
General Gonzales seemed to him a
treacherous opportunist; Bonillas, the
man picked by Carranza to succeed him
self, man of no force and exceedingly
unpopular to boot.
1t was Carranza's determination to
force on Mexico Bonillas that precipi-
tated the revolution. The enemies of the
administration said that Carranza was
making conscious use of Bonillas' un-
popularity to provoke rising, in which
case the elections could be postponed
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
Jewish Stories

Alfred A. knopf has ready for imme-
diate publication Jewish Children" a
selection of the best series by the late
Shalom Aleichem, Familiarity known as
the Yiddish Dickens and the Yiddish
Mark Twain. The reader will perhaps
recall the authors coming to New York
from Russia in the early days of the
war And the great excitement created
by his death shortly thereafter, and his
funeral, which wal one CT the largest
ever held on the New York lower East
Side. The stories in Jewish Children"
recount with viyidness and pathos the
LIE IN the village Of the Russian pale.
The Translation ia authorized and the
stories appAaz. IN English for the drut
tina
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w and chief snsnsss gin sess' Of the sSz%s uaisss
I Fruit steamer Turrialba, now
ical waters, will, upon his return, con-
summate romance as colorful in its
international character as full of the
flavor of the high seas as any of his
own stories. Last week Mr.. McFee's
/ fiancee, Mile. Pauline Kondoff, arrived
in New York City, after a journey half
across the world, and is awaiting the
authors return at the New Jersey home
of his friend the artist, Arthur Elder.
Mile. kondoff is a Bulgarian, but
looks very much like a Partisan, for
she is small and slight, with red gold
hair, olive skin and deep brown eyes
that show every nuance Of thought.
She was born in Salonica twenty
years ago. Because of an Italian
grandmother she has always had a fond
ness for the Italian language, and
part of her education was received in
Italy. She speaks seven languages
English is not one of them. But as
/ Mr.. McFee speaks French fuently this
language has always been her medium
of conversation with her fance.
During the World War Mile Kondoff
was there that she met William Nc
Fee. The course Of true love in their
case seems to have been a rapid cur
rent, for on the first day of their meet
ing Mile. Kondoff promised to marry
him and go to America. But this ar
rangeuent was not easily carried out
during war time, for Bulgaria and Eng
land were enemy countries and Mr.
McFee was engaged in transport serv-
| ice under the flag of Great Britain. So
there had to be an enforced waiting.
The obstacles were not all overcome
however, with the close Of the war, for
Bulgaria is still carrying on hostili-
ties with Turkey, and it is almost i'm
possible for a Bulgarian to get pass
port to this country. Mile. Kondoff
went from consulate to consulate with
out success, and finally, after four
months she secured passport from the
Greek government 1t was long jour
ney-twenty-four days in crossing
but she is happy TO be in America
awaiting the return of Chief Engineer
McFee. who is patiently hurrying
| through Southern seas on the Tur.
rialba.
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The Holts' "Psychic Seriesr

The Holts' psychic Series" will start
August 10 with the publication of
Z. M. SIS "The Unseen Doctor l.. NJ.
Bazett's "After~Death Communications"
and Mrs Kelway Bamber's "CIaude's
Second Book" The first (known in
London as Zone Thing l Know") is an
astonishing account by an invalid.
bedridden for fifteen years, of her
cure through medium from an osten-
sibly post-carnate source In Bazett's
oook the accounts given are strictly
accurate, the statements made by COM
munlcators having been verified
wherever possible. Claude. Young
aviator killed in the war, continues his
revelations of the next world. which
saw the light under the auspices of
Sir Oliver Lodge. On October / Henry
Holt's Essays in Psychical Research"
reprinted from the unpopular" and
"unpartizan" reviews will be added to
the series. The authors two-yolume
work, The Cosmic Relations and In
mortality" has been universally rec
ognized both as one of the most in
teresting and most authoritative works
IN the field of psychics. These will be
followed by books by Mines. Reginald
de Koven and Efie Halsey, the Hon.
Gerald Balfour and others.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
Poems by Arthur Symons

Arthur Symonss new volume Of
verse, "Lesbia and Other Poems
which the buttons are publishing this
week, brings together nearly hundred
poems of great variety of theme and
treatment. There are sonnets, lyrics
bits of song, narrative and dramatic
pieces. One Of the loveliest of them
all begins with this stanza.
THAT you should live, be blithe and we'll
When I am dead and in my grave,
1t seems thing incredible,
If death be not lying knave"
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compassion. followed by protests. Il
have two left She danced the mite on
her knee. Her tower Of body swayed
back and forth. Through her half
open Jacket you could divine her dead
breasts. There was something wierd
and horrible in the dismal accustomed
ness of her knees"
Anglo-Saxon feminism has perhaps
an accent of greater reserve than this
Continental feminism Of "Woman. ~
The woman OF this book is often man.
nered and excessive, SNUG and irri-
tating as she is in real life. But there
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
Iramping Through Germany
American Officer Finds People Interested
Chiefly in Getting Enough to Eat

s'ice existed only in the minds Of
imaginative foreign correspondents.
No German Repentance
Inc author devotes chapter to a
symposium Of German views on the
war he was only able to find one man
VINO would admit that Germany was
even half responsible for the outbreak
OF the conflict. For the most part he
encountered only slight variations on
'he theme that peace-loving Germany's
rum had been compassed by Russian
militarism, French desire for revenge
and English commercial jealousy. AS
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
The Sphinx Speaks
Madeleine Marks Novel Tells How the Sex NAV
Be Interpreted

HROUGH all the ages in which
men have argued endlessly over
y the mystery, Woman, it seems
..ser to have occurred to them that
he simplest way to discover the de-
rsaus courses of her mind would be to
.ss her what she thinks.
II is likely indeed that if she had
bssn asked to speak and explicate her
.sr in times past she would have found
serseli dumb. Expression in speech
!, the elimination of long series OF
,,,rs elementary articulations. With
out the primary self-assertions she
.ould not master the language Of the
vorld. AThis new found power to ex-
rrss in words her reactions to life
.omes as the crescendo of her half
century of social self-assertions.
woman" by Magdeleine Marx.
translated from the French by Sold
seltzer (Thomas Seltzer. publisher),
comes heralded from abroad by Ro-
main ROLAND. Georg Brandes, Bert
rand Russell and others who have
watched sympathetically women emerg-
ID into self-expression. 1t is an ex-
,ression of the modern feminine con-
sciousness, which, having found itself
i, new attitudes toward work and mar
r;sse and life, is now seeking its own
intellectual idiom. The febrile femi-
uistic literature of which this is part
il not so much q disclosure as a self
searching. More intensely conscious
than the orthodox of her essen
.ial quality, more fsstidious than she
in keeping faith with it, the new wom-
an has need for more exact self
ezplication.
In Woman" she Is objectivized to
the eyes Of the world. The particular
woman Of the story, which is in the
inpressionistic form of the modern
novel, is a sort of mirror for the soul
Of the modern woman and there passes
before it her image in familiar aspects.
she is the girl coming to a new frank
swareness through the confusion Of
adolescence; she is the daughter re-
Voting from to middle class parental
5oke and finding in economic indie
pendence the new key to living; she is
the woman exploring human relation
ships, eager to clear for herself new
channel OF living, impatient of the silt
Of convention through which she must
dredge
Out of these sharp pictures Of her
love and marriage, the birth of her
child, motherhood, her love outside
marriage. grows a fairly complete
picture o. the view Of life OF the ad-
vanced woman, her attitude toward all
the decreed ideals. She is endlessly
guestoning Of the easy illusions OF the
salvation inherent in love and
marriage, Of the beauty of birth, of the
inspired way of motherhood. Love she
knows to be an incompletely fulfilled
promise which only in rare moments
brings release from the incurable
oneliness which is each human beings
portion. Birth is a brutal primal
struggle. And in this scene at baby
dispensary there is bitter comment
On the reality of instructive mother
hood. "a huge creature with q gray
ogress head, high cheekbones and skin
streaked with fine veins e.
dropped into an empty place and
paraded her darling on her knees. My
daughter's.' she explained to the circle
sround her. 'Babies-I know
thing or two about babies I've had
eleven There was a general stir Of
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Conrad's English Birthplace

Captain Joseph Conrad once told a
friend, an cid sea captain, how difficult
it was to make his family understand
his desire to 60 to sea. ~ wish I could
explain to you what it meant when l.,
IN the heart of Poland, told my family
that intended to become an English
sailor. 1t is very hard to convey to
you the effect Of that statement. 1t
was as though bank clerk should an
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man" Holds Mirror Up to the Soul of Modern Womer

Portygec" and the other famous Cape
Cod novels Of Joseph c. Lincoln, know
that the author won his first literary
recognition as writer of humorous
and homely verse. There is, neverthe-
less, a steadily growing demand for
Lincoln's book of verse. Cape Cod
Ballads" and the ,Appletons announce
that the eighth edition is now being
printed.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-25
England in India
British Rule Defended by
Former Official

TdE case for the British admins
tration Of India is vigorously
stated by Sir Verney Lovett, for
thirty-fve years a member Of the In
dian civil service, in "a History Of the
Indian Nationalist Movement" (Stokes).
Sir Verney paints dark picture of
Indian conditions before the arrival of
the British. Race and caste antipa-
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Ibanez Sees Mexico In Turmoil
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