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New-York tribune., 1921-05-01


chain Of brief descriptions of per-
sonal experiences while travelling and
preaching the Gospel, frequently COL
ored by rare picturings of scenery ON
mountain slope and in jungle and poign-
antly effective in their repeated con-
fessions of a beautiful soul. The
sixth paper, that on "A Sunday in the
Mission" is q strangely moving thing
pictorial account of q service with
baptism. 1t should be read aloud in
many churches, for Wilfrid says: II
felt like q primitive apostle in the
catacombs and a father among his
simple. homely people"
We, in our great, comfortable cities,
too often forget that other men in
remote and difficult lands are repeating
the lives and the personal influences of
the men of the first centuries of the
Christian era. A book like this one.
thrilled by the spirit of individual
sacrifice and devotion to others, should
snow that the past still lives, that men
are willing and glad to 60 forth in .
sublime service.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Must We Fight japan?

Rarely does publisher have such
good luck as to timeliness as has come
to The Century Company, which pub
lished in January, Must We Fight
Japan? by Professor Walter B. Pitkin.
OF Columbia University. There has not
been week since the book, was issued
that the newspapers have not prinsed
at least one startling story Of intens!.
tying Japanese-American relatiu IS.
Secretary Hughes, in making publ:c
the notes exchanged between Japan and
the United States on the subject Of the
island Of Yap, does just the sort Of
thing Professor Pitkin advocates in
his book. We have been drifting blindly.
at least SO far as the American pubic
is concerned, into q situation full Of
warlike possibilities, Professor Pitsin
warns US in his book, and the only
hope that we can escape this war. he
believes, lies in the American public
increasing its knowledge of the japan.
ese-American diplomatic conflict and
its way out of q dangerous
situation.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
"A Novel of China
THE FEAST OF LANTERNS. BY Louis
Jordan Min Published BY FREDERICK

THE FEAST OF LANTERNS. BY Louise
Jordan Min. Published by Frederick A.
Stokes Co.
MRS. MILN has given us another
~ Chinese story, with the conflict
between China and Europe as the CEN
trail theme, reflected in the heroine's
struggle between love for an English
man and duty to her country.
Chen Shao Yum, the head Of an old
and powerful Chinese family, has long
viewed with alarm the European pene-
tration Of China, but feels the neces-
sity of a European education to fit
her descendants to oppose it. With this
idea she sends her great-granddaugh
ter, Cheng Tzu, to England to be
brought up in English ways, which are,
however, to be but a veneer over a
character essentially Chinese. But
Cheng Yum underestimates the effect
Of ten years in England. Cheng Tzu
becoming Europeanized, falls mutually
In love with young English peer
They become engaged, but he makes a
strategic error in trying to initiate the
Feast Of Lanterns for her benefit. II
recalls her to her patriotic duty. With.
out q word she takes the first boat tc
China, where she is left leading the
life Of good Chinese wife and mother
Mrs. Min gives Us an interesting and
graphic description of Chinese life
character and philosophy, especially in
the account of the Feast of Lanterns
early in the book. She thinks these su-
perior in many ways to Europe, and at
least in this book looks on European
penetration as the displacement Of an
old, highly cultivated, spiritual civiliza.
tion by the raw, aggressive materialism
OF Western nations. Still, it Is only the
agreeable, upper class aspect Of Chinese
life that is given as basis Of COM
parison.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Asiatic Poems
Passion and Color in Col
lection of Lyrics

THE GARDEN OF BRIGHT WATERS
BY T.. Powys Mathers. Published by
| Houshton Aifflin Company.
DRACTICALLY all the Oriental peo.
pies are represented in this col.
lection of one hundred and twenty
Asiatic love poems. 1t is possible to
distinguish various national literary
characteristics. The tribes of western
Asia are fiercer and more unrestrained d
in their outbursts Of passion, while the
Chinese, Japanese and Hindu poems
are apt to strike q more reflective and
sophisticated note.
Most of the poems are, naturally,
anonymous, but one author is fre-
quently mentioned. This is John Dun
can, a Scotchman, who left his native
country after being disappointed in
love, joined tribe Of rowing Arabs,
married an Arab wife and wrote ex-
cIusively in Arabic. His songs are all
addressed to his wife, and, as might be
expected, they are sometimes charac-
terized by subtlety that is not gen
orally found in Oriental verse.
Nearly all the poems are rich in
splendid and famboyant color. They
are full of gorgeous imagery. The
charms of love are described with in.
toxicating vehemence, and the beloved
one is showered with endearing cpl
thets. AS rule the Oriental poets
cultivate intensity of emotion rather
than depth Of thought Yet wisdom and
eloquence are often found in their sim
pie verse. Take, for example, the fol-
lowing poem from the Arabic, entitled
What Love Is:
Love starts with little throb In tho heart
And in the end one dies
Like an fll-treated toy.
Love is BORN in look or in four words.
The little spark that burnt the whole
Love is at first look,
And then SMILE
And then word
And then a promise,
Ano tnon meeting OF two among flowers.
AS in his earlier work, Colored
Stars, Mr.. Mathers shows remarkable
skill in arranging and rendering in
English verse the literal translations
OF Oriental scholars. His books have
notably enlarged our Occidental poetic
horizon.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

Best Sellers
During March

As shotvn by special reports from
ssvemty-one cities Of tho United
States. Compiled by Books Of the
Month.
FICTION
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis, Har-
court.
The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey.
Harper & Bros.
The Mountcbank, by William j.
Locke. Lane.
Sisters-in-Law, by Gertrude Athcr-
ton. Stokes.
The Age of Innocence, by Edith
Wharton. Appleton.
The Brimming Cup. by Dorothy Can
field. Harcourt.
Potterism, by Rose Macaulsy. Boni 4
Liveright.
Jacobs Ladder, by e. Phillips Open
helm. Little, Brown & Co.
Moon-Calf, by Floyd Dell. Knopf.
The Valley Of Silent Men, by James
Oliver Curwood Cosmopolitan.
N0N-FICTTON
The Outline Of History, by Fl. G.
Wells. Macmillan.
White Shadows in the South Seas, by
Frederick O'Brien. Century.
The Peace Negotiations, by Robert
Lansing. Houghton Miffin Company.
The Autobiography Of Margot As
quith. Doran.
Now 1t Can Be Told, by Philip Gibbs.
Harper & Bros.
The Americanization of Edward Box,
by Edward Box. Scribner.
A Straight Deal; or, An Ancient
Grudge, by Owen Wister. Macmillan.
Abraham Lincoln, by John Drink,
water. Houghton Mif1in Company.
The Mirrors Of Downing Street.
Anonymous. Putnam.
Roaming Through the West Indies,
by Harry A. Franck. Century.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Terms Of Versailles Treaty
Defended by Andre Tardieu
Former French Commissioner in This Country
Assumes Role Of Apologist for
NJ. Clemenceaus Diplomacy

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TREATY. Nv
Andre Tardieu. Torcword by T.. nj
psny, indianapolis.
<HE main thing to remember In
reading NJ Tardicc's book is
that it was written with dis
tinct political purpose 1t is
history tinged with polemics. 1t is
hardly unfair to say that it's title
ought to be amended so as to run:
The truth about the treaty, from the
Clemenceau point Of view"
NJ. Tardieu was Clemenceau's rirht
hand man at the peace conference. He
t. the leader in tho Chamber Of
Deputies of the diminished Clemen-
ceau group. He is the chief defender
in the Paris press of the work Of the
French peace commissioners, of which
he was one.
IN France, as in the United States.
there was strong public reaction
against the treaty. The two lerisla-
tive branches couldn't afford to reject
1t. But Clemenceau lost the presi-
dency after the old chamber was dis
solved and the new chamber met. M.
Tardieu thinks that this reaction was
unjust. 1t is his aim to prove that
the Peace Conference handled the
problems before it in competent and
statesmanlike manner, that the treaty.
as whole, was monumental success
and that the French delegates, in par
tscular, ably protected the interests Of
France.
This is venturesome undertaking.
French dissatisfaction with the work
OF the conference has increased. rather
than diminished in the last twentv-
two months. This face has to be faced
by Clemenceau's following, and it Is
simply naive for Clemenceau himself
to intimate, as he does in the intro
dueticn to M. Tardieu's book, that
French dissatisfaction is due to the
personal jealousies Of rival politicians.
He writes: "Shall add that an
exact notion Of duty, coupled with
pride Of responsibility borne in the
war which the treaty was to close ir.
triumph, forbade Us to bring into the
negotiations men whose views we had
thus far never shared? Hence disap-
rcintments, which, sooner or later,
were to find tongue" Clemenceau
clearly made the same mistake as Will
son did in excluding men like Mile
rand and BRAND from the negotiations
and in undertaking. the advice o,
Foch.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
British Diplomacy

TRADITIONS OF BRITISH STATES
MANSHIP. by Arthur d. Elliot. Tub.
lished by Dodd, Mead & Go.
YsHE foreign and domestic policy Of
Great Britain during the war is de-
Tended and eulosized in this book,
which also describes the pre-war dip
lomatie relations between England and
Germany. The author Is /. stanch
patriot. He Is firmly convinced thst
his country has bssn right almost AL
the time in her dealings With foreign
powers and with subject peoples.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01


& Co.. New York. '''
"HERE are gaps in William de
Morgan's last novel, The Old
"a Mans Youth, and these inter.
walls of broken continuity
filled by the sympathetic and under.
standing hand Of his wife, add to the
rathos Of the books appeal to the
reader who has read and cherished De
Morgan's earlier stories. 1t is easy to
detect the two authorships, even IL on.
overlooks the titles Of chapters used as
ixdlces - THE Narrative" and "The
Story"-for the woman's work is
simply filling in of statement Of
events necessary to prevent the other
wise frequent occurrence Of an inex-
plicable hiatus.
The novel is concerned with the life
story of Eustace John Pascoe and COW
ers the entire range Of his days and
work from early poyhood to death in
the infirmary Of workhouse. De Nor
gan's picture-it recurs again and again
IN haunting sadness-of the old Pas
coe, patient, with Deaths hand on the
doorknob, summoning from the mists Of
sixty years the happy and sad vester-
days Of boyhood in q peculiarly indi-
vidual family, is among his finest
effects in word-sketching. One is wor
to the conviction, as he reads, that the
author went back to his own private
and beloved treasury Of personal events,
under key for decades, when scheming
The Old Mans Youth.
There is plausibility Of veracity in
these recurrent moods Of memory,
poignant in tender sadness, elusive in
their centers Of accuracy that fade OF
in edges blurred in a haze of years.
Eustace John can get back to the cores
OF things of old, but the circumfer.
ences Of attendant influences and per-
sonalities arc almost always affairs OF
ghostly uncertainty. In this absolutely
correct rendering Of the inadequacy Of
age to recreate complete painting Of
fractions of the past lies much of tie
strange and unforgettable beauty of
this novel.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

which gave the Emperor the ,,.a. :.
appoint and dismiss his Chsnee,I.. :. =
will, there could bs only one ana =
such . struggle. Bismarck was ,,,.s
several pointed hints that his .sr,,...
were no longer required. The Ola m..
clung to his power with almost nafh..,-
tenacity and refused to give up unt;,
the Kaiser practically ordered him !.
resign. Bismarck gives the follovin.
vivid description Of the way IN vh;.s
he was practically bundled ont !,
Office:
ION the 2sth Of March / took ,....
Of the Kaiser. His Majesty said sl,.
anxiety for my health alone had =,
duced him to consent to my rssi,,..
ton. replied that my health had ..l.
dom been so good Of late years ss du,.
ing the past winter. The public,t;,.
of my resignation was postpones
simultaneously with his instalI.t,.,
Caprivi (Bismarck's successor az Cha
cellor) had already taken possession :,
part Of the Chancellor's Official Ys,l.
dence; l saw that ambassadors. mir,..
ters and diplomatists were oblired I.
wait On tho ground hoor, q cos,ei,.
measure compelling me to expedite N,
packing and my departure. On the 2stI
Of March left Berlin under the esn.
pulsion Of this overhasty evacuation q,
my residence. receiving In the railv,v
station the military salute ordered hy
the Kaiser, which might justiaably
have called my Hrst class fursnl
obsequies."
Bismarck repeatedly criticises Ia
Kaiser's handfing Of foreign relstis,s
He foresees that the Emperors lsviB
and inconstancy, his fits Of psssisa
his readiness to substitute military
force for diplomacy, portend no gcsd
to the peaceful development Of Gu
many. But not even the keen vision
of the Iron Chancellor, sharpensd q
it is by resentment, could anticipate
the catastrophe which ultimately came
upon the German people largely u
result of tho moral and mental defects
of their ruler.
The average American readers IN.
derstanding of this extremely interest
ing book of Bismarck's memoirs will
be quickened and facilitated by Pro-
fessor Charles Downer Hazen's e.
cellent historical introduction.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
THE ENGINEER. BY John Hays Ham

THE ENGINEER. BY John Haya Har-
mona mond. published by Charles Scribner's
Wiz qualities which are necessary
and desirable in successful en-
gineer are clearly set forth in this lit
tie oook. Mr. Hammond brings out the
tact that mere technical proficiency is
not enough; the engineer who rises to
the opportunities of his calling must
possess good general education and
a mind that is we'll trained outside the
limits OF his profession. The char
scter1stics Of the various branche. Of
engineering. mechanical, mining, civil.
etc. are discussed in detail.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

1t is good to sit down to book that
does not rush ono along in breathless
stages of crescendo. One needs the
hermit hours Of solitude with a novel
written slowly and with lovers ie-
votion to the deliberate development
OF his plot and the unhurried and ur.
worried growth to full revelation O.:
his people. And ono gets all this in
full measure in any book by De Nor
gan. With it all, as a silver thread
trailing unbroken through a rich weave
| OF darker hues, skins a refreshing
humor, spontaneous and always iu-
digenous. When the boy Eustace John.
lost in London fog, sees a nimbus os
light from somnambulist cab, floating
about like lost halo seeking the head
OF saint, one recognizes at once the
whimsical wit Of De Morgan turned an
IN spray Of quick, native mirth. It
is the continual juxtaposition of
laughter and tears, in this novel as in
its predecessors, that makes De Nor
gan's work human.
That this writer of fiction knew
Dickens as brother is evident in
many references to the latter's novels
and characters discoverable in Tb.
Old Mans Youth. But he never cum-
nits his great masters sin of fragrant
exaggeration. Pascoe sr. could step
into many chapters by the author o.
David Copperfeld and Nicholas Nicl e
by, and the minor people of De Nor
gan's fancy, the servants, hostlers and
tradesmen, are hued with the tints of
their gentry Of the ilk of Sam Weller.
Yet the art that constructs them is
different one, more of this century in
its balanced method and abhorre.cc
of slapstick diversion.
Well, we haven't given you much of
an inkling of what of meat ther. is
between the covers of The Old Mans
Youth. In this 50o-page record of the
life of Eustace John Pascoe. with it's
byplay in the adventures of his sis
ters and his chum Montague Moss.
and its keenly imagined tragedy of the
scheming Helen Evans, there is ma
serial enough to stock the brains Of
round score tyro novelists, who clatter
and crow over their "tense. gripping"
yarns spun in vacuums. You cannot
build tapestries from cheesecloth.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Former Kaiser's Portrait
Painted by Prince Bismarck
Iron Chancellor Describes Quarrel VIII
William Which Led to His Abrupt
Dismissal
BY William Henry Chamberlin
THE KAISER VS.. BISMARCK. Published
by Harpar Z Hroa.

BY William Henry Chasnberlin
THE KAISER vg BISMARCK. Published
by Harper = Bros.
4 VERY vigorous and unhatter-
- ing portrait Of the ex-Kaiser
L. "A is painted in this volume,
which includes new chapters
from the famous autobiography Of
Prince Bismarck. The significance Of
the material included in the book may
be judged from the fact that the for
mer Kaiser has made every effort to
suppress it's publication, even resorting
to court proceedings.
Bismarck is not, Of course, an un-
prejudiced analyst Of the character Of
the ruler who dismissed him so igno-
miniously after his long years Of power
and service. His pen is always stepped
in bitterness when he writes Of Will
liam. At the same time, he makes out
a formidable case against the ex-
Kaiser, whom he represents as vain,
capricious, ungrateful, fighty and to-
tally unfit for his self-appointed task
Of governing the German Empire. II
is easy to understand, after reading the
book, why tho ex-Kaiser, who has al
ways been SO sbnormally sensitive to
criticism Of any sort, should have
strained every nerve to suppress this
keen and brilliant exposure Of the
weaknesses Of his personality.
The events which led up to the
breach between ths young Kaiser and
his Chancellor are set forth in consid-
cradle detail. Bismarck, = conservative
Junker to the core, opposed tbs pro-
gram Of liberal reforms to which Will
liam had been won over by other ad-
visers. The Kaiser was anxious to
relax the punitive laws against the So
cial Democrats and to introduce cer-
tain measures Of social reform, such
as the prohibition Of Sunday labor, the
introduction Of factory inspection, etc.
In his disagreement with the Kaiser
Bismarck soon found himself deserted
by the great majority Of the govern
ment officials, who, with the true in
stinct Of courtiers, hastened to align
themselves with the ruler. He COM
plains bitterly of the treachery Of GER
tain subordinate ministers who con-
stantly intrigued against him behind
his back.
Under the German Constitution,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
A Priest in Africa
Life in an African Mission
Pictured in Letters

PILGRIM PAPERS. BY Francis wilfrid
and Robert Keable Published by e. p.
Dutton 4 Co.
"HAT there are wild lands and
primitive peoples still to be
found on the earth is evidenced
many times in Pilgrim Papers.
collection from the writings of
Francis Thomas Wilfrid, priest, made
by Robert Keable. The former went
deep into the heart of Africa to carry
the Gospel to ignorant blacks and, when
dying. conhded to the latter his intimate
records of hours of depression and cx.
altation. The book is an important doc
ument in the literature Of Christianity.
Keable's selections from Wilfrid's
writings have been made with an in
sight into the mind and the affsc-
tions Of his friend. The result ia q
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
7HE late William de Morgan, avhose posthaous novel,
story OF retrospectom, has gust been published by Henri
7O1 &c co. Drawing
The Tragedy Of an Old Man
Searching for His Youth
Personal Note in William de Morgan's Finely
Wrought Novel, Which Is Completed
by His Wife
By Samuel Abbott

de Moran AS pSb,isbed H. By Wila1n 1t is good
New -' ~'~
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

TIE TRUTH ABOUT THE TREATY. py
Andrs Tardieu. Torcwcrd by L. NJ
Stcsnenceau. The Bobbs- Merrill Com
pany. Indianapolis.
u N.HE main thing to remember In
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-03-17
Notes From Union High School

The last few meetings of the Fran
els Marion Literary society have
shown a marked improvement in the
quality of work done. This improve
Ement is especially manifested in read
: ings and essays. New officers for the
second term were elected recently and
continued improvement is hoped for.
For some time the high school girls
have had basket ball team organized.
Much interest has been shown in the
game and the girls enjoy playing very
much.
Honor Roll.
The following is the honor roll for
the fifth month:
First Grade-Janie Munerlyn, Annie
Mae Wall, Herman Sessions, highly
distinguished; Dudley Cook, Verneze
Crib, Loyal Carraway, David San
ders.
Second Grade-John Lawrence Alt
man, Liston Crib, Oliver Wilder,
Grace Munnerlyn, Ollie Baxley, Ju-
MUS Baxley, Lawrence Fenters, Roy
Fenters.
Third Grade-Kirk Avant, John
Fenters, highly distinguished; John
Wesley DuRant.
Fourth Grade-Johnnie Thomas
Laurice Rhem, Jr., bessie Baxley,
Kate Williams, Aluie Baxley, Lucille
Wilson, Hortense Wilder.
Fifth Grade-Wanace Tart, Eda-
phell Richardson, John S. Rhem. Mar
gle Altman, Allen johnson.
Sixth Grade-Mildred Crib, Josie
Carraway, Virginia Munnerlyn, Capers
Williams, Manning Thomas, James
Turbeville, Ellerbe Baxley, Clyde Tart.
Seventh Grade Mary Louise Mum
nerlyn, Jettie Wilder, Davis Williams
Eighth Grade-Janie Wilson, Omy
Wilder, Fulton Strong, Rena Wilson,
Francis Snow.
Ninth Grade-Louise Carraway,
Louise Crib, Nell Wilson.
Tenth Grade Eta Tart.
Eleventh Grade-Rufus Crib, Ger
trude Haddock, Mae Williams, John
Legette.
Literary Society Reporter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-03-17
Must Fight or Fail

The following paragraph of timely
admonition are taken from a letter
recently received from a business con-
Germ. The Record is passing it along
for the benefit of those who are des-
pondent and don't know what to do,
or perhaps find themselves losing
"pep" in the great "shakedown".
"The worlds commerce is going
through the fires of hades now, but it
will corle out tempered as steel. The
clouds are black, but thank God, there
is sunshine behind and beyond these
clouds. Things look pessimistic, and
temporarily they are so, but again l
say there is hope and prosperity ahead
prosperity of the good and the sane
kind. It's a rough sea with a lot Of
fair weather sailors riding it; also
many seasoned veterans.
"So it's time foT courage, hope
and the will to stand by the ship.
She's a good old ship, this ship of
commerce. She'll weather the storm
if you will but help her. Just man
the wheel, keep the rudder straight,
with her nose head on into and across
these waves.
"Some will ride the storm, but that
fair-weather sailor of commerce must
either rise to the occasion or go down
in the depths.
"Now is the test. Accept your res
possibility, face your problem, take
off your coat and work, yes, fight like
hades, because it's a mans job and
you have got to qualify to survive this
commercial storm.
cit took neither bright man nor
courageous one to prosper during
the boom just past, but you must have
backbone now; you must be pre-
pared to fight clean.
"It's a job worth while, my friend;
so organize your every effort and go
to it with that bull dog determination
that knows no fear.
Someone is hoping for you, yes,
pulling with you. Have faith"
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