The Washington times., 1921-06-16
HUM ANISMS
William Atherton Du Puy-

Senator Moses of New Hampshire was Amer-
can minister to Greece a decade ago when he met
Buckman Pasha, aide to the Sutton of Turkey
and admiral in his navy. The title OF "Pasha'
was comparatively new to Buckman for a few
hours earlier he had been skipper's mate on a
New England sailing vessel.
But Turkey had bought a battleship from
American makers and Buckman had been a mem
Der OF the crew that delivered H. The Turks
did not know how to navigate the thing, so they
hired the mate to stick around as technical ad-
wiser.
They had bought a similar vessel from Ger
many and sent Buckman down to Kiel to get it
He found that it was tied up to dock where
charge of a couple OF hundred marks day was
being chalked up against II for dockage. The
frugal Yankee in Buckman cried out against
this. so he pulled it out in the bay and anchored
1t snugly where there was no charge at all
Resenting this the man who had been getting
the graft hired four thugs to beat Buckman up
when he rolled uptown that night for bit OF
sport. They set upon him in dark place, but
the Yankee. who was as tall sitting down as
standing up, laid about with no other weapons
than his bare hands polished off the four neatly
and went unrutfled to his night OF pleasure.
1t was when the story OF this adventure
retailed to him that the Sultan made Buckman
Pasha, whatever that may be, and an admiral,
and made of him palace pet and would let
him get away only once in while and run down
to Athens tell stories of his adventures to the
Yankee minister there.
Not long ago I heard Elihu Root, dean OF Amer
can statesmen, deliver himself OF what seemed to
a very large idea.
While in Russia early in the war, he said. he
went to visit the most celebrated anarchist in
all the world, talked with him for a long time
and had a very delightful afternoon The anar-
chist said that there would be revolution in the
United States after the war, that the revolution
would be for the overthrow of two things-capi-
tai and public opinion.
The argument against capital. Mr.. Root said,
was conventional, but revolution against public
opinion had the interest of novelty. The view
of the anarchist was that public opinion con-
strains individual conduct and that the individual
should be free to do as he pleases. 1t was a
thing against which to revolt.
Mr. Root believes that there has grown out OF
the disruptive forces of malevolent state
Of mind that is world wide and that is antag-
onIstic to law, to order, to tho structure which
civilization has built up for itself through the
centuries. b.
.'The need of the world" he says, "is a renais-
sance of respect for law"
Fifty wears ago there a little boy on a
farm I'M in Maine whose feet were so mIssh apen
that he couldn't walk. The big toes were so
twisted around that they almost touch the heels.
And while the other children played in the or
chsrd in the summertime Bert Fernald. for that
was his name, could but sit in the shade OF the
house and watch them.
Rut finally his father found a surgeon so
normal and in appreciation OF what he had lost
ne played so increasingly that he became the
best athlete in the whole community and a far
famed footracer. Getting the habit OF running
he entered mayoralty. gobernatoriaL Senatorial
races and won them all successively until he
found a snug place beneath the big dome at
washington, where he promises 10 his
state Indefinitely as Senator.
copyright, 1871, By Public Ledger Col