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Japanese Vistas
The Informal Impressions
of Julian Street
MYSTERIOUS JAPAN. BY Julian Street
Published by Doubleday. Page & Cn 81

MYSTERIOUS JAPAN BY Julian Street
published by Doubleday, Page & Co. 81
! 60 MANY conference books" deal
~ ing with various phases Of the
Pacific problem, are now being
published that there seems to be some
danger that they will ultimately re-
place the "War book" as q drug on
the literary market. Julian Streets
work does not belong in this category
OF conference books" It's references
to Oriental political complications are
casual and incidental. First to last it
is a simple record, set down in lively
and informal style, of an American
travellers reactions to the everyday
life of Japan.
There are some Japanese character
istics, including the national attitude
toward women and the telephone and
cable service, which Mr.. Street does
not altogether like. But in the main
his impressions are highly favorable.
He is enthusiastic over the fascinating
gesha girls and the innumerable babies
whom one finds in Japanese cities. He
applauds the almost unfailing courtesy
which marks the conduct of Japanese
of all classes. He does not subscribe
to the theory which represents China
as a helpless victim of the ruthless
brigand, Japan. He sums up his own
conception of the relation between the
two countries in the following terse
figure of speech:
"China appears to be an amiable.
tlaccid, sleepy giant who has long
allowed himself to be bullied, victim
ized and robbed. Japan, on the other
hand, is a small, well-knit, pugnacious
individual, we'll able to look after him
self and profoundly engaged in doing
So"
The author travelled extensively in
Japan, seeing little bit of everything
He witnessed an exhibition of the
Japanese national sport of wrestling,
in which skill rather than stamina is
required; he struggled with chop
sticks in tea houses; he even became
initiated into the advantages of the
kimono as a garment. All in all, he
seems to have enjoyed an uncommonly
good time in Japan, and some measure
OF this good time may confidently be
promised to readers Of his, entertaining
book.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
The Rural District
A Scheme for Service
Through System
RURAL ORGANIZATION By Walter
Burr. Published by the Macmillan Com
pany. $2.25.

Burr. published by the Macmillan Com
pany. s2.25.
THE capitalization of the COM
munity into clean working
efficient unit is now a major
problem of the day. Theorists have
approached the intricate problems in
volyed in the attempt to arrive at a
plan that shall be national in scope
and applicable to all kinds of people
living as a self-controlled body. A
number Of intensely practical men have
investigated the subject, and some have
reached plans that work.
This book is far and away the best
treatment of the community problem
that we have seen. AS the author SAYS
in his preface, "the attempt is made to
present the work in terms of action,
rather than of theoretical organiza tion
plans; to classify such action in terms
of definite functions; to interpret all
in terms of the local community and
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Dauphin from the Temple, and was only
silenced by the threats Of the police
Louis XVIII had no desire to raise en-
barrassing questions about the lcgiti-
macy Of his own title to the throne
Then M Lenetre, in the course Of his
indefatigable historical researches. has
dug up references to a mysterious vis
which Robespierye paid to the Temple
shortly before his overthrow. 1t does
not seem unlikely that the revolution
ary dictator, feeling his power slipping
away from him, should have conceived
the scheme Of strengthening his posi-
tion by proclaiming constitutional
monarchy with the Dauphin as ruler.
The discovery that another child had
been substituted would, of course. have
ruined this scheme
What happened to the Dauphin after
his abduction is still an impenetrable
mystery a large number Of pre-
tenders appeared. and some Of them
seem to have made the government lof
-cH'o <NN III uHctSS. DuO JHcTC IS no
decisive proof that would lead an i'm
partial historian to identify any OF
these pretcndeEs With the missing
Dauphin.
NJ Lenotre's analysis Of the Dau-
phin's probable fate is no less fas-
cinating because of the uncertain end
ing, which opens up an endless field of
romantic conjecture. Besides reveal
ing and discussing every bit of avail
able evidence regarding the Dauphin
and his captivity, the author gives an
absorbing picture of some Of the
scenes and personalities Of the French
Revolution. The picture, to be suSe,
is somewhat distorted with royalist
bias, but it is Illuminated with scholar
ship and colored with vivid magma
tion.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Hamilton
Glowing Tribute to Great
Federalist

THE GREATEST AMERICAN: ALIEN
are rubshad hy afhyr BY q en P
Putnams Sons. Price $3.50.
TN HIS is eulogy rather than a
biography of Alexander Hamil-
tend to disclose new sources of infor-
nation about Hamilton's life. Relying
upon the abundant material which is
| already at hand, he analyses the career
of the great Federalist and emphasizes
with sonorous superlatives the debt
which America owes to his many sided
genius.
1t is Hamilton's extra aordinary versa
tility, displayed in so MANY fields of
patriotic service, that impels the au-
thor to award him the crown implied in
the phrase The rGeatest American.
Hamilton's merits as chief architect
Of the Constitution and as reorganizer
of the young Republics shattered fl
nances are extolled. The author also
reveals his hero as leader at the bar,
as mastery pamphleteer, as a far
seeing statesman who anticipated the
ultimate tremendous industrial devel-
opment of America and built his eco
nomic policies with this end in view.
The chief accusation brought against
Hamilton by his critics is lack of SYM
pathy with democracy. This accusation
gains some color Of plausibility be-
cause of Hamilton's Characterization
of democracy as \"our real disease"
Mr.. Vandenberg explains that Hamil-
ton meant by democracy what we in
modern times would brand as Bolshe-
vism.
Not the least interesting feature of
the book is predatory symposium Of
opinions which prominent Americans of
the present day hold about. the identity
OF the greatest American. AS might be
expected, Washington and Lincoln lead
the poll, although Roosevelt's claims
are not forgotten, and there are scat
tering votes for other candidates. such
as Roger Williams and Benjamin
Franklin. Mr.. Vandenberg's prefer
ence for Hamilton is not devoid of
high Endorsement; for President Har
ding, in letter to the author quoted
at the beginning Of the volume, de-
clares that mo mans life ever gave me
greater inspiration than Hamilton's:
and no mans life ever made greater
contribution to the founding and func-
sioning of constitutional America"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20


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" " ISToRY, like every other
science, suffers when it is
approached in the spirit of
dogma. In the evolution Of
revolutionary theory and practice from
Robespierre to Lenin Mrs. Webster has
chosen theme. that might readily
lend itself to an original and interest
ing Interpretation. The numerous
striking psychological parallels be-
tween the French and Russian revolu-
tions, for instance, present fascinat-
ing field that has not yet been entered
by any historical scholar.
Unfortunately the author brings to
her subject preconceived theory that
has all the formidable force of an
obsession. She believes that most of
the European insurgent movements
during the nineteenth century can be
linked gu-with a sinister plot, hatched
by mysterious secret society called
the illuminate The actors in this
hypothetical plot are strange and
iil-assorted company: German imperi-
alists, French revolutionists, continen-
tai Freemasons, Jewish financiers and
Jewish radicals, Russian Nihilists and
International Socialists, Syndicalists
and Anarchists. Behind the scenes is
always the hidden hand of the Illumi-
natl.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

Translated by Frederic Lees publisfsd
by Doubleday. Page G Co, ss
THE fate of the Dauphin, the
eight-year-old son OF Louis
XVI, is one of the unsolved
mysteries o. history. The young
prince is officially reported to have
died in the summer of 1795. But
rumors persisted that the Dauphin had
been abducted from his prison aud that
another child had been substituted IN
ms place, and M. Lenotre presents
abundant evidence to show that these
rumors have a plausible basis in fact.
In the first place, the conduct Of the
Directory officials is almost inexplica-
Bile, on the hypothesis that the child
| imprisoned in the Temple was really
the son of Louis XVI. After ..hc down
fall of Robcspierre a period Of leniencv
toward arstocrats and royalists set in.
10 keep the young price shut up in the
Temple, isolated even from his own
sister, would have been an act Of need
less and impolitic cruelty.
Yet this is just what was done.
Every effort was made to prevent those
who might have recognized the
Dauphin from seeing the child prisoner
Of the Temple. When Spain demanded
the release Of the Dauphin and his
sister as an essential condition Of peace
the representatives of the Directory
haggled unaccounta ably over this tri-
fling concession. The opportune death
OF the child in the Temple prevented
the matter from being pushed to a final
issue. The same atmosphere OF sinis-
ter mystery surrounded the last sick
ness and burial of the reputed prince.
Here, again, a deliberate ,.ttempt was
apparently made to hurry off the affair
with as little investigation as possible,
But, if it was not the Dauphin who
died in the summer of 1895, when was
the young prince taken from the Tenn
pie and what was his ultimate late !?
M. Lenotre does not profess to be able
to answer the latter question, but he
has definite and credible hypothesis
for the former.
He believes that the Dauphin was
abducted from the Temple in the win
ter of 1793-'94 at the instigation of
Chaumette, one of the leaders Of the
Paris Commune, who was shortly af-
terward sent to the guillotine by Robe
spierrc. He points out that in January,
1894, there was time when the Tenn
pie was very carelessly guarded, that
Nine. Simon, wife of the man who had
been appointed the Dauphin's guardian
by the revolutionists, was given free
access to the prison., that Chaumette
had every reason to desire exclusive
possession of the princes person on
account Of the advantage which he
would thereby gain in the not improba-
BILE event of monarchical restoration
There were still further links in the
chain of circumstantial evidence After
the Restoration Nine. Simon, now an
inmate Of a home for the aged, talked
necessarily Of the removal Of the
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Now, in the first place, the author
has little but rumor and conjecture to
offer in support OF her thesis that the
llluminati were anything more than a
rather unimportant secret society,
brought into existence BY tho influence
of the French enlightenment and sup
| pressed with little difficulty by the re-
dictionary authorities. When Mrs.
Webster argues that, because Bakunin
and other revolutionists were atheists
| and because Weishaupt, leader of the
Illuminati, Vas an atheist, therefore
the revolutionists must be illuminate.
she is adopting line OF reasoning
which obviously cannot stand analysis.
That there is such thing as
revolutionary tradition, that the Paris
Commune of 1871 was influenced by
memories of the Paris Commune of
1793s that the modern Bolsheviki look
with admiration and sympathy upon
the Commune of 1S71--all this is quite
we'll known. But it is mere arbitrari-
ness to assume, with the author, that
this revolutionary tradition has been
preserved and handed down by the
agency OF secret societies. The idea Of
sinister revolutionary force con-
trolled by central agency and un-
dermining the foundations of society
may be good material for a romantic
novel; but it is not good history.
The author is further disqualified for
her task Of creating a work of serious
historical scholarship because she
harbors several inveterate prejudices.
She is reactionary in. the full sense
of the term. She processes to believe
that the social order which existed be-
for the French Revolution was hui
name and tolerable in its general out
lines, and she grossly exaggcrates the
well-being OF the masses during the
Middle Ages.
She is pronounced anti-Semite-a
natural corollary of her leanings to-
ward royalism and medicvalism. She
declares that whether we regard the
'capitalistic system as an evil or not,
we cannot deny that the Jews were
mainly responsible for it," This
sweeping statement has absolutely no
basis in fact. Not one of the great
inventions which marked the transi-
ton from handicraft industry to large
scale production was made by Jew.
The capitalist system has reached it's
highest development in America; and
it happens that not one Of our greatest
millionaires, Astor, Vanderbilt, Rookie
feller, Carnegie, Morgan, etc, has been
q Jew.
The authors desire to include all the
enemies OF the British Empire in her
comprehensive "plot against civiliza-
tion" can alone be responsible for her
absurd grouping Of the nationalist
movement for Irish freedom with the
schemes of the Pan-Germans and the
plots of the continental international
rcvolutionists.
Mrs. Webster has evidently put
large amount of industry into the
preparation Of her work, and it
possesses some value as a sourcebook
of revolutionary documents. But the
chief merit of the work is negative.
Its strained reasoning, its ill-balanced
Recommendation, its constant substitu-
tion of passion and prejudice for rea-
sen and lpgic--all these characteristics
should serve as an impressive warning
against Attempts to write history la
dogma.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Sinister Plot Is Perceived in
Movements for Revolution
Mrs Nesta H. Webster States Dogmatic Con
ception of History Based Upon
Inadequate Evidence

WORLD REVOCATION. BY Ncsta n
Webster. Published by Small, Maynard
& Co. Price SS.5e.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

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Mystery Of the Dauphin's Fate
Analysed by French Historian
George Lenotre Presents Convincing Evidence
to Show That the Son of Louis XVI
Did Not Die in the Temple

Tile DAuplilN; BY George Lenotre
TRANSLATED by Fredcric Lees. Published
by Doubleday, Page & Co. 81
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Earth and Flowers
Minerals and Blossoms in
Fact and Fancy

Gurtis Fraser. Published BY " r. I. crowell nssiSi
WHAT THE WILD FLOWERS rELr. US.
BY Dudley 9. osterheld Published by
Fleming II. Revell Co. sl.5o.
T HE first of these two books, writ.
ten for children, is mine of in.
formation for readers Of all ages
1t contains groundwork Of description
of modern methods employed in mining
valuable minerals and obtaining oil
from the earth, with surface-story
OF the many uses to which they are
put when in the factories and labora-
tories of man. We are taken deep into
the ground, see the processes of min
ing, and then are introduced to the
mysteries of chemistry and the almost
fanciful products of metal wrought by
men. In the chapter on coal this
shows the thoroughness Of the author
an his knowledge of the history Of
geology as related to mamie tells US
that there is evidence that coal was
used perhaps as early as 800 B. c., and
that excavations in England show that
men of the Stone Age may have known
its heating properties.
"What the Wild Flowers Tell Us" is
really road to the beauties of nature
and the wisdom of God through a poet
ical study of flowers. The book is ar
ranged in a way that suggests use in
Sunday schools and meetings of Boy
and Girl Scouts, when there is oppor-
tunity for combining study of the
construction and value of flowers with
a lesson in life derived from their two
fold service Of loveliness and help
This book deserves a place in every
Sunday achool library.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Love and the Orient
American Girls Romance
Has Colorful Setting
By Grace Phelps

IN THE EYES OF THE EAST BY Mar
iorie Barstow Greenbie Published hv
Dodd, Mead & Co. Price, $3.50
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
on the Dauphn The Menace of Revolution

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New-York tribune., 1921-11-20

SECRETS OF THE EARTH BY Charles
Curtis Fraser. Published by IT. Y. Crowell
WHAT THE WILD FLOWERS rE1.r. US.
BY Dudley Q. Osterheld. Published by
Fleming II. Revel Co. $l.5O.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
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The Washington times., 1921-02-01
us. A|RLANES
BEING MAPPED
Boiling Field Is Center OF Most
important Aviation Work
~ In Progress. ~

Railing Field, the District flying
ala isthe center Of the most I'M
norfant aviation work now beng
rsrvied ON in this country, 1t was
announced today by air serVics
chiefs. Preliminary erReI,inehn.
work which win result In the iay
ing of army and commercial az
WAYS TO all parts Of the nation Is
TODAY being carried on there.
LANDING FIELDS PLANNED.
The poiicy OF the army with resaru
a., - e.tablishing of atrways' ue-
yelopment of dying maps. ano
tion wea Their .foreca,ting VIII DC ao
termined by the work now unoer way
ineWashipgton. =, the
with the final establishing -.
airways will come the ~
of municipal landing nelas IN o."
larger cities OF the country A..
Relieving the assignment OF the
s,rwavs experimental work to boiiins
Field a definite plan was WORKED ou'
ana IL now being carried 10 coHpie'
ton. NJ. ,or daily
,rsnsmission of weather data, air
plane movements, and general nyins
Information. is being estaplsheu ~
tween Washington anu '"1
nearest army flying felds-Lansiey
Field Va, the largest nghter-,nan
air experimental ground In AmeTiea'
Mitchell Field, Long Island ana Day
ton. Ohio. A field is being ialo ou'
and hangers built at Wheehhs'
wv. Va.
AT WORK ON MAPS.
Following the completion OF the
radio installation an attempt Will DC
made to Mt out all airplanes nying
over the four routes with radio equip
ment in order that continual commu-
nication may be established.
one of the first steps to be taken
"a the preparation OF a suitable map
for living. with the establishment
of the airways out of Washington IL
will be possible to work up dehnlts
system Of mapping. using oolique ana
vertical Photographic views OF All
landing fields.
Through the laying Of airways ana
establishment of landing helds the
army expects to whip up demand
for commercial airplane service.
Following the copletion OF the
work for heavier-than-air machines
the matter of air-lanes for dirigibies
will be taken up.
The Washington times., 1921-02-01

Petition was MED In the Federal
court for the western district Of New
York on June Q. 1913, alleging that
the defsndants had acquired a mo-
asso,s q 80 s0slNss4 - SnaSSf2F,ET-
ing ana selling and distributing pbo7
tJsrsphie supplies. The decision was
favorable 10 the Government ON
August "a, lsl0. and a hnsl decree In
conformity Herewith was entered on
January 20. 1919
The Washington times., 1921-02-01
GIRL ON WAY TO BE WE'D
HASNO time FOR HOLD-UP

WARREN, Ohio, Feb. las Miss
Esther Haynes, at Newton Falls
was on her way to board street
car to come to this city to be mar
rled, she was stopped by two men.
''Would you mind giving us what
Won have in your pocketbook? asked
one of the footpads.
Il certainly would" snapped Miss
Haynes, land what's more I'm on my
way to be married and the street
car won't wait" The astonished
highwaymen let her proceed.
The Washington times., 1921-02-01
MILD WINTER TOLINCER,
SAYS ARCTIC EXPLORER

NEW YORK, Feb. Sir Ernest
Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, who
has arrived on the AQuitania,
predrcted the winter would continue
mind.
II base my prediction" he said.
ION observations taken in Northern
Sweden and Norway and Of Ice along
the. siberian shore and in the Allan
ticT which Is free and soft; also, the
peaks in Spitzbergen are not cover
ed with snow, as usual t~s
The Washington times., 1921-02-01

issue. announces a reduction In wages
OF employees ranging from s2.7O 10
800 week. Men formerly reoeiv-
ting 20 and 50 cents al hour are 70 re-
oeige a flat rate Of 40 cents an hour.
Tas Fs&e1aa asS, sass kHs tk2t Hke "a
auctions have been put ipto eneof In
other cities throughout the country.
and that labor 10 more plentiful now.
Living cost cut Sc per cent In
ciOsink months OF 1870
The Washington times., 1921-02-01
new OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY HOLY NAME SOCIETY

OF the Holy Name soeisty Of the Holy
Rosary Church for the ensuing year.
Other Officers are;
NJ Bello. vice PRESIDENT ID. Landl
correspondent seeretsry; N. Ashore.
The Washington times., 1921-02-01
KODAK COMPANY DROPS
MONOPOLY RULING FIGHT

The Eastman Kodak Sompaes ~ttn-
drew from the United states supreme
Court yesterday It's appeal for re-
view OF lower court decisions holding
Il q monopoly and under which the
company will have 10 dissolve it's
holdings
The Washington times., 1921-02-01
Rock Crushes Miner.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Feb. Amos
Martz. forty-nine years old, was
crushed to death yesterday by fall
of rock from the roof of the mine of
c. ]. Rowe & Brother, at Barrellville,
this county. His neck and back were
broken. He is survived by his wife,
two sons and two daughters.
The Washington times., 1921-02-01

Baidueci. A. Anselmo. q. Can't "
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cAngelO. standard bearer; A. Leprs.
nag bearer n. cavaitsri. serseant-st-
arms: the Rev. n. DE Carlo. spiritual
director.
The Washington times., 1921-02-01
Road Workers Pay Cut.

cLARksBURG. w. Va, Feb. l.
Frank l.. Grant In charge OF city
paving construction work now In
The Washington times., 1921-02-01

The appeal was 20 determine the
status OF juvenile court and whether
Judge Lindsey has a right 10 Withhold
Information from the district attos-
ney OhtaiDed during the proceedings
iu the iiVfniis court The United
states supreme Court held II mad No
Jurisdiction In the case tt
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