Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-06
lay MARX SULLIVAN

Washington. d. c., Nov 5.-tI. G..
Wells shas come to Washington to re-
Nport the conference, and on his arrival
fhas given out an interview reflecting
his IDEAS of what Is going to happen
here. Mr.. Wells idea of what ought
to be the outcome of the conference,
and what, in his expectation, is going
to bc the outcome, are so different
from what is planned by those who
have official control of the conference
that the contrast affords an oppor-
tunity to make some things clear.
1t is Just possible that something
approximating what Mr. Wells antici-
patcS may happen. MIR. Wells IDEAS
are in the field of very advanced al
truisn. and there is thrucut America
an amount of uucoordnated spiritual
tty which is constantly increasing and
which. II MIR. Wells should succeed in
focusing it. might produce some sur
prising results beyond what is con-
templated by Harding. Hughes, and
all the others who are to compose the
conference.
For course. Wells is not really going
to report the conferences II would
be a most uneconomical use of genius
for him 10 do so. Wells has body OF
itcas about the future relations of the
Nations with each other which he be-
lfeycy in with exalted ardor He has
a following probably larger than Is
lbospcSsed. by any other English or
american writer. Obviously, what
Wells is going to do Is to use the con-
ference as pulpit from which to
preach these ideas In this role, the
presence Of II. @. Wells outside the
Conference door Is fully as important
an event as the presence OF any one
sta tosmsn who Is going TO he inside.
Wells Is q very great man To say
thai he is the greatest OF living writer's
OF English Is. perhaps. a loose and in
0clent way of describing him; but II
h description with which thoFe who
agreo far outnumber those who dis
agrcc. To say that Walls is In Wash
lingtoH 10 report what is going to be
said and done hy let us say Arthur
Balfour, would reflect conspicuous
defect In the seus= of relative values.
A more accurate picture OF the true
proportion OF things would be TO have
Balfour acting as stenographer to
Wcll,
], IL. of course difficult to compare
wens who comcs chiefly from the
world Of literature. with tho members
OF the conference, who come from the
world Of statesmauship. II would be
like comparing Shakespeare with Lord
Coke. a venerable old statesman who
cut a considerable figure In Shakes
heard OF as Shakespeare IL. If there
was any common ysrdstick by which
to do tho measuring. II would be safe
TO suy that Wells Willis Is "A bigger
man than nine-tenths OF the members
OF the conference combined. II any
enc were going out TO buy basket OF
Wisdom. hc would probably go to
lWclls' shop before he would go to the
,0hop of any ono of the delegates, or,
,pcrhaps. Of all Of them combined. II
lyon wanted to ho told what sort OF
lWorld this la going to be in. let US say.
l1he year 1000. you would take Wells
lDrophctic vision as FAR more depend
Ioble than that OF Harding, or Hughes.
Ter Root. or all the American dclega-
I6on combined. This ls meant literally
land not firurativcly- ANY person ia
lnprisr with what Wells has done at
ivsrio ious timcs during the past twenty
lfiye Years viii understand what Is
'ncant and viii support the com
periaon.
Now II happens that Wells has n
per rfcctly definite vision OF what the
world ultimately ought to be- and is
going to be. lie not only pictures Il
a. "A prophet, but he works to bring
II about with a zeal as great as that
'iof any evangelist, and with an effec-
tivcness for beyond that OF most
eynugelists Tho thing that I aim to
do here is to point out what Wells
vision Is. and also Just how much Of
that vision he expects to see accom-
plishcd at the coming conference. Hav-
Ing pointed that out. then want to
1tatc Just what Hughes and Root ex-
'pcct to do at the coming conference.