Evening star., 1922-01-23

in their invasion of Belgium. 1t was
an arduous task to sift all of the evil
dence, but Lord Bryce devoted him.
self to it with thoroughness that
has characterized all his previous re-
search. The result was yolumin-
GUS report sustaining. in the opinion
of the commission. the charges that
the Germans had committed innumer-
able violations of the laws of hu-
manity In Belgium.
Throughout the conflict, the famous
statesman, diplomat and author was
active in many other efforts to
tins. notably the Armenians and
Poles In 1917 details of what were
known as the "Bryce scheme" for
! league to enforce peace were made
public. They antedated by some two
years, Lord Bryce indicated, the pro-
Taft and indorsed by former Presi-
dent Wilson and out of these and
other discussions. grew the league of
nations.
In August. 1921. Lord Bryce il
| lecture before the Institute of Politics
at Williams College, Williamstown.
Mass. declared the treaty of Ver-
sailles had received nothing but GEN.
sure in Europe and had resulted in
Sowing the seeds of future wars" He
declared that one unprecedented ana
painful feature of the war was that
! "the victors bear as much resentment
as the vanquished." He saw danger of
fresh conflict on the Rhine, in the Ty-
rol, the Balkans, Russia and Turkey"
Lord Bryce was particularly severe
on the Turks, whom he blamed for
starting European wars. He urged
early in the war that the Turk should
| be driven out Of Europe" and, in an
appeal to the United States to succor
the Armenians, said that nearly 1,000,-
900 of them had been extermfnated
hv
The author Of 1.-THE American Com
monwealth," whom former Premier
Balfour once called ''the greatest liv-
ing authority on the American Con-
stitution," brought out another work
Democracy" 1t was monumental
effort for man of eighty-three years
and was largely devoted to a COM
parative study Of AH0rica, as well os
to an analysis Of it's press, its party
politics and the history OF its popular
institutions.
AS a traveller, Lord Bryce had made
| himself knownin all continents: He
often spent several months OF the
year in jaunts to out-of-the.way
visited western Asia, and went down
/; the Volga, and ultimately scaled
| Mount Ararat. After the Boer war
i Mr.. Bryce wrote critique OF the
/! political issues involved under the
] title Of Impressions Of South Africa"
Z. Later he turned his attention to his
! native ireland and produced not
! able work, 1.-TWO Centuries of Irish
/ History"
| Whit to South America.
| During his amhassadorship to
America he found time for a visit
| to South America, from which he
: produced another book Of observa-
tions on life and politics in that
eating his versatility, there are his
"Flora and Fauna Of Arran." Studies
! in Jurisprudence" and Studies in
) Contemporary Biography"
! Lord Bryce's own story OF how he
came to write '"The American Com
Pilgrims 1e Society dinner in New York
| some years ago. He had read ex-
! tensively Of America for seventeen
! years previous to his first visit here
! in 1870, but his actual contact with
! this country was had through only
three naiors ayins ns Mtete ss Ell book be- saaa
! never occurred to me that my book
| would be read by more than a few
| persons on this side of the Atlantic" !"
+. said he, $50 I could speak with more
II wrote it for Europeans-those
beknighted Europeans who did not
! she would become. And the book was
j really written by yourselves. It was
| mt together out of many converse.
J lions / had mot only with statesmen
! in the halls of Congress, but at din
/ ner parties, on the decks OF steam
ships, in smoking cars, with drivers
| ,rora noliticiana and city bOSSeS."