The Washington herald., 1922-09-02

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really Is publishing his book as an
answer to Mr.. Wilson. As an in
stance, the following paragraph in
the announcement OF the Lloyd
George memoirs Is pointed out: -
that there havo been during recent
months a succession of war books
in which, with often scant fouLda-
tion of actual knowledge, his policy
and actions have been largely criti-
cised and even acrimoniously criti-
cised, and he has felt that in the
interests of historical accuracy as
well as In Justice to himself he
should submit the facts to the judg-
ment of the public without further
delay"
Obviouly. the President of tho
United States had every document
of any Importance in the peace con-
ference that the English delegation
had. The question undoubtedly is.
Will the conclusions reached by Mr..
Wilson and quoted by Baker in his
book agree with those to he pub
lished by Lloyd George, and what
will these two great figures say or
each other?
Certainly, advance announcement
from the publishers Of the Wilson
book indicate that quotations from
Mr.. Wilson's own minutes of some
of the secret sessions of the Big
Four give racy picture OF Lloyd
George. Clemenceau and the rest.
1t will be remembered that about
the time of Mr.. Wilson's retirement,
he was pressed for a statement as
to whether he would write a book
defending his course of action dur
ing the war and ct the peace con-
ference. Shortly, thereafter. came
the announcement that Mr.. Wilson
had turned over to Ray Stannard
Baker, who was Mr. Wilson's oficial
press representative at the peace
conference. the whole mass of docu-
ments and memoranda which were
accumulated by him and upon which
the history of those tremendous
months rests. Baker. therefore. was
chosen to write Mr.. Wilson's official
book and was given every possible
document to do so. 1t 10 understood
that those papers show more clearly
than the world realizes now the
sharp clashes which occurred be-
tween Mr.. Wilson and Lloyd George
and that a comparison of the two
books will make one of the most
important contributions to world
history ever seen. Mr.. Baker has
devoted himself to telling the dra-
matte story of Versailles in two vol
umes The third volume he devotes
to the verbatim and In some cases
the facsimile copies of the docu-
ments. This method gives the full
testimony to the historian. but for
the average reader leaves the first
two volumes Of the dramatic story
free from long and sometimes tedi-
Gus treaties, articles and speeches.
Although when Mr.. George
Saintsbury published his Notes
from a Cellar Book" he stated that
1t would be his last book, many
man in an untruth with great
pleasure. Possibly he will say that
his "A Letter Book" which Har-
issuing. is a mere compilation, but
the introduction runs to over 1oc
pages and there are critical notes.
full of interesting facts and racy
allusion, on every writer quoted
On the whole Mr.. Saintsbury finds
that women write the best: letters" /"
annals of the Church in Scot.
land" by Sir Thomas Raleigh, X
c. s. l., is about to be published
by the Oxford University Press
American Branch. 1t Is a record
for the general reader of facts
| which illustrate the foundation OF
the church (this includes "any So
ciety which honestly claims to con.
meet itself with the society insti-
tuted by our Lord and organized by
His Apostles") the growth of Ro.
man ascendancy; the revolt of the
Northern nations in the sixteen IN
century; the attempts to secure un-
iformity In religion under Protes.
tant form, and the slow transition
to what is described as liberty of
conscience. At the beginning OF
the volume are autobiographical
notes by Sir Thomas Raleigh and
"reminiscences Of him by Sir Harry
r. Reichel.
The motion picture rights of
Charles Norris novel. Brass pub
lished during the winter by e. p.
Dutton & Company, have been
bought by Harry Rapf. producer
for Warner Brothers. and this hotly
discussed story will soon be caus-
ing as much argument through its
film version. as II has been arous-
ing in printed form. Mr.. Rapf
bought the movie rights before he
had read the book. having been
Impressed by the fact that every
body whom he saw in trains. hotels
and on the boardwalk while on a
trip to Atlantic City was engrossed
In the book. And he felt sure that
novel that could so interest 30
many and such varied kinds of peo-
pie would make a big and fascinat-