Evening star., 1922-10-14

" HE low shores Of New Jersey rise
slowly on the port bow. We have
passed the Fire Island signal
boat, the outlying picket of
America, and now the good old Baltic
turns her broad PROV toward the Sandy
Hook point where the great salt high
way leads to what will surely me day
be the metropolis of the world. ! sit
alone on the hurricane deck-and l
think.
1t is hardly year since We re-
turned from Australia. and yet here
we are. my wife. my two boys. my
little gih and myself. embarked upon
this new, more formidable venture.
We are seven in all. for Mr.. Preston,
a young Cambridge graduate. hardly
recovered yet from ON wound YOU d,na,ae IN the
of an old friend. have come to help
with the children.
What with the complex cares Of SO
large a party and all the dificultles
ahead of us, our hearts might wen
have failed us and we might nave
wished ourselves back in the deep
peace and comfort of our pleasant
sussex home, If it were not that
there is something in this errand
which insures that when once you
have set your feet upon the path II
smooths out before you ana you
never doubt that you will attain
your end.
We had high assurances from that
other world which Is SO close to ours.
IL we will but heed 1t. as to the neeo
and the outcome Of such a mission;
You have no idea what great aha do
glorious work you are going 10 90.
You will leave your mark forever
upon America. We will all be with
you. giving you inspiration ana
power and health" such was the
cheering and wonderful message
in that home circle which had never
vet said the thing which did not
come to pass
Some one had to do it. That was
very clear to me. The Work was
there and the work was to be done.
er powers. My own personal powers
were little enough. but when Inn
mortal forces are behind you your
real personality counts for nothing;
Therefore l was bound to try. ana
one could only try. for If one faiied,
energy misspent with little ridicuie
thrown in.
Sir Arthur's Purpose.
The churches had to be spfrituaiized.
Mankind had to face its problems
The new facts, as clear as daylight,
had to come into their own. Nate
rialism and comfort and legend had
to Weld to truth and duty and the
beauty of the new revelation. All
this had to be done, and it mattereo
nothing who did it. l must try, since
l was guided that way. and II they
would not take my message seriously
then another would surely come, VINO
would compel belief. The eternal
forces would find their right agent
somehow and somewhere. The great
generals use the small prtvates. and
whether we stand inside the fort or
lie in front Of 1t matters little so
long as the fight Is won.
At my age I am in position where
I have nothing either to fear or to
hone for from any worldly source. /!
desire nothing further that the world
can give me. and l dread nothing
which 1t can either do to me or say OF
me, Therefore my one desire Is 10
say exactly what I believe to be true,
and there 1 have, indeed. fear. for
II would shock me greatly II ever l
thought that others had been misled
by me. But I examine carefully ana
I weigh my words, and If ever / have
erred that erring. for which 1 mourn.
must surely count as small thlns
compared to the amount of truth
" vhich 1 can vouch for from my own
experience, confirmed by the testi-
mony of many who are wiser and
more learned than I. Therefore. 1t
| is that I spend the span or lie which
is left to me in helping cause Which
cannot fa!l-since truth can never ulti-
mateiy fail-to influence deeply the fu-
r{Y1d
And yet as saw those white houses
on shore growing larger and the bay
opening out before us / saw also the
dangers that lay there. and how for
mtdable they were. They have keen
sense of humor, these Americans. and
no subject can be more easily made
humorous than this They are In
tenseiy practical. and this would ap-
pear to them Visionary. They are I'M
mersed in worldly pursuits. and this
cuts right across the path Of their
lives. Above all. they are swayed by
| hippant attitude have no means OF
! getting behind 1t. These were the
obvious difficulties. Well. one could
only meet them with such fortitude
as one might.
BesieGed by Reporters.
| And the next moment they were at
close grips with me. A dozen rather
! unkempt, faced. alert young or
middle-aged men. slouch hated. over
| coated, rough and ready. had boarded
our ship at the Narrows. as soon as
quarantine was granted. They PIN
ned me in a corner and were show
| ering questions upon me. These
I, eager men are not intruders. A pri-
yate Individual may resent their pres
ence. but a man on public business
has no right to do 30. They are not
| there for their own pleasure: They
| are there for their duty-often an
unnlea SAINT one, and they do 1t with
! remarkable Intelligence and discre-
| tion.
OF course. they are human and they
are out for copy. II they see a chink
in your armor they will thrust for it.
Thus poor Mrs. Asquith was pom
barded with questions as to her pri-