New-York tribune., 1922-01-23

ing an appointment IS chairman Of
special commission to investigate and
report on tho atrocities committed by
~" German invaders in BE clgiu1n. Tho
TASK was moro than arduous. Il not
oniy presented n stUpcndous volume Of
WORK. but it required exacting euro and
attention TO detail and scrupulou-
regard for accuracy. The value of Tie
report. II vas seen from, thc beginning,
you'd lie wholly in the degree to which
these requirements were observed: and
when, after months of toll. the commits
sion bad sfted the evidence and col
lcctcd the known facts. tho damning
report was published. verifying in all
essentials the charges Of incredible in
humanity and outrAges on the i'clgiap
CIVILIAN population. T. Was accepted by
tic World without question because Of
tho Enown probity and thoroughncss Of
tde head Or thc commission.
Niscount Brycc's war services were
not confined 70 thc report on Belgian
atrocities. That arrcsting document
OF contributions, which. continuing
throughout the var and araly2ing
many of its phases, were potent factors
IL focusing thc attention Of tho world
on he 'awlossrcss and brutality Of the
Corners and Turks a wcil as uoor
the guilt o' Germany in nrecipita ing
the conflict. lie was one Of The tirs; TO
assert his BELIEF in the necessity oc
"peac" cnG'0e' plan. and nis ideas or
that subject We're embodied in an out
line made in the early months or the
war, but rot made pubic for two gears.
~ July 1911. on behalf of the League
of Nations Society, OF which he was
president, ne wrote eNPresiden& Tnft
urging cooperation between that or
pani2ation and the League to Enforce
Peace, headed by Mr.. Taft. When the
peace conference convened lie used his
voice and influence again for league
OF nations.
The viscoult's last visit 10 The
United States vas i: the summer Of
1921 when he spent more than two
William stovin, Mass. where lie lee
tured on questions Of government be
fore the first session ot the Institute OF
Politics. When he departed for home
in October he expressed the hope that
he would soon DC coming back to
America
Worked to Last for Irish Home Rule
His interest in the affairs OF ireland
and his desire for Irish Home Ru1o
never abated. In = statement June 6,
1918. he endorsed an appeal for unity
between England and ireland. and
urged Parliament to hasten the enact
ment OF an adequate Home Rule bill.
White hc was Ambassador to Wash
'ngton he vas made member Of the
Hague tribunal by the British govern
mont and few days later he became
the first honorary member OF the
American Academy Of Political Science
In 1915 nc was unanimously elected
Britain.
What will doubtless be permanent,
rega rded AS Viscount Bryccs grcatert
! literary york was completed by hin
IN 1920 aud published carly in 1921
This was "Modern Democracies, CON
prsing in two large volumes philo
sophcical consideration Of democracy.
and a detailed analysis Of half dozer
representative democracies Of the
t1entieth century. The author di,
not attempt to pass judgment upo.
these rove .--.rents, nor upon th'
status and prospects Of democracy Il
general. but merely TO point out All
thoritatively the merits and demert
Of each case, and TO leave the conclu
sion TO the reader. For corpvehen
siveness of detail, thoroughness Q
considc ration. and catholicity o
thought it was instantly recognized
as one of the greatest treatses on it
subject in the literature Of the world
lie married in 1889 Miss Elizabeth
clarion Ashton. daughter Of Thoma:
Ashton Of Fordbank. Manchester, En- ::
land She inherited fortune upor
the death of her father and the mar
liage brought to the then Mi. Bryce
the financial backing which relieved
him Of the necessity Of devoting time
or thought to his personal fortune. II
all his Undertakings he was assisted
IN great measure by her diplomatic
tact and knowledge of affairs He.
astuteness is said to have smoothe<
the way FOR her distinguished HUSBAND
in countless matters in which other