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The New York herald., 1922-03-19
May We Suggest.

IT is with this precious spirit, wp
suppose. of which we were a
unhappily deprived by Germany's
defeat, that Mr.. Lewisohn would like
TO see us imbued. We cannot un-
derstand why he continues to strug-
gle with a medium so little plastic
Why does he not return to Ger
many and aid in the preservation
of that priceless gift?
But to understand why. you must
take the measure. of Mr.. Lewisohn's
egotism. How many Anglo-Ameri-
cans. he asks. share the one cultural
tradition they have. the linguistic
and literary tradition of the English
race2 How many immigrants?
"0ne perhaps II every million. 1
am that one IN a million. !.
But when il old DAYS I desired to
translate my Americanism in that
high and fine sense into action. I
was tol that | was not wanted. Yet
! was To he Americanized. | am
even nos- 70 be assimilated. sup
pose | intend rather to assimilate
America. to mitigate Puritan bar
barism by the influence Of my spirit
and the example of my life2'
Mr Lewisohn may have learned
g love the language we use. but the
sDirit Of the Anglo Saxon ha can
meyer comprehend As a boy, he
found the games his schoolmates
played abhorrent He found them
aimlessiy competitive, and they
struck him. and strike him now. "as
incomprehensible and odious." He
finds only absurdity in the will to
fight for the right-that is his con
Guiding observation on the subject
Of war
He discovers that the ''so-calleI
patriotic passion" that swept this
country in 1917 was largely the
product Of the sex rcpresslons pr. D
ticed by our middle classes" Any
right minded American viii admit
that the war fever resulted in many
idiocies. but it would be useless 10
try 60 make Mr.. Lewisohn see what
he will never be able to grasp. He
will never know what Il was that
Americans felt n 1917 How could
he?
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

ter knowledge of them than OF water
power legislation, if it reports with
material changes affecting water
power, and reference is asked to the
Commerce Committee. would the
Senator from Alabama object?"
In the Senator's question the word
proposition" occurs twice. with but
woolly, if any. sense. Another Sena-
tor. speaking on the public works
employment bill, said: Il am not in
tending now to discuss in detail the
proposition. If you oppose this bill
what is your proposition? There is
another thing, the question of trans
portation, and I include that in my
proposition" Listening Senators
with a knowledge of much that had
gone before may have known that
the speaker in his first proposition"
meant a colleagues bill, his second
meant a possible substitute, the third
meant a bill of his own. Readers of
the Record must search its pages
long TO decode this hazy jargon into
clear English. / found proposition
used in place of bonus bill, Muscle
Shoals, American valuation. foreign
debts, budget, bridge over the Poto-
mac, Judge Lands. canalization OF
the st. Lawrence River. anti-lynch-
ing, four Power treaty. combinations
in restraint of trade, Mr.. Hooyer's
opinions and tax on gasoline. "Propo-
sition" could not have meant all OF
these things; it never meant any OF
them: it was used as an escape from
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
In Which We Hear Some Voices Crying in
the Wilderness, Go Back to the Greeks,
and in Which We Discover an Obnoxious
EgOtiSt
BY DONALD ADAMS.

quite undisturbed by momentary
boredoms or changes of taste, is a
very rare gift. and never possessed
in full by any one. But there is a
profound rule OF art, bidding man
in the midst of all his study of
various styles or his pursuit of his
own peculiar imaginations. from
time to time Sc retremper dams la
notare-'to steep himself again in ma
ture.' And in something the same way
it seems as if the world ought from
time to time to steep itself again in
Hellenism-that is, it ought. amid
all the varying affectations and ex-
travagances and changes of con-
vention in art and letters, TO have
some careful regard for those which
arose when man first awoke to the
meaning of truth and beauty and
saw the world freely as a new
thing"
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

tbs trouble OF using concrete word
or phrase.
Concluding this report of a stroll
through the Record il is impossible
not to exhibit these two gems found
there, undimmed by jargon, equally
attractive, though wholly unlike.
This from the House: fortunate
ly or otherwise said a Rep
resentative. Mature saw fit to place
the st. Lawrence River in the Do
minion of Canada rather than in the
United States Blinking, one is
forced to try TO visualize Nature sur.
veying the boundary line between
the United States and Canada to de-
termine on which side of it the st.
Lawrence River should be made TO
flow. Ii gives authority to the story
of the gentleman who approved Ma
ture for making the finest harbors
near the most important shipping
ports.
The other gem is from the Senate
and is displayed as an example OF
language which gets there: MIR.
President. knowing SO much about
the subject upon which | intend to
speak | can conclude my remarks
in two or three minutes. IL it were
subject of which l knew nothing
could speak indefinitely"
He covered his subject brisllly and
clearly in three minutes; about the
time il took our other Senator to
ask a question, which. good man.
he would call, "Interjecting a brief
Interrogation his heart,
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
The Whispering Gallery

sentiment of the lack OF recognition
accorded him does not leave room for
that.
The authors parents We're German
Jews who came to this country and
settled in a small Southern town.
The child has a few memories OF
Berlin. but by the time he was fif-
teen, Mr.. Lewisohn tells us. he had
become Southerner. American and
Christian. Love of the English
tongue and of English litera ature. he
says. laid hold upon him. Ii became
his ambition to teach them. but when
he was qualified and ready he found
himself Disseminated against on
racial grounds.
Mr.. Lewisohns lamentations upon
this subject caused US to read with
increased interest his tribute TO Ger
man civilization. If. during the war.
he did not wish to see the empire
stricken and abased, IL was because il
happened to be the temporary vessel
however imperfect, however riddled
with flaws, of a spirit OF civilization
which seemed TO me then and seems
10 me now. of a sovereign precious
ness both in Itself and also for ALI
mankind"
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

Muscle Shoals was under considera
tion when a Senator asked col
league who had the floor question,
part OF which follows:
This proposition, from the fer
tilizer standpoint, has been consid
cred by the Agricultural Committee,
and that committee probably has
that phase of the problem better
within it's knowledge than any other
committee. 1t may be assumed that,
as general proposition it does not
have the knowledge in reference to
water power legislation or navigation
that the Committee on Commerce
has; but I take it that if the Agri-
cultural Committee should report
this matter, and its report should
involve such material changes in
water power legislation or other mat
ters which might affect navigation,
if there was a desire to have the
matter referred to the Committee on
Commerce to consider those phases
of it, the Senator from Alabama
would not make serious objection?"
An example of Sir Arthur's hated
jargon used to save the trouble of
talking English; going around
there" instead of getting there" T"
The questioner would have saved
two thirds in time. cost of typeset-
ting, ink, printing, white paper and
mail carriage if he had taken thought
to ask:
The Agricultural Committee, hav-
ing considered fertilizers with a bet
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

A GROUP of English scholars mas
~ inst published. through the OK
ford Press, collection of essays
dealing with The Legacy of Greece
which we should like to see come
into the hands of every person who
gives any thought TO the civillza-
ton we live in. This is a book
which to our mind may do great
service for every man and woman
who takes an intelligent interest in
the performance of our own day In
literature. in art, in science, In all
that goes to make up our intellec-
tual and spiritual life.
There are those who will regard
the book as last hoarse cry from
Oxford in defense of the ancients;
an expiring protest from lot OF
nice, scholarly old gentlemen who
would not have the study of Greek
and Latin perish frcm the earth. II
is much more than that.
The book was written because
these men believe that the Greeks,
who so profoundly influenced the
thinking life of the world after
them. still have something to tell
the world, and will have something
to tell the world until this planet
is cold and lifeless moon.
We of the twentieth century are
little arrogant We like to point to
the three generations Immediately
behind us and proclaim that the
world progressed further in that
space than in all the rest OF recorded
time. We forget that the Greeks
laid the entire foundations of our
intellectual life. We are particularly
proud of our science. yet Aristotle.
nearly four centuries before Christ,
sketched oGt the whole range Of
biology.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
The Egotist.

THERE are two kinds OF egot .sm.
i only cne of which is really oh
noxious. We enjoy the egotism of
a man like Shaw because there is
something about il that is buoyant
and testing. 1t is a bubbling. ire
pressible thing, the product of a
mind that feels itself magnificently
alive. The other kind is the growth
of placid dissatisfaction; its sub
stance IS a heavy sufficiency
1t has been a long time since we
have encountered anything as OBJ
hoSiously egotistic as Up Stream:
An American Chronicle" by Ludwig
Lcwisohn. The book, autobiographi-
cal in form. is another indictment OF
American civilization. particularly of
American education Like the re
cent assault of the Thirty Intellec-
tuals, it has little that is coRstruc-
tive 10 suggest AIR Lewisohn's re-
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
The Greek and Sex.

WE wish that all the novelists
w and poets who are writing
in this country to-day might go back
to the Greeks for a while and en-
deavor to catch from them .some-
thing of their freshness and sim
plicity Just to absorb their spirit,
their understanding of life-not to
follow in the classical tradition. We
think we succeed in digging deeper
into the springs Of human feelings
and motives than they All that We
succeed in doing really is to roll the
water. And sometimes We make a
cesspool out of what was clean.
Every discussion of the novel as
it is written to-day comes TO a dis
cussion of sex That is only natural
if we are honest. Wilbur Cross. in
his review of the fiction of 1927 in
the April issue of the Yale RcUietr
reminds us that 'all fiction except
adventure comes back to sex as ths
prime motif; but mere analysis Of the
sex instinct. however discerning,
leads nowhere in art. Writers who
know their business know this With
them sex as the primusi mobile stirs
into action all sorts Of new motives.
interests and designs"
The New York herald., 1922-03-19
The Greek Tonic.

D Ut it is not our intention to sum
ID up the intellectual achievements
of Greece. We want TO talk about
her value as tonic for a world
that has grown a little iaded The
feverish pursuit of new mediums of
expression in art is not always a
sign of freshness. The delight in
ugliness. in distortion, winch char
acterizes so much of modernist paint
ing, is merely a sign of boredom.
The world has lost freshness for the
men who make these things.
If the art of the Greeks seems TO
us fiat and stupid il is only because
we have lost something of their
morning glow Gilbert Murray, in
the opening essay on The Value
of Greece To the Future of the
World. reminds us that person who
is not bored. but who is immensely
interested In the world, finds joy
in seeing things as they are and in
judging them normally. A healthy.
well shaped body delights him. II
you distort it he calls it ugly. and
tells you that mans muscles do
not go like that.
THE power Of seeing things
straight" says Prof. Murray. and
knowing what is beautiful or noble.
The New York herald., 1922-03-19

BY EDWARD w. TOWNSEND.

H '"s no !, prose. =: '''':::. a.': s:', !: no, !,
...,., Ic....l;.,. I..I
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-03-29
El presidente Harding anuncia
le veto al proyecto de ley
del bono militar

Contestando una pregun1a del re-
presentante Coplsy, republican,, yor
Illinois, dijo eI secretario Mellon que
no saba exactamente cual era ell ac-
two de los baneos nacionales nj cuan
to ascendfan los prestamos por ellos
ctorgados, por 10 cual no podia mani
fssSar en- que forma afeetarfa aque-
los Ell. descuento de los certifcados pro
puestc.
El Intervention de circulation sdueia-
ria, que Sc present6 posteriormente an
te la comie!6n, dijo que difsria de OPT
zion con ell secretario del Tesoro en- 10
relative la conveniencia de Que los
Lancos descontasen los certifcados, de-
cialsndo cue habia manifestado va pn
blicamente cual era su opinion en- ell
asunto, anadiendo que, a pesar de 10
dicho por Ell secretario del Tescro, per-
sistiria en- recomendar a los bancos que
nc acepta23n dichos certficados.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-03-29

WASHINGTON, MARIO IS Acosa-
do a preguntas, en- ocasiones despia-
dadas, por los miembros. de Ia comisi6n
de meiios arbitrios de la cdmara de
representatives, ell secretario del Tesoro,
M. Mellon, ha admitido hoy que sus
caIculos respecto al costo de Ia entire
ga del bono los ex soldados eran, en-
parte, exagerados y que su principal
obieci6n al proyecto de ley era el POGO
precise conocimiel1to que todos tienen
Ell les actuales momentos de la canti-
dad que ell gobierno tendra que pagar
Ell ell case de que Ell proyecto llegue a
convertirse en- ley.
FL representante Hawley, repnblica-
no, p2r oregon, dijo cue los calculos
hechos por el secretario Mellon referen
tes al costo del bono, 81 todos los~sol-
daoos aceptaban ell arreglo territorial,
equivaldria al valor de los terrenos agrl
colas de los Estados Unidos, Canada,
Centre Y Sur America DTejieo y Austria
la juntcs.
FL secretario Mellon ha calcClado el
co.to en- S1e5. .625.OOo.ooo
E, rspresentarte Harvey dijo cue los
torreaos agricolas de los Estadoe Uni
dos estaban valorados unicamente en-
$50 o00O00.0o0 y cue 81 los calculos del
aecretario fuesen exactos eada soldado
recihirfa terrenos por valor de S46.500
caando el promedio del valor de las
haciendas de los Estados Unidos Sc es.
ti1na en- $500.
sometido una serie ininterrrmpida
/ de pr guntas manifesto el secretaric
Mellon que no pensaba recomeadar 8
los tancos nacionales que no desconta-
sen los proyectados certifcados Que
aceptar1a id6ntica actitud Ell ntervsn
ter de circulation fiduciaria.
A pesar de haber admitido que e.
Prop esto plan de cr6dito no constitu i
Una amenaza para los bancos raciona
les dljo que no considerable esos certif
cados como papel corriente.
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NE:L.)I'I' AlNI)O

penetrante observation veremos que has
ia elIos no han negato los desastrosos
cfectos de esa atn6sfera asdxiante, s6r-
dida y egoista, cue quita fuerzas al es-
p.r.tu, energias al coraz6n, ateatos a Ia
vida y anhelos al alma.
Esos- caracseres han nacido y Sc han
tornado al calor e infuencia de arrai-
gadas conviccicnes religiosas que han
tenido por base las sublimes y alentado
ras ensehanzas de antiguas tradiciones,
por las cuales Sc orientan guian para
sentir la grandeza de 10 infinite, que les
revela constantemente la sa5iduria, Ia
omnipotencia Y sublime bondad del Gre
ador;
Ia requenez del hombre, que solo por
su inteiigencia por ell esfuerzo de su
voluntad bien dirigida desde sus comien
zos y mejor orientada remonta su vuelo
las regiones del infinite, sin limites nj
riberas;
j La sublimidad de la creacion, que lie
hace sentir contemplar efusivamen.e
la cbra de Dios para recrearse en- Ell tier
no pajarillo, ,are en- medic del bosaue
niece su d5bif 'cuna en- la fragil enrama-
da que cruje al ser acariciada por Ell
viento, en- ell PEE que inquieto Sc agita
e. las profundidades del mar, unas We
ces suave tranQuilo, otras inquieto y
agita6o, en- ell lirio emblema de la gran
deza y majestad, en- la azucena, simbo-
10 del cando1e Y de la inocencia, en- Ell
eterno verdor de nuestros campos, que
refejan nuestrss dulces Y acariciadas es
peranzas, en- eI corstante cantar de nues
tros srroyos cuyas suaves melodIas su-
ben al infinite en- dulce aspiration, y en-
fin, en- todas aQuellas manifestations
est6ticas. que hieren nuestros sentidos,
iluminan nuestra mente, dan brillo y
fulgcr nuestra inteligencia, avivan
nuestras dormidas conciencias, purifcan
nuestras almas, solidifcan nuestra fe y
elevan nuestro espfritu
FL hombre tiende siemrre la perfec-
ci6n, va por mejoramiento va por as
piraci6n, pero no siempre dirige sus in
seguros pasos en- tai sentido y por csc
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-03-29
vEDARA LA LEY

E. presiGeate Harding ha inTormado
q las personas que lie acompadan en- la
excursion de descanso que esta llevando
cabo por la Florida que, 81 el congre-
81 aprobaba ell proyecto de ley reieren-
te al bono en- la forma redactada en-
la actualidad, lie opondria ell veto.
La actitud adoptada por el rresiden
tc pdsose de relieve hoy al desembarcar
los expedicionarios en- Palm Beech y
emp-ender una excursion por los alre-
Cedorea Asegurabase, 81 bien este no
ia podido confrmarse, que el p1esiden-
te habia dirigido un telegrama al re-
presentante Fordney, que preside la CO.
l.,.si6n de medios arbitrios de Ia ca
lara de representatives, comunicandole
ST determination.
Ell presidente Harding signe opinan
Go cue Ell bono ha de otorgarss los
vcteranos basandolo en- ell impuesto de
vertas tlnicamente.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-03-29

La constante evoluci6n del corazon
humane tiende a presentarnos muy va
riadas diversas formas de inejoranie !
to y de progreso en- todos los 6rienes dc
la vida. las que sc realizan segun el
grado nivel intellectual de que este
dotado el hombre para desarrollar sus
iniciativas en- ell seno de la sociedad, que
atentamente lie sigue en- sus gCstos, in
clinaciones, preocupaciones, sentimien-
tos aspiraciones, unas veces aplau-
di6ndole y alentandole en- sus rectas ten
sencias. otras senalandoles sus errore5
y calmando sus pasiones y muchas We
ces tambien haciendole ell blanco de sus
eseondidos. egoismos y NAL disimulados
reneores cuando el egoismo, Ia envidia,
Ia vanidad la maldad corroen el es-
piritu y envenenan ell alma.
Del editado estudio de los serios pro
blemas que conffontan nuestra vida, va
en- ell oraen politico, como en- ell order
moral religiosa smgen cada paso es
p.ritus. victimas de un NAL incurable,
soberbios por temperamento, engraido5
per su posici6n social, halagados por la
vanidad de que hacen alarde v el orgu-
10 de que Sc jactan, y sin embargo item
blan, Sc estremecen cuando Sc ven obi
gados a dollar sus rodillas ante el a.
tar 6e sus coneiencias, de las cuales
surge fuerte y potente una chispa de
lrz, que hiere intensamente sus retinas
para apagar el brillo de sus miradas.
En- la mayoria &c los casos solemos en-
contrar los seres mas perfec' os, dentro
de Ia perfectibiiiad relativa, que es
possible alcanzar ell hombre, entre aqUs-
Hos seres de condici6n humilde, despo-
seidos de todo barniz de ilustraci6n
quizas carentes de cultura tai vez;
pero que vienen al mundo dotados d.
una penetration sagaz Q inteligen-
tie que les permite distir
guir el bien del NAL; la virtud, del vicioi
la verdad, de la mentira; la sinceridad
dc la>hipocresia; la raz6n, del error; e
amer, del odio; el perd6n, de la vengan
"a.
Y 81 los ponemos bajo la lente de un;
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no, costa de su preciosa sangre, fren-
tie al egoismo de un JUDAS entregando
a su maestro por Ell insane logro de
adquirir treinta monedas; la ambici6n
de aquellos santos martires de los pri-
meros tiempos del Crristianismo, que en-
defensa de un sublime ideal ofrendaban
sus puras vidas para derramar sus san
gre en- holocausto de una humanidad ig
norante, torpe, descreida, apasionada y
vengativa, que no les ccmprendia; Ia
ambicion de aquel insigne atrevido
loco que lanzandose un mar desconoci-
do iba en- busca de nuevas rutas de vi
da y de progreso para la civilization del
NUEVO MUNDO en- fin, vemos tam
bi6n como difiere en- grado Y fuerza Ia
noble AMBICIoN de washington en-
unir las primitivas colonias bajo una
misma bandera, al impulse de un solo
deseo. al soplo de una irresistible aspi-
raci6n, para hacer reconocer y respetar
sus sagrados derechos de un pueblo la
ibertad y la vida, con la AMBICION
insana del pueblo ingl6s, que ciego por
ell esplendor Gle su poderio por consi-
derarse soberbio, fuerte, temible no di-
rigfa sus miradas hacia abajo en- donde
habfa un pueblo avido de libertad Sc
diento de justicia. La AMBICION
cuando es noble, honrada justa llega
los limites de 10 SUBLIME hace
fuertes a los individuos los pueblos
que la buscan, pero cuando Sc desvla de
esa ruta los convierte en- vii instrumen
to de Ia NIALDAD los empequenece.
Jay de los individuos, de los pueblos,
de las naciones, va grandes 0 pequenas,
poderosas o d6biles, que no preparan
convenientenente sus conciencias desde
Ia cuna, para mirarse mas tarde en- el
limpio cristal de las fuentes, que reHe-
jan la verdad abren vastos horizontes
al progreso!
iCuan incierto v oscuro porvenir les
aguarda cuando rindiendo quito su
EGoIsMO solo Sc contentan y compla-
cen siguiendo irrehexivamente tras Ell
curse sinuoso de corrientes impetuosas
v malsanas para banarse en- Ell apacibIe
rcmanso de sus impuras aguasF
Celestino BENITEz MORALES
Mario 27, 1922.
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JOHN DODGE A LA cARcEL

DETROIT, marzo.-John D. Dodge,
hijo del fabricante de autom6viles y
gran fnanciero, visti6 hoy Ell traje de
preso en- la carcel de esta ciudad, en- Wis
ia de haber sido condenado por Ell juez
a cien d61ares de multa, cinco dias de
carcel y cancellation de su licencia du-
rante un ano, por ell delito de haber CO.
rrido velozmente dentro de la ciudad.
Al apelar lie fue denegado- Ell recurso
Cuando cumpla su sentencia habra de
comparecer en- la ciudad de Kalamazoo,
del mismo estado, para responder los
mismos cargos, con la agravante de
que Sc encontraba embriagado. Ell pu-
blico estaba muy interesado en- ell pri-
mer juicio, debido que el juez que con-
demo a Dodge impuso antes fuertes SEN
tencias a todos los transgresores de La
ley de automobiles.