Evening star., 1922-09-19
Kiping's Repudiated Interview
Breakfast Table Talk"

Rudyard Kipling's reputation of
the sentiments he was alleged to
have entertained toward the United
States in a recent interview attri-
buted to him seems to have added to.
rather than diminished. the interest
with which his remarks have been
received throughout the United
States. The New York World. which
| fathered the article Of Miss Clare
Sheridan, after receiving the poets
| denial. said:
THAT Mrs. Sheridan visited Mr..
Kipling cannot be doubted. That
she held the interview as outlined In
the World is. of course, matter OF
issue between Mr.. Kipling and her
! self Those who know Mr.. Kiplfng's
views on the subject of America will
not have much question. as to the
authorship of the statements attribu-
ted to him.
To this the New York Tribune re-
plies that "Mr. Kipling Is a blunt
speaker. There is no more caustic
analysis of American character than
,, his lines on The American Spirit.
But such considered candor Is one
| thing. Casual. private talk: torn
from the setting and twisted by a
the private talk of the great men of
the world were repeated by gossiping
women and spread broadcast there
would be precious little chance OF
| international understanding. The
debase international relations Is very
great. Its conscience should be cor
respondingly acute"
The Springfield Republican as
sumes the position that his quarrel
Is with her and Americans hare no
quarrel with him. It is particularly
not an American nor an Ameri-
can newspaper correspondent. The
English must assume re.ponst-
bility for her. II Mr.. Espling
objects to having his June table
| talk exploited in a September issue
| of a New York newspaper he MIST
| first have it out with hts own country
! woman" The Wall Street Journal
holds that the interview was pHo-
| lished for political effect and was "a
| gratuitous demonstration OF the
| For the most part the editorial
forum agrees that the sentiments ex-
pressed accurately reflected Mr.. hip-
iing's personal views and as s9cn
they are debated. The Baltimore Sun
| asks why resent the tru.n! ano n
whsn he refers to our war profits and
to our commercial morality. There
were many sordid hearts and sordio
motives back OF our action ana we
should not get mao MAJ III, ~ sImeputg sba ,r,'tg
! into a sore spot. Kipling has a right
to remind us that we are not quite
80 virtuous as We want TO tnlnk our.
selves and We have right 10 remlno
him that Britannfa's skirts nave
good deal Of mud on nnarHs ahem that aep.g kip.
ling has slandered the American
dead" the Memphis Commercial APP
peal argues that reputation OF our
| European obligations was even more
Of a slander, saying that 1t Is eoou
and honorable and patriotic 10 resen. mr
any and all slanders hesped upon our
dead who died in what has thus tar
| heen a vain cause, but what about
| those who have made the cause vain
and hopeless? What about those
who have broken faith with the
The ppecifc allegations attributed to
Kipling are sufficiently answered oy tne
records, the Petersburg Progress aa Gna
index Appeal is convinced, but 1t holds
that Mr.. Kipling can blame only him-
self II his pettish. childish and silly at
tack upon America cause americans tntrss snsS 20
they have had in tho back Of their
heads for a long time but have refrained
from putting into speech: Then. again'
the Dayton News says, "a man OF MT;
Kipling's conceit might easily have said
these things and meant II them g..,rs. Il does es
iiuo;t o,ir contributions. We left $4,000
dead in France and spent twenty-four
billions in money to gain what we did
/ within the less than Two years that we
were represented on the long battle
front. We amazed the world 9y our our
Sfanannifs News likewise recalls that
1T is q matter of history that when
America entered the war the allies
were in desperate STRATA. Lloyd George
said that 1t was q race between Prest-
dent Wilson and .ss Hindsnnurs' British thia
country. among them Marshal Joffre,
certainly described the situation as
aiarmlngly critical and begged the
President to rush troops - rapidly as
possible. All this oan 0e said without
boasting." in addition. Kipling. is well
| known in America" declares the Gin
d a