The New York herald., 1922-11-26

on Expression for which he received five
output fills nineteen 16mo. volumes, from
Wake Robin" to Field and Study" Mr.
Clifton Johnson's very entertaining book
should be deemed an indispensable ad.
dendum to every set of his works.
III
The interest which exists in the career
of Henry Morgenthau, justifying the pub
lication of an elaborate autobiography, may
be explained in a single sentence. 1t is
due to the fact that after having made
a fortune he turned his attention to the
broader aspects of politics, ardently and
effectively supported Woodrow Wilson for
the Presidency and was rewarded by the
mission to Turkey, the duties of which he
discharged in wartime with such con-
spicuous credit to himself as to win wide
spread approval from his countrymen in
the land of his adoption.
Henry Morgenthau was born at Mann
helm in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1856.
a good fairy must have presided over his
birth, for the story of his life is a record
of continuous success. His father was a
prosperous cigar manufacturer, and the son
came to America, not as a poor boy with
out prospects but as we'll to do young
man seeking a more promising field of en-
deavor than was afforded him in Germany.
He studied law. was admitted to the New
York bar and practiced law here twenty
years, devoting more attention however,
to the business side of the profession than
to work in court. He acquired special pro-
ficiency in buying and selling real estate.
greatly to his own profit and the profit of
those who were wise enough to act upon
his advice. In this way he amassed a
fortune, and then, at middle age. he turned
aside from money making to realize, if pos
sible. some of the ideals of his youth in
ethics, music, social service, education and
political life. Hundreds of rich men have
formed plans TO bring themselves happi-
but usually by the time they have made
money enough the desire or capacity to
carry out those plans has passed away.
1t has not been so with Henry Morgen-
thau. Idealism has overcome materialism
in the latter part of his life. His narrative
of the resulting activities makes his auto
biography peculiarly interesting to all seri-
Gus students of the great problem of the
United States as a melting pot for the in
coming races of Europe. There would be
no such problem if all immigrants were as
capable of Americanization as Henry Nor
genthau has proved himself to be- Pages
could be filled with instructive quotations
from his book. but limitations of space
restrict us to single extract from a pro-
phetic speech made by Mr. Morgenthau to
the American soldiers at Coblentz, when he
visited their Liberty Hut there in 1919:
AT present We are enjoying only a sus-
pension OF hostilities. Please don't go home
and tell the people that this war is over.
We have got to prepare for greater con-
flict, a greater sacrifice, a greater response
bility. The young men of America will
again have to fight The nations
are going to have further quarrels and dis
putes. l believe that within fifteen years
America will be called upon really to save
the world"
There is much to commend in Mr.. Nor
genthau's book. but we hope that this
prophecy is as mistaken as we believe it
to be.
In his last chapter the author takes
strong ground against the establishment of
Jewish State in Palestine declaring that
zionism is the most stupendous folly in
Jewish history. We Jews Of America" he
says. have found America to be our Zion.
Therefore. | refuse to allow myself to be