New-York tribune., 1922-12-24

,,ontbs preparing n document Tor Lioy"
ceorre and his Ministry 10 sign. presenting
certain requests and demands Of the Eng-
lish government II began with frighuuHy
LONG and tedious account OF the history,
growth and culture Of Nepa and concluded
with some nnoeuous enough items OF re-
dress. LLOYD George read and read this dry'
dull preamble until he got tired and then
turned over - the items and signed. That
was lust what the Hindu expected him to
do. for about two-lhirds through the book he
had inserted n short. expliei1 paragraph re-
serving for Nepal the right to autonomy
They not only tolerate this shrewd man 10
oxford. they actually honor and admire him.
The night Of my recital he was called upon
To speak on behalf OF the Lotus Club about
my. program. lie jested about the crude
youth Of English civilization as against the
thousands OF years Of culture OF his native
country: said that il was easy enough TO
perceive that I was philosopher and that
/ came OF Teuonic stock. lie asked me
what philosophy | had read. and ! told him
none. except a smattering Of Sehopenhauer
and Netzsche lie said. II thought soi al
ter all, the Germans are the finest thinkers
Ia Europe Did they resent that1 Not
bit Of IT.: they applauded. That is a spirit
the English have which can't be beaten any
where. And once you get acquainted with
the English mind you begin to admire that
icy reserve, for it protects them against
people until they are sure Of them, once
they arc sure Of their man they are amiable
and intimate and as warm as you please
The Kreymborgs spent great deal Of
time with Gordon Craig and Max Beerbohm,
who lived next door 70 each other in Ra-
palo. Craig has written a 2,500-word in
PRODUCTION 20 the volume OF Alfred's POEMS
which Harcourt, Brace & Co. are bringing
out in the spring Alfred described Craig
as -"the finest man in Europe" tall, hand
some, picturcsqucy dressed. with a broad
brimmcd hat and a flowing cape, more Italian
than the Italians, and adored By them, a
playboy, simple, sweet-naturcd. delightful
person Beerbohm he said, Is small and
dapper, shaped like top, not some one
you would single out dorothy mstook him
at first for Craig's gardener; Mrs. Beerbohm
says Max never sits down, except TO cat,
that he writes and draws standing up in
bare little study about six by eight feet in
dimensions: he and Mrs. Beerbohm (an
American once win Mansfclds company
are most cordial and hospitable once you
have got past their English habit Of rcscrvei
Bcerbohm has a quaint little manncrism Of
dismissing writers and people he doesn't like
with sibilan, "Pssh! as "Wels, pubieist-
Psssh." Both Craig and Bcerbohm spend
a great deal Of time playing jokes. Beer
hobni for instance will take q serious poem
by some mediocrity like Drinkwatcr. very
carefully erase a word here and there and
fll in the space with coarse or obscene words
so carefully traced that no one can tell the
change in the text. Or he will take draw
ing Of Lloyd George or Balfour from one OF
the London papers, carefully distort one
small feature and produce an effect that is
very ludierous.
Kreymborg and II. l.. Meneken met in
Munich for the first time and liked each
other At once They went often TO the Low
enbrauhaus TO drink Mdnchen beer and listen
to the band u was there that Alfred met
the author of "Sumurun." huge. Gargantuan
fellow, with huge Gargantuan Wife, broke,
but amiablc and happy. III We can learn
nothing else from the Europeans except to
be simple" said Alfred "that will be a great
deal. Al Europeans, including the English
end excluding the French are easy 10 ap-
proaeh, more soeiable and comradely. less
snobbish than the Americans All one has
to do in England is to write AN American
on ones card and he will be asked to call
at any Of the homes Of the men he wishes
10 see. In France and in Italy they cannot