Evening star., 1927-11-10

The passing of an extraordinary
world figure is recognized by American
contemporaries in their comment on
the death of Maximilian Harden. the
noted German journalist and publicist
Many rate him a great and Influential
patriot. and the brilliance of his pen
is generally conceded. though some
critics insist that he was destructive
rather than constructive.
Germany has lost son VINO lov"u
her well and who proved his devotion
stanchly by his services. his trials
and his sacrifices" says the Syracuse
Herald, to which the Dayton Daily
News adds the tribute that his coun'
try loses lone of the most useful fig
ures of it's last 40 years" The Boston
Transcript holds that "he was a
knight errant. il there ever was one.
and believes that the world needs
such speakers and writer's as he was
to clear out the dark corners and
really make it worth living in."
He proved himself true patriot In
critical times. although refusing TO be
si,enced when he felt it was his duty
to speak out" recalls the Fort Wayne
News Sentinel. and the Lincoln Star
believes that mo man in all Germany
or outside played a more important
role in bringing the German people
through their great crisis" The Mil.
waukee journal adds that "he never
was seeking himself either fortune or
power, except that power of leadership
which comes to the straight thinker
who expresses himself couragaouSly."
The Bellingham Herald afflrms shat
''it is only once in generation that
man of his type is produced"
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"Onlv the rarest combination Of dar-
ing and discernment, ennOb.ed by in
ner allegiance both to country and to
humankind, could have CHALLENGED as
he did the current of his day witht ut
sinking to a traitors part, IN the
opinion of the Atlanta Journal The
Louisville Courier Journal declares
that "because of his enormous follow
ing he could not he gagged auv more
than Tolstoi in Russia. and from the
beginning of his career to the end his
was contest for truth. for sanity
and idealism in government and for.
eign relations
Harden is viewed by the Watertown
Daily Times as "a striking example of
a fearless editor who never compro-
missed with conscience" His voice.
SAYS the Bloomington Paragraph.
was the only note of protest in Ger.
many to the policy of the Kaiser" and
the Wichita Beacon asserts that "his
entire career should oe an inspiration
to lovers of good government and to
enemies of sham." The Baltimore Sun
feels that his role was Ito shock the
p,acency which he felt to be sapping
the foundations of Teutonic mental
greatness
He is described by the Fort WAYNE
Journal.Gazette as "a critic of sophis.
try. pretense and evil power" while
the st. Paul Pioneer Press states:
THAT he was always right may we'll be
doubted, since he was human: but hat
he came honestly by the cOnvici DDS
which he so stoutly defended is un.
questionable. There was no intelle.
tual goosestepping in his makeup"
The brilliancy and EttSnyth IF IIar.
denS writings are attested by the
New York Evening World. st. Louis
Times and Chattanooga Times. Yet
that "he was perhaps a little too rich
in theories" Is the suggestion Of the
New York Times. and the Altoona Mir.
ror sees in him "a strange anomaly"
In that while pugilistically inclined,
under ordinary circumstances, he was
yet an enemy of war;" and the Kansas
City Journal says Of this phase of his
influence: 'He knew two, even three,
decades ago that Kaiser Wilhelm's
policies and purposes menaced the
peace of the world, and therefore the
integrity of the empire. And Editor
Harden cried out against the situa-
tion. The trouble with Maxi.
milan Hardsuss s1orts doubtless was