Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-26
on Columbus Record
Fails to Change His Standing

More humorous than otherwise are
the comments on charges from an in
vestigator in South America, who, by
reason of personal research, believes
that Columbus had visited this CONT
nent before 1892 as a corsair and that
he was Catalonian outlaw of the sea-
1t Is conceded by part of the public that
he may have known of earlier voyages
in this direction, but most comments
agree that the public prefers its 1892"
without "debunking."
I'm any case, he started something, :"
contends the Chicago Daily Tribune,
and as Americas first booster he is
deserving of attention. He gave the
Atlantic Ocean q western edge and Eu-
rope subject for conversation that has
lasted 400 years. AS the first visiting
European to our shores he returned
with many stories of the strange folk
who lived here. Whether he lectured in
America on our bad manners, lack of
taste, slang, dollar chasing, nasal tones
and other errors, after the usual Gus
tom of European lectures, is not
clear. He probably first observed these
qualities, and later lecturers have found
1t unnecessary to observe anything else
since. AS Spaniard Columbus will
have sympathies with old customs still
extant along our shores. The tango
and the revolution still flourish south of
the Rio Grande. Tequilla and tortillaS
still are consumed
I'VE have always stood for educa-
tional progress and put great reliance
in scientific research" confesses the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch. Hard as it will
be, we can, in time, we suppose, learn
to regard the discoverer of America as
q Catalonian corSair instead of the son
n a rFya..
furious spirit whom we had always
thought of as befriended by Spanish
royalty could finally, We guess, become
q rebel against King Juan II of Aragon.
evidently we could make up our minds
TO Supplant the voyage of the Nina.
Pinta and Santa Maria by way of the
Canary Islands and SargasSo Sea with
trip of Danish Seamen via Iceland,
Greenland and Labrador. But as for
accepting date other than 1892
never! That year Is one of the eternal
verities. 1t belongs to the stars. A
beacon light to children cropping in the
dim corridors of history, its fixity
SteadieS men and women shaken bv the
constant nux OF changing world. We
serve notice here and now-1492 to the
end Of time"
The questions involved are reviewed
by the New Orleans Tribune, with the
statement as to the recent announce
ment OF research: Columbus, says the
director Of the Peruvian National Ii
brary, came to America in 1892, but he
ought not TO have made q fuss about it.
He had come here before, by way Of
Greenland, but went home to Europe
and said nothing about 1t. When he
appeared before Ferdinand and Isabella,
therefore, he was betting on a sure
thing, given decent sailing weather.
And finally, he wasn't the son of a
Genoese weaver, but q Catalonian cor
sair who had got into trouble by re-
belling against King Juan II of Ara
go1ia. Our thanks TO the Peruvian
undermined AS for william Tell and
all like heroes, when did you last see
Santa Claus? Columbus Is refashioned
to fit modern skepticism. He was just
q four-fiushing Spanish racketeer who
put over fast one on king and queen,
and helped himself to plenty of profit
and an admiral's badge by pulling over
again a trip he already had made once.
Hot, huh? Now all we need know Is,
who was the lady in the case2"
THUS does the thirst for knowledge"
laments the Los Angeles Express, "once
more knock into a cooked hat one of
Jne WOTIuS PET DelleIS,hIu puts IL among
the tales that might be classed as Mum
chausian. The good professor brings
forth documentary evidence to support
his claims, and AYERS still bther docu-
ments Of like import exist. We dislike
to have the knowledge obtained when
first we began to study about this old
world thus ruthlessly destroyed, and
bruited about as f1gments Of some ones
brain. II Abcomports with our tendency
70 adore the heroes Of other days, r.