Evening star., 1932-04-23

Broad perspective is seen in the ad-
dress Of Ambassador Andrew w. Mel
lon before the Pilgrims Society in Lon
don. His philosophy, as applied to re-
covery from the depression, offers a
subject for debate. His belief that the
world is entering upon a new era is
discussed in the light of his long pub
lie service
Mr. Mellon detached himself from
the present and put this generation
into historical perspective" thinks the
Detroit News, attributing to the Am
baSsador the view that I'VE are work.
ing out new orientation, and having
plenty Of trouble doing So but we shall
finish the job, and when we have done
so, it will be found that we have ad-
vanced another step" The News con-
cludes as to the spirit of his address
such is the Mellon philosophy, the
fruit of observation and study. He may
DE wrong; but the chances are he is
right. The machine age is still young,
and we have not yet mastered its COM
pleXltles and reduced them to SIM
plicity In the light of past history it
Is not unreasonable to expect that op-
portunltieS greater than any We have
yet known will come as a result of
forces now at work and constantly be-
ing discovered In obscure laboratories
that work is proceeding, and no one
can even dream of its results That is
the lesson of history which Mr.. Mellon
has eloquently set before US"
Crediting to Mr.. Mellon the theory
that there can be no satisfactory
restoration unless it is based upon a
thorough housecleaning, the Provi-
dence Journal says; From his expert
ence OF a. long lifetime he offers a
word OF encouragement to those who,
nafred by the force of this depression,
nave sunk deeply into despair. He re-
calls that he has lived through other
terribly severe crises, the products Of
the same economic elements that have
wrought the present depression, and
that their ending was effected by the
same processes Of readjuStment that are
now being applied in varying degrees
IN countries the world over"
Mr.. Mellon holds out" according to
the Buffalo Evening News, the vision
OF new and better era built not upon
the ruins Of the old, but by the. con-
tinued development of the basic
strength of individualism, which has
created all the best in civilization. +"
The Spokane Spokesman Review feels
that the address was charged with
courage, faith and wisdom" and re-
vealed understanding OF the currents
and cross-currents of human nature and
history" Describing the picture that
he presented, the Spokane paper re-
marks He recalled that during his
lifetime he had passed through many
crises that followed wars. The de-
ficiency in many of us is that we can
not see or think in terms of the cycle.
When it is fair weather we venture too
far, hoping and bringing ourselves to
believe that there will not be another
storm in our time. When the storm
comes to awaken US from our folly, We
fall into depths of pessimism and bring
ourselves TO believe that there will be
no more sunshine in our lifetime"
He made his British debut auspi-
cious and memorable when he told the
Pilgrims that we are in the beginnings
Of new epoch in history" says the
Newark Evening News, with the con-
clusion that his talk was illumined
with the optimism that each crisis
taught us little something, and civili-
zation went on, not from It's old level,
but winning a little ground despite the
periodic reversals" The Evening News
adds: We wish our Ambassador had
told his audience that we in America
not only are facing our dificulty
frankly and plugging ahead certain
that our dificulties are not insurmount-
able. but that there Is o widespread
feeaiug that cpx tfcunieG were pEeVentr