The Washington times., 1933-10-04

crueltleS. With this and noble lndlgnauOn L
have quarrel. But Mr. Wells prediction runs ahead
of my Judgment an the long books 1OiU aCin The
clumsy ont 'ciH be brought to heel We shall have Hitler
weighted accurately to his last yawp.
Have Books Ever Won?
About this l make two points: that the man whom
Wells calls clumsy lou has several good reasons for
rebeling against civilization and that have no proof
in experience that "in the long run books will win
Unless Mr.. Wells really 10 centuries by the long
run and not 10 years, as he implies II BOOKS Woulo
always win in the long run we should all be tolerant
generous full of high ideals (and bad poetry,
without war, without wage slavery, without depres-
sons, without hate. Books have always been on the
sweet side of fe and life has managed to sldestep
them neatly.
To Mr. Wells Hitler is clumsy lout because Hitler
infames the cheapest kind of naonaistic preudlces
cries War! and cuts himself and, unfortunately ms
people off from the great movements OF peace ana
human brotherhood with which this century opened;
Look back into Mr.. Wells "Outline of History and
you will find that he had similar opinion OF Napo-
leon Books did not defeat Napoleon. Books-the
books of the great French raonass before the ReVo
lution-had much to do with giving Napoleon the cir
cumstances in which he came to power
A Feeble Faith
The faith that books (and high ideals) will win in
the end is almost the only thing to which booKlsn
and ideastic cling at this time, but 1T isn't
proper faith for man who actually wants % TO
that books will lose is greater today than mas Oeen
at any time in hundred years. The world is slipping
back into darkness and chaos. Instead of offering
high ideals we must discover why intolerance ana
hatred can be so easily stirred We ought to find out
what desires people like Hitler satisfy. Then we must
satisfy these desires in way less dangerous to cVlza
ton It isn't helpful merely to abuse people tor want
ing ignobe things.
The civilization of which Mr. Wells speaks may be
all cakes and ale and roses for Oxford dons handtuA
of intellectual giants few rich and noble men with
great thoughts of ergovernment tor suPermeh'
Rut the clumsy outs have discovered that all tneSe
neonle are impotent and that civilization, as gong
concern could make world war and could not make
a world peace
Who Created Hitler?
Fifteen wears ago the Germans hated the French
with furv and passion Yet few individual Germans
would have beaten innocent Frenchmen to DEATH 10
dav several million Germans feel that they are accom-
rshino heroic and sacred act if they beat Jew to
5eathor if they do not feel this, they applaud the
few who do and support them, and look to them Tor
xavation Did the clumsy louts accomplish this change
OR the supermen in office!
The menace of Htlerism is not that it is throw
hocI to the dark ages which is bound to fall IN the
end: the menace is that it may be the form under
which humanity will live for generations and may sue
ceed To me it is dull and trivial inhuman and STUPID
Totally lacking in the intelligence which, we are tolo
marks man off from the beast But see no reason IN
all this for believing that it will fail 1t satisfies
fon hunger in human beings and 1t actually PROMISES
IN manv people, better days than they have had Tor
* years What chance have "books' and all that
books stand for against it?
"Hep" HO