EPRSHRKmBI rrwT,rSw IfeMni : ' JWF , -., ,, ,, . V .jr-r '' . ' X v' "; ' -to 10 EVENING PUBLIC1 LEDUEK PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1910 ( v, I, M i M V 1$ i; ?t Vv- w 1 t THE c?rc TALKS v TO MUSIC LOVERS Weekly Comment on Things filusicaiin Discriminating Philadelphia l- fTVHn visit of the Vatican Choirs to ,; J- Philadelphia this week brought home i - K local musicians nnu music lovers iu i ,- a direct manner the Miliject of religious :,. mnsip. esncciaiiv mp rciniive vhhivi ifi ja9 rim nl,l nml flin tniulprn ltmfn nf thi4 class. SVhllc it Is true (hat h Rood bit J or modern sacreu jmiMC is exceueni, it .!. ti equally true Hint an equal if not &i greater amount ot u is not wen nunpicu "for wliirfilt1 'wH'eom nnsed with the older ii.'iis.o. or Midi ssurvhed. the moil-rii seems Vf '..r VJ IIIU unci (.''"w. Comnnroil Stfct of it as has W .. 1 T. .11 I... .....1 ... n ......nln ..,.... m tu mui uikuii.v mm, iu n 1.T11U1U 'inuv, "'('lollKious feellliK- There might well be a re.-iral In 'omc g of our larger churches, with lions t f, Capable of Ringing it and willing to devote the necessaiy time to reiiearsms, of some of Ihis older music. Polyphonic music is utiquctiounblj the. real mimic of the church. It n I ways has dignitj, often grandeur, and ' rhile capable of expressing the deepest religious feeling, does not lend itself in IhnRo olpim nr. 'vvliirh hccuil lo lretjn jj. into chinch music with the rise of the ?,'' opera, especially in ltalj. and which J probably culminated in' the "Stnlmt r1 Mater" of Hossini. which, musically f considered, can srorndj be culled Miuruil. in i' rpHB Vaticau t'ho'as sang without ac- J J- compauiment and showed by prac- tical demonstrat;011 what " lllle Ol- I ways known, thnt churcli music and. in fnct, ail concerted vocal music gains greatly bj being sung n tuppelln. This, of course, refers to t-hmt single mini- bera and not to elaboiale works such as an oratorio or mass, for (.hoius nnd orcnesira. the extent of making the several pari ij w, mniuaum i.t iw .. . u.,- . . wv.. ( r,, ,-3 ,v uiitnuu x u i 1 1 ii , u 1 1, v nil. Mil.-' in uwui luiiuri llllll ll'Uriieil 111 I1ISI llllllll. ICagllC Ot llllltOlls. 11C IS, 1 1 0 W I ' I . M I" t i vocal number, no matter how discreet, poems from ltobert Louis Stevenson's j and he is a brilliant writer as well us a a Johnson or n Borah; but rather this f M tends to obscute the beaut j of the voices "A Child's Harden of Verso" and the keen observer. His book sketches Chi rea-otiing historian and publicist, whose f nnd to conceal the part-writing in com-i program coucluiled with the mighty , neso and Japanese historv from c.ulj 'conclusions ate forced b his knowledge i. positions in the polyphonic style Lven 1 1 lfth Sjmphony of 1 eethoyen. , eras, thus setting rncial nnd tiaditiomil of conditions as Du-v me and not as i R conceding the organ t. be the finest of I here is little that need, oi can b.; backgrounds nnd psychology It then 'thev tunj be idenllv fn.iii.d His boot: HtTeS -erUer the voices. ..tlet to all of Hiem was little different Lin j TiZJXf lMX tT'nT f, exceedingly difficult to follow. To many I members of the average church choir, , ," however, which usually holds only one W2 rie,hearsal before the public service, the 1' ei.eTfn Inln n" --rtlrt., j-.f tli. HPl.iIII la f.- Lli CL'Lll. Ul II iinillk till- n.vcini lllui? imr-- niili.ii "iv; itixn killtl ill LllC lilCb, ii. oupnttv "n verv nrescnt belli in time ' ,,- ( , 11.. . i.. Of irOUUie. iV Cappt'llII '-IIIKUIK is yi- 1 17V,1 the test, not onl of the music. CrJ'T)uC0f. the singers as well. I 5 AN INTEUKSTINC. comparison . , -" HUKU might be made of the Vatican v. f Juholrs and the choir of the Kussian 1 "QathedrnI iu New lork, wlndi sang fJ here n couple of years ago. but which g is now, unfortunately, tempoiatily al abandoned. These two organization y1 gave about the finest examples of n : cannella siniriuir thnt has ever been ' heard In Philadelphia, but their styles ' , u-ern totallv different. The outstnnclimr i feature of the Vatican Choirs was their, "5 wen-nign peneci ensemtuc, wane cnai Ai.nt the Russians was their marvelous i ui-uuij ui unit-, rsiiciiiiii m im: luwn 'Svoices. forinnnce for an opening concert. overspill of Japanese population, for ' eniereii the tuned Mines, navj at iii-y , , , "' .' "'"'"" ami emu in J0 In the Miprano section, the voices of The one novelty on the progiam was thev are densely populated and aie not tirn" when i oininmlorcs were a reguiarl,' '",""v;, ''"iu "eyoml what might ftflhQ boys of both choirs tvus little short the number in four movements bv Mr. Inttincting Japanese immigrants " Mr r,uik '""' ,ho u'"n (-'ob lmi1 "ot ,IW" in" , u; i,ii i! iv , "J ., bar.('15" Pioneered 4:.if wonderful, the Italians beiiw a little Hill, who is one of the Boston group I V,.hi0 reprehends 'the financial und dip- ' "urf,1- nis uiitobiographv "from mid- '"- " ''s 0.1,tJ,cn,t11'",e'f,otT V aV (bicker in quality, lirobabl.V on necnunt of comiKisers AH the numbers have lonlati,. subtleties ami crookedness ti,ut hipinnn to rear admirnl is a l"'r- l: ' ,f, ,L ,,f. ''"'('"In " . having three or four adult male so- some beautiful places in them, but thej tl (-illn(.B,. (im.sti,m ",. vicious in- fioniU ' "l "' "ily-uie year in the ,"'t ' i ' Doubtless her c.- pranos (falsetto smgers., while the are rather heavily scored for the geneial formtti ma Xm w L,T niT' uf ,l' UIl'itl0" i, Ttussians depended entirely upon the subject which thev portray. Mr. Hill " ' b"rleVme,U ntil tiu O i.lental l I'iske's farcer spanned nVo '"lp'hed hm from peak to peak of . boys' -voices. While it is true that boys' evidentlj leans strongly .toward the n"io" ' "t unU tl11' Spanish -Ameri, an und the ,'e,. ' e.er wh'f "? tp leave bin,. bitcM have the delightful freshness of French method of expression, and in "toC UMl.hil men w ,wM w' th" fmm"r ""' " is J ' ""U'k' thB imlortula Saf'ymttl. Jt cannot be denied tlint the time ? movements there is no- f"'f"J,V0vI"". . ,?r n Ton- aX me tnrv ' ,lHval "" -"" "'e I""''' '"' i ''-'' mJJ'h.i ,,,.,. rj.1, -..-i:.- . .1... i. ..j .i :.. .. ticei n enrolls enntnist nl innh.il fin. lecteil by Virtue ol n long pJrlUlmcntlllV ,i" i...i i... i....i. lrs. Babeock (aires' this no ,n.. ,l..., '&H lli.f. .1.1.1.... i 1....1.1 .-.. ii - :tV Knuiilit-r nml (l,.vihilifv r.t lio ,Vrmle xoprnno voice. Translated into or. '-alhai monies winch suggest an exceed -Xdiestrnl idiom, the female voice is like;inBlv Hophsticated child and senrely he tone of the flute, nnd the boy ' ""ry out the simplieitj. almosMialvete vnt-o itv ti,f nr .i,.. i.. 'Pi L. ,"f Stevenson s ideas and words, 'Jhe y., .. .h'uv W1 ' ' UkUl "- '" lunation ot Doth votres, as was nearu TO the Episcopal diocesan victory festi viu una spring, wax 10 mnny n more Miiuuicwr' oiruiii) mull ficiicr aione. TIIIj revival of 1'iilcstriuti, oven in the fow motetH which tho Vntlcan Choirs sane to delichtfullv Hhnneill dearv tl th is hi e dth? fathPr of religious music IIo needed out the i banalities of the three Flemish w hoo s I of Okenheim. Josquin des Pros. (Jom- ! liert, Willacrt and others to whom counterpoint had bwonie an end ami Dot a means, nnd in hftv vers tpt ' - Italian sacred music unoii'n nlane ti.l"'" a"'1 . ?. contludlrn: worlt, wlilcu it has never biute ncn. And in this connection it should not b! for gotten that he lived almost a century and a halt before Sebastian Ilaeli. It is telle that TaWnim never rf,ml IU L;l i( ii i i i , FV,r readied the heights Of Ilnch in his re- ligious music, but then, for that matter, neither lias nu. one else Then. i in Palestrina no sucfi thrilling effects ns jn tho beginning of the Kyrio of the Ii minor mass, the sorrowful tenderness of tho closing chorus of the St. John Passion, or the supreme beauty of the St. Matthew Pahslon or the Christmas Oratorio, but the religious feeling and the solemnity is present in ns great u degree as in tho music of the I.eipsic master. Palestrina is more fnrmnl tn Ma n-iMuln than Bach. He vns not nble to ),re.il. - mtirely the shackles of counterpoint Which the Flemish composers had riveted UP9B the musical world in favor of a freer expression of his ideas, lis Bach did, though perhaps tho musical restric- tions of his church had something to do With this. mHE influence of Palestrina. even Chfir sang, although It was all Itussinn, largely Tschaikowskv and Rnchmaniolt. :; ".: r .i.r"i ,""' ":: ,tu"7iau, Itt however, not the Tschaikonsky of ? iOVUttlHUHMJ Hi 111!' IIUSSIUU CnillCn the Sixth (Pathetinuc) Symnhonv. nor iff the Itachmaninoff the IUchmaninoff of the "Isle of the Dead," or of the C minor piano concerto, When they 'wrote for the church they took their models from the masters of ancient Catholic Church music, and this In the end means Palestrina. Palestrina wrote usually in live parts, Bach generally in four, though some times in five, nnd the iltissiuns iu any where from four to eight. This was the usual procedure, though there were many cases where this number ban been greatly exceeded, running, in the case of. the Italians, as hicb as fort. nnd 'l tn rhn niisee nf cArtntii nmliitlniia Pn. " lish and Flemish composers far beyond ' - thin, i'alestrlna nearly always wrote k the fifth part in tho higher voices, rarely Musical Events of the Coming IFcek Wednesday, Oct. 22. Choral Society J' in Gounod's "Kodemption," Acnd- ' emy of jlusie, t:ii p, ni. Thursday, Oct. 23. Organ recital, ' ,by Cliarles il. Courboin, AVnna- WHkcr Store, 8:15 p. m. AM))-, Oct. ai. Philadelphia Or- betra, Academy of Music, .'1 p, in. Samuel Gardner, violin noloist. fjMiriirir Oct. -5. Gcruldlne Far- rar recital, Academy of Music, gatnrdfty;Ott. as.Phlladelphia 6r- eucdtra.- AfHUfinyj i iuuhv, on-v P' in. VfSfUiwfl, Gardner, yiolin mr'wBnFvvwWfWSfjj r I using n (loop Lass part, while the Rus sians almost lnvnrlnbly wrote bass parts rcqulriiiR voices of the deepest cninpns. in the concert of the Vatican Chulrx there were not more than threo of four really low tones called for hi the motets sung. This is probably due to some racial I tonal fceilng, or perhaps to some racial tonal characteristic, as the Italian have nla8 produced the finest upper voices, sopranos nml tenors, while the best i lluslan voices are their basses, manj of whom are cxtraordiuuril) line in the I lowest rcirister. - nnnijrnTD A fiLJLIMP urinLoi rvtturLiNo SEASON BRILLIANTLY First Concert Consists Of Old F-vorlt0e nl1H One Novoltv haYOritOS aild Une NOVOIty. Vast Audience Present The twentieth season of the Phila delphia Orchestra opened at the Acud emj of Music jesterdaj with nn en thusiasm that bids fair to make it the most siid'essful of any that the Orchefc- tra has yet experienced. Nearly cvim.v seat was occupied and the immense audience greeted the appearance of Mr. tokowski with rapturous upplausc. There Mas little experimental music on Mr. Stokowskl's first piogram. It opened w Ith the familiar "Oberon" over- vure of Weber, n woik old in year but cut fresh and young in spirit. This wim fullnu-n! li tlirw epfrntn nf (hi Midsummer Night's DiVam music by Mendelssohn, the Overture, the Noc tuim- and the Scherzo, the first men t toned being probably the most remark - able pbee of music ever composed by a Imj less than twenty years of age. t lieu came me one noveitj, tour snoit given In the nast It was an exacting program for both conductor anil orchestra so early in the .season, before the ensemble tins well settled, but they came through with it in line style, the delicacy of tone re I quired in the MendelssohnQ numbers I L,,lll.il!n .illortt- nu ,l....,.l. tl.n .l.n mniiniuii, mimr-i in uiviiu uiu vm.ii, - tra was in mid-season forte. i incte nae neen a numoer oi changes , n the Urchestra since last season, nl though all of the hrsts remain, but de i to be blown out by explosions or dissi M'lte the short time allowed for re 'ted o reform." Speaking of Korea ....ii ii Vi i . ii lassuggestivelv hinting ntwhat will littp- n,1! S iVlui'T'Irr vhenitHtjc1'- pen to vast areas of China if the im- nicnl litl cnltj is ennsit ered bn well as i.-i,,! ..., i ,.i, ,., i, ,,.., it- the extremes' of style demanded in the ft"1 '"., JC " ' "y ., prognm., notably in the Beethoven ami K T Tf ,,vus,u.ciT' s, ,u """" J .Mendelssohn numbers The orchestra h.,ch f"0,!Itl )' '"Jministcretl by a man has never begun a season more auspicl- datory derived from a league ot nations, ously thnu esterda, although uaturul- f"r ,,h"t 1",M ,"-frea done that she 1 the etisenihlo xvlll nprfnt ! !.! f ivifl. I pliouli be treated us a conquered prov ,iir,pA .., 1, .......... iu -..!... ,i... .,fnni... .. m gniu in iiuIhou und the various cliolis inilaneo better in volume and color of tone in untlphonal and imitative pas- sages, j i. was a remantaoiy line per- i I nMrifv. hllrhlr Hnnrnnrintn tn Iim itt of the child s vei se and next to it, radl - lIKAinut vn tin. It ..nil .-.- M,1 J-, 1,,. i,,!).,!,,. ilrt u ,.a1 ,;.,.. ..... j eontrat with the whole string lod of tuitnij w; u? n ti dviu ciiiu tjiiatit, in . liri.i,psn. !.., n ..w.,,1 -., ' i.,oinI. ,.rr,.,,t .... ..., a COMING MUSICAL EVENTS J . ,7 . , .7. V oS?.1, Srtu..tti,Sh',hJt-'!i "urdner. a talentetl younc Amerifan Molin-1 ' a Tomnwr tho iroiram iniruTri hii ??na S T "Ne," Ruu i Kor tl sSto "ftprinic Mr. OHrdnr will ulay th Men- !ira "" number tri the "L.'ArleBiennH1 PUUe liy UvoraL'B 'New World" eymphony Tile first berformHnce In Phlla.inlnl3 Vincent d'Jndy's new Bjmphonj which Iwars tho title "He Hello Galileo. ' will be Elv.en b th" Na" ' ork Symphonj Orchestra "ilr the direction ot Walter I)amro.:li at I tlm Academy on Wednesday evenlnt Lierim- The symphony waw composed during Iho ar tUl. 117 and 101S In the mldnt ot the war The first appearance of tho New VorU Symphony Orchestra vwtli Walter Damrosch jonducUnn at the Academ o( Music will 1-s on Tuenday evening, October 2S .Mabel Harrison will be the eololet .v,Unid,"r.lhe '"dei-shlp of Tlerre Jlonteui. the lloaton bjmphony Orchestra bian i busy season a week r.o In noston Al thouith thp flrar concert here 111 nut take pl.- until Novemb-r 8 the le of aeata br subscription nil close next Friday October ! ?'1D0.mJ!Ll". .""'"' Pianist and composer. jne nrst .ololsl to appear will be the , ' '' T Anon''''nient 1h made bv Helen PuUskl , ?anne"v1olfnt..l"nt HHpSSptai,.V."iny,?Sfu?,SS J'0"?1r, evenfne. Octoter J7. at the Academy -""' On Wednesdi eenlnif nt the rhoral F.,r',v ot. Philadelphia U1 sin.- Oounoi , lledemptlon.' accompanied bj the Phlla- I or'JhraVndom.'nT f'uhnd l"-nThfl, VU'al ' ""d,on Thtnder. Two choruses represrotlni "!.? Th', DeCoCiX.s.th:iiUorrWhPor,r"Sir. h :w & ""ur..1"" "'"'Ji0?. . "nry i-1'' ,. nT,,cr. soprano. Kathrrn Mclsle alto Mcholas is mi litre, aid r lurt-ncp mnif in ;. .V' . ;"w.. n.uw,n cvans ojritonei j. JJelfenstetn Mason, basso, and Miss Jane Ldel. wbo will slnr second soprano. N'eit Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock the first of a series of Oman redtals will be given on the new orean of the first Pres byterian Church. West Chelten avenue. Ger mantown Htanley Addleks will bo the or sanlst. assisted by Miss Bitelle Ilvu,-hos so prano winner of the Stokowikt MeUal. ' At the half-hour of muslo which will open the resailar evening service at Bl Paul's Kplscopat Church, of Overbrook. this eve nine. John W. Molloy, the violinist will as sist He will play Drdla's Serenade and the "Indian Lament" of Frltr Krelsler at tho openlnK of tho sen Ice and for the orfettorlum will render a selection from "1'lecolino ' of Ulraud. The Islamites, a aocletv of vm,n, .. will eve a musical and literary evening- at the Hetllement Atuslo Hchool. 410 Uueen street, on Sunday evening October IB Dr William W. Chandler, head of the Kntllsri department of the' Hoys' High School, will make an address and the music will ba given by Joel Ilelov. violinist Isadore Freed nlantst. Bara Steen, soprano, and Huth. Nathanson pianlste; "utn The Combs Observatorj Tunis' Hjmphony Orchestra, consisting of eighty-five mem bers, under the direction of Ollbvrt Itsjnolda Cornbs. will beeln rehearsing for the season rexl Monday eenlne. The Philadelphia Operatic Society will be heard tn "Martha" at the Metropolitan Oper House on Friday evening-, November He Tho cast will Include Miss Ixjttlo I.utthen as J.ady Harriet, Major J, 11 Cleirg as I'lunkett. Miss Thelma Melrose aa Kancv and Alfred O. Hltnr as Lionel y Among the soloists who are tn appear durlnc the season with the 1'hllharmonio Society of Philadelphia, are! Israel Vlchnln. pianist; Kmlly bti'kes Uar, soprano: Komeo Cella, cello; Alexander Zenker, vlo. Ilnlst; Carol Marjlala tenor. All are Phil. a4elphlans. The ronoerts are under the di rectorship of Walter I'felffer, and the first win November 83 Psnlel C Uonovan haa removed his studio to 8 South .Eighteenth straet. Miss BLsa Warde. In soprano, will rlvs a,redtsl M th Art All i,XRuroy, v.uT JSAUt 1 p. ui. TZW Err&T J-JJLKJ JL X.JLJJLjJLjJLtXJ VX JL M. JLX-J ASIATIC PROBLEMS STATED FOR U. S. Three ImportaiiFlioohs Dis- cuss China and Japan, India and Korea TT WILT, not be for want of compre J- hcnslvc books on the subject if Amerl can ignorance of and indifference to the ! numerous piobleins commercial. oc!al nn ""ral-of its foreign lelntions and ",,,'K,,,i"n'i tlnue to the extr.it and profundity vt the pa.-t. The popular mind is just waking to the important implications nf Asatic policies Thej affect us deeply in the present, and thev will be even more and more emergent and urgent as time goes on. An under standing of them is very much worth while establishing immediately, that our traditional unconcern mnj not run h its flhnnx in ii new "unprepitreiliuss ' Three new books on Asiatic mutters hlllll I'nP! Illfi.pt. ilnnl.. ...! .lAnt,..l t.. ,hls mueh-to-be-dcsiVed comprehension Anil, like Mr. Thomas Millard's recent book on China and Japan, u vers an thorltatlie hook, and one of special value, as it emphasizes the Alneririiii standpoint, these three volumes are er, strongly urgtful of our moral oblisa tions to China and our sellishh eco nomic Interests there that need e.iutious safeguarding j thej arc strongly sjmpa- thetlc to the Chinese side of such mut ters as the aiinntung controvirsy. H. Ii. l'utiiiim Weule. tin- author of "The Truth About China and Japan," i.was born in China. He has spent iniinv bears in the Chinese customs anil other oniciat pinces. lie lias traeleri wnlelj tntes to tell what he conceives to be Tokio's sordid alms und Imperialistic . policies In the Celestial republic He says that it is force that is LmiU ot the Japanese program, not i unity or justice, but force mixed with eorrtin III... ' T. ....... f TI ln 1...1.1. ...!... iinni, .Jiimn, ii, Villi: IIUIII"., I'JIHI.I "stands at the crossroad'. It is for her to elect what her future is to be. whether the bacillus of Imperialism is linee' Atul uliv shonhl "tnnrlini in ntul 1 the province containing the birthplace of Contucius Shantung -lie tneiiated by the same fate. It is not line that tnese regions are nete.s.sar. lor rue '"""l'"""1';"" V "". "'"''"" "" i necessity ot the Legis ature, even in , f.hi.na- ". I,olnts1 out , 'lml .""',1 ,m; ! Iv1,',0? ,SutPM Wl.?'" ,tlP ,"I's,,,l'ct Ishii Lansingnotes ' ( and be points out how- Ishii with dark cleverness hood- .i :. i...i:n-:.. .. l.. .....I-.. ..... i .1.. winked Lansing) .Tupan was obliged to iiestraint, but no sooner were the; "I"" Y"." .... .... .v. "",', "... "J : , m,;,.g Ju UL.r iti-Liiivfl iiinu Mil' ut'Kiiu iu act in an imperious way." Jupiiii'n "challenge to the worlds ilereui-y niul mnnr must be taken up, sini-c ! nnpen.uii.c uennany cannot ne cousin- ? PPJy " ! lT P ..... . .. exiierience in men- own nninirie" methods have been erndicnted from tliojquent uiitlioiitatHO ossnjs ami reports. f ,! r, c . l" i , " fuU wries of texts ? various agree - ments concerning China, such as tho tht- twentv-one demands, the Ishii- Lujising entente, etc. Of them he says- i "Xo impartial critic can denj , utter studying these dark doings, that the, whole structure of . I npanese foieign pol- ley must be cliungeu u sue is to uemm-mrr. jus i.ivoranie conclusion hnd loniainou niiicn or the most cheerful treated on equal terms with the rest of ja iery important part in tho organizn- comment that appeared. Orosble Oar the world." In such wise, more than i tio11 "f tlu mn'al aviation section. INtnn j "tin contributed to its roliininir for a once be otters constructive criticism tn t-i.),, iokio. M. II. Hyndman, the great English editor and publicist, Nis much more philosophical and embracive in "The Au-nkeidnir of Asia." It is u vm vital, substantial and stimulating book, indeod: even more notable than his able und inclusive study or the dark diplomacy of European chancelleries that gave the bacltgrounu in iemtn- ceau: the .Man ami tun nine. &ueli dark nnd devious diplomacy the wm Id wfi U,e downfall of ' PruianUm ..inne in i.niltrl till TllO W.'WTPTII nnT nnsl i... .i. ic nrir ror cinnrincnii tiiir .. . .. -. i i ii... wU Stho ern nations left ,,, exploitation, mero is tne menace or a diplomatic, repetend . Mr II, .dm an warns against it. nnd indicates the uny to avoidance, tic writes in nn ealtel strain, but hi8 nrcuments and ideas arc solidly mittressea uy citations .inn an- nuppieineni to the old ilictionanch, for thentic data. He considers not only 'one can find in it cores of words not China, about which his conclusions are jot listed in nnj formal dietiouarj. the same aa those of Mr. Weule, but, riieie aie anz.ie, wane, wren, ace, fag. also tho tragedy of Korea, tho squaie devil doit, iron valioiis, gob, fo- trot! policy lor japan to uuopi anu nritin nilrule in luuia. in iau, no is Mn- gulnrly Iranic lor an'i.ngiisnman. nis cusxinB the opium trade, which has been the greatest curse to Chinese de velopment, he days: "KiiRland, by her inhuman polley, virtually fori oil the Chinese Government to permit the growing of opium in t hina itself. 'I believe no I'ligll'-htiian can read a plain account of what was done without understanding why fori igners denounce his country as n nation which, while claiming high morality, never al lows any consideration of well-being to interfere with its greed for gain." The Hoiri- indemnities have not been for- gotteri in China. "It was a recrudes cence of the brutality and ruffianism displajed by the HuglMi in their opium wars. ' ' ine seizure oi important blocks of territory by Imiluml, Russia. .Tnnan. undsK'ven fiermany. made mat ters still worse, uniy me i nited ritates, by returning its sbnrc of the indemnity, showed Borne of the higher spirit of civilization and humanity." His con clusion is: "If the I'nited States, Orent rtritnin and Trance nllow China to be placed under Japanese rule, ns Korea is ulreadj, then the prospects for peaco in the not remote future will scarcely huvu been improved by the de. feat of Germany." As to India, he shows that the condemnation of cul tured writers, accused conveniently of sedition, is "a foregone conclusion,'' no matter what their defense, He show's that even the elements of tho popula tion most bound up with the Ilritish empire are virtually as a unit in protest against such tilings as colonial (depend- .Bfl ssisslfk. J1I ltrtiaa'teJCil A AS fee A.t 9w.a1. f-IV. J ' t OMl'l'ivmo.WU Ui HIT nj'vCsJll and the right to agitate, disarmament of the people, and the. right of public. and fair trial before eoudemnpUon( tjTj. ' J?MQ SUP Till? I iiiWi Ki:K AOMIItAI, KISKi: Who has written his reminiscences of life :tl sea - nun st in India is icn jiumiI i i ' ery 'powerful and mt.v signifii'iiut I)r Ili-ibert Adam- lnll i-n has added Tin- New Man ! sm ' t, his similar works on the new uiu i- "1 I'u- rope and Africa drawn b Min His slant is that of opposition to iiian.v of the nroi-oiis nf the tovetiunt ol tne lems. It tries to show both sjilcs of Kurupe's "eminent domain" policy in Asia. It Is condensed in its statements anil not nrgiiinemutnc niiuoj iu Asia, Persia, Palestine. Tibet, etc., ale ctiusuleied in addition to the snbjtvt , ..I f. ....... 11'. nl.. ...,,l 1 t I I, ll 1 1 1 II thi: tiiiih ahoi-t chinv vni iapan. i llllllli-l ill .ucnin, nun mm ,. ii.n, ... m I'utr.iun neni. un uno, thk awakenIno 11K a-ia By M II. mnuman New 1 orK li'i.i s. i.ivprisni. ".in: vnw map or asi i' lieri.i-rt Aila ins lilLbonc. Nei Vmk The iVntury iompans A SAILOR'S CAREER lnterestintt Autobiography o e r ' ' Rear Admiral Bradley Fishc Bear Atlmiial Bindley A. I'iske IV. ii". inii.i'u mil u iiieiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiK i ...:..i. ,i... ,r . l'ul' leiiiiiuit n ri,-iiriiiiiaie pari.. lit' shows interest uigl) the eu.lutiou of our i nRvnl fnri ,.s !ru; ,,, nlIiriblUMl ,.. ditions u genei ation ago to tin ir present , efficient and ad.quate status. His , autobiography, however, is not a bisto rv of u mivl lllM Jllkt lm u purports 1.. lm tl... ti.1(.,- ,.f I....... :r ' nr ir. Mil -fc'fl, 111 ,, I1IUIL ,Vil,l?,' Jil' whs Mien, in tin- luunl -1'iviiT of lils (fllllltri. rt llil Tim.-1. miFUinnl nlin,,,. It iw unK iiili Kiindeiiims. nianv ml' ventures anil plentv ( liumoioiis him-I nenm..',.. I .." .. Admua K ske s piihlir Mrviir in- clnto many impouan, inventions fre-1 I, V"K' "aaro ln ""' Iroj-res-s that , I found the navy the one arm of our do-I fene nariy for the plungo inl nnin.t I'ni-i.miMn. His to the mind iuas iiUmin.s risenthe In now idens .mil . . i ri. I II VI'IlIIIIUs. ril rttrkil ni.l I",.-.,. .. 1 1. . it is of nvord that in full uniform I TllP ability of the Knglish to keep he mnde one of tin- first trips in a nawil ' tlie-Ir heads .ind joke about the war airplane in older to sntisf) himself oflrven during its darkest dns was one the luailnbility of aviation in naval,0' the wonders of the time. Punch I i time i" tn time hi progressiveness ran liter to bureaucracy ami ns a matter ' count "f fn"- !"' saciillced his future in the wnJ ".f 1'JRli 'onunniid in furtherance of l" principles and program for a greater , American navj . ' r,iP,M,?!n,'i",II'.,ui !, 1 keau admikai,. I rork The . ntun- m.;v in War Words Defined vrof. c1. Alphoiisn ismith. of the1 i aMil Ai ailenn at Anuanolis. has! ,.i,, n. .. 1 1. -c .1 i '" "" u," V " " ' ?Z ZTZ:W!:" ? "f l-rosent-day -life in ,' ...... ... u..i t,,ii,in nn.i i .. ... .. ... . -w w . . .. . t Vln-VAlA & ,S.S?VK. l reason that it coi.tnitis no definitions and because each wo.d is -followed by one ' or more epiotations in ,which it is used m Midi a way thut its proper meanlnc; appear-.. The hook will he tt useful u"i Mores in ntners, more or lets I iitimimr hi leaueis of current news NEW WOftDB Pi:LP-HCPINKr) Alphonso Smith ilaiden Cits! J lVte i- t'o Jl J5. 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Plerpont Morgau of bis time, left a vust mass of correspondence which has been deposited in the Library of Con gress, lie was president of the Hank of the 1 nlled States from lS'JU until 18.1(1, when he was elected president of a new hanking corporation organ ized under (he laws of this state. He fought President .Iqckson in nn at tempt to prevent the destruction of the great bank and he was seriously considered as a candidate for the presi dency There is no adequate biography of li f hi lteginald ('. MeUrane, assistant professor of history In the University of Cincinnati, lias announced that he is preparing a iifq to be published iu the near future. In preparation for writing the book he has studied the correspondence iu Washington nud has found it so Important in its bearings on one pciiod of American history that he has edited that part of it relating to public questions and nut it into n sumptuous volume. The book is n valuable contribution to the history of the period. It gives Jliddle's side of the bank controversy nnd It exhibits Jackson as plajlng fast and loose with the friends of the bank. Among lliddle's correspondents were Henry Clay. Knnicl Webster, James Monroe, John ('. Calhoun. Horn Hinney, John T.iler, Kdwnrd Kvcrctt and Kdwnrd I.iingston. Their letters are lticluiled In the volume alone with 'Miiiiu n icpurs, aim iyey inrow a uew liglit on many controverted questions, the volume is one which should be in the library ,of every serious-minded student of Americnii affairs. Vsn-iQ?i K'Hi"". "h national aftalra. ISO,. 1814 lMltvd by lteginald u. Ic Jrane. rti I). 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