Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1926, Page 44

NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS Arraxigements Made to Extend Notable Loan Exhibition at National Gallery—Local Artists Show Paintings— Unique Exuibition at the Smithsonian. . First Volume of Mary Vaux Walcott’s “North American Wild Flowers” Comes From the Press—R em'arkable Pictures in a Portfolio. being forgotten. And here, in justifi able pride, the ‘artist paused, her ex pianation ended. A most Interesting revelation it Was to me, too—but it wasn't enough * r % O be sure, I was glad to hear about the technic of these amazing re productions, elated and proud to be told of the processes that produced such a surface—so0 absorbent and at | the kame time 8o evocative—of those that printed color upon color for the salce of permanency and subtle tint and the full truth to nature. But I wanted to hear more. And so I began away back to where the pictures themselv took thelir first start. And there was the story—as the story of any great work is never in this particular output or that one, but in the years going into the werk instead in the hopes that flowered around it and perished and flowered again. BY LEILA MECHLIN. !:'\hn‘,nmn, (stull‘nnimhrr n‘f :hn National z\:{ the Salmagundi Club, the American 2 - {dave | Academy of Design and has won nu- ter Color Society, the New York HE intervention of the holidays | poroys ywards. Her pictures of chil-[ Water Color Society and the several invariably causes a lull in art|dren are most engaging. Her "Girl In | societles of etchers. He was elected circles, but now that they :Ar(-";rl‘l\)‘\' ‘Is (‘_V:.';:‘“h l"l'!""W]\'!:"l<"“~\[::1f?llm I\nl-ld)'eur an .‘chmc lnllhe National e F 2 |of Art; ginia and Sta s | Academy of gn. H over interest reawakens and| (L Ci5 TN llute of Chicags, | inohaded in the weimanomt Sotestions before the end of the present week |while the Syracuse Musenm of Art|of the Library of Congress, the Public the art season will again be in full has her “Girl in Green,” to mention |Library of New York, the Museum of e only a few. There iy every renson o Fine Arts, Boston: the Art_Inatitute |antcipate from these two artists a|of Chicago, t o ts, Arrangements have been made 10|y, ,iahle and impressive showing. San I)le:n. n:; ’:’n“em:‘l:'; \;:;‘e?;n”fia. extend the notable loan exhibition of i early American portraits, minfatures L0 Loulh, Jand tave heen purchassd Ly and siiver until the end of January,| AT the Art Club, 2017 T street. two |the Uffizi Gallery of Florence and by 50 that those who have not had oppor- very attractive exhibitions by two | Queen Margheriia of Italy. The ma- funity to visit the National Gallery |well known local artists opened today. [ JOrity are of forelgn scenes, architec- in the new National Museum where |In the upper room are displayed por- ;gffl‘i\ 3;"1_*" beautifully rendered. this display !s set forth will be able |traits, stilllife and other subjects in rm-"- 4”‘;‘_! Mather, jr., professor o do 8o with ample time to carefully |oil and pastel by Hattle E. Burdette, | 0f art at Princeton and one of our study the exhibits. The chief reason |while in the lower room are to be seen [ leading authorities on Itallan art, has for interest in this collection is found | iandscapes in water color by Elizabeth | stid in the fact that many of the works Miss Burdette is a Wash-| “What I &till like about the etch- exhibited are privateiy owned, have |ingtonian by birth and has studied ex- | ings of Ernest D. Roth, is what first not been shown before and may not |clusively here. She is a gifted de-|attracted me to his work some dozen be shown again. It is understood that [ signer and has done excellent illustra rs ago—n strenuous observation, invitations hive been issued by the|tive work, but her chief reputation |modesty In respecting the character of committes which assembled the ex-|has been won as a painter of portraits | place, a touch at once alert and in- hibition to varfous local clubs sug-|{and stilllifes. Her portrats e | finitely patient. These seemed to me gesting that . certain afternoon be |teen and are commonly in oll or pastel | qualities that weuld carry a young appointed by each for the attendance | or in miniature. and in all these medt- ' etcher far amid the host of merely af club members, at which thne mem- | ums she does equally well. The por- | stolid or merely clever men who are hers of the committes promiss to be | traits now on view in thix collaction |globe-trotting, needle in hand. And on hand to act as hosts and hoste: are almost without exception recent | I not been disappointed. Roth 1d to answer such questions o works and Include an interesting group | has nothing of the o] fidelity, visitors may deeire to ask of child portraits, the son and daugh- while he has gained immiensely in superintendent of public schools ters of Senator and Mrs, Thomas F. ease and in compositional sense. axpressed his interest and his desire | Bavard. Nothing would have been easfer than that the school children of Washin Miss Sawtelle, a daughter of the (o force the picturesqueness of &cenes on should taie advantage of the op- | late Gen. Sawtelie, is likewise a Wash. | already superiutively so, nnd nothing portunit of becoming ingtonian. She is a pupil of Wood. Roth's probity forbids IDA GILBERT MYERS. NORTH AMERICAN WILD FLOW- ERS. By Mary Vaux Walcott. Published by the Smithsonian In- stitution, Washington, D. € OOKS, like people, sum general uverage of the monplace. Yet now and then @ book uppears-—just as once 1 in a Jong while a man or A | my eye bore out this assumption 1o the full. And other people must ha recognized this devotion and ls fruft- age, for, in the eourse ol time, theie came to the artlst requests to put her flowe: ures on exhibitfon. This has already N do both In New York and Washington. So, litUe by Htie grew the idea of the big enterpries that is (0 be_embodied finally fn “North American Wili Flowers.” Five vol lumes, 400 pictures painted from lifs, and a finely adequate text—the whole copstituting great work and great aw as ‘well A selffoss work from the ma terial point of view—this long and lay borious and happy achievement * x ¥ ¥ LLET us hope that some a < American ers” wil sned its purplg and fine linen to step down to the common leveis of home spun. 1If it should do this, then ail ¢ |us—the botanist, the genaral student | the artlst in need of inspiration ar | sugkestion, the {ndustrial decorato gner looking for motif ar to a com woman appears—whose clear distine- tion of quality commands immediate | attention and consideration. Such a {hook is Mary Vaux Walcott's “North | American W4 Flowers,” now being published by the Smithsonian Insti- tution and bearing the seal of that no table school of scientific research P HE first of the five volumes mak ing up the completed edition of this work is now at hand. Plainly here is a striking example of the pur-| ", BEC IO § 0 e Wilcott ple patiern of modern bookmaking. A it SR OV By e Tndeed big and impressive volume—substan-;’ j." 4 monument of achleverhent tial, beautiful, perfectly adapted in{ hink of it! Completed in its five form to its ultimate uges, simple, com- | ylyniew here will be 400 plctiires . | Kenersl suERestlon cvors one ot e plete, exclusive. Not for everybody t0|t;ye and exquisite pictures, every one | can follow this great flower pageant own, this edition de luxe, but a delight | ortrem ‘painted from life by Mrs. | in fts delicate b, ey bageant for many, nevertheless, to see and to| Wwalcott herself-—projecting the native | more, an read into it the persist foel. The body of the book consiste of | fowers of North America. Not all of an read into it the persis 80 loose-leaf flower pictures, each car | ihem, but enough to give @ very wide |art and the finsl achievement that rying jts own explanatory text. Alll.pread of habitat, a great variety of [these in combination, are bound finished, the five volumes will offer|family and kind, more than one cu-|secure. THI that fae commes s me 400 of these pictures. A portfolio bind- | rjous exemplification in plans of obe-|he able to see this Look in library « ing assures the most satisfactory|dience to the laws of environment, as|other place of common assemblage handling of thisx material, as it al80| man himself. all life, exemplifies 6 1 tor try 6 96 ton PORTRAIT OF THE DAUGHTER OF SENATOR AND MRS. THOMAS F. BAYARD, PAINTED BY HATTIE E. BURDETTE, ON through this medium with early Amer- editorlal in ican art town paper exhibition An called our ynal Galler: seume and collectors are ordering which cor Amerfcan Muse ing special trips view the exhibition oF ithe leading B rcabled Britlsh questing his rticle on t tion. Seldom attracted such art, and has a % HE Corcoran Gallery of Art is open- ing the special e .ane. b inction, rly part and nsen regular he other other cities emembered, wi national portrait « portraits « Mr. several ection the the Bel ns. ng war Mr. Johansen paint- vies of shipyard pictures 1y rendered ght and atmosphere, ) the idea of propaganda in a_successful These were done at a people were not only outcome of war but unhappy concerning full fon of the wa time when man tful as to the tletpation in ~pondency. Mr and force that the eyes of our people and real acco can el energy, might play in value as a nat Primarily wife are both A his portrait of Alexander many yvears art editor \fagazine brought early to this first at the Art hen under Duveneck then at the Jullan e is a member of the of Desig deavor, of iferron nd other Mrs. Johansen was born in Chicago, studied at likewise Institute and but Art attention stating that it afforded one of the best demonstrations yet made of the real need of a buildi collections. coples of ttutes a handbook of early directors of ns and art collectors are mak- to_Washington to The editor of one sh art magazines Ambassador re- sistance {n securing an e exhibition for publica- local wide attention. hibition of paintinga by John his wife, Jean Mc- th painters of exceptional dis- contributors to the Corcoran’s biennial exhibitions and to leading exhibitions held in Johansen, it will be s commissioned by the mmittee to paint of the foreign national to Mrs. of painting portrait it. & perfod of ereat de- Johansen painted the serfes of pictures with patriotic intent. He endeavored and succeeded in put- ting into them some of the enthusiasm Amertea nspired in him, and thus he opened iplishment worthy page in the history of Amer- witnessing to the part that art such endeavor and its nal asset. Johunsen palnters know He is a Dane by birth, was ountry, Studied Institute of Academy in under Duveneck. acquainted | more popular. bury, and he water colors have won admission in some of the leading exhi- | to bitions held throughout the country Sho uses a full Lrush, and paints broadly, somewhat in the manner of her master, yet in a way quite her own. Miss Sawtelle spent last Winter abroad und s number of the water colors included in this exhibition were | ing is the miracle, executed during that time. They are |ever dictated by an out-of- maki to the v at is there. rances and not mind. How he £ to house Mu- in_other citfes the catalogue Art exhibition of this week a war por- Johansen for this of the lnrge richly termina- the our par- shipbuilding to herofc effort They form devotion and PORTRAIT OF THE SON OF SENATOR AND MRS and his THE ARTS CLUB EXHIBITION. of portraits. works 18 a W. Drake, for of the Century impressive for their breadth of han-| dling, their colorful and virile qualitles. These exhibitions will continue for a fortnight > specific, and formula. consummately alive.” delicate, * % ¥ % g N THE Smithsonian Building, under| ) Paris. he auspices of the divislon of Natiorial Acad- | graphic arts of the National Museum. | is, the far west efved nu-|Is now to on of etch-! is glven over ie is repre- | ings by of the: unique exh of | forer etchers. | fng and handwork 1 tu | Mr ments, assembled by t Museum | of 3 the public | cireuit fuseum in | sl . studie t Art Insti- | the National Acader Design and | the public in- | learned etching from J D private collec. [ lte. From 1606 to 1908 be lived abroad The years 14 he spent in Italy and France, and the -1 he was in the Chicago | Spain. The intervening years he was in New York City. He is a member Chicago, in Cincinnatl, end the this countr There in art, the applicat ship on the part studies the exquisite pen and pencil s shown alongside the etchings testify How a touch so light can be o search- And the touch is the form, such an exaggeration; his task is not turesqueness, but to re- He stands on ap- much on states of ppearances ‘hes always THOMAS F. BAYARD, PAINTED BY HATTIE E. BURDETTE. ON VIEW IN never a matter of dot, dash, These are drawings, | heavily in the maintenance of world strong and THAT is known as the chapel of the Smithsonian Institution—that the building— esent time to a | rawings, model- settle- the Natlonal Fed- | ¢ Settlements and sent on a | are over 300 exhibits, the majority of which show influence of qualified and directors, more than average skill n of origi pulses’ in design. and ghod cra of the workmen. These exhibits were made chiefly by the foreign-born with whom the set- designers al im- tsman- VIEW AT THE ARTS CLUB. tlements come in contact—those from 7 to 80 years of a There are some excellent wood carvings, baskets and lighting fixtures, and there is a wide range both of kind and quality of needlework und weaving. This work to a great extent has all been done by forefgn-born women whu have ac quired thelr akill in the country of their birth and evidence the impor- tance of conserving this precious gift brought to America through fmmigra- tion. There are numérous exsmples of Italian design in stitchery. lace cut-work, etc. There are fewer but equally fine examples of Armenian, Greek, Syrian and Ukranian design in needlework. From the Children's | Art Center of Boston comes an ex-| ceedinly interesting collection of draw ings made under an entirely new sys tem inaugurated by Charles, W Woodbury. There are some excellent little etchings from the Educational Alliance Art School: the Folk Handi crafts Guild, Dennison House, Boston shows Greek. Itallan and Syrian needlework; from Greenwich _House come wood carving and potter® from our own Neighborhood House re ex- amples of batfk work, enameling and rug making. In short, it is a varied and interesting showing. The itiner- ary of the exhibition includes Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Buf. falo, Pittsburgh and Philadelphta and later New York and Boston. The ex- hibition will continue here through January 6 only LEAGUE JUSTIFIE Relation of Locarno Pacts BY DR. JAMES T. SHOTWELL, | I Historian and Authority on World | Affairs. A8 the new year opens a great year | closes for the League of Nations. In the first place it has been a testing year. In 1924 the league had written its name into the greatest chapter of idealism that the political world has ever seen, the protocol of Geneva This great effort to outlaw war by what amounted to a joint guarantee against an aggrassor failed of accept- ance by the British govern ment. = The British felt that thes might be made policeman all over the world and, however much the Brit ish Empire stands for peace. it does not relish taking the full responsibility for the ungrateful task of peacemaker everywhere and anywhere that quar- rels may arise. It was but natural, therefore, that last March Mr. Cham- berlain, the British forelgn minist should reject -the protocol of Geneva as involving Britain too far and too reulisti peace. This_rejection of the great docu- |ment by Britain was at the time hailed in many quarters as giving the death blow to the league itself. In an article which I wrote at the time I pointed out how absurd that inter- pretation was. Britain was already engaged upon negotlations looking to- ward a limited application of ms much of the protocol of Geneva as could be accepted at any one time by an em- | pire with world-wide responsibilities. | The agreement at Locarno has justi- fled these hopes. It is based upon a part of the protocol of Geneva and the “American plan” which was con- sidered at Geneva at the time. Arti- cles III and V of the Locarno peace pact accept the principles ot the out iawry of war, which was the basis of the protocil, but adjust it to a much more practical scheme than had been worked out previously either in this country or in Geneva. The aggres- S ALL HOPES WITH ITS RECORD DURING 1925 to Avert War Close to Ge- neva Protocal and Treaties Are Continuation of That Mevement. sor is definad in the Loca that power which goes to ing the appropriate tribu | cific settlement of the dispute | such means are indicated the World Court, an arbitration tribunal, and a permanent commission for concilia- tion. The council of the Leakue of Nations is to be used as a med! body to assist the governments findimg the proper means of settle ment for each particular kind of dis- pute; and the whole structure of fifs tice is to be harmonized with the covenant of the League of Nations This means that the Locarno pact not only definitely hrings Germany swithin the league. which is a cause of re Joleing at Geneva. but the further f. that the alternative for war which has been accepted by the great powers of Europe {= an alternative with structure of the lengue. From r there can be no further doubt in any mind but that the league embodi not only the effective framework for international conclliation but the life principle itself The best way to understand the re lation of Locarno to the league is to consider carefully all that Is implied in the historic summing up of the sit uation by Viscount Grey of Falloden, who can speak In such question with an experience and authority beyond that of perhaps any other living statesman. Speaking in Queen’s Hall on June last (it was before Lo- no was signed, but the facts are Lord Grey summed up new peace obligations as fol- “Britaln,” he sald, “henceforth would fight only for two things: to defend itself when attacked, and to defend the covenant of the League of Natlons and the principle of arbitra- tion.” When one compares this pro- nouncement with the historical role of the British Empire, one sees what a challenge to the world has been created by the movement for world peace incorporated in the League of Natlons. (Copyright. 1925, BREAK IN POLICY OF ISOLATION | SEEN IN U. S. ARMS PARLEY ROLE | {Gen. Allen Declares Step Toward International Co-operation Is Welcomed by Increasingly Large Group. BY GEN. HENRY T. ALLEN, Who Commanded the American Army | on the Rhine, | By participating in the preliminary conference on reduction of armaments at Geneva in February—and in con- sequence in the resulting general con- ference on disarmament—this coun- try associates itself with the other natlons of the world in a cause which our Presidents and Congresses have espoused since the first Hague con- | ference. Not to have accepted the |invitation would have indicated a glaring inconsistency _incompatible with the dignity of the Nation. ‘This step strongly suggests that in future conferences bearing on the ma- Jor activities of man, even though under the aegis of the League of Na- tions, this country will justly have official representation. This step in- timates that partisan hatred is yleld- ing to national welfare and also that this great Natlon is declding to take its proper place in international coun- clls. We are no longer to pigeonhole unanswered communications from Ge- neva. The restrictions imposed by us in accepting the invitation are of no se- rious moment, for neither security pacts nor enforcement of agreements probably would appear on theagenda whether or not our participation in such were not disavowed In advance. Moreover, the other conferring na- tions probably would have recognized that the present strength of our land forces is in conformity with the min- imum that will be accepted by other countrfes as essential to interior or- der. Thus far there has not ap- peared to be any objection to our representatives agreeing to the in- clusion of polsonous gases and .air machines in_the conference. nce the Washington conference in 1921, ending in the big regional four- power pact, the maritime powers have engaged in rival construction of the AN ETCHING BY ERNEST D. ROTH, WHICH IS ON EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. !unrestricted 10,0004an cruisers in in- creasing numbers. of greatdr destruc- tiveness and at far greater costs—up to $15,000,000 each. A similar state: ment may be made of submarines and destroyers. In any discussion of the reduction of land or sea forces sound national policies muat figure largely, vet & universal diminution measured in ratlo to actual strengths should not be considered harmful to the sta- tus quo of any given nation. It is quite possible that congres- sional approval of the President's at- titude toward greater co-operation in world mattera will be secured by ask ing Congress -to vote the necessary >xpenses of the delegates rather than to pay them directly from current ap- propriations for contingent expenses. This new step toward greater in- ternational co-operation is hailed with deep satisfaction by the ever-increas- Ing number of internationally minded Americans, who recognize in it not only greater material advantages to the country. but also an advance in the moral leadership that the new era has imposed upon the United States. It is to be hoped that the duties of the chairman of the Senate commit- tes on foreign relations may not be 80 pressing here as to prevent his par- ticipation there. (Copyright. 1925.) Elephants Are Protected. French Colonial Minister Deladier has produced a long string of laws in answer to the elephant's call for pro- tection against big game hunters who have gone Into French Africa ever since the earliest explorers pierced the jungl The right to hunt is strictly regulated and jlimited. The length and time of the hunting season, the kind of animals and the numbers permitted to be bagged is definitely prescribed. Animal refuge parks are 0 be established in the near future in all the varieus Frenoh colonfes es in a deliberate artistry to give fit guardianship to the art infolded by In an exceeding care one opens the big portfolio—itself a beguilement: the serviceable boards dressed in soft gray linen, bound together ith leath- deep blue, and bearing upon its ce. in silver sheen, a reproduction of the Smithsonian seal. Once inside— there, leaf by leaf, spreads the first section of this pageant of the wild flowers of North America. Many of them are old friends. Many of them are strangers. But all of them look Jut in the spirit of being alive. This effect {s In part, no doubt, due to onec's own imagination {nspired by the soft and vital quality of the,work itself. By some means unknown to me though no~doubt quite clear to the ar. tist, these flowers had seemingly sunk themselves into a soft bed of sus- taining life, from which, quietly, but eagerly allve, they looked straight back at me, each In its own person and in the full implication, besides, of its native home and fts habits and all its ways of being. An odd effect, due, probably, to my iack of sophistication in art. Curfous, I asked Mre. Wal cott about this vitality of appeal. And she told me the story of the many ex- periments that went into the repro duction of these pictures, of the many trials and tests and fresh beginnings | After a long time and no end of ¢ a particular make of ‘paper was brought into use, a special was invented, cost was for the time this fact of developme: With e picture will go a plain, exact, under standable text, describing the eser tial features of that flower an it important relationships in lite. UT to get back to the real story It begins with the story of « little girl who was forever ing and painting the flowers around Her. Thiz was an fmportant sign to which wise parents gave heed and encouragement. So. in the Summer time, when the family left the cit for the mountalns, this little girl went on with her beloved occupation in added zest. And the vears went by, she all the time absorbed in the engaging business of palnting the flowers. Fase i skill came with practice, to be sure. A sense of grow ing power, no doubt, work its best incentive girl grew to be a big girl to be a woman—still flowers. There came then the opy {travel through the North West and the Northwest in that was scientific in pur, suit. And all the time the Mrs. Walcott — followed her business under all sorts of d and delights, questing the adde L compan »se and p ers and transferring them to the safe- | keeping of canvas. It seemed | that & very pointed devotion we | this perfod as it had already gone into fpreceding The pictures un Armament Cutting from_Yirst Page) the number of cruisers necessary for safety would far exceed our present strength or-any program ever con- ceived for us. The British menace us; it Is danger. take the same view of our cruiser fleet, but it would be for us to butid. not for them to scrap. Therefore any possible agreement as to the number of cruisers would mean an increase, not a reduction. On the other hand, submarines ot stitute for us and for the French, given our own conditions, valuable arms, in the opinion of our naval au- thorities. The British effort to have the submarine outlawed is no more than the natural desire to get rid of the weapon which alone imperils her supremacy in European w: But the submarine is not only regard ed as a useful weapon in view of peculiar American and French condi tions: it is obviously the weapon of the poor and small countries h cannot afford battleships or even large crulser fleets. It is the single weapon they can hope to possess in any considerable quantity. Deadlock Expected. Nations 100 poor to use battleships will patently clamor to have the bat- tleship banned: nations which are too poor to have cruiser fleets or have no need for them will argue agalnst fleet a threat nor a cruiser does not not the cruiser, while Britain, for patent | reasons, will seek to abolish tha sub- marine. But there the deadlock which arrived at Washington fs almost cer- tain to reappear, for Britain will not abandon cruisers or iimit them below her own conception of safety, while France, Italy and all the smaller states will stand similarlv on the submarine, as we shall doubtless also In reality the question of the sub- marine must be settled by private agreement, if at all. It is the French submarine which alarms the British But Britain has now extended her guarantee to France in case of ag- gression. Therefore an adjustment between France and Britain as to {submarine use and strength should be simple. The idea that the submarine, or even polson gas, can be banned from war use is in all human probability vain. Natlons fighting for their ex- istence—and every nation at war is fighting for {ts existence—will not be stopped from the use of any weapon which promises to bring victory or to prevent defeat. There was a ban against poison gas before the last war. But it broke down and each side ac- cuses the other of responsibility Peace Idea Visionary. In reality the conception of insur- ing peace by disarmament or by the Ilimitation of armed strength is more or less visjonary. The great advan- tage of the Washington conference lay not in the contribution of anything material to world peace, but in the avoidance of colossal and futile ex- penditure upon unnecessary nawal pro- grams. For the United States and Britain to build against each other was a howling absurdity, since never under any possibility could their fleets be used against each other. Never would one attack the other because the idea is foreign to both peoples. We were not even fearful of attack. either one of us. Moreover, Japan was finan- clally unable to compete with either of us, So once she had a fleet adequate to satisfy her own conception of se- curity, more was not only useless but destined to provoke counter-building, which would destroy her security. No army in Europe today, not even that of Boviet Russia, constitutes a menace to peace. But all armies are an obvious burden and all treasuries are in a difficult condition. Any re- duction of armies or navies which can be made must. therefore, serve a useful turn. Some adjustment be- tween the varfous states, some stand ard and system of military strength, must ultimately be reached, for. peace- ful as Europe now is, 10 or 20 years from now conditions may well change and the present is a favorable moment not to be lost. TUndoubtedly R f§ af Doubtless the British would | Not Problem value to have nations | question of armaments this way the educated to perceive the real diffic ties in t any effective duction of it so far as Furope no conference can lead to eral and tangible re | sults. because conference can bind those present 1o ual assist in case of attack therefore é rnation will have lanalysis, judse diseuss togetlier; world can e f defense atl the conference will be useful in so far us it indicates our interest and sympathy, it will be use. ful s at home in so far a it serves to give publicity to the facts European situ But the Y likely to be meager: that is. the positive ts measured in terms of reductio because the con ference cannot have said, con tribute to se: erefore to reduction Europe is process of justing its military strength to hew conditions which the post-war arrangements have brought about runce, for example, ix reducing he opean army to @ third of its pre ar strength. Italy has reduced hers by at least half. Germany has been compelled to cut hers to practically nothing. Britian has returned to her pre-war strength. In all human probability the French army and the British will remain where they are for a considerable period of time, while the German is bound in no long time and despite treaties to be brought to the French level What is most to be hoped for, al- though it must take a long time to be attained, is some strength between the great powers which will preclude the ultimate ar rival of a new competition. But this well nigh Utopian result cannot be obtained by conference in the first place, but by private adjustment and by the general improvement in Furopean conditions, The problem of limitation of arma ments, then, is not in any real sense 4 problem of peace at the present time. It will be adjusted and is be ing adjusted precisely as the prob lem of peace itself is being adjusted. Security and absence of fear are re ducing armies. The process is hound to go on and the spur is cbviously the burden of expense Involved in the matntenance of the armies. No Army Competition. At the Washington conference we put an end to an impending competi tion in naval construction, which did not represent any competition in in terests, but did involve a tremendous financial outlay. There i= mow no competition in armed strength in Eu |rope. There is no immediate peril incident to such competition. Armies are being reduced not increased; no nation of importance save German; which has been forcibly disarmed be low the level of her melghbors, has any interest in advocating an in- crease In its army. The best that might come from a conference or from several confer- ences might be the ultimate agree- ment upon an approximate scale of armaments which would limit ex- pense, cover national ideas of the min- imum of security and at time avoid provoking fears in other | nations, But to attain this end it | would be necessary first to arrive at | other TLocarno pacts and other par- | tieular agreements, in none of which could we have part- or parcel beyond indicating our benevolent approvai. For those who expect great results the Geneva conferences will prove a bitter disappointment, for those who see n the fact of the conference the proof of the improvement of general conditions there is much reason for rejoicing. While nations do not fear |each other their armies are not a menace to peace. But it is precisely | at such a time that mutual agree | ments could and should he made lim liting strengths, for when fear exis | then armies do inspire additional ap- | prehension and ultimate competition | Dizarmament cannot he a contribu {tion te peace directly. hut peace can mightily contribute to the reduction of armies. That is the present Rope. (Copyrisht. 1926.) read busy draw- | standard of | the same | plant | of reces rary fu 40 book A\merica: dies the mos The list was of the commi n of the \merica ¢ consis ed unde re entitled «h Emipire, France many and the Unit ns in th shing works ann those 10; below 2,500, ordinartly become ¥y, and it i publicatior best ns of drawing inteile: in tou. eves t an Librar s the au ted State ng ther i Of Peace, But One of Economy | Bellas Letters and Art. S A Story-Teller's Stor rs of Job and Letters « library.) 1s. E-0 Gorgas, Hendrick. B. | Watiam ¢ E-08 { Hambidga, 7 Parthenon & Other Gr les. (Not yet library.) Hamn a. J w Steinmet:. 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