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Count Hermann Keyserling (Continued from page 432) which gift, he informed me, exhausts him. o another interviewer he made this Tastonishing statement: "I am of the new age, but I am not primitive. I am one of the leaders, one who understands the new primitive type and will lead it through to a new age of splendid maturity, of perfection. Lenine and Mussolini are also such leaders. . . . I am quite of this age. Before the war I had nothing to say. Now I am in my element." Questioned about fellowphilosophers, he said: "Bertrand Russell? A brilliant mathematician, but too. much the theorist." [Sic!] "Havelock Ellis? I know him only from his chapter in my 'Book of Marriage.' to "a private home by some one of high standing in the city who can provide a private bath and a suitable number of attendants." That the Count prefers mixed gatherings, with younger members of the opposite sex, while males present "should be bright but not too brilliant." That the Count prefers champagne or red wine, but not "German white wine, which makes the Count indignant." That he is to be "suitably protected" at the Club, that only two officers of the Club be permitted to address him. [This is ostensibly to shield him from embarrassing questions by amateur philosophers who might beg to differ.] That the questions which reporters may ask the Count are to conform to a specified outline. HE despatch was published with the Having Book of the expressions of Thedging qualifications which are observed vanity and egotism in this so-called mystic philosopher, I was not surprised by the publication in the New York "World" of February 24 of a special despatch from Los Angeles to the effect. that the Friday Morning Club, "an exclusive women's organization," before which Count Keyserling was to lecture, had received from the Count's agents the following instructions: That the Count must be met at the station with fitting ceremony and taken are supposed to constitute protection against the possibilities of libel. If a club in Los Angeles received such instructions, so also have, and will, other clubs before which the Count is to appear during his tour, which ends some time in the middle of April. The Leigh-Emmerich Bureau, which is managing his lecture tour, refuses to deny having sent a letter of the character described in the "World's" despatch. Also it refuses to affirm. Whether Keyserling demands the defer ence due to an expropriated noblemanif not to the philosopher Hermann Keyserling-whether he prefers champagne to German white wine, the society of pretty women to brilliant men, whether he requires protection from the questioning of hostile persons, I cannot of my own knowledge say, but I can say that the Keyserling which such a letter would advertise accords with that part of his nature which Keyserling has revealed. I can well believe that Count Keyserling would seek to be protected against the questioning of those who differ. The inclusion of that condition gives credi bility to the despatch in full, for not only did Keyserling show in his attitude towards me that he was abnormally sen sitive to skepticism, but he said: "If an enemy is living his own truth, I would find it impossible to convert him-I never would not try. A philosopher opens shut doors. Who doesn't seek for himself can't be helped. . . . I never go to the cities of my enemies." Later, in discussing the institution which bears the title of the School of Wisdom and which has no other light of leading than the Count, he said: "Wherever I go there is the School of Wisdom. Nobody comes to Darmstadt who is not worth seeing. I don't let fools bother me." And by an unconscious transposition, those who differ with a philosopher can become fools to that philosopher. In this Issue March 21, 1928 No. 12 Lights Down: A Review of the 456 464 465 466 By DIXON MERRITT 443 443 Natural Religion 458 443 By HARVEY O'HIGGINS 444 The Land That Paid No Taxes 460 444 By HAROLD T. PULSIFER 472 45I Delegates 451 As remembered by SIR HARRY LAUDER Windows on the World By MALCOLM W. DAVIS Austria's Word War with Italy New Life to an Old Controversy From Washington: A President Awaits a Mayor. Ignoring the Submarine Keeping a Stage-Coach Congress 451 Editorials: That Live Issue-Prohibition . Much Ado About Helena By EUGENE BONNER The Movies By A. M. SHERWOOD, JR. Business and Finance : Political Tinkering with Financial Markets A Bird Editorial 454 The Religion of College Men 455 Casual Grievers 455 Articles: St. Ildefonso of Toledo A painting by EL GRECO From Publisher-To You FRANCIS RUFUS BELLAMY, Publisher ASSOCIATE EDITORS 467 469 470 475 476 477 442 441 ERNEST HAMLIN ABBOTT, Editor-in-Chief MALCOLM WATERS DAVIS DIXON MERRITT HAROLD T. PULSIFER WILLIAM L. ETTINGER, JR., Advertising Manager The Outlook is indexed in the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature THE OUTLOOK, March 21, 1928. Volume 148, Number 12. Published weekly by The Outlook Company at 120 East 16th Street, New York, N. Y. Subscription price $5.00 a year. Single copies 15 cents each. Foreign subscription to countries in the postal Union, $6.56. Entered as second-class matter, July 21, 1893, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., and December 1, 1926, at the Post Office at Dunellen, N. J., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1928, by The Outlook Company. WE print, on another page, the remarks made by Senator Borah on the present political situation. ASSERTING that the people are discouraged and baffled because they cannot get public questions squarely and fairly presented and intimating that the political world pussyfoots for venal reasons-he says: "A voter is entitled to an opportunity to record his vote in accordance with his convictions; and it is impossible for him to do that unless the issues are fairly presented to him. A candidate who has no views on public questions is unfit; a candidate who has views and is afraid to state them is unfair." To us, these words are like a fresh breeze from the sea, blowing away the mists behind which our political leaders have been hiding these past few years. It seems to have been almost completely forgotten, of late, that, since our Government is a government by political party, political parties are supposed to hold actual political beliefs. Such political beliefs are usually supposed to be based on a political philosophy. And such a philosophy has in the past been considered a sine qua non in any leader worthy of the name. Senator Borah's challenge definitely poses the question. HAVE our present-day leaders any definite philosophy which they apply to prohibition? to domestic politics? to foreign affairs? to the regulation of business? to the oil scandals and the Ohio gang's transactions? In short, what do our responsible leaders really think on the vital questions of the day? Have they definite beliefs? Or are they afraid to say? Certainly men who attempt to secure nominations and votes without expressing genuine honest beliefs on vital questions are as dishonest as get-rich-quick concerns which attempt to secure money on false pretenses. One does not conceive of a Roosevelt or a Wilson or a Cleveland seeking election in this man The most important exhibition in New York at present is the Spanish Loan Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum. The period covered is approximately 1600 to 1800, the only one during which Spanish painting has attained great importance. It begins with El Greco, includes Velasquez, and ends with Goya. This painting by El Greco The Outlook March 21, 1928 To Parties and Candidates Events of the Week SENATOR BORAH Continues manfully to try to release the soft pedal in the campaign organ. He has followed up his questionnaire to Republican Presidential aspirants with some harsh and biting words about pussyfooting parties and party leaders. "A candidate who has no views upon public questions is unfit," he said in an address to the Idaho State Society in Washington. "A candidate who has views and is afraid to express them is unsafe. "A political party which is unwilling to declare upon questions of general and public interest is no longer an instrument of public good performing a great service, but a scheming piece of organized chicanery for the utilization of millions of honest voters to the gathering in of patronage and the despoiling of the public patronage. "In late Presidential elections as high as fifty-one per cent of the voters in some States have remained away from the polls. What is the remedy? The first and primary remedy is for candidates and political parties to speak candidly and plainly to the people upon subjects in which the people are inter ested. the people lose interest and stay away Mr. Borah seemed to be talking to revealed to the voters of the party "The modern system of avoiding is- organization method of running conven- "Give the people issues, and you will Senator Borah remains the only prominent Republican who "candidly and plainly" expresses his feelings about the disclosures of the oil inquiry. In a letter to Chairman Butler, of the Republican National Committee, he suggests that every cent of "oil money" be returned to the donors, and he believes that there are plenty of Republicans who will be willing to contribute from one dollar up to clear the party of "this "The most demoralizing and corrupting instrumentality in American politics is that of great political parties deliberately maneuvering and side-stepping with reference to questions of great public interest. The people are not indifferent to these public questions. They are baffled and discouraged because they cannot get them squarely and fairly presented. Compare the platforms and campaigns and the presentation of issues years ago with the recent years, and you will have no trouble in determining why humiliating stigma.” Is There Unemployment? DESPATCHES from Washington indicate that the Administration is in no way alarmed by reports of growing unemployment. Several Republican Senators arose to refute a speech made by Robert F. Wagner, junior member from New York and a Democrat, setting forth that the situation is really serious. The Department of Labor is, however, to make an investigation. Meanwhile New York City is beginning to find that the jobless are flocking to it. Being the largest city, it is conceived to have the most jobs. A story published in the New York "World” last week indicates that there are really more men out of work. The Romeike Press Clipping Bureau had inserted in the "World" an advertisement calling for a boy to make himself generally useful. On the last occasion, some six months ago, such an advertisement had brought only a dozen applicants. This time, to the amazement of the clipping company, 500 boys and men clamored for the job. They blocked the corridors and surged around until the police had to be called to restore order. The mob had started to assemble before eight o'clock in the morning. The case may have been exceptional. Some economists say there is always an abundance of office workers. They are the first to suffer when the curve of em ployment drops. But New York is witnessing bread-lines again, for the first time in years. "The Great Smokies " NATIONAL approval and pledge of maintenance, State donations of land, and private beneficerce have united to make possible one of the most picturesque and inviting of our National Parks. Its full title is to be the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but "the Great Smokies" will be its popular name. The new playground is about equally divided between Tennessee and North Carolina territory and covers about 700 square miles. It has been described in The Outlook by one who knew it well as made up of rough and ragged mountains, deep forested valleys, with cascading streams wandering their downward course through the greatest growth and variety of virgin plant life to be found in America. It is well within It is well within reach of automobilists, and that it will be enjoyed by thousands of campers and out-of-door lovers is certain. The Nation has never, we believe, had to buy its National Parks. Those in the West were taken from public domains. As with the Shenandoah Park, the area of the "Great Smokies" is to be paid for partly by State appropriations and partly by public subscription. About $10,000,000 in all was needed. Nearly half of this was in sight when it was announced that $5,000,000 had been appropriated by the trustees of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Probably the wild deer and bears in their mountain fastness did not hear the blowing of Knoxville's factory whistles. that heralded the news, but in time they will see roads and tents and motor cars and trampers, yet will live in peace with those who are enjoying the big woods. and the marvelous mountain views. Hearst Sells His Tabloids.. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, by selling at one stroke two of his tabloid papers and putting the third on the market, lays himself open to suspicion of aspirations toward journalistic respectability. The suspicion is deepened by the fact that it is contrary to Mr. Hearst's policy to dispose of his newspaper properties. But an examination of the facts fails to bear it out. The sale of the tabloids is not symptomatic of an editorial overturn. The reason is not ethical, but economic. Richard is still himself. He has looked with a cool eye upon a business proposition, and he has behaved like a business man. No special paternal predilection for the tabloid interfered with this consummation. The fact is that Mr. Hearst adopted the tabloid method rather against his will, and if there were three of the dwarfs in his family of twenty-six papers he is not wholly responsible. The first of the breed was sired by his bitter journalistic enemies, the owners of the Chicago "Tribune." It was they who founded in New York the "Daily News," premier of the tribe in more senses than one. In a sort of selfdefense, Mr. Hearst set up in June, 1924, the "Daily Mirror," to compete with the "News." The "Mirror" has now achieved a circulation close to half a million, fifth in size in the United States. This is one of the papers he has sold. Despite its huge circulation, it is not a profitable property. It has never served its purpose of cutting into the circulation or the advertising lineage of its rival. On the other hand, its existence has proved injurious to the "American," Mr. Hearst's other morning property in New York and the darling of his heart. As for the "Advertiser" in Boston and the "American" in Baltimore, these also have been disappointments to their. owner. The "Advertiser" was turned over in 1921 from an eight-column paper into a tabloid, and it is this that has been sold with the "Mirror" to Alexander P. Moore, former Ambassador to Spain. Mr. Moore did not want a Bal timore paper; and the third tabloid was put on the market, presumably, to make a clean sweep of that format. Mr. Moore, once editor and publisher of the Pittsburgh "Leader," is reputed to have political uses for his acquisitions in the coming campaign. He professes, at any rate, to have great faith in the fu ture of the picture paper, and hints at extending his holdings. As between him and Mr. Hearst, the issue is clear even to an outsider. He wanted something of which Mr. Hearst was a little weary, and he had the money to pay for it. A Heritage of America It is obviously altogether desirable that the original Wright airplane, which in 1903 made the first flight in history carrying a man, should be preserved in America rather than in the Science Museum of South Kensington, in London, where it now rests and will rest forever unless Mr. Orville Wright exercises his option to bring the historical machine back during his own lifetime. Controversy as to just what Professor Langley accomplished in aviationevery one knows that his experiments and tests were of very great valueshould not balk the desire (one may almost say right) of America to the pos session of this priceless token of man's conquest of the air. The present Secretary of the Smithsonian, recently appointed, Dr. C. G. Abbot, is not responsible for the label which described the Langley machine as "the first man-carrying airplane in the history of the world capable of sustained free flight." That label referred to the Langley flight of 1914 (eleven years after the Wrights' flight) and seemed to mean that the Langley plane might have done what it did not in fact do before 1914. What actually took place in 1914 has been in dispute. The Wrights declare that the Langley plane was largely rebuilt from its original form, and that its flight was intended to influence patent rights. Secretary Walcott, Dr. Abbot's predecessor at the Smithsonian, flatly denied the second of these statements in a signed article which appeared in The Outlook of May 13, 1925, but admitted that many necessary repairs were made in 1914 and that in some of the tests a new engine was installed. In its original form the plane had crashed in 1898; but Dr. Walcott declared that the earlier flights of those made in 1914 were made with the machine "as nearly as possible in its original form and with its original |