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This was raised in a little over a week; in ten days it had gone to eight million; and four days later it had gone to nearly ten million dollars, so that President Coolidge was forced to issue a second proclamation putting an end to the drive on September 16, just two weeks from the time it started, and less than three weeks from the date of the earthquake. I am safe in saying that the total amount raised for this one drive was well over ten million dollars-not three million, as you report. E. W. IGLEHART, Treasurer. American Red Cross, Annapolis (Md.) Chapter. [Ten million is right. And the Red Cross never spent money more worthily or more wisely than for the assistance of Japan. THE EDITORS.] I France, Germany, and Was much interested in your editorial "What More Is Required?" in The Outlook of November 14. That saying of Micah has always been a favorite with me, but I obtained, not a new view of it from your article, but rather an emphasizing of an old one in what you said about not always being able to be merciful if mercy interferes with justice. It is always right to be just. It is instinctive almost axiomatic, I might say. It is not necessary to prove it. It is not enough to be merciful. One must love mercy. "Walk humbly with thy God." It is not sufficient to be humble, though that is necessary. One cannot walk with another without sharing in a measure his sentiments, his ideas, his goodness; and that is just as true of God as of any one else. I liked very much the editorial following on "Independence but Not Insulation." The American people ought to be independent, but that does not mean that we ought not to have anything to do with Germany's capacity to pay. I liked also the article following, on I Fool "A Masterpiece." Indianapolis Times. Continuous excitement." Boston Transcript. "Glorious adventures Sabatini at his best." San Francisco Bulletin. "His best novel since 'Scaramouche'." The Spur. "I didn't know that anyone today could write glorious a tale." Chicago Post. By the author of "Scaramouche, "The Banner of the Bull," "Captain Blood," etc. $2.00 at all bookstores S ABATIZ Houghton Mifflin Co. SABATINI "Lloyd George and his Visit," by the Contributing Editor of The Outlook. In fact, I like all of your magazine. There is one thing, however, in which I am inclined to differ from you, and that is your attitude toward France, which I think is inclined to be too favorable. I have great confidence in Secretary of State Hughes, and apparently, if the newspapers can be trusted, he thinks the restrictions placed by France are too great for us to participate in a committee of experts not to determine how much Germany is to pay, but the amount Germany is able to pay. I was much interested in the article by Sherman Rogers. CHARLES T. BROCKWAY. istration! I had hoped that under the new régime a little of the "normalcy" would be forgotten and a little more justice injected into our foreign affairs. These hopes are evidently in vain, and we must see this policy, which, while not openly anti-French, is certainly welcome and helpful to France's unpenitent neighbor, continued, much to the mortification of a number of Americans who now have no representation or leadership in the Administration. I am thankful to The Outlook for giving such able expression to this feeling. Perhaps Mr. Pinchot could give it some political body. If I may take a little more of your time, I can think back to election night some years ago when Mr. Hughes was thought to be elected President. I happened to be coming to New York on a suburban train. The train was filled with a number of German enthusiasts coming in to celebrate Hughes's election in the "proper" German spirit. Perhaps our present Secretary of State is not entirely unmindful of this kindly feeling from such a large body of voters. G. S. AUER. East Orange, New Jersey. |