Taken as a whole, the art historians in Germany are a lot of
excellent laborers, energetic and conscientious, who could
render valuable service were they well directed. But it is
precisely their direction which is at fault. Those among
them who play the role of leader do not know how to
distinguish the relative importance of the problems which
come to their consideration; in confused multitude of facts,
they follow a purely exterior and quite military order in
their classifications; in the same way that a man in the
army is a man only and that all the human units are in rigid
divisions, so for the apostles of "the science of art" a
fact is a fact and automatically falls under the head
destined for it.

"Carnegie and German Peace"

An article in La Revue (Paris), "Carnegie and the German Peace," would
seem to indicate that France is not yet looking toward peace. The
article is by Jean Finot himself, the well-known editor and publisher
of La Revue, and it gives the pacifists short shrift indeed. The
American peace propaganda, M. Finot characterizes as "the attempt at
corruption," and he holds Mr. Carnegie responsible:

Unfortunately Mr. Carnegie endeavors to keep them [his
opinions regarding peace] alive by supporting them with
considerable sums of money for their diffusion abroad. A
movement for "a German peace" has thus sprung up in America
and it is taking on more and more disquieting
proportions....

Mr. Carnegie has been accused and not perhaps without
reason, of subsidizing many Germanophile publications and
thus of aiding in the work of corruption which Germany and
her agents are carrying on throughout the whole world.

The recent peace congress of women at The Hague comes in for some
strong language:

The international congress of women pacifists seems to be
due to Mr. Carnegie's generosity. This poisoning of public
opinion, carried out systematically by his agents and his
money, has become particularly odious. We do not suspect the
honesty of his intentions, but we deplore his profound lack
of comprehension of the events which have been taking place
before his eyes.

Among the American women noted for their talent and
character, Miss Jane Addams occupies a prominent place. But
it seems that her sturdy honesty was not sufficient to
re