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And the Fintente will be equally tenaci?

ous of tone-poets born in Germany.

The latest manifestation of this in?

stinct against parochialism in art is

the work of a Haytian poet, Charles I

Moravia, domiciled in New York as

Consul General of the Rcnubliquc

d'Haiti, and one of the best of his

country's literary men. Without know?

ing German, he has published a versi?

fied translation of Heinrich Heine's

"Lyrisches Intermezzo." a group of

early songs now rated among the most

popular in the German tongue. "L'In?

termezzo," as the title stands in French,

if it were not, as it is, entitled to

consideration on its own merits as a

work of exquisite beauty, would de?

serve a place among th^ curiosities of

literature. In order tiiat M. Moravia's

purpose in making it be understood, it

may be recalled that Hayti, once a

colony of France, achieved indepen?

dence after tiie bitterest of struggles,

but retained the language, the religion,

and to a large extent, the culture of

i the First Republic.

I'd. Moravia adores France, as he as

serts in his preface, rejoices in lier

glory and .is afflicted by her misfort?

unes, and at a time when both Hayti

and the United States were maintaining

neutrality he found in these verses

i. means of reconciling his love for that

great nation with sympathy for his,

.?.?lids of German origin.

Heine Jew by Race

And French in Spirit

'Heine, of course, was a .lew. Born

ir. Prussia, his love of freedom soon

brought him into disfavor and he was

1 obliged to withdraw from Germany

and made his home in Paris. In early

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New-York tribune. (1918). New York [N.Y.], 1918-03-31. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1918-03-31/ed-2/?sp=25

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1918-03-31.