Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04

household. He has left Mr.. Lear behind to
arrange the movement Of his effects. The
letters from Philadelphia are filled with
explicit directions for the packing of porce-
lain, the purchase of goods the hiring Of
servants, the multitude of items which are
exclusively domestic. These letters, as
well those written after the retirement
from Office relative to the management
of the farm affairs. present Washington as
a man of marvellous executive force look
ing always far ahead to provide against
contingencies, scrupulousiy honest In the
discharge of his obligations and equally ex-
act In his expectation of payment by his
debtors Yet he was a kind master as
evidenced by the annoyances to which he
was subjected by the servants and slaves,
who imposed upon his forbearance. His
notions Of financial obligations were clearly
defined. He would not remain in a mans
debt. When applied to by Mr.. Lear for
loan at time of temporary embarrass-
ment he refused on the ground that II he
advanced the sum desired he would not
have enough left in cash to meet his own
obligations.
Tobias Lear was one of the best-known
men IN this region at the time that the
federal city afterward named for Wash
ington was In the process Of formation.
There Is much in the letters regarding the
difficulties encountered by the President
In the execution of the plans for the crea-
ton of the capital. Lear's own writings
on this subject have been regarded as
among the most important historical ddcu-
ments relating to the District of Columbia
Many interesting facts relating TO this SUBJ
Ject are supplied by the letters now printed.
The volume contains several rare portraits
and other illustrations from contemporary
sources.
THE NEW FAR EAST, an Examination
into the New Position of Japan and
Her Influence upon the Solution of the
Far Eastern Question, with Special
Reference to the Interests of America
and the Future of the Chinese Empire
BY Thomas +. Willard. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. Willard is no such admirer of the
Japanese that his views Of the far-eastern
question must be accepted with discount
for partisanship. Indeed, he is rather in
cined in the other direction. He does not
regard the outcome Of the war with marked
satisfaction He fears that success has
made the Japanese ''chesty' and that the
prospects for American commercial adj
vancement In Asia are worse today than
they would have been had Russia won In
that struggle. He finds good deal of
fault with Japans preliminary maneuvers.
and especially with her conduct at the out
set of the war. He scores the Toxic gov
eminent severely for what he claims to
have been its lack of good faith in the use
made of Korea as a base of operations
prior to the outbreak of hostilities His
structures upon the Japanese extend to in
clude their treatment OF the Chinese In
Manchuria during the campaign. and the
net result of the whole episode, he AYERS,
Is a tremendous advantage to Japan In the
shaping of the fortunes of eastern Asia.
He hints at close connection between
Japan and the anti-American boycott main
tanned for time by radical Chinese. He
declares that there upward of $1,000 :,
japanese Buddhist priests scattered through
China working in the advancement of the
propcganda of the island empire. He cites
other signs that the Japanese are ambi-
tious to dominate the mainland, even as
they have acquired possession of Korea
and Manchuria. As for the United States,
he believes that it must be exceptionally
adrost to Offset the Japanese influences and
that 1t must not expect Its ancient long
continued friendlinfss to stand 1t in stead
now that the race for commercial suprem- i
acy in Asia Is on In earnest For II Is
Japan's aim, says Mr.. Willard. to capture
the markets OF the far east for herself
and there viii be no concessions for PAST
The book is an interesting study of the
eastern question. with pronounced bias
for the Chinese and similarly pronounced
suspicion OF the Japanese. It 10 admirably
to point out the situation on broad plane.
THE LIFE OF GENERAL HUGH MER-
GER. BY John 4. Goolrick illustrated |
New York and Washington: The NeaIe
Publishing Company.
there will be unveiled with appropriate GER
revolutionary fame at fredericksburg. Va |
olution reported 70 the Continental Congress
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