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war As 1t Is Today.

italian hand. About 1t fingers the
lndestructible scent of sweet clover,
pressed between its leaves for more
than half century. To this book
turned when I obtained the work of
General Won Bernardo, from a New
York bookseller. The dictionary was
the one used by Colonel Upton when
he created the manual of Tactics"
in use In the United States Army,
Whether Colonel Uptons work is
still an authority I do not know, but
that II was long considered of great
Importance and value l am we'll
aware. But the connecting link be-
tween the lexicon consulted by Col
onel Upton and the German work
on war as 1t is today lies In the fact
that many of the views of the Ger
man soldier author were held by the
United States officer SO many years
ago. Some of them are outlined In
brief in the back pages of the book
which served him as he sat in his
quarters in the west tower of the old
barracks at West Point, now put to
shame by the splendor of the new
military structures which have
transformed the post and added to
1t dignity consonant with its tradi-
lions and its fame.
But this is a far cry from the art
| of war as taught by General Won
| Bernhardi. whose book has other
than a tactiful value for the defend
ers of every nation, America inolud-
| ed. The aim of the author is to
| bring up to date the art of war as
| taught by Clausewitz. and with the
prolix completeness SO dear to the
heart of the German writer on any
subject, the general proceeds. The
merit of the book is seen at once
when one is told that the secret of
war today is to be prepared In time
of peace for the day of conflict. 1t
is somewhat humiliating to note that
America is behind the youngest ma
| ton in civilization--Japan learn
ing this secret 1t is an open secret,
| too, for that preparation is the es-
sence of success in battle has been
taught by The example and practise
| of every great leader In war, ancient
/ or modern.
The philosophic grasp of General Won
Bernhardi is nowhere better shown
than in his treatment of the question
or the modern army and Its problems
He points out the tremendous extent
of the mechanism of modern warfare
and the difficulty of maneuvering the
| Nd6l iid6SSS VI llltl1 DIOu6ll lillO az
ton. The awful consequences of in
itial errors, he explains, are irretriev-
able. and daily on the field new prob
lens are presented that the staff must
meet without regard to the practise
which great masters taught in the
past as the best tactical method. But
he adds. when the first decisive battle
has been fought, when conventional
military formations and organizations
have been relaxed, then. indeed. the
time-honored, oft-proved lessons will
well for the Russian generals, for
Kuropatkin himself, could they have
had the teaching of such a master
when they faced the armies of Nogi,
Kuroh and their fellow generals with
such shameful results in-the wilds of
| Liao-Tung.
Another point upon which General
Won Bernhard lays great stress is of
particular value as lesson to all mill
tary leaders. This is that an army
can never be too strong in attack.
II Kuropatkin had remembered this
there might have been a different tale
to tell after Mukden. And such max
inns as that losses are to be disre-
garded' was certainly remembered by
Grant in the Wilderness.
In another part Of his work General
Won Bernhard makes an announce
ment of ominous import to Europe.
This is the undisguised statement that
Germany, whan she next meets the
French in war, means to march
through both Holland and Belgium.
regardless of treaties or obstacles.
ION WAR OF TODAY" BY General
Frederick Won Bernhardi translated by
Karl Won Donat. London, -Rees, 1913.
marriage Blame,
The intimate relations of married
life are by preference the chosen sub
jeet of French novelists and play
wrights. The closer they can get Il
, the actual incidents of such life thu
more they are pleased. The ingenus
bride is a dainty morsel for the per
of the French writer. In LES Deu,
} Ivresses" II Is a woman who writes
Her two intoxicated lovers are a wifi,
and the man who first makes hel
understand that there is such thing
as passionate love. An Irishman
Herbert Kean, becomes deeply enam
ored of French girl, delicate, i'll.
treated and delightfully."- beautiful IL,
marries her. fully appreciating tha
the health of his bride demands thai
he should be satisfied with what tn,
French designate, with their exquisit,
euphemism, as marriage blanc
The Irish husband Is so chivalrous
so self-denying and so self-containet
that he finds pleasure even in this
: platonic union The girl, Ii is predi
Gated. would be equally content wer,
1t not that temptation appears in tn,
charming person of Pierre d,
! Langeais. Then IL Is that the youne
wife awakes to the fact that love Il
her had been a sealed book. Witt
this revelation comes the other dis
covery that not alone does she no
love her husband, but that she posi-
J lively abhors him.
In this part of the book the au-
thor shows that she must have gone
through some such experience TIL,
' analysis of the dawning sentiment
of the bride is too profound not t
have been inspired by experiences
more or less personal. Yet she write.
delicately of subject that the NAL,
adherents of the school de Maupas
SAINT or the Goncourts would hav,
treated without gloves.
Herbert Kean, meanwhile, agar
demonstrates the nobility of his char
acter by obtaining the annulment o.
his marriage that his wife may b,
at liberty to follow the bent of hel
heart. Those who have been unfor
tunate enough to witness the not un
common experience of bride sudden
ly realizing that she hates the mar
to whom she is tied for life, crea
ture perhaps brutal insensible to tn,
delicacy of the constitution and mine
OF woman, will understand the rar'
skill with which the figures In THU
book are drawn.
J LIES DEUX IVRESSBS." Par Noe
Bangor Perrin, Paris, 1918.
| Combination n PLAYS.
Many books are launched on tn,
method of writing play. Who read
them? Such book can only be q