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stands them for the time being.

stands them for the time being.
The expression Of "Ono Americans
Opinion of the War" 10y Frederick w.
Whitrldgc tI;. l.. button and Company
has the merits of frankness and rea.
knowledge " Germans ana Germany.
il il provoked by the efforts OF the
official publicity organization 20 intlu-
ence American opinion. Tho authors
views are shared by many Americans
who are friendly 10 Germany but are
annoyed by the present attitude of their
German acCualntauCcs in this country.
The mistake Of taking Prof Muen-
stcrberg seriously and replying to his
arguments IS made by John Cowper
Powys in "The War and Culture" &C.
Arnold Shaw. New York;. 1t Is a pity
that culture should be dragged into the
controversy. which IL based, It Will be
found. on extremely simple matcria,ist!o
grounds. The great mass OF Germans.
we venture TO say, IL as ignorant of
NietZsche as most Americans are, say.
Of Bernard shaw. great as both are IN
literary circles. No doubt huma nifty
owes much to German thought as II
does To French English, Italian, Jewish,
Greek and American thought: the
amount OF the debt e being exaggerated
li'NI i'N'Nfl, ny lllt 'ftI lldu advocates
and by those who try 10 refute them.
The English arguments. pleas and
refuations ARE numerous First comes
what seems 70 be tho official statement
the british Foreign Offioe, Great
! britain ana the European Crisis" pub
iished ny ITls Majesty's printers, Har-
rison and Sons, and distributed by IT.
Fisher Irwin International News
O.. Z,
brief narrative of events, followed by
the correspondence and the speeches IN
Parliament that Immediately preceded
the declaration Of war.
Next come tho appeals and justitica-
tons made by noted persons. moro or
less excited. Sir A. Conan DOYLE calls
his Great Britain ana the Next War "
"a reply 70 Bernhard (Small, Maynard
and Company. Boston,. Arnold Ben
netts effort !s entitled Liberty"
George II Dorian Company. Mr..
Cloudesley Brereton asks, Who Is Re-
sponsible?" CO. p. Putnsm's Suns),
and already speculates on what will
happen when II Is over. An American,
Toward Pitcher Dixie. joins the Brit
Ism chorus in Causes and Consequences
OF the War of 1914" (The Washington
Publishing Company. Washington, ID.
O.. Tho oxford University Press
Humphrey Milforl) issues series Of
oxford Pamphlets; Russia" by Prof
Paul NtnoEradon; Just for n Scrap
OF Paper" by Arthur ITassall, and two
by G. r, l.. Fletcher. The Germans
Their Empire and How They Have
Made It," and THE Germans. What
They Covet." None of these reflects the
calm judgment of the historian, but all
Will inter ct the reader who Graves for
war literature.
or a wholly different character Is the
plan for a federation OF all English
speaking people, which Sinclair Ken
nody rather unfortunately calls The
Pan Angles" Longmans Green and
Company. This is a historical book
written before there was any thought
of war, an argument for the unihcation
of the British Isles. the colonies and
the United States as a sort OF offset
to the Pan-Gernan idca. The publica-
ton now ~ timely though the unex-
pected conditions will probably put of
indefinitely the consideration OF the au-
thor's idea.
Those who like TO compare military
operations can read about THE Cam
psign OF Sedan" in a little volume by
George Hooper, ono OF tho Pocket