The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
THE GREAT WAR SEEN
FROM MANY STANDPOINTS

The most ambitious project that
has appeared so far for the contempt
rary relation OF the events in the war
that is going on comes In the pro-
spectus Of THE Great War" by George
II. Allen, Pm. H.. and Capt. Henry C.
Whitehead. L. s. A. George Barrie's
Sons. Phi.adelphia). Of which the first
volume. a portly large octave. is at
hand. This contains only the Causes
of and Motives for the War and is
by DIR. Allen. not till the third Golume
will the actual operations be reached.
DR.. Allen reviews the general history
Of Europe as a preliminary and then
describes conditions in each State.
Next ne explains the general causes.
as he understands them. for each
states entering the war. winding up
with his general conclusions. II is
the statement i'll academic form OF
the opinions of m intelligent and
fairly impartial observer. which may
serve until the time when the secret
history is disclosed. put in readable
form and illustrated with many por-
traits, maps and some pictures II
Is a handsome specimen OF typography.
Instead of trying &c decide the
rights and wrongs of the war or to
determine It's strategy or outcome
Prof. Edwin j. C,app In Economic
Aspects OF the War" yale University
Press, New Haven) prefers TO con-
slider in n matter Of fact manner how
the existence of the war and the con-
duct of the belligerents are affecting
the United States. which IL the sensi-
BILE thing for an American to do, He
begins with n few plain truths about
International law, and considers the
rights of neutral nations and how
they have been violated by both sides
He also examines carefully from the
point of view of an economist the
problems hat are troubling the bus
ness world, the questions of cotton
and copper, the whole matter Of con-
traband and the export and import
situation. II is q book well worth
reading. for il deals with the war as
II affects the United States, and has
nothing to do with impressions on
judgments on debatable points.
Another hook We'll worth reading
irrespective of the side the reader may
favor, is Dr. Frederic G. lIowe's $50
clallzed Germany" charles S~crihner's
SnnS). an account Of the amazingly
effective machine Germany has brought
into action and of how It was built
M. with the authors inclination to-
ward a benevolent desputism, which he
believes may he n democracy, the
reader may or may not agree; pos
sibly too he may form "A diff g ~sti-
Disadvantages Of the several under
controlled by the state. That
they have made Germany tho remark
ably efficient and united nation tina
she has demonstrated that she in, an
engine for the greatest good or evil, is.
Of the manner in which this engine
has been constructed in a little over
one generation must certainly he prof
There is very little political
bias in Dr., IiOwe's statement of facts,
he admircs the results OF State
ma nagement *. however, obvious, 1t
II natural too. at y time when the shib-
Of efficiency prevails. The mill
tary side Of German training Is passed
over entirely in Dr. Howc's account,
ms IL only fair and logical.
From a painstaking analysis of all
the documents that have been pub
lishcd !. W, IIcadlam in "The History
of Twelve Days, July - to August A.,
lal4' tharles Scribner's Sons), tells