Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-29
JAPANESE STATESMAN
>ASSATLS DIPLOMATIC
INTEGRITY OF NATIONS
rount Tadasu Hayashi in Me-
moirs Uncovers Many Inter-
esting Angles of the
Tricks of Diplomacy
ROCKS OF THE WEEK

psfore you are finished with THE Sc
-, Memoirs Of Count Tadasu Hayashi"
- p Putnams Sons New York and
,ordon, YOU have acquired a full-srown
-,,,smpt for international diplomacy and
-. .bonor of nations" And you have
,l,o acquired a deal OF interesting, not to
..v remarkable, information concerning
-, insides Of foreign affairs
c.,rt Havashi was one OF the leading
,'1.nese statesmen during the recon
s,.s,ction period. lie was ambassador to
a.sst Britain for n number Of years and
o,ucipded the Anglo-Japancsc Alliance,
.,,ister plenipotcutary to France and
pnssia and Minister Of Foreign Affairs
y ,he first SaionH Cabinet i'm Toxic at
~. time the American question was pre-
dominant
The Japanese treaties with England,
pussia and France were ostensihly
5,.wn ND for the purpose of recognizing
ne Independence and guaranteeing the
,n,egrity Of China. The extreme sohCi-
,.tion with which Japan watched over
Nat country was remarkable; the ten
Ssrness almost maternal. After the
Tananese statesmen had signed England,
france and Russia to treaties which
recognized, in addition to Chna's indie
,endence-what a paradox of going to
be trouble Of signing three treaties to
tell an independent nation that il is in
sspendent-the prior interests of Japan
Il Korea. Manchuria and China proper,
and after Germany had been orroctuauy
cold-shouldered out of the deal, the
country Of Nippon had achieved its pur-
nose After those treaties mad been
signed 1t could go ahead and do as it
peased in Korea, ManChuria and China.
Yes, It is all n very simple process
The book is full Of interesting and i'm
portant information. II gives a clear in
sight into European politics, and many
Of Hayashi's prophecies have since been
fulfilled
OF Importance to Americans is Hay
ashi's definite statement regarding the
jlngoes and yellow press in Japan as well
as the United States.
THE three questions between Japan
and America are the immigration qucs-
ton, the school question and the prob
lem of China" he says Not one of
these can possibly lead to a war between
Japan and the United States"
This was written shortly after the
school riots in California, few years
ago. and it proves that Japan is watch
ing China with a jealous eye. Ii will for
give everything else, but il cannot over
look any meddling with or Curbing Of
its interests in China.
A. NJ. POoley, who edited the memoirs,
has written a very enlightening introduce
ton, in which he points out that America
is the only nation that Japan fears in
IT'S Vaccinations in China. The European
Powers are too tied up with their own
interests to worry much about Japan in
China.
Not since Casual Essays From the
Sum focused brilliant journalistic beams
Of sweetness and light from that daily
luminary has so much editorial wit and
wisdom been gathered in a compact
form as appears in National Flood
marks" George II. Doran Company. New
York;. This portly but welI-proportioned
volume is the collective expression of
Golfers editors views on a multitude and
variety of topics. Each extract has
something to commend it. Logic and
oa1nage are the weapons of the editors,
and they are slSilfully used The edi-
torials express either a mood or an at
utude. They have spirit and substance.
and are written with genuine literary
distinction.
The author who calls himself David
Grayson eNerts his wOnted charm in his
nrsl tull-length novel; "Hempfield" Dou-
peday' Page q Co, Garden City. L. ID.
II really only a compaCted and unitarv
set OF little adventures in Content
ment and Friendship" a method and
TWO helds familiar to the writer's many
IeaGers from his previous books. The
mnelowness Of this book. its color, atti-
su, suuys ana happy moods make il hard to
tealze that David Grayson is one of the
nardest-hittng of the muckrakers. Muck
taMng mas accomplished a deal of good
III me cleansing of the Augean stables of
american politics and business but only
because the heart of the people was as
wholesome as the folk who dwell in the
pages OF "Hempfeld," THE Friendly
i'1T h0au' Adventures in Contentmcnt."
Hempheld' is agreeable and inspirine
.ssau'hg' more for the Characterization
than the plot.
Inc farm lassie has been celebrated in
prose and verse before, now Martha
Foote Crow makes her the subject of a
sociological and economic monoaraph.
~ Inere are just 100000 of her i'm these
united States and in THE American
SS,ouhtIy tirl' CF. A. Stokes Company.
new York;. Mrs. Crow solves many of
"sr a proplems' Among the topics treated
se ways 10 earn money, recreationg.
household management the daughters
snare or the farm work, government and
saste IN dress and manners. The author
nas oeen connected with Wellesley Chi
Nso ana Northwestern faculties.
Even the well-to-do young man with
uohihg nut lot of time and money to
spend has a mission in life. according
~ ~ halph Henry Barbour. whose Hearts
oontent %. b. Lippincott CompanyD
s'an,n5 on the vocation of the
wealthy tramp"
LIE says the hero, Allan Shorthand,
means being happy oneself and making
SeheTs happy. Great deeds or little
leeds leeds that help others to be happy, are
tu,te te within my scheme. Some of us can
.n'y 90 little deeds, but perhaps since
',o.s ~o can DO so many Of them, we equalize
ne nero is a gentleman tramp, the ham
peSt OF men, who finds in New England
ng ,i1 mouse he has always pictured as
iearts Content" the place where he
San @ settle down for life, He does not
4alhe II Hearts Content" however, until
ne nv heroine has consented to marry him.
te tne story Is well written and is about as
,aeppy and entertaining little book as has
time J." soine