Evening star., 1915-01-02
BOOK REVIEWS.
THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE: 1911
1914, the story of the Recent Euro
pean Diplomatic Crises and Wars
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phe. BY Herbert adams Gibbons,
Ph. D., author of 1.-The Foundation
of the Ottoman Empire New York:
The Century Company.
WING in Constantinople for a
number of years. Mr.. Gibbons
has been at the storm center
IL of European affairs. AS his
torian and teacher of history
in the American college of that city, he
possesses both insight and outlook for
events of historic meaning and I'M
portance. a correspondent of the New
Yorh press, he is. besides, stirring
and dramatic writer. This remas--
ably Illuminating and convincing book
is the splendid product of this all
round equipment The New Map OF
Europe summarizes the political his
tory of Europe for the past ten years.
showing exactly how the foreign poll
cies of England, France, Russia, Aus
tria and Germany made the present
war an inevitability. At bottom, this
is the study of an economic situation
overlaid by a dog-in-the-m manager dlplo-
macy. 1t is Il sLuoy OF the urge Oh IN
dusIrIal countries to reach out into
world markets and world trade, ana
of the lreacnerous and contemptIule
diplomacy OF all The powers IN their ef-
forlS to cIrcumvent one another. 1t is
this policy oI unIaiJu and overreach-
ing tnaJ is IorclnS Europe touay to
reap III bIoou-IuSt wnat IL has soWn
in iand-IuSt. Mr. GiDponS SHOWS
without any room Tor uouDt that
from the oung 1urk TO BeiSIum Is
a stralgnt current augmented ny the
SWeiIlns, tues OF tne Iietan question,
the Aiaceuonian problem, me p.,lnan
war, tine rise OF cefNia. And eacn o.
these ana al OF them together were
tine sacrInce by the great powers o.
Crete anu HIeeh, of bulgarian ana
SerVian, Ior the SAKE oI commercial
gains ana advantages at CohstaAtlho-
pie. Inc present war rs d Ineie Mat
ter oi Ioglc, the something toward
which tne fIsai poiIties o1 the powers
have pressed without cessation. So
witen Aust ust, i5I4, ioiieu aiouLu the
only way 20 nave avoided the cataS-
IIVpae oI general European war
would lave been 10 allow Germany to
mahe, according to ner own desires
ana AMBITIOUS, tne new map oi
europe. 10 read tuIs author Iitatlve,
clear, fearless and bSIiiIaut story Is
TO place III a position wnere he Is
able 10 see pialhiy All the secret WORK
ers JnaI punt the norrluie hlSnway be-
tween SerNii anu belgium. An lnVal-
uaDIe anu splendid Dook.
FRANCE Hk;RsELF AGAIN. BY Ernest
DlmneI. New York: q. +. Putnam
sons.
This book is offered in explanation
of modern France, as it has been since
the beginning of the twentieth cen
tury. It's purpose is to compare the
France OF 1870 with that OF TO-DAY, the
shattered and demoraIlZeu France OIL
that time with the reunited country
OF the present Inc work tails INTO
two parts. Inc first OF these andIyze,
tne causes, causes intellectual, moral
ana spiritual, that from the second eni-
plre on down through the Iplrd repuD-
tic worked toward me deterioration OF
france. Inc second part suows france
Cleclrlhed to new ii1e by the dangers,
now from the outside as well as from
within, that threatened its existence.
TINS snock came wnen the kaiser S
ship anchored at Tangler and the pur-
port OF the kalserS ADDRESS was seized.
from tnat time on there was pro-
diGIous getting together IN France and
under Tine return of the. Light NJ
Dlmnet discusses the various aSpecIs
and meanings of TINS new union. sup
Elemental, III sense, to this main con-
SideraIlOn another part is gwen over
to the future political problems OF
France with survey, necessarily cur
sorry, of the present war. Inc book is,
in every sense, exceptional. 1t is schoI-
arly, predetermined and animated by a
political ldeaIlsm that Is within the
grasp of every na.-on-
TREITSCHkE: His Doctrine of Ger
man Destiny and Of International
ReaatiOns. Together Vita a study of
His Llie anu work. BY Adolf haus-
rath. New York: g. z. PuInams
Sons.
The work and influence of Treitschke
take on special interest at the present
time, since the doctrine of pan-Ger-
manism rose from his teachings. To him,
TOO, rather than to any otner SINGLE
source, may be traced the rise of Ger
many's belief in her own high and ex-
elusive destiny with the beginnings OF
her greed tor domination. 1t is the pu-
pills of Treitschke, Bernhardi and
others who foreSaw the present struS-
gle. This volume contains Il sketch of
the life of TreiIschke and such of his
work as outlines the doctrine of Ger
man control. Here are discussions of
the army, international law, German
colonization, Germany and neutral
states, the German view of Russla
Austria and the German empire.
THE KING: OF THE DARK CHAM
BER. BY Kabindranatn Tagore. au-
thor OF Sadnana: TEc Realization
of Life, etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
The King of the Dark Chamber is
something to read, one judges, rather
than something to see, a play for the
study rather than for the stage. Char
acteristically simple, even chiIdlike in
its outer bearing, its inner content
partakes of the universal quality that
stamps the work of Tagore. The every
day little play objectInes the. ultimate
triumph OF sincerity, humility, SIM
plicity. over pretence, pride and van
ity. The story used to make this truth
manifest is the story ur Il MYSTERIOUS
KING whom his own people had never
seem Hidden away III Il dark cham
ber, he became the source of "A thou
sand wild conjectureS, the object of a
devouring curiosity. Ever on tip-tuc
stood the people waiting for his ap-
pearancc. Out of their own worldly
natures and imaginings they built up
to be, as men build God in their own
likeness. To them kingship lay in
stature and bearing, in manly beauty
and spiendor of apparel, in worldly
power and material IargesS Pre-
tenders came. And these one and an
other. might have been accepted AS
the one waited for had il not been for
the Few wise ones, the scers Ii WAS
when the people grew to Il good ,nea-
sure of sincerity. to a fair degree OF
unSelfishneSs, ii was when the pcople
1owered in kindliness and love and
helpfulness that the king emerged
from the dark chamber of their own
lives to lead them to the heights of
still nobler things. Philosophy,
prophecy and poetry are here. each as
simple as it is deem and upiyers,I