The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-13
ROCKS DISCUSS AND
DESCRIBE THE WAR
Twin cobb Relates in Lively
Manner Ills Personal
Experiences.
OTHERS EXPLAIN VIEWS

,,. r,o.upper training which Irwin
G r,rh had n,fora ne blossomed into
u,s.l.uc writer and humorist stood
hin, in good stead when he found out
,r,r relca.ng Europe that the modern
49,, NJ war has eliminated the war
,,,,ssn rd.nt lie was thrown back
=, his own personal experiences and
re- he relates N lively manner in
.p,,ns NJ Glory George II. Doran
c,,onanv) He was in Belgium in the
s-sf day- OF the German INVASION was
r,ptlrcd with other newspaper men
ord then followed in the trail OF the
cor-,,n .rmy lie writes very obJec-
,,,,r, for the usual ways of the people,
,ho,r Languages and the usages of war
..ora alike unfamiliar to him and had
all ,he freshness VI novelty. The
,Ltrrs he describes are such as Will
,,,cr,st American readers; he en-
nb.izes the human element and has
,bo strong merit Of being able to
testify that the Germans as individ-
mis- generally behaved in the sensible
and often kindly manner that Is
natural To them.
In what Is Wrong With Ger
r,anyo" G.ungmans. Green and Com
rany, william Harbutt Dawson, who
bas made a thorough study of Ger
many and hen institutions, who adj
nires the country and the people and
is competent to Judge them, endeavors
N eXplain the frame Of mind which
has been manifested repeatedly by tho
leaders in the present war, by many
academic defenders of Germany's at
utule and by the agencies that are
seeking To Justify Germany, through
the press or otherwise, in neutral
land, Mr. Dawson, like many others.
looks for some philosophic or historical
basis for Gcrmany's action; he ad-
du,es the testimony OF many eminent
Germans as To their having noticed in
mast years the mischievous tendencies
a. work. His book is a fair summary
Of the Intellectual explanations Of tho
war, a British summary, to be sure,
bu, moderate and diEnitied. Bun what
Is the use Of such specuIations now?
The British view Of The Origins OF
the War" as expressed in lectures de-
nvered at Cambridge University bS
Dr.. J. Holland Rose, is published in d
small volume by G. =. Putnam's sons
The author takes the purely historical
and political side of the matter, touche!
on all the points Of dissension between
Great Britain and the German Empire
since 1875 and at the end gives the de
tails about the events that immediately
preceded the declaration of war.
Following the rest OF the crowd o
writer's on all subjects, Anthony Hope
Hawkins. in The New German
Testament CAppletons), treasures tn
readers Of his stories as to what hi
opinion OF the war and OF the Ger
mans u.s. He takes many falls out o
Won Bernhard. whose books he evi
IDENTIFY has not taken the time to read.
further scapegoat for the presen
in.quity Of Germany is the late Fred
erlck the Great, who has been lon
dead and cannot answer back. Doug
las S,adcn prints The Confessions q
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia
&C. F. Putnam's Sons), papers whic
may or may not have been written b
Frederick and which also may or ma
NV NbllkdAll the lAfdS lllt ANoN'a
seek 10 find in them, namely, tn
germs ~ the opinions ascribed to No
Bernhard Mr.. Sladen in an introduC
ton describes Frederick as he sees hi
now and ngenuously appends Treit
schkes short biography OF Fredericl
which is equally unbiased. We coul
wish that the Psychical Researc
people might elicit from the shade
the philosopher OF Sans Souci SON
hint Of what he thinks of his repre-
sentatives doings and some yigorol
French on the thoughts attributed
himself
Two little military handbooks thu
have nothing TO do with Europe ma
help their readers TO understand wa
conditions. one is thorough ar
practical manual on Field Sanitation
by Dr. James Sprigg Wilson (Georl
/, Banta Publishing Company, Menash
WIS., ranging from care OF the persc
to first aid to the wounded and Il
hygiene OF the camp and trenche
The other is a Military Field No
Book from the same publishers, pr
pared by Lieuts George r. Guild Al
'"''N - 'ollou' pochtNooph WI
blanks TO be filed out, but containir
IN the FIRST pages a mass Of condens'
and tabuated Information essential
men in tho field
A collection Of Official documents, 4
erspersed with statements Of opini'
by persons ~ note has been made
Stanley $. Sheip in a Handbook Of Il
European War" (The II. w wills,
Company, New York;. These are a
ranged by countries and to each
brief summary OF important facts
prehSed. The object NJ the handboc
winch is TO provide material for d
bates. ls achieved successfully; it "
ne found useful by other persons
wei Tho tihloCraphy c the end
valuable.