Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
END OF MLTTARISM :
AFTER WARS CLOSE
TO REDEEM RUSSIA
Europe's Future Belongs to
Land of Gar, Writes
Charles Sarolea,
Belgian
OTHER NEW WAR BOOKS

The role of an optimistic prophet Is
assumed by Charles Sarolea, editor Of
f1veryman, Edinburgh in his book Great
Russia" the rapid development Of the
land OF the Czar, until, before the first
half of this century has passed, II will
be one OF the most formidable of world
forces, either for good or for evil. THE
future belongs" writes Mr.. Sarolea mot
TO England, or to France, or to Germany
but to Russia. After generations OF suf
fering the Slav Is at last coming into his
inheritance"
1t is out of the ashes Of war that he
expects to see the new Russia rise. He
ts confident the Allies will conquer, and
he believes that the victory will mean
the dawn of new day for Russia in that
II will bring about the end of German
militarism. abolish the "Gerr-:an Peril,
and allow the Russian Government to
turn it's attention and It's money to the
tremendous needs of the country and its
people.
The autocratic Russian Government in.
spires in Mr.. Sarolea no horrors. He be-
lleves a strong centralized government
is a Russian necessity. He looks Tor ut
tie from revolution. but believes that all
reforms must be conservative or else
fail. A liberal despotism Is the only
solution, he declares. He outlines the
reforms needed in Russia, and remarks
that mo government but one invested
with plenary powers could ever attempt
to grapple with such herculean labors.'
Mr.. Sarolea has written book which
contains much interesting Information
about country concerning which, as he
points out, little is known. He has eN-
pressed interesting views and expressed
them certainly, but he is n Belgian and
he has weakened his book, beyond doubt
by allowing to creep In, In such large
measure his hatred of the Germans. Per-
haps this hatred is intellectual and not
brought about by the events of the war,
but to the average reader it will appear
that the author has allowed his preiudices
to control too often the hand that held
the pen.
II in 'The Blacklist Page of Modern
History &c. p Putnams Sons, New
York;. all that Herbert Adams Gibbons
says about the treatment of the Armeni-
ans by the Turks is true, he has chosen
his title we'll. Doctor Gibbons describes
what he has seen himself during the mas
sacres of 1909. and relates what re
sponsible persons" had told him about the
outchery of this sorrow-stricken race since
he war began. The author charges that
is entirely responsible for the
nassacres The book is valuable be-
,ause of the light 1t throws upon the eco
ionic characteristics of the Armenians.
War, said our General Sherman, is also
else In his Roadside Glimpses
# the Great War" macmillan Company
Y. ", Arthur Sweetser manages to prove
hat it is not all grimncss, not all trag-
,dy, not all He'll. The author went abroad
is war correspondent for the United
Press He found war to be composed of |
he elemental human terms; terrible, HUI
not always heroic. In his Jour
ney by bicycle. from the Belgian border
10 Paris. through both German and French
Ines he met many exciting adventures
thrice being arrested. The result is well
worth reading. forming vivid picture
II the ravages of combat on all about 1t,
There is as much real adventure in |
Mabel T. Boardman's history of the Red |
Cross, "Under the Red Cross Flag at |
Home and Abroad" (J. B. Lippincott CO., |
as in most of the thrilling |
ales which absorbed us in our boyhood. |
rhe purely academic features of the book |
should prove invaluable to all Interested |
n this humanitarian organization, while |
he recital of exciting episodes in the lives |
1f Red Cross heroes is most absorbing. |
President Wilson, who is also president |
of the American Red Cross has written
a foreward.