The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-09

THE GERMAN REPUBLIC" By Wal ter wellman. E. P. Dutton & Co.,, pub fishers, No. 6s1 Fifth avenue, New , York.
 In his well written and able book en- titled, 'The German Republic" Walter Wellman has done a very interesting bit of work.
 Before perusing its pages. the reader stops to consider what MT. Wellman has to say in pamphlet which he sends out in which he asks:
 Is there anything we of happy America can do to hasten the end of the cataclys ysm in Europe?
 If we must wait till the sword finds solution, that means peace through in- definitely prolonged slaughter and agony, final exhaustion, ruin, despair-peace with bitterness, hatreds, future wars it's legacy.
 It is my belief the solution may come certainly should come-through an awalS- ening of the intelligence the conscience, the self-reliant citizenship, the moral res- oluteness of one of the greatest peoples of earth, bringing peace with good will, peace with triumph of moral over physi- cal force, peace permanent a peace that means the death of all human war. To express spirit of this vision of hope I have written ''The German Republic,"I and addressed it to,
 The German Peoplet whom the world has loved, in whom the world still has faith.''
 Already there are faint signs of the breaking of dawn in the German soul. Would it not help if thousands of Ameri- cans were to voice their faith in German manhood, through formal address speak as friends and neighbors to friends and neighbors needing words of frank counsel and encouragement in their hour of dire | crisis?
 1 As to their form of government we have l right to say nothing. As to their rela- I tions to the civilization of which they are a part, we have right to say everything i that is in hearts. Words of truth and light they may not resent but vel come.
 I Do you favor the issuance of a formal l heart to another? Do you consent to the
 use of your name? Will you help by ask 1 ing some of your friends to write me
 their views and asking them to get
 their friends to do likew1se? l If sentiment be found favorable, com mittee of well known men will be or | ganized to take care of future action, prepare an address and submit it for sig 1 nature.
 | spiritual awakening in Germany
 would banish darkness and fill the world
 with sunshine. It is possible we may nelp IS It not our duty to try? | From the opening chapter which deals
 with '"Teutonic Patriotism, Unity, valor," including those on "The German Political Reformation" What Method in the
 Madness?' "The Treaty of Universal
 Peace" up to the finale Germany at Last Conquers the World,' Mr. Wellrnan
 writes with consumate skill and with the I experience of a man learned in the af- | fairs of the world, and to those who feel
 an interest in the world war, ''The Ger I man Republic is heartily recommended
 as a safe. sound, exposition of a theory
 which is at once unprejudced and hu- l manitarian. l NATIONALITY IN MODERN HISTO- RY." By J. Holland Rose The Mac
 milan Co.,, publishers. New York | The varied manifestations of nationality | among the chief European nations are
 studied in this book The author, one of
 the ablest of modern historians. has sup
 piled. in effect. the background of the
 conflict in Europe contributing largely to
 a clearer understanding of those factors which made for war. Beginning with a discussion of the dawn of the national
 idea. he takes up in turn the growth of
 that idea in France Germany, Spain, Italy and the Slavic kingdoms, conclud-
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