The sun., 1916-09-10

smarts. Edward Stilgcbaucr has uttered
Germans protest against the war.
Loves Inferno" as books are termed,
is a novel. Actually II resembles what
mos, Of us mean by a novel about as
much as does hat other Inferno" Of
the great Fiorentinc.
Translated by G. Theme from the
original German into English. Loves
inferno Is published in New York by
Gr,he's birthplace. Frankfort-on.
Main, the son Of a Lutheran minister.
and the possessOr OF considerable liter
ere tcnuwn in Germany. The circula-
lion OF the book has been forbidden In
Germany.
For the like OF this strange book.
with its som5re. u~nfiinching revelation
Of the horrors brought about by greed
and aggression. one would be at a loss
where TO hunt. The airy fitting of
shaw against British weaknesses In the
war falls in many ways far short OF
this philippe. launched at kaiserdom
from the banks of Lucerne. The in
appropriate generalities Of Roman
ROLAND. though they have earned him
The d~isapprobation Of the French
public. are wholly lacking in the
warmth. concentration and deadly pur-
pose Of his fellow expatriate. Stilge-
hauef' ic'' anu neIe - me srea'es'
dimension vi a ior"''uao'e oook' u ar.
....... xV,tln,,t o.altaa l. rat ~,
raiGns "''h"". nance IL II not an
a'tatk' wv" n"w"c'c ''opS OUT u trace
:" any "ee"e '"e a"si! "'i'ers "
ifa'iiN ""'e nave W" 'ne contrary
inc ANGER u p'%oP"r''oha'e' ana oniv
propor'oha'e. 10 a genuine ana patri-
"tic 'oNc LOT 'he "erhhah ANA n peo-
pie'
M"reoN'r' 'se"'"e MN
sen I" 'c'I'ns Ms s'orE' lie breaks OUT
'nto no comments NJ ms OWN. put VIVA
II written Town Is the thoughts n
'snncrings or characters nctitious per-
maps. out characters typical or Ger
man life to-day.
Approaching ATTY. prosperous. rugged.
military. hard. effcient. o~verbearing.
Major Won Rerkersburg married Me
lanie Won ~Falkenstein. She was in
many ways his opposite. and it had
been n marriage OF convenience. forced
upon her Icy her fathers financial ne
.essi;ies. The daughter OF an East
rrussian landed proprietor. she had
been reared 10 a fondness for music
,~including Dcbussy), for Paris and the
delicacies and rehnements OF life. In
accepting the duty Of an unwelcome
marriage she had given up another
sutton.
II Won .Berkersburg. the unwelcome
husband. seems ,ypica, ~ a nrevai.iny
class in modern Germany. with lis
grea, fortunes. efficiency and business.
ike hardness Adolf tho ~.nno,r
lover II Melanie. is more like the Ger
man i'm. ihai ur,,u.riiy h.. an.
pressed. He lacks interes; in the mill.
tary career into which circumstances
have forced him. making him a Cap.
tain in Won Be~rkersburg's battalion.
and su%pprcssing his aspirations toward
music. Rejected as a sutton. Adolf re.
maine a friend OF the Won Berken-
burgs after their marriage. Bound to
her husband in Il loveless bond. Me-
LAME treasured in her W soul the
secret of an uneNtinguished %fondness
for the other man.
So stood matters when war was de-
clared. The regiment was ordered to
the front The mex morning at $50
the battalion would be entrained.
Fate was uniting all. levelling all.
threatening all and elating all.
Below a battalion in field uniforms was
ming along the Rheinallee. They
passed the villa. their band playing a
war'ike air. They had decorated with
flowers the barrels OF their rifles, from
which Heath in a thousand forms would