Evening star., 1916-05-28

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Lee calls the book "a
confession of faith for the American
people during and after war. a s1uos
of the art of making things happen a
recommendation of the first person
mural for men and nations. Iha'
gives no hint at all of the amazing
originality of thought. and the lno1-
ri,iual mode of expression. that hold
one csptiye from the first to the last
r.xe Of this stupendous outlook Pri-
marily this is stunning championship
of peace. Human nature tsei1 is a' d
crisis, every man is himself at war
with himself, with the weight anu
blackness of his own heart The writ
er feels the need of a war BOOK Tor
himself, as each of US needs one also
So, writing along day by day. MI Lee
has provided this book, "as a personal
convenience for living" Every page is
an electrified one, a striking advocacy
of peace along ways that lie IN every
ones heart. but ways that certainty
"A
omen. The book is about as suitable
for sustained reading as a dictionary.
a formless and almost fantastic th1ng-
But il lights the fire and keeps the
flames bright in tremendous crusaoe
AGAINST the other side of ourselves. TO
read this book is to gain great ex-
perience.
CoUNTER.CURRENT By Agnes Rep
plier, author of Americans and
ntborc" Boston. HOuKntOn
Miff1in Company.
ways at attention as the basis of
Agnes Repplier's exceptional power as
an essayist. About this there is the
broadly informed mind. the alert in
terest in all substantial currents or
movement. a seasoned judgment and
the will to do her own thinking. with
all this Miss Repplier has, besides, an
amazing gift for choosing and ar
ranging words as to drive into the
open any absurdity that may lurk con-
cealed in a subject. A gallant writer,
often disconcerting one The essays
of this volume sum to cutting attack
on the sentimenta1ity in which we OF
the present day live and move and have
our being. BY way of studies on the
war in its relation to Christianity and
to the women of the world, studies on
the Immigrant, on popular education,
on America nisa and other conspicuous
aspects of our common life, Miss Rep
plier shows not only the breadth and
depth of the sentimentality that per-
vades these matters, but she shows, be-
sides. that this is a destructive atmos-
phere. weakening the judgment, de-
stroying the sense of proportion, lead
ing to Incorporate words and actions,
is shade ruthless. If it is Jane Ad-
dams who is the sentimentalist, or
Mrs. Pankhurst. or Mary Antin, or MIR.
Wilson, or another. she names him or
her by name, which is the honest way
to do, and the helpful. one. tsince these
and others of high name may. be the
misleaders of SO many There is a
: fine. old fashioned belief here in the
= thoroughgoing hard work. that is re-
freshing and tonic in these soft days
of over-helpfulness-
THE CASE FOR THE FILIPINOS. By
Maximo NJ. Kalaw. Introduction by
Manuel L. Quezon. resident commits
sioner from the Philippines. New
York: The Century Company.
Philippine independence is the theme
of this study. the subject of this elo-
ouent and impassioned case of special
pleading The writer, young Filipino
who has grown up under the American
history of this period from the point of
view of a native. One learns from this
ardent young patriot that the Filipinos
had, in effect. already won their inde-
pendence when the United States. by
it's invasion of the islands. shut off the
formal elimination of this clear
achievement. We learn. too. that the
population is. generally. civilized and
educated one: that it possesses a keen
consciousness of nationality; that IT
t~aI -ty F~Y
ernment He makes the charge also
that for the past eighteen years a
systematic campaign of misrepresenta-
tion has been carried on against the
self Classification of their nefariouE
schemes against these people. Himself
a product of the American system OF
education, he claims for this a COM
plete suppression Of native modes OF
thought and development and an equal
ly energetic imposition of the Ameri-
car point of view and Of the American
method of instruction. bespeaking fol-
the teachers a frenzy of zeal that must
have grown nightly on their voyage
across the Pacific. Certainly nothing
like il is noticeable in the sources
from which they were drawn. With
excellent method, which presumably he
learned from his American teachers. he
gives documentary record Of our leg
islation for the Philippines. On the
other hand, with less of method and
more of partiSanship, he dwells upon
the needlessness of effort toward a
people already we'll on its way toward
the submits of civilization. Accord
ing to this young man. we have beer
engaged in useless and thankles.
business. The sole hope of our re-
Mobilization lies in Mr.. Wilson. but II
Mr.. Wilson should in the course OF
nearby events be placed in the posi-
tion of Mr.. Taft four years ago. Mr.
Wilson will. no doubt. come in for his
= measure of execration as Mr.. Taft does
= in this study of the Philippines from
the standpoint of a Filipino. The basis
of good opportunism is to stand by
the ''ins" and fee the outs" AS q
considerable point of view this is 6
highly informing study. That it is
needs no further demonstrating thar
the reading of single chapter. THAI
il is valuable as testimony to place be
: side the records Of fair-minded, capa
ole men living in the islands. as Mr.
Taft did, is also beyond dispute.
. GOLDEN LADS. By Arthur Gleason
and Helen Hayes Gleason Intro
duction by Theodore Roosevelt. New
York: The Century Company.
Arthur Gleason was for many month.
stretcher-bearer with the Belgian
army. an American Red Cross worker
with the front-line troops. This bool
z is a record of some of the things tha
he saw in these months, of the impress
sions that these war weeks made upor
q him. Mrs Gleason contributes on,
poignant chapter here. How Wa