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REVIEWS OF BOOKS
OF MIDSUMMER

, manner. urges the necessity of for
efgn policy that is permanent and con-
tinuous-a politics-proof policy, NOV
ing toward it's ultimate goal in stead
fast invincibility. To secure this con-
tfnuity of advance, the writer points
out, the executive must be leader. a
leader as big as his country and not a
fumbler. feeling for the wish and will
of comparatively uniformed public.
At this point Mr.. O'Laughlin goes over
the forces of disunion within the coun-
try itself, pointing out the little Ire
lands and GerE!anys, the little 1talys
and Hungarys, that this overconfident
and overcareleSS United States permits
to thrive within it's borders. AS mat
| ter of course, he turns to the possible
part to be taken by this country in
the settlement of the war and in its
influence subsequent to this settlement
Every topic brought forward as bear
ing upon this theme of an imperiled
country is body of illuminating in
formation. But it is the admirable or
ganization of these multitudinous facts
together with the pith and point Of
their presentation that makes this
study of exceptional value to American
readers. whose form of government
makes it imperative for them to be in
clear possession of such essential facts
as this particular book sets forth SO
robustly and impressively.
THROUGH RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA.
By stephen Graham. author of Rus
STA and the World" etc. Illustrated
from photographs. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
The journey recorded here was made
the summer before the war Mr. Ora
hams first thought was not to publish
the account till the war was over One
is distinctly gratified that he did not
defer its publication, for it is positive
joy, in the present deluge of war books,
to come upon this peaceful and I'M
clouded forth faring of a knight of
the open road. To an unusual degree
Mr.. Graham has the gift of communica-
ton. as well as that of appreciation
So he makes this journey through Rus
sian Asia graphic and delightful with
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ANGRY FLIER OBJECTS
TO USING "A BOAT


LONDON, June 20, 1916.
VIZ HEN a fier gets used to it he
Wv would rather travel by aeroplane
than by other more prosaic means.
flying, sees a machine some thousands
of feet in the air, sailing serenely along,
he usually thinks that that's very nice
for those who have to do it, but he
himself But the fiers are not that
way. They like it up in the air.
The other day young flying lieuten-
ant, with his little cooked hat on the
side of his head and his white wings on
the breast of his tunic. walked into one
of London's hotel and Joined another
flying officer. He was in very bad humor
and he began to air his grievances. His
accent at once betrayed him as an
American, even If he does hold the
kings commission in the royal flying
corps. To him his grievance was just
one.
I've just come from France" he
said. and came over by boat"
This last with tense feeling, which
showed how angry he was about it.
-Four times in the last week have
they sent me to France, each time fly
ing over with a new machine. But
they won't give you a machine to fly
back in and you have to come back on
the boat"
Most psocss would believe that COM
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IMPERILED AMERICA. By John Cal.
Ian O'Laughlin. A. NJ, LII. D. Chi
cage: The Reilly & Britton Com
panS.
- Ohm CALLAN O'LAUGHL1N here
sums up and discusses the perilous
complications that either threaten
or have already involved the
United States by reason Of the
world war. The book is intended for
the average American reader. It's pur-
pose is to open up the present move
ment toward preparedness against war,
in order that this reader may become
aware Of the actual causes underlying
the movement, and giving 1t definite
point. AS former assistant secretary
of state. as secretary for govern
ment commission to Japan. as member
of the American Society of Information
al Law, Mr.. OLaughlin has had access
to original sources of knowledge bear
ing upon the relations of this govern
ment to the rest of the world. This
fact gives to the study in hand the
stamp of authority. 1t is from this
vantage ground of full and complete
information that the writer counts off
and analyzes the danger points that
HitHdCe tuiS CouHlTy potH dl anu
abroad. BY a swift review of events
he demonstrates that. taken together,
American commerce, diplomacy. re-
ligion and philanthropy have carried
the United States. on one mission or
another. into every corner of the pres
emit perturbed and sensitive world. The
summary of its out-farings reads like
Homeric procesSion-across the Pacific.
into China. Japan and Manchuria. over
into Turkey and Russia in behalf of
Armenian and Jew. down into South
Africa and across the Atlantic and
Caribbean. gathering up islands and
zone of immediate nearneSs. It is in
the light of this immense area of in
terest and influence and potential dan
ger that Mr.. O'Laughlin, in a vigorous
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MOBILIZATION OF DOCTORS

II, the doctors themselves could be worked
| by them with a minimum of hardship
| and loss. Thus in Birmingham the
| local branch of the British Medical AS
| ISOLATION has met and appointed a COM
mittee to devise a scheme for the war
organization of the medical profession
! in that district. The plan proposed is
| that the circumstances and qualifica-
tons of each man shall be examined
| by a professional committee. The
| younger men Will be told that it is
their duty to join the fighting services.
while the older men will be distributed
throughout the Birmingham area as
their services are required.
! The committee will say to DR.. Jones.
who is only thirty years old that his
place is in the royal army medical serv-
ice in France and he will be directed to
apply for a commission. DR.. Smith and
DR.. Johnson, who are both practicing in
well-to- do suburb, each with a compare
lively small number of prosperous patients
who pay good fees. will be told they
must pool their practices for the period
of the war. and while DIR. Smith attends
to both. DIR. Johnson will go down to
the working-class district and look after
the patients of DR.. Jones. who has gone
to the war. Some scheme will be worked
out also by which none of the doctors
will suffer financially 1t is suggested.
for instance. that the fees should be
pooled ad distributed in proportion to
the nrevious earnings of each man en-.
gagged under the scheme.
Similar action is being taken by the
medical men in some of the big towns
in the north. and in some of the London
districts the doctors have already held
meetings to discuss the situation. Most
of the members of the profession are
agreed that it is to their interest to
meet the situation by voluntary
scheme worked by themselves. If they
do not. and are compuisorily enrolled
in a state service they will have no
choice OF work and they will be unable
to make adequate arrangements for saw
ing their practices and returning to them
after the war.
There has been for some years now a
strong movement among English doctors
in favor of a state organization of the
medical service. The insurance act, al
though opposed in detail by the great
bulk of the medical profession. was ac-
cepted by most of the doctors in prin-
ciple as step in the right, direction,
and it is generally agreed now that on
the whole it has worked well. The great
feature is that it enables the poor man
to secure medical advice in the initial
stages of an illness. whereas under the
old system he waited until he was IS
i'll that his recovery was a longer and
costlier job than 1. would have been If
the trouble was taken in time. What IS.
wanted is a public health service which
will prevent diseace. rather than a
private and unorganized service which
tries to cure disease after it has d.
veloped.
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specialization. In the case of the mas
todon it may have been due to speciali-
zation in size, for this animal was
larger than the largest elephant: or to
it's development of teeth or tusks. This
is true of the mammoth also, and of
the elephant, which is rapidly nearinf.
the end of its course
From the facts surrounding the find.
ing of this new fossil skeleton, 1T is
supposed that it ventured too far into
this swampy region and got mired.
When death overlook 1t, the bones
were preserved because they were well
covered. and as material piled over
them they were firmly held in place
More male than female specimens have
already been found of the mastodon.
and this may be accounted for by the
fact that the females were not strong
enough to venture far into the mires
When they died, decomposition and dis
Indignation took place. which forever
ity for study.
The skeleton was shipped to the mu-
scum last September. 1t is now COM
plete for exhibition. It's posture was
patterned largely after observation
of. the living elephant and the articu.
lation of the bones themselves was a
guide. The skeleton stands on rough
ened cement base made to initiate the
muck in which the animal was found
The erected fossil measures 16 feet in
length, and stands 10 feet high.
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ing back by the old-fashioned boat
would be safer than returning across
the channel by air. This seemed par
ticularly true when it developed that
this hier really mourned the abandon
ment by the royal flying corps of the
custom of letting fliers return to Eng
land in machines that were still able
to fly. but which were being sent back
to England because no longer strong
enough or good enough for use at the
front. These are called "dud" machines.
Although flying over the channel pre-
sents more or less precarious prospects
to the outsider there really are certain
advantages, as this aviator explained.
In the first place, crossing by military
boat takes time. There is considerable
waiting. to do at the French port from
which the boat sails while the passport
people investigate passengers. Then the
crossing takes several hours, depending
on the route followed, with more pass
once back in England there is a rail-
way journey to follow. In the mean
time there is the danger of getting sea-
sick and of getting sunk by mine or
submarine. The air route is eminently
superior. There is no seasickness and
the whole trip takes a couple of hours,
with the machine landing at it's proper
destination at the end.
A curious story of the air comes from
France. One day last week an aero
plane glided down to British aero
drome. Those on watch saw it coming
and were not sure of it's nationality.
They watched 1t closely. but it exhibited
no other intent than to land safely. 1t
was soon seen that it was a German
Fokker. AS soon as she came to earth
British soldiers rushed to her and cap
tured the pilot. He was an amazed Ger
man aviator. He had landed in what he
thought was German aerodrome, and
expressed great surprise that it was
British. He had evidently lost his way
and picked the wrong landing place.
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| Special Correspondence of The Star.
| LONDON. July 20, 1916.
| ~ DESCRIPTION for doctors is one
IL of the next steps now being dis
! cussed in connection with Eng
lands mobilization for war, and in sew
eral districts the doctors are antici-
pating it by voluntary organization for
war service.
| The scheme for the mobilization of
| the entire medical service of the king
| dom has been proposed by Sir Alfred
| keogh, director general of the royal
army medical service, in order to over
come the undoubted shortage of doctors,
both for civil and military work. which
now exists. That there is a shortage
| cannot be disputed, but it is also the
| fact that the existing supply of doc
| tors could be made much more useful
| than it is at present under sensible
system of organization. Like many
other public and semi-public services.
that of medicine and surgery has been
allowed to grow up in England with
out, control, the only governing factor
being the ability of the doctor to make
a living The result is that most of
| the weil-to-do districts of England are
over-doctored, while those where the
poor live are starved of medical at
tention
Much has been done to remedy this
! by the national insurance act, which
made it possible for a doctor In a
! working-cl district to make de-
cent living and be sure of his money.
but the act has not been in force long
enough to have any very marked ef-
feet on the total supply. Thus, before
the act came into effect. it was stated
that in Kensington, one of the wealth.
lest districts of London, there was one
doctor, to every thousand of the popu-
lation. while in Poplar. one of the poor
est districts, the proportion was one
doctor to every seven or eight thou
sand. This has altered somewhat since
the act came into operation, but the
discrepancy still exists.
Sir Alfred Keoghs scheme, which. of
course. would require legislation to
make it effective, provides for the en-
rollment of all the medical men of the
country in state service for the Pc
Rod of the war. Such men as We're
needed for the army and navy would
be taken for these services, and the
rest would be distributed for civilian
service where they were needed. In
the case of men taken for the fighting
services. they would receive the pay of
the rank which was given them in the
royal army medical corps and in the
naval medical service, but some scheme
of pooling fees would have to be worked
out for the men doing civilian service.
In several districts of England the
medical men are making arrangements
to meet the situation voluntarily. as 1t
is felt that voluntary scheme run by
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sene Lupin. Traps, false impersona-
lions, decoys, kidnapping knockouts and
murder itself follow one another here
in astonishing rapidity. A band Of
the identity of the chief robber till a
fitting climax to this exciting pursuit
disc1oses and, at the same time, re-
leases the gray ghost rather in
genious development for an adventure
Of this kind, one that bears fair like
ator of Arsene Lupin.
THE LEGACY OF THE EXPOSITION,
Interpretation Of the Intellectual
and Moral Heritage Left to Mankind
by the World Celebration at San
Francfsco in 1915. San Francisco
A unique volume, and one that Is
bound to be read with interest, both by
those sharing the experience set down
here and by those who must take their
Impressions at second hand The book
is made up of testimonial letters writ
ten by visitors to the Panama Pacific
international exposition to the board of
directors having that event in charge.
Aiming in general to express apprecia-
ton Of the exposition itself, many of
these letters expand into an interpre-
tation OF its far-reaching effect upon
the outlook and vision of the writer's
Hundreds of men and women have here
with great seriousness of feeling told
of the lessons that the exposition has
taught. An alphabetical list of the
contributors to this appreciation is
added to the letters themselves. At
tractfVe in appearance as it is novel in
substance. the volume stands as a val
liable souvenir Of memorable and
significant event.
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their way out of Germany. The story
progresses with the growth of their
acquaintance in the trying and dan
gerous days of the Belgian invasion,
and in the vicissitudes that mark the
girls departure for England and the
mans soldering with the allies. U.s.
ing the well known facts of the German
aggression against Belgium as the
groundwork Of this novel, Mr. Tracy
has. by the development of the ro-
nance. made an appeal to class of
readers who. otherwise, would not come
to attention before the distressing facts
of this first phase of the great war.
The writer makes claim that the record
itself is founded on fact. referring any
reader who may doubt this to the off,
cial records published by the govern
ments of Great Britain. France and
Belgium. Mr.. Tracy has made a stir
ring and dramatic romance out of ma
terial that will take it's place as a
chapter in the history of Europe and
the world.
A PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
Being the Letters of Stuart. Edited
with an introduction by Aleister
Crowley. Washington: Published
by the author.
A week or ago we had book of
prophecy by H. G. Wells. In this book
Mr.. Wells declared that any one pos
sessed Of broadly generalized knowl-
edge coupled with the scientific imag
ination and habit could extend the
present into its logical future, or, in
other words, any one thus endowed
could propheSy. His book was in
forming and Illuminating, but it was
too sane and convincing to permit us
to accept Mr.. Wells as an Elijah or an
Elisha. But this book gives us a
prophet of the true Hebraic brand.
Here is one who. from the high place
of his own mind, hurls thunderbolts
and paints hell fire and birthstone with
fervor and a fine flaming effect. BY way
of something like 200 letters this
prophet shakes the world-drift of this
globe around him and-neck-d deep in it
he pulls out hit-or- miss. handfuls of
its follies and banalities, it's sins and
its ignorances. Politics. government,
industry, commerce, finance, social
custom, religion and personal comment
on this or that one in authority make
up, in part. the topics upon which this
torrent of language is cast. And the
language itself is as much of a protest
against the ordinary behavior of this
medium as the thoughts which they
represent are in rebellions against the
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Selling. Max. Theosvphy and Christianity.
s'fi..T Rrss!s ss''s Essays on H.se.si
Wilson. 8. G. Modern Movements Amend
The Bible.
Eetm.n; G: ?; The Literary rrinsey Of the
Kent. c. T. The wort and Teaehinss Of the
P.ttison; T. h The History Of the Ensiish
Religious Work
Burr. H. NJ The Calling Of Boyman. Du-Bsl.
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Corey. s. J. Among Asia's Needy Millions.
Fsris. J. t. The Book Of Personal Work.
McKeever. W. A. How to Become an En-
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Mason. Mrs. G. A. World Missions and World
Miles. c. A. Christina. in Ritual and Ira.
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Ward. B. ~ The The t Sequel to Catholic
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terry and whose monuments stand there
today.
The region in which Plattsburg lies
is one of the most interesting in a his
the great theater of war between the
Indian nations of the north, between
the Europeans and the Indians. be-
tween the French. Dutch and English.
between the contending armies in the
French and Indian war and between
the British and Americans in the war
of American independence.
There was~a close connection be-
tween the land battle of Plattsburg and
that naval battle called the battle of
Lake Champlain, which was fought in
Cumberland bay. a part of Lake Cham
plain, directly off the shore on which
Plattsburg stands.
P1attsburg is an old town. 1t was
incorporated in 1888 and was named
for and probably by Judge Zephaniah
Platt of Poughkeepsie. Long before
the creation of Plattsburg it's site and
much of the country roundabout was
burgh. whose fine house stood at the
mouth of the Saranac river Freden-
burgh lived there several years before
the land was finally patented to him by
the British government in 1859. His
warrant was for 10000 acres. Freden-
burgh had been a captain in the British
army and was member of the retinue
of Gov. Moore and Gen. Carleton at the
time of their visit to the Champlain
country in the autumn of 1866 to estab-
lish the boundary line between the
provinces and Canada. A short time
before the American revolution Freden-
burgh removed to Montreal and at the
outbreak of the revolution came back
for the purpose of protecting his prop
erty, and at about the time his house
was burned and he mysteriously disap-
peared never again to be heard from.
In 1884 Zephaniah Plat and thirty
two associates acquired a number of
land rights for services to the state of
New York in the revolution, and To-
Gated those rights on the Fredenburgh
York certified that the lands were va
cant and unappropriated. The town
Of Plattsburg was incorporated. FIRE.
denburgh's children applied unsuccess-
fully to the New York legislature for
recognition of their title to the land.
Among the places of warlike memo
ries in the Plattsburg region of the
Champlain valley are Fort Montgom-
cry, or fort Blunder." on the Richie
lieu river: Fort St. Frederick. or Crown
Point. successfully garrisoned by
French and English and captured by
Seth Warner at the head of body of
Green Mountain boys in 1875; Fort st.
Anne. built by Capt. De la Mothe on
Isla La Motto in 1865. and Fort Ticon-
deroga, rich in memories of Mont
calm. Abercrombie. Amherst and Ethan
Allen. Lake Champlain is thirteen or
fourteen miles wide at Plattsburg. but
this Is not all water distance. because
Grand Isle, about fifteen miles long
and from two to three miles wide. lies
north and south near the middle of
the. lake opposite Plattsburg. Lake
Champaign, with the exception Of the
great lakes and Lake Okeechobee, In