New-York tribune., 1917-06-23
Views Among the Nations;
New Fiction and Miscellany

and other public utterances or MI
Venizelos is of the highest possible IN
terest and of unrivalled value as an eN-
position of the aims and purposes OF
that remarkable man and Of the large
proportion OF the Hellenic people that
he leads. The volume before US was
prepared some time before the recent
revolution in that country, but II never
theless gives complete and up-to-date
account Of Mr.. Venizelos's policy and OF
the grounds on which he so resolutely
antagonized the King. 1t should 20 far
toward placing the classic little KING
dom in its true light before the world
Max Eastman is quite right IN his de-
sire that America and the world should
"understand Germany" but we doubt II
their correct understanding Will alto
gether agree with his own. When
man. however elevated his motives, pro-
fesses himself TO have no particular
patriotism for any country, he pro-
claims a point of view with which we
can have no sympathy, and from when
his observations are, we believe, not
likely TO have commanding value or IN
f1uence. Men who have done most for
other nations are they who have peeh
most lovally attached TO their own.
The unwise and unfounded reproach
that there existed no real sympathy De-
tween France and England in the pres
ent war was presumably Of German
suggestion. and has been repeatedly re-
pudiated 1t is swept out of existence
bv Mr.. Chevrillon in his keen and ap-
preciative analysis of the mind of Eng
land in the present war. We have no
doubt that the author correctly repre-.
sents the most informed judgment OF
his own country on the subject, and we
feel sure that thoughtful Engllshmen
will cheerfully testify TO the correct
ness of his views.
DR.. Brace reviews with painstaking
detail and with q wealth of authorita-
tive references the policy OF Germany
toward France since before that war OF
1870 which was forced upon France by
Prussian perfidy in circumstances
which at the time seemed TO throw
upon France the onus Of responsibility.
That policy has been sometimes aggres-
sive and brutal, sometimes insidlouS
and hypocritical. but always hostile
Beginning with the garbling OF a dIs-
match. of which Bismarck cynically
/ boasted, it found its appropriate culml,
nation in war begun on the basis OF
N NNAt GtIIndH hNAl4hAANA'o
! confess to have been a falsehood. The
/ compact little volume is a veritable
treasury of information concerning
Franco German history for the last two
generations.
Margaret Skinnider gives a spirited
and vivid account Of the Sim Fein re-
volt of last year, as she saw il and toot
part in il, and succeeds in investing II
with much glamour of romance anC
herosm. The sordid and dishonest side
Of German intrigue and incitement
which must always give the tragic cpl
sode very different aspect, she doe:
not dwell upon. The little volume Il
/ intensely interesting as a personal mar
rative, but is Of little value as history
The soul of Ulster is certainly an i'm
portant factor in the Irish problem
and it is one which has been too muct
I ignored. Mr.. Hamilton, for a number
of years an Ulster member of Parlia
ment is well qualified TO interpret it
and in this little volume he does so ir
plain and vigorous speech. We are not
sure that it is calculated TO promote
harmony between the two great fac
tons of the Irish people. 1t certainly
presents phase of their relations
which must be very seriously taken
/ into account in the settlement which
/ the world hopes is at last at hand.