New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
A Timely Treatise on Peace-Making -Gamalel
Bradford's 'Psychographs OF Nine
Interesting Women

been restored. Showing that two Of
these-reciprocal cessation Of hosuh-
ties and conquest and subjugati)n-
are now 70 be regarded as obsolete, he
devotts his attention 10 the normal and
now habltual method of ending wars,
namely. by the negotiation Of treaties
of peace. ,.L
I'm this consideration he begins with
the flag Of truce upon the battlefield,
the SUSPENSION Of hosulities and the
armistice; though an srmistice does
not always precede negotiations for
permanent peace. The interposition OF
third powers, whether by tender OF
good offices or by mediation, sometimes
occurs at this stage, and sometimes
does not. There follow the prellml-
naries Of peace making; then the con
stitution and procedure OF the peace
conference, and finally the actual
treaty OF peace. Now. all this Is by no
means as simple and as easy as IL
seems 10 some pacihsts. An eThorter
nav crv "All people be good!' but not
80 readily is the world to be converted
tn universal virtue. So we may say
sT,et there be peacel" but there Is
multitude OF diverse things 70 oe CON
gidered in the peace making. There Is
not alone the cessation or nghtlhg'
Tbere are the adjustment Of the issues
for which the war was fought; the re-
sumption Of the diplomatic and other
relations which were suspended by the
vnr: the restoration of prisoners OF
war; amnesty; indemnity the restora-
ton OF the cession Of. territory ana
other property, and the effect OF cession
mon the nationality Of the inhabitants
tbe readjustments Of public law and
administration, and a thousand other
details The whole worlds monumental
example OF simplicity and expedition IN
peace making wae at AppomAttoH'
where the victor bede the vRnquished 10
take their horses and go home 70 90
their spring ploughing. Yet the ma
tion's bloody sweat through the sue
ceeding dozen years of agonizing re
construction" told terribly that the
reace making was not as simple as II
had seemed.
Now. all this Is at once narrative,
nrescriptive and argumentative. II
tells i'm detail Just what was done IN
the process Of peace making at the end
Of every war for the last hundred
wears. and why it was done. II tells
why the various things were done, and
the extent to which they were dictated
bv international law, or themselves, by
being done, made international law.
throughout there is a fine spirit OF
fairness and equity, and there is prob
ablv about as high q degree of accuracy
rs we can expect 20 find i'm book
which is the work Of q mortal and
therefore fallible mind. One OF the eX-
ceptions 10 accuracy is found IN the
case Of the Treaty Of Paris Of 1898 IN
which partial-happily, not entire
credit is given 10 the story about our
"purchase" Of the Philippines for $50
oOO.OO a story which has no founda-
+ion in fact The author does, however
place by the side of that invention the
positive and unequivocal denial or II
made bv the man who Of all men con-
cerred In the transaction was best IN
formed and best qualified 10 declare the
truth.
Not the least valuable part Of the
volume is an appendix, filing about
cne-ffth OF the whole, in which are
rivcn the texts Of some two dozen or
more Of the most important and sig
nifcant peace treaties Of the last hun
dred wears. ranging from the Treaty OF
Paris of 1915 10 the Treaty Of Athens
of 1913. A list Of judicial cases, a
photography and an analytical index
complete the contents Of singularly
we'll planned and we'll executed volume,
which fills the most serious gap
hitherto existing in the literature Of in
ternational affairs, and which must be
regarded as indispensable 70 every IL
brary Of diplomacy and international
law. It is judicial and impartial IN
tone. lucid and convincing in style and
cncvclopedic in scholarship; commend
able alike 20 the statesman and 10 the
man in the street for authoritative in
struction and guidance in the gigantic
/ transactions which are-some time-to
bring to an end and TO determine the
SEQUEL of the greatest war the world
has ever known. In brief. il would be
/ difficult, if not impossible. to praise
| too highly this monumental work, the
manifest timeliness of which is fully
/ eoualled by its intrinsic merits; and
which. while as acutely timely as
/ though it had been written solely with
reference to the ending Of the present
war. is calculated to be Of perpetual
and universal utility-a veritable
. classic Of international law.