Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24

Richardson Wright. author of
Through Siberia, an Empire in the
Making" etc. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Company.
uAKING the ground that certain
deep-seated aftinities between
Russia and the United States
IL make their mutual under
standing of supreme moment
to both, Mr.. Wright addresses this study
Of Russia to the American people. BY
virtue of these deep kinships In both
material and spiritual forces. the flu
ture of the new Russian democracy Is
Of prime importance to the great de-
mocracy of the western hemisphere
And since the future Of Russia is but
the fundamental Russian character
carried forward into the facing years,
it is upon this groundwork of Russian
life that the author focuses attention.
His purpose Is to show what thlngs In
life the Russians, collectively think
important to point out their ways OF
approach to these desirable ends. to
indicate their methods of dealing with
them, to define the nature or the splr-
itual part of these people History,
general custom, local usage ana cur
rent events are employed here to dem
government and to review the TACT tnat
the present revolution in that country
is but a reaffirmation OF the prlncipie
of democracy under which the SiaV mas
for centuries striven to realize ninseiI
as a people Mr.. Wright makes 1t clear
that the revolution is merely reVer-
sion to the original type OF RUSSIAN
political ideal. Years spent by tnis
author in the Russian empire give au-
thority to this study. Moreover inc
ie foir ip1a cd
pathetic and discriminating-a COM
petent and most readable Interpretation
that Is admirably calculated to meet us
original purpose of contributing 10 Il
comprehension Of the young democracy
that is facing a new social political
and Industrial fellowship with the
world-a fellowship that is OF the
greatest Significance to the United
States.
BEHIND THE GERMAN VEIL: A
Record of a journalistic War Pill
grimage. By ]. NJ. de Beaufort. H.
Illustrated. New York: Dodd. Mead
& Co.
This graphic record shifts with the
sudden turns of Kaleidoscope. And
such is it's logical movement. since 1t
gives the carrying out Of plan to get
behind the barricade of German secrecy
and, once there, to come into first
hand grip with such actual German
facts and conditions as energy:
resource, luck and a judicious use OF
earlier German friendships may secure
to the writer. What this equipment
does secure is primarily broad view
of Germany in the salient features OF
its civic and military existence under
the enormous stresses of war. BY hook
or by crook this waywise and indeIatl-
gable correspondent appears to have
penetrated to many a screened-oH
corner OF the empire. to have run safely
the gauntlet of many of It's innumerable
"verbotens." Either in his own proper
person or by way Of some ingeniously
contrived role he makes observations,
secures interviews with exalted Ger
mans-von Hindenburg himself the
chief Of these-renews acquaintance
with the German character. gets new
slant on the German psychology, makes
record of a host Of impressions and
in a spirit of pure Acknowledgements
the whole to a substantial body OF I'M
portant information on many phases
Of the German situation. A Hollander
by birth. q newspaper man of American
training. student in the German
schools. a spirited writer much In love