Evening star., 1917-10-28


with his fellow countrymen
on the dangers that menace them
through the foes of their own house
hold. AS the lesser evil, he sets aside
the foreign foe-open and avowed.
Instead, he takes up. class by class.
those who are today essentially faith
less to the government that protects
them and to the boundleSS country
whose resources and opportunities they
urgent to employ to their per
sonal advantage. Naturally. the first
Of these household foes to engage his
attention is the alien by birth or origin
who. choosing the benefits of this re-
publican government, remains an alien
still in design and action. Beyond this
class, Mr.. Roosevelt takes up the
pacitist, the Stacker, the rich man
profiteering, the poor man lending
himself to obstructive strikes. the So
cialist so adept at overturning, but
more clumsy than an apprentice hand
at upbuiiding, and all the forces that
court delay at the expense of action.
And again beyond this immediate circle
Mr.. Roosevelt gathers up every con-
siderable element whose effect tends to
obstruct the onward movement of this
bentiicently democratic power. The
viSor of Mr.. Roosevelt's thought, the
strength of his convictions, the purity
of his patriotism are known and re-
spectea the world over These are the
qualities that give this book its sub
Slaace and distinction and bespeak for
il. not only "a widely general reading.
but a thoughtful and thorough study
We'll.
THROUGH THE IRON BARS. BY Emile
cammaerts Cartoons by Louis
Raemaekers. New York: John
Lane Company.
This is plain description, made at
first hand. of the Sutferinss of the
Belgian people during two years of
German occupation of Belgium. The
attitude of this investigator before the
terrible situation of the EeigianS is
Que 10 carry conviction by virtue OF
Its freedom from any attempt TO do
more than state the bare facts. There
is no emotional!sm in the manner of
this disclosure. no bitterness merely
as such. The feelings OF pity and hor-
ror that fly straight across into the
heart of the reader come from the facts
themselves and not from any con-
scious effort on the part of the writer.
In this poignant record NJ. Cammaerts
deals first, and more lightly, with the
condition of the BelglanS before the
y
and deliverance seemed near. The bur-
den of his consideration falls. however,
upon the subsequent period, when the
tull weight of German brutality was
brought to bear upon this outraged
people It Is Il great story, for through
the unspeakable bitterness Of the or
deal, there is persistent note OF trI-
ulnphant rejoicing in spirit that Is
invincible. Here is great people,
great in courage, unconqueraole at
heart 1t is this that NJ, Cammaerts
has brought across to us. 1t Is Tor
this message that the book should be
read by every American for the forti-
Tying of his own soul
Raemaekers has. in the cartoons that
accompany this text, none of the reser-
vations that restrain the author. He
is as out-and-out as ingenuity can
make him. The cartoons, inimitably
clever, appeal straight to the fighting
blood-and so they. too, should be taken
into close and serious consideration.
THE HIGH HEART. By Basil King.
author of 1.-The Inner Shrine" etc.
illustrated. New York: Harper &
Bros.
It's an optimistic writer who.at ths-