The sun., 1917-05-27

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sprang up from the ashes Of his dead
fathers government"
In the chapter on British Guiana the
United States appears; ~In 17s0 Eng
land was face TO face IN Guiana with
the hostile powers Of France, Holland
and Spain, but the end Of many con-
fused operations found the island
power with more territory than sAs
had possessed at the beginning. The
war with the United States in 1913,
however, brought down . hornets nest
Of American privateers on the oast."
The pages are not false to the prom
ise Of the subtitle, for while there is
in them much Of war, there Is much
also Of. other things. Chapter XXI.
tells Of the work Of British naturalists
in South America. Charles waterton
explored the Guiana forest. Of which
Raleigh had said: 'It hath so many
PLANES. cleere rivers, abundance Of
Phesants. Partriges, Quailes. Rallies.
Cranes. Herons and all other fowle:
Deere Of all sorts. Porkes, Hares,
Lions. Tigers, Leopards and divers
other sortes Of beastes." Waterton
specialized on snakes: there were
plenty Of them. Darwin was in South
America In 1881: crossed the plains.
travelled by boat along the Parana and
Uruguay rivers. geologized In the
Andes and unearthed valuable fossils,
Of mastodon. prehistoric horse and the
extinct giant armadillo. Henry Bates.
A. r. wallace. Richard Spruce and
other Britons are noticed because Of
their scientific studies in South Amer
lea. w. H. Hudson. whose revived
writings have had so much and so
well deserved notice Of late. Is only
named among "other naturalists."
Skipping . lot Of interesting things.
we come to the chapters on Eng
lands more recent relations with
South America and the prospectus.
Here is . good story OF the competi-
ton Of British and German methods.
The agent Of a British line Of steam
ers at a certain European port found
that his German rival was outdoing
him in the stserage passenger busi-
ness. Investigation revealed that this
was the result Of the impression made
by German poster pictures showing the
German steamships equipped with one
moro funnel than the British boats
carried. The English manager got out
new posters for his line, going the
other fellow one better in the matter
Of smokestacks. When at last. after
several moves In tho game. the British
boats appeared carrying seven huge
tunnels, the German agent appealed
for relief to his superiors In Berlin.
After some negotiating It was agreed
that both lines should instruct their
artists to count tunnels honestly.
Mr.. Koebel gives Great Britain ut
most credit for her services in rem
dering guidance in emergent South
America, but urges that hereafter she
a. an ally" He foresees Germany
pouring money, from however d.
minished . hoard" into South Amer
lea; - hailstorm Of notes" playing
about the centres Of Journalism, ofYi-
cialdom and commerce; and he warns
his countrymen that no passive re-
sistance" will avail. Passing from
German trade hostilities to North
American competition is. he says, etc
experience the sensations OF one
emerging from an entangled forest
path onto an open high road" 1t Is a
competition open, honest. Of a simple
order but powerful. 1T relies for Its
success largely on a sheer weight OF
dollars"-placed differently from the
German coin. The British observer
sees that we mean business, and big
business. in South America He
gives us credit for knowing how tc
go about It. But he secs no reason
why American interests and British
interests In South America should not
thrive together. But North Ameri-
cans will have to be more numerously
represented. and represented by men
more genuinely conversant with
South American affairs, II she Is to
make the most of her opportunity. I,
may be soothing to our public and our
merchants. accused with some Justice
but also with some exaggeration. OF
ignorance where so much is at stake
to know that the British public and
British exporters match us there.
Mr.. Koebel makes a hobby of South
America, and his writings have the
merits and the demerits of writings
about intelligent hobbies. But his
books certainly do not Justify the
criticism which he cwithout a whine)
reports as having been heaped upon
him by an English newspaper which
assailed him because of his Teutonic
looking name. The newspaper ac-
cused him OF Withholding from his
English readers the facts about the
nature Of German efforts for suprem-
acy. mot commercial alone" ir
South America The newspaper
called him a Stacker. He replies tina,
his father held a commission from
Queen Victoria, and he alone OF his
fathers five sons Is now not q soldier
not because he Is -four years on the
shady side Of the slacker's haven
forty" but because Of a slightly
sprung heart" We think he is serv-
ing England pretty well. judging 10y
his books; and the books are so goot
that thanks may be rendered to the
unnamed hostile newspaper for evok.
ing this bit OF personal Information
about their author.
Social Life In an England Of Yester.
day.
One thing that r. j. FoAKEs JACK.
SON does In his book OF Lowell lee