Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-25
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Flashes From the Front" Nv Charles
II CRAFTY Illustrated New York
CITY. The Centur, 10, 333 Fourth
avenue Price. 81. not
rs capable newspaper man. iot some
tir,o editor nf the baltimore sun nnd el
most alure the opening uf the war speoial
correspondent nf the New ork INES
Nr Graety ia wel httod for tho work of
| presenting on printed raeos thrilling and
realistic pictures of the tireat W ~.
| This hr hoe mnet nrceptahly done ~
| Flashes Prom tho Front
Tho hnnk. ~ the main. "a an ass"mhlage
and arrangement of Nj Grea' q lettere
| from the front tC his paper presenting the
| results nf hiq observations and hla WORK
! n tho vnri,,ia ronttos uf war activities
/ Tnndon Paris manl lrcnch Var towns.
ord from army headquarters in franc"
| and Flanders lie saw great deal and
/ obtained large amount nt trsf -ha'n
| Lpnwlodpc herofure hc WIS rnahled
~ present ~ ana, ni interesting hhd
,aI,tellr information within the lnni's.
nf saut7o af fhc lIne pere'l'ng - the
ofFraI ,eusor Aud this Wrik of VA
narczzlt, certainty tld not 'nrat h'
,utr,o=t and rulortanre " vhet hN haN
eiyc, ~ this i,loL That he had "<"et
ttoual opportunities 'or oha"tr ahon may
10 accepted aa a fact as the ples'ip" z,
the great rarcr ~ represented secure =
fnr hlu tho attention ~ ~" ioa'hilA e'h
erals ~ command of the Ahed arrn'ee ond
oronod ~ HIM the doora q many pn'nfs
/ III observation through vhirh ordinary
lcraouaEcs could n"' phs7'f'lN s''''
/ aimlzainn
AJr CraatA tells. COR instance, oi his
y..,aga tn Euryl,c with General John J
rotshtur ~ whom he gives ap intimnfe
,,etaanai sketch the artiynl ot ouf ntin}
IA Frapce h,s ylslt ~ tho foconqloreh
corner III Alsare and his tour II the tnin"'
arcaa nf northern lieusc t'uo ohapi'f
wrliteu in ltalX. dcpls with tie '"lnlfl"'
Italian palitt-al and military SITUATION
hoh,nd inc E.eucz auothor dca'1lh'a ilf
currents and -, -=-cufrcnta ri pf"ia
panda IN sutherland with tofnafh ali'
interviews with rall''al agents an'
refugees from tho various countries an'
an account "A want AZ tho l'fltl@h lut'fn
mrnt ealnp at Nlu'rcn
Nj Craat, has icon IN reraonal t"n'l
uith q large number - the lmpoa'ne 9
r.l,tieal and military he,ifcz :" tho VA
N several ruintirra IL provides tbs
taa,lr, vlth f,tll length portraits ~ ''cnot
ais taf4ro aud l'cfMn. loyd '''"tge
Ralf,ur and \orhyhfo ~ lfoiao'
/ plunkr't Is prcmlcl falnlrNo. Nj
,,crard aud General l'orshrug
General Fcrehrne contributes t"re
wnrd tn tho volume ~ winch ho SAYS
! Tho history ~ th,s war cannot he wr'it't
without the perspective winch tlno atone
, can give Ia the WoanWmle sil't
! chronicles rs tho author Mr. t'rasfY' ha
? present i supply the puhl'" with curr'n
, information and present nSotm frr"r'
ar tho historian The exceptional "p
,,,rtllnltjce If observation cnIoycd hy ~
2 author viii make this volume ono " th'
hest among cnufomrorar, pub Aai l'h
( on the war
Q Alan there Is a very ntercs,,us ntr"
= ductar> chaptcr by Mr. Dan - ulvef
tho noted nnlI7lcal writer "t tho London
a Morning pnet Nv Culver goes mt
. the economic cansos of the Great Wal
and also ludulgcs ia predictions oi u
Z ecnuor4Ir results one Of the result s
$ he holds. viii he the adoption Of the pre-
tectlvc tarln pullcy by C'rcat Britain, y
> the future. as a measure for tho prcserVa
s t,on Of ITS trade holding that the ahsenc
T of this economic policy was the mal
n cause of the difficulties and enormou
T h,ndrauccs the country WAS competie
~ contend with AZ the opening ot tho VA
d which found England almost entnel
It unproparcd ior such tremendous contest
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