Evening star., 1918-05-26

''board"-that it Is something Tong
point" The occasional old-time strap
hanger became ten thousand. Every
thing on wheels turned into a jitney.
To the pedestrian life and limb were
a daily gamble. Soldiers everywhere
God bless 'em.-added to the ex-
cited doings Of the day. Well. 1t is
something Of all thisEand much more
besides-that Mr.. O'Malley puts into
this inimitable series Of snapshots
of the new war town-Washington.
CRESCENT AND IRON CROSS. BY
Blaize," etc. New York: George
H. Doraa Company.
In complete triumph Kaiser Wilhelm
has outdone Ignatius Loyola himself
In support of the old Jesuitical. doc
trine that the end justifies the means
Belgium is proof. The Lusitania is "a
case in point. Summarized hospital
ships and shelled hospitals declare 1t.
Open towns bombarded from the
clouds. taking toll Of life among help
less women and children. proclaim it.
Sheer barbarfty of general war method
amrms It. National faith broken time
ana time over. without conscience or
pause. witnesses 1t. And a proof that
serves to give extra weight to this
full body Of evidence is the open and
shameless brotherhood. Of Kaiser VIII
helm with Abdul Hamid and his suo-
sources WHOSE authority is of ofioiai
story OF Germany In Turkey. His
purpose is to put into concrete form
an authentic and compact body Of
IQcta hA pH.k
lures Of Turkish government. From
this body Of fact the writer draws the
inherent atrocity Of Turkeys national
policy. From 1t. too. he produces in
oisputable evidence of Germany's
completely com In this policy Of frightful-
menians-an achievement now prac-
tically completes the high point
CHOSEN by Mr.. Benson for the purpose
OF the study In hand. From this point
ne goes backward into the political
the doom Of Armenia. These motives.
IN part. lie deep in the oriental devo-
ton to despotism. a.. in other part,
they spring from the jealousy and fear
OF consciously decadent nation. Side
py side with this study Of Turkeys
account Of the German penetration Of
Turkey. In point after point Of OBJ
Jective detail he portrays the Ger.
manization Of the Ottoman empire in
industry. politics. national outlook
the camel bulked large in this In
commodious tent very soon after Its
frst experimental nosings therein.
These two lines Of investigation lead
one squarsly to Germany's large re-
epon:ibility for the case Of Armenia.
a shining sample Of German kultur.
this Armenia. 40 1t is also an illu-
Ininating example Of the civilizing In
fluencs Of Christian Germany upon
Mohammedan Turkey. II is q fair
minded study. following substantiated
Interpretation on the part Of the writer
himself. It 10. therefore. q book for
the reader Of international meanings
At this supreme moment. It IL q read
able book, Mr.. Benson not laying
aside his storytelling habit here. but
making use Of 1t instead.
MExIC0's DILEMMA. BY Carl W.
Alderman, author Of Germany,
the Next Republic" Illustrated.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
Despite the general wholesomeness
Of . mind-your-own-busi policy. q
situation may arise in which it ia pos
sible to mind ones own business only
by strict attention to the affairs Of
ones next-door nsighbor. Mexico 10 q
case. in point for the Omitted States
Or % Z greAt many waywise people
think. b this writer believes. And in
pursuance OF this opinion Mr.. Aoker-
man has gathered into . book the re-
suits Of q flrst-hand experience in
Mexico. The purpose of this wide-
awake siEing up Of Mexico 10 that we.
the immediate neighbors Of that coun-
cheney by 4 better understanding Of
the present aspects OF the Mexican
situation. Mr.. Ackerman Jared through
Mexico-from the capital up to Tam
roundabout the country. From the
testimony Of his own senses he reaf.
firms the boundless natural wealth OF
this region. recalling that Mexico, by
virtue Of this wealth, has been. sue