Evening star., 1918-07-21

- by way Of it into the high
IN place where You can see Give Give
over, for an hour. the daily
war furries that confuse and torment
and incapacitate. Use the hour, in
stead. in the slightly place that this
book sets and, through 1t, look over
across to France, where, transplanted.
there is United States-young.
clean-hearted. strong handed. capable.
keen. ef1icient-a United States that
is '1Out to Win" First the book shows
US our soldiery-more than q million
of khaki-clad boys. marching along
the roads of France. Their cadenced
steps beat out a meaning that. shap-
ing into a refrain. Keeps company
with the marching feet: We've got
four years to do this job"-We've
got four years to do this job" Grim.
man-hearted boys. these-Out to
Win
Then the book takes us to the job
war. An amazing picture of straight
business on the part of the United
States In France. Harbors deepen and
lpread for the incoming transports.
Docks reach wide from the waterside.
Acres of munitions find shelter. Ware
houses take on undreamed-of ampli-
tudes- Salvage houses assume gigan-
tic proportions. Railroads multiply
and engines are stalled in thousands
waiting their turn for the front. An
astonishing unit of American business
material and method. ready and CO.
ordinated for war service. Out to Win.
And. again, the book leads us to that
glorious fundamentally of the war
of COMPASSIONATE Red Cross, the
army Of doctors and nurses and aids.
all. bent to the work Of winning dead
bodies to life and broken bodies to
wholeness and shattered spirits to q
new vision. Out to Win. surely. this
war Of compassion. And We see clear
" here that throughout this whole
business the great 'promise-keeping'
civilizations Of the world are being
knit into . brotherhood Of common
understanding and respect. The sol
diers are building this brotherhood.
Besides fighting the Hun they are
fighting away the relics Of old ami
mosities and old prejudieea. So. these
are ''out to win" not only the war
against what Germany means to them,
but to win also the lasting friendship
of the great free nations of the world.
best and the only warrant against
other wars. Here the book turns
around upon us to drive deep into our
hearts the fact that IL we do not
learn the anguished lesson of this war
We shall not have kept faith with
to Win" is q great book. projected In
a vision that Is as clear and practical
az ft is enheartening and inspiring If,
reading 1t. we hnd within ourselves
any small hindering elements Of feel
ing or action. there IL but one thing
70 Hr tr
out keen in body and soul to be Of
service In the true spirit Of service.
Garry On" and '"The Glory Of, the
Trenches" gave Coningsby Dawson
the voice of authority in the meanings
of the war. This gives him equal au-
cupies. Read it.
AMERIcANIsM AND SOCIAL DE-
MOCRACY. By John Spargo. au-
thor of Social Democracy Ex-
planned" etc. New York: Harper
& Brothers.
John Spargo. from the standpoint
of an American citizen, here restates
the case of socialism in America.
Under the universal probings of war
the socialist party in the United
States was brought to the surface,
as was every other considerable
project and institution, to submit,
first of all, to the test OF its unim-
peachable Americanism. In the st.
Louis convention of 1917 the social
lists. facing a certain declaration of
war by the President. redeclared
their socialistic faith. This declara-
tion was not unanimous. 1t uncov-
cred dissenters. John Spargo among
them. It is in the light of that event
that Mr.. Spargo here reviews the
theory of socialism as 1t bears upon
the genius and institutions Of the
-cussion is to lead one away from the
developments Of that convention, since
these disclose a perversion Of the
socialistic doctrine. That st. Louis
convention was, according to this
writer, SO un-American In attitude as
to be really pro-German in effect
This spirit Mr.. Spargo does not ascribe
is it due to a failure on the part of
the socialist party to keep up with
the march of events in America.
Rather is 1t due to an overlong de-
votion to the German source OF So
cialism in this country, q devotion
which. in this crisis, took on the
color Of half-hearted loyalty to Amer.
lea Therefore. 1t is In the spirit OF
an undivided American citizenship
that Mr.. Spargo restates the political
and economic program OF socialism
as this bears upon the future OF the
United States. However much one
may disagree with the points In the
grateful to the writer for a clear
and direct statement Of its essentials.
for serious consideration Of the
adjustments required. by socialism to
meet the political and economic Sit
uation of the United States, for q pro-