The Washington herald., 1918-10-13

Karl Ludwig Krause is q promi-
nent Bavarian author and man OF
affairs, now in Switzerland, where
he was forced to take refuge be-
cause Of his liberal opinions regard
Ing Germany's part in the war. and
is the signer of a manifesto which
appeared In the Freie Zeitung of
Berne. Switzerland. in behalf Of the
democratic elements in Germany. Ii
is dated Geneva, June %, 1913.
The manifesto declares that The
sole responsibility for the war rests
upon the autocratic and military rul-
ers OF Germany and Austria; that
they alone are responsible for the
prolongation Of tho war; that a re-
public must be established in Ger
many, and the way to the overthrow
of kaiserism can only be prepared
by a complete military defeat of
Germany. The manifesto concludes
with the following:
Thanks to the big-hearted, unsel-
flsh entry Of the American nation
into the war and thanks TO
President Wilson's far-sighted poll
icy, dictated by the most humane
motives, our democratic war aims
for Germany will be achieved. And
If all signs do not deceive, the mill
tary defeat is nearer than seemed
possible only very short time ago"
1t Is probable that Mr.. Rrause will
soon come 10 the United States,
where he will make a lecture tour
in an endeavor to enlist the support
OF German-Americans and all Amer
leans toward plans for the estab.
lishment of a German republic.
The Book of Daniel Drew.
This diary of Daniel Drew. the first
great Wall Street broker. Transcribed
and edited by Bouck White, com
prises in a sense a history of the
early days OF that famous mart. The
very traditions and atmosphere OF
Wall Street We're in the making in
old Uncle Dams days, indeed. no
one contributed more to making it
what 1t was and is than Drew him
self.
The book begins when the boy was
a thrifty farming lad up in the hills
of Carmel. New York. a region
through which Redcoats and rebels
had fought but few years before.
New York was just beginning a
bounding growth in those days and
Drew was one of the first to dream of
1t as II is today. the greatest city in
the world. Filled with enthusiasm, 10
be stopped by nothing In his youth,
we see him at the end a weary old
man broken and ruined but still
watching >the ticker of Wall Street
which has forgotten him for younger
brains and newer methods. 1t is at
once a biography of a famous and
striking figure in the finance of our
country, and a picture of times when
things were in the making. George
-. Doran Company, $50 metz
The Nayfower Pilgrims.
Edmund J. Carpenter, author OF
THE Mayfiower Pilgrims" (the Alb
ingdon Press, n. Y, $50 postpaid, is
probably the first American author tC
tell an interesting. readable, concise
story Of the brave band of wanderers
who landed at Plymouth Rock and
eventually established religious free
dom in America.
There are thousands Of descendants
of the Pilgrims in America today
many OF whom are "over there" car
rying the torch of democracy and free
dom, not only of religion. but Of tra-
dition as we'll To those whose ances-
tors first set foot on the barren coast
OF Massachusetts,, we suggest the read
ing of this book. 1t is exceptionally
we'll told. well printed and well illus
trated. Summed up, We consider il
the first understandable history Of that
brave band of people who dared the
unknown and did much to found the
country which is now fighting again
for liberty.
The Clutch of Circumstances.
Marjorie Benton Cook, the author OF
"Bambi." has written another re-
markable book entitled THE Clutch
Of Circumstances' George H. Dorar
Company, $l.25 nett. and it bids fail
to equal "Bambi" in popularity.
Her newest book is an intensely
emotional melodrama with a very
original war plot. 1t will probably be
q good seller. The story hinges or
an American woman, wife of a British
cabinet minister, but of German an.
cestry, who falls into the clutches
OF the German spy system and |.
forced to betray important informa'
tion. One of the most thrilling bits
is an explanation Of the death ot
Kitchener Cthe supposed betrayal OF
the name of his ship to the enemy
which really did gain wide credence ir
England. In the end she is discov-
cred and in difference to her husband s
position Is allowed to commit suicide
Her final repentance forms a highly
emotional climax.
The Yanks Are Coming.
Once they were coming, but now
they are going-to Berlin. William
Slavens McNutt, whom nearly every,
body knows, really did his bit
when he wrote THE Yanks Are Com
ing" CThe Page Company, $3.50.
1t is an unusually timely book
giving an insight, and a rare one
at that. into camp life and the train
ing and development of the raw re-
cruits into well-set-up, alert Amer
lean soldiers, who have long age
proved that 1t does not take forty
years to make a soldier who can
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