Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
OF NATIONS
IN World HISTORY
The Project Discussed in Al
Its Bearings by Specialists
in La,u and History

A compilation of sixteen essays on
the league of nations by experts in his
tory and international law, under the
editorship of Prof. stephen Pierce Dug
gan. of the College Of the City of New
York. appears most opportunely. The
book is prepared primarily for the in
formation of the intelligent layman who
wishes to understand the question in all
it's bearings.
The introduction, devoted to gen
crnl survey of the field, is written by
Professor Duggan. President Lowell,
of Harvard University, writes on the
organization and operation Of n league
OF nations, and Prof. John Bassett
Moore, Of Columbia University, sets
forth the essentials of league to en-
the historical background of the, league
is contributed by Prof. Carlton J. II.
Hays. also of Columbia. Professor
Rogers, of the University of Virginia.
writes of the problem of the limitations
which the league will impose on the
sovereignty of it's members. The limi-
tation of armaments Is discussed by
Prof. F. A. Ogg. Of tho University OF
Wisconsin. and Prof. Francis B. Sayre,
of Harvard. writes of international ad-
ministration in It's historical aspects and
with relation TO its application to the
problems of the league. international
co operation as applied to the problems
of small nations, to the economic life
of all nations, to colonies, to water
ways, railways and other highways, to
labor and to the freedom of the seas
is discussed by men who have given
careful study to the subject and con =
siderable space is given to an examina-
tion of the relation of the United States
to the league with especial reference to
our policy of isolation and to the effect
of the league upon the Monroe Doc
trine.
There is an appendix containing
Able Saint Pierre's plan for funda :
mental treaty for preserving the peace
of Europe, Emmanuel Kant's plan for
perpetual peace, the Holy Alliance
treaty. the Monroe Doctrine, the pro =
visions of The Hague conventions for
permanent court of arbitration and
the league of nations covenant.
The book is n scholarly and sympa :
thetic examination of the subject in all
its aspects. 1t can be commended to
the attention of serious minded readers
who wish to broaden their knowledge.
One might we'll read along with this
American contribution to the literature
of the subject '"Thc Idea of the
League of Nations" prepared by II.
G. Wells, in collaboration with a group
of other Englishmen, including Wis
count Grey, II. Wickam Steed, Wis.,
count Bryce and Gilbert Murray, who
have formed League Of Free Nations
Association to study the project and
further it SO far as possible. The pre-
vniling idea of the booklet is that the
league of nations cannot be little
thing, but must be either an overriding
idea of a greater state or it must be
nothing.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. The Princi.
pie and the Practice. Edited by Stephen
Pierce Duggan, Boston The Atlantic
Monthly Press. $3.50.
THE IDEA OF THE LEAGUE OF Ma
TIONs. BY II. @. Wells. in cola boration
with a selected group of British thinkers.
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