Evening star., 1919-03-23

egy. a revolution caused by mode rn
innovations in sea weapons and sea
strategy. Beyond this general retro
spect of significant import, the writer
brings forward special sea engage
ments to objectify and illustrate the
broad principles laid down in his ini-
tial survey. Among these engage
ments are those of the battles of Falk-
land Islands. of Jutland of the Dogger
Bank. These involve technical matters
Of strategy. gunnery. tactics of battle,
naval ethics, distribution of forces.
and the like. The whole. both for the
technlcai seaman. and for the layman
as well. is an informing. broad
suage movement through the history
and the future of military seamanship
THE OPEN-DOOR POLICY AND THE
INTEGRITY OF CHINA. BY Shu-
taro Tomimas, A. NJ. New York: a.
G. Seller.
Many elements contribute to the
excellence of this study of an inter
national matter of prime Importance
Among these are the theme itself. the
source of it's authorship. the special
training of its author in a compre-
hension of international relations and
IN the law deduced from these refa :
tons. The study is addressed to Eng
disappearing readers for the purpose
OF presenting the case of the open
door polio, and the territorial in
tegrity of China from the standpoint
of one born to the eastern habit OF
mind and trained to the aspirations
and outlook of the eastern Asiatic
From many sources of official author
ity the writer has drawn into a
compact and well ordered study the
general policy of the outside world
frxr nd - III Tn, I,
stance the investigation is sun mary
of the efforts of the United States to
preserve the territorial integrity OF
China through the medium of the
wise diplomacy of John Hays open
door policy" In effect 1t is. also. a
disclosure of the less benevolent de-
signs of other nations in respect to
this comparatively helpless nation
AS to the opinion of the author him
self one gathers that. in the present
state Of Chinese weakness and con-
fusion. it is the part of strongly or
ganized powers-like the United
States, for instance, like Japan, also
to rescue China from herself, so to
speak. The book stands as a docu-
mental review of the world attitude
toward this. oriental state for the
past twenty years or so. 1t is timely
study, coming to hand at the moment
when the weak nations of the world
are receiving conscientious and merit
ed attention.
OLD GLORY AND vERDUN. By Eliz.
abeth Frazer. New York: Duffield
& Co.
These war. stories by an American
Red Cross nurse carry straight across
into the deepest feelings of the reader
by virtue of their purely personal and
objective characteristics. At Verdun,
at Cheateau-Thierry and at other
points where every corner was a hot
corner and the open was hell itself
Miss Frazer does not undertake the
impossible of presenting these scenes
in the large. On the contrary, she re-
calls some distressful case of Tommy
or doughboy. some heroic behavior OF
officer or doctor under direct fire. the
heroism and calmness of the hospital
that was shelled by the Hun airship-
and with each of these she deals in
the plainest kind of statement, a
treatment whose simplicity produces
attic effect. This is the distinction that
sets this more than commonly worth
while book apart from many hundred
other stories that have appeared on
the self-same theme.
By Cosmo Hamilton. With Illus
trations by Richard Cutter. Bos-
ton: Little. Brown & Co.
Cosmo Hamilton has put into his
pages a foolish1y irresponsible child
woman who may have a here-and-
there existence outside of a book,
but who is no more characteristic
of the average girl than rotten
peach represents the orchard. Joan
marries boy to rid herself of her
grandparents-her mother being on
her honeymoon with second hus-
band at the time-and then gets rid
of the boy because of her refusal to
play the marriage game" She pre-
fers to wing her way, mothlike,
among the forbidden pleasures of her
new world of marital opportunity;
among her frivolings in the danger
man-the husband of her best friend.
And to every remonstrance there is
caresg"
When. however, she finds that
young Martin. whom she has married.
is playing big brother to a show girl
with somewhat dangerous persistence,
Joan determines that she does care.
and the story has its normal ending.
1t is an interesting story, SO far as
the handling of the narrative is con-
cerned, but the query will obtrude
itself: Why should Mr.. Hamilton
bother over so unimportant a type?
Joan, like the here-and-there-you
person of real life. must have en-
joyed her philanderings, otherwise
she would have been too selfish to
keep them UP. but as to her hold on
the interest of the experienced read
er-who cares?