Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09

NJ AURICE LOWS Interpretation
| MI of woodrow Wilson is. in eff
feet, a study in human con-
. sistency. In concrete demon
| stration it presents an example of
political theory projected into politi-
cal practice with little, or none. of the
damage that ideals commonly sustain
at the hands of hard and diverting ac-
| tua1ity. The method of this demon
stration permits one to walk around
Mr.. Wilson. seeing him whole as
political entity. BY virtue of this
solid. dimension exposure,
thrown into the perspective of the
Presidents full political career, the
enigma OF the man disappears. con-
Predictions become agreements. and
apparent Inconsistencies settle into
component parts of single harmoni
Gus whole. The material of this in
vestigation is the body of Mr.. Wilson's
political avowals from platform, col
lege professorship and the pages of
print. Out of this bulk of material
Mr.. Low draws the basic political prin-
! ciple which Mr.. Wilson states and re-
| states in patient repetition. This
fundamental principle is that RESPONSE
| billty and power are inseparable. APP
piled. this means that the political
! leader must discriminating measures
as well as policies. migrating the
dominant thought of his party. co-or-
dinating it's forces. assuring its OBJ
jects and shouldering the RESPONSE
bility of its achievements. Brought
forward into the leadership inhering
in the presidency. this theory of the
indiyisibility of responsibility and
n w or VI q fTNGT hA - .szA DEr~
ishing attitudes and acts of Mr.. Will
son as President. acts which have
often left the theoretical partners in
the business of government to a be-
wildered hunt for their time-honored
Jobs of initiative and production. Mr..
Wilson makes it clear. according to
the evidence submitted here. that the
original intent of the Constitution was
to create in the presidency a premier
ship, and not mere superintendency.
This, in word, is the central illumin-
ating point in Mr.. Lows interpreta-
ton OF the President. By its standard
the writer tests Mr.. Wilson as political
writer, as governor, as President I'M
der the twofold exactions of peace and
war-the former filed with projects
of domestic social reform. the latter
crowded with war problems and inter-
national complications. The study con-
stitutes not only a competent interpre-
tation, even a brilliont one. 1t is, as
well. an appreciation. The writer is
in complete sympathy with his sub
ject, happy, obviously, over the con-
vincing volume of evidence that flows
to his hand out of the material in his
possession. 1t is, nevertheless. a re-
strained and fair-minded appraisal.
one that is calculated to be of excel
lent value to the student of current
political history. as this is embodied
in the most significant national figure
of the moment.
WITH THE HELP OF GOD AND A
FEW MARINES. BY Brig. Gen. A. |
w. Catlin, u. S. NJ c.. with the col |
liberation of Walter A. Dyer. au-
thor of "Pierrot, Dog of Belgium
etc. illustrated. New York: Dou- |
bleday, Page & Co.
Is not this sumptuous title? And |
the story itself fills this splendid cup i
of naming to the brim. This is the |
story of the United States marines at |
Chateau Thie.ry. 1t reads like Their
mopylae. 1t sounds like Balaklava. |
A record of amazing courage, of sur
passing heroism, of reckless self-sac-
rifice. A point of prime interest in
this remarkable account is that it is
written by the leader of these men,
by the commander of these sea SOL
diers. Gen. Catlin. who as colonel of
the 9Th Regiment of Marines COM
manded the forces at Chateau Thierry
and Belleau wood. The recital is a
beautiful compound of modest and
restrained statement, on the one
hand. with tremendous pride in those
marines on the other. In addition to
the story of the great battle itself
Gen. Catlin gives a description of the
making of a marine, of the kind of
training that has produced this
3 - A1h to
great story observation-disclosures
and enthusiastic heart-warmins.
head lifting story that will make
every American the bigger by its
reading.
THE DISABLED SOLDIER. BY Doug
las c. McMurtrie. Introduction by
jeremiah Milbank. New York: The
Macmillan Company.
Mr.. McMurtrie, the writer of this
book, is director of the Red Cross
Institute for crippled and disabled
men. He is president of the Fedora
ton of Associations for Cripples. He
is editor of the American Journal of
Care for Cripples. Mr.. MiIbank, who
INTRODUCES it, is vice chairman of the
committee on direction in the Red Cross
Institute. Both are in position to
know what has already been done
for disabled soldiers, and what is, be-
Sides on the program for future work
in this direction. The book in hand
is devoted, in the main. to a survey
of the work of re-education of the
disabled soldier as this is being car
ried on in different parts of the world.
Classifying the various kinds of dis
ability produced by the war-blind-
ness loss of limbs, deafness, shock,
tuberculosis-the writer describes the
methods of rebuilding that are en-
pIoyed TO meet these different forms
of disabiement. adding, as the most
important point OF this exposition,
the special kinds of training that are
provided in each class of disability
| 10 re-educate the soldier TO indus
trial competency and TO the personal
! 10y of productive and independent
| existence The work is, naturally.
only in it's beginnings, but that which
| is already being accomplished is
given here in good detail OF equal
! Importance is Mr.. McMurtries out
| look upon the future of this enter
/ prise wherein he summarizes the
| forces of education already in opera
| ton that may be co-ordinated to TINS
| working scheme for the rehabilita-
/ ton of the soldier. The book Is time
Iy and of a practical quality. These
! features fit IL for textbook service
| in the Importantly imperative mat
! ter with which il has to do.
A PEACE CONGRESS OF INTRIGUE.
| Compiled by Frederick Freksa-