Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-30

TEEN POINTS. By Harry Hansen The
century Company. New EorE.
story 90 the Paris ....,, conferences il,
most entertaining ana informal IL e
m"nn"r Tic saw the human side Of
IN" conference. 10 aim IL was %u al
venture. and in hic hook lie has tu,I
tho story Cf this adventure rcCo.din.
"a" Eh'N-colorcG incidents tn" pie
thc twists ana tutrS OF the many meet
n$s. and eivia" vivid. intimate pic
lur"S OF tn" %rcat statesmen % the
:, H"Wl men ar" So well qualified ax
Mr.. Hansen I" writ" Il clear readable.
oNiar'aini"E ana a the same time nc
conference ever held in the history
81 IN. world. Mr. Hansen has long
nrrN student "f foreign politics.
burin" the inst Years OF th,. 2r"a, v.ar
=" served or the stan of rhn ,.hicaco
IN ~ News III Erl@ium. France. Ger
many, Austria iiGn@ar! aud Italy He
M,,',"Sssu ne march az the German
v'HiN through Belgium and later made
n CAREFUL study OF the war efforts OF
me 'Strians and Magyars. interview
'n& The lending statesmen in Vienna
ana budapest. He reported tho Plr.s
P"a," congress for more ;hIn twenty
% ne most prominent American news
glance At tho chapter headings
c9nvinccS one Of Mr.. lIanscu's origin
ahtE and sense OF humor. and his good
Judgment ~ choosing tho very i"pics
ana inrId"ntS ot tho conference III Thin"
tho greatest number Of thr people arc
!nt"resie' ana about which So little har
"een written au;horitativ"iy Con
corning "a" relative Importance OF 4
r"tc', '"ntcrtnce and football game.
az" 40" II feels to survcH the great
90 ~" earth through 1, doorway" is
me Introduction 10 CHAPTER three. in
which MI. Hansen tolls What Il fornla !
"cS";on 81 TIA" conference looked like
othcr !n,ere$t.n& chapi.r. are headed.
~ pip iuio PRESIDENT Wilson's Mail
Sac ana What Found There How
ne Primo" OF thc Iicdjsz Pitched E!is
n'h'lan REM IN IL" Apartments Of y
f'wcntE- IEighth o. june. and How Ger
mIhy 'ound Peace ~ tho End OF u
Lows, h"xG I:oad in versaiilcs;
Points IS amusing. IL is entertaining.
y Is informative, and those who read
u VIII Sain nettcr knowledge ot tho
ask that faced ;hc conference Of iaIS
ll'" q ~ ~ uh".riiardHE Of the
treaty Of Paris and the lcaGu. o. ma
t."hS' hr NOOK covers The conference
rom iho beginning To the c:tI.
our o. THE RUINS ny George u.
Ford. IN" Century rompauy New
only. ,nose Mo have boon ia con
"pprcciatr thu extent and hidcousucse
Of the devastation Germany has caused
IN that fair land. Only those who have
G"rc out Of their way 20 nNcStiGt.c
can realize the wonderful effort France
IS making, TO raise hcr villages ont OF
tho "uin$. Because the Americans have
taken such Keen interest in the 70
sto!ation or the devastated regions and
because Their" seems 20 "e a great JleaI
OF misunderstanding in this country
~ regard 20 tho conditions in Frlncn.
Nj. fUrd has written thiS Intensely
interesting! inuSt drama jc---.lld CON
IS" account Of tn. actual extent Of
the damage. what has so far been ur-
rpmp'lshcd ia Ia" way OF rchnbilita-
ton ANA what arc the plans aud needs
Tor tic future. Mr.. Ford Is an au-
tNority oN Tho subject Of town plan
ming. He was formerly ia" town plAn-
ming conSultHpt 10 the cities " New
York. NcwariJ. Omaha, etc. Since 1876
reconstruction problem. lie vas ~
member Of tho American industrial.
commission, and after ;ha, commission
returned from Franco he joined the
American Eed Cross and organized
and directed tbs reconstruction ~
search service a. that organization. III