Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
THE GREATEST FAILURE IN ALL

tnOT OF bOISneVlSm, etc. new
York: Harper & Bros.
IHIS book is court. To it Mr.
; Spargo summons the projectors
| and supporters of Russian boil
shevism. for an accounting OF
their national leadership. Bolshevism
promised peace and permanent release
from the old oppressive militarism. II
promised just and humane govern
ment, where free citizens would form a
great industrial democracy. 1t promised
enormous production of every means OF
full existence, with plenty for all. pow
erty for none. Upon this basis of fair
promise Mr.. Spargo institutes his ex-
animation of bolshevist leaders. Out OF
their own official orders, reports. admis-
sions, he seeks the tally between prom
| Use and performance. From these pri-
mary sources of information he draws
the situation of Russia under bolshevism
! industry, ruined land; a war-ridden
| country, it's personal life serfdom
faithless to its friends, the tool of its
enemies. Such are the findings OF this
| court out of the workings Of bolshevism.
! The book is clear evidence, as it was
! designed to be. Mr.. Spargos part is
| merely to place this evidence in the
hands of a public that is generally un-
informed. or misinformed, on this sub
! ject His personal attitude is one of
perfect detachment. To this impartial
stand is added here knowledge of the
! recorded and current facts of Russian
history, a familiar hold on the Russian
| character, and a single minded desire to
place the matter Of bolshevism into the
hands of a public that needs to know
definitely what this political doctrine is
and how it is working among the Rus
| sian people. A critical study, so COM
petent and clear as to make striking
! impression on the student of Russian
affairs, as it is calculated, also, to give
the general reader a survey of the I'M
happy state Of Russia under bolshevism.
THE NEW MERCHANT MARINE.
By Edward N. Hurley, author of
1.-The Awakening of Business"
etc New York: The Century Com
pany.
There is a modern American mer-
chant marine lying implicit in the
warships constructed by the United
States, in the surplus products of this
country. in it's ambition to secure a
fair share of the worlds trade. and
in the popular support of such an in
stitution by patriotic Americans. UP
to the present time lhese component
parts have not been assembled and CO.
ordinated. 1t is the purpose of Mr..
Hurley's book to show, broadly, the
lines along which this final act in
the achievement of an American mer-
chant marine may be set. These lines
include the work of the United States
Shipping Board in producing the war
ships that are now to be turned to
the uses Of peace. They define certain
areas of American trade, in the far
east and in the countries south of the
United States. They touch upon mat
tiers of ownership. management. per-
sonnet, insurance. One of the strong
points in this exposition is that OF
education, of training the public TIC
realize the Importance of this enter
prise, of inspiring it with the deter
mination to support it with enthu-
siasm. So ardently does the author
believe in this matter of education,
and in the point of beginning it early.
that he had toy ships made and a
could play with the world products.
with the business of shipping. with
some of the broad and patent rules
of commerce. That is most interest
ing as well as completely sound. An
opening chapter gives the stimulating
America was a prime factor on the
| sea-routes of trade. The book is the
work of an expert and an enthusiast.
1t has imagination and the nr1ng
spark of poetry in the solid stun OF
it's technical knowledge. in the plain
exposition. Formerly chairman OF
the United States Shipping Board,
and formerly chairman, as well. of the
Federal Trade Commission. Mr.. Hur-
! ley is in position to speak here with
authority. as he does speak, besides.
| with a convincing earnestness.
A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
BY Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. New
York George H. Doran Company.
The volume in hand--the sixth in
Mr. Doyle's history of the. war
! covers the British campaign in France
and Flanders during the three months
| Immediately preceding the signing of
the armistice.. The operations of
Rawlinson's army: of Byng's army. of
/ upon which this author defines spe-
| citic actions, wherein masses of men
are presented in personality of be-
havior that. commonly, inheres in the
\ conduct of individuals alone. One
gets, in addition, here the story of
| the Americans in the field of the final
| great combined advance that led to
| the defeat of the central powers. The
| facts are here-tested. sifted, COM
bined, in the interest of an authentic
here. too--the drama, the sweep of
movement, the high points of battle.
| the colors of individual gallantry.
| These two IN combination give to
| this particular history of the war it's
place of distinction and appeal.
ON THE TRAIL OF THE PIONEERS.
BY John T. Faris, author of His
toric Shrines of America" etc. H.
| Illustrated. George H. Doran Com
pany.
| This author recreates here the Pc
Rod Of the pioneers. Lifting on, so to
speak. the subsequent years Of re-
!markable development, he sets before