Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
PAN-AMERICANISM Its Beginnings.
BY Joseph Byrne Jockey. New
York: The Macmillan Company.

TINE stable volume in hand
stands as the first chapter in
that long story whose theme
is the creation Of a group of
modern states out of the Spanish col
onies in America This chapter deals
with the revolt of these colonies from
the dominion of Spain and with their
first experiments in self government.
one by one these state units are taken
up for the purpose of examining into
the special outlook and aim of each
in the great problem of independence.
While EACH of these is followed in
the course Of it's own peculiar line of
HISTORICAL development, it is to the
dominant unifyinG idea of the whole
that the author gives greatest atten-
ton. This conspicuous unifying idea
is that of solidarity, that of the con-
unent itself which. despite it's diver
sfied interests and claims, is, never
theless. bound together by the COM
mon will toward independence. by
common measures of self-protection
against a single inimical influence.
and by generally common problems of
state formation. Leaders stand out
in the full splendor of their individ-
ual service in the cause of freedom
Measures are projected in the full
flavor of their historic intent. The at
titude and influence of certain great
powers-notably the United States and
Great Britain-arc defined in their
large sign:fcanceS. leading chap
ter goes into the rise and meaning of
the Pan-American idea. A discriri
mating photography rounds out this
carefully prepared document. Schol-
arS6in and the of Scipn-
titic investigation combine here with
Il pleasing manner of recital TO pro-
duce timely and dependable study.
THE TANK CORPS. BY Maj. Clough
Williams-Ellis, NJ. c., and A. Will
liams- Ellis. Illustrated. New
York: George H Doran Company.
This is a complete history of the tank
rs an instrument of warfarH No other
war machine SO bewitcheS the imagina-
ton as does this monstrous thing of
prehistoric implications and reminders
Here one is glad to get the story. very
wildly rendered, of the initial idea of
the tank, of its gradual evolution. of
its final development into an effective
and terrifying element of battle. The
service of the tank. after it's introduc-
ton in 1916, is set down here battle by
battle, in a dramatic and exciting mar
rative. II is not possible for the aver
age observer to classify the tank as
mechanism Rather does he assign to it
u monstrous personality. a fascinating
resurrection of some extinct life-form.
SO. even as one reads here this record
of fact, this narrative of battle. he as
cribes powers to the tank that no other
OF the mechanics of war can possibly
possess. A most informing and illu-
ninating story. One is not able to re-
sst this description of the tank by Il
wounded territorial: :" Old Mother Hub
bard they called her and lots of other
funny names as we'll. She looked like
a pantonime animal or a walking ship
with iron sides, moving along, very
slow, apparently all on her own. and
with none of her crew visible. There
she was. groanin' and gruntin' along.
pokin' her nose here and there, stopping
now and then as if she was not sure of
the road, and then going on-Yery slow,
but over everything. 1t was her slow
ness that scared us as much as any
thing and the way she shook her wicked
old head and stepped to congh. 1t vas
cireus-my word. She came humping
out of the fog at one end of the line
and bumped into II again at the other.
The last / saw of cher was when she
was nosing down a shell crater like
great big h:ppopotalnus with crowd OF
, Tommies cheering behind" remark
able story of a marvellous invention.
IN THE WORLD WAR. BY Count
per & Bros.
BY virtue of his position as former
minister of foreign
affairs, Count Ottokar Czernin stood
close to European diplomacy and
politics. He is, besides, as this VOL
ume SO clearly demonstrates, keen
observer of men and events on his
own account, shrewd appraiser of
national aims and measures. This
book constitutes a series of snap
shots gathered up out of the war
drama Some are portraits, some are
Of cause and effect There is a brief
study of President Wilson among
these, another of William II. The
latter is in the nature of apology a nd
extenuation. This element in the.
study of the former kaiser brings
out the thread of prepossession that
runs through these pictures. pre-
possession rooted in race and place
one that, to a marked extent sets
aside the overlay of logical thinking
and clear vision that, otherwise;
marks the deductions of this cultured
exponent of central European poll
cies Like the other distinguished
statesmen of the central powers.
Count Gzernin is impressed with
England's terror of Germany. with
with her anxious fears of annihila-
ton. King Edward VII is. to this
diplomat, not the peacemaker of
Europe, but rather Machiavelli
bent to the business of encircling
central Europe with hostile nations
land. Apart from this obsession.
which is, no. doubt, very natural
mental attitude for the statesmen of
Germany and Austro- Hungary, the
observations here. are based upon a
clear and disillusioned outlook upon
European politics. as these are made
objective by way of the great war
THE FOOTPATH WAY. BY Henry
Miner Rideout. author of white
Tiger" etc. New York. Duffield 4
Company.
Mr. Rideout's story of the far east
is an amazingly communicable thing
One becomes part of it. He himself
feels the singing heat and threads
precarious footpaths through thu
dense tangles of tropical growths. HI
himself STILES and drips and suffer:
in welter of bodily discomfort
through the shifting and strenuous
adventures set down here. Warrlnt
tribes--some of them relics OF oit
barbaric royalties robber bands
magic men. English secret servic
men, an American youth out for ad
venture, girl. and motley of indi
vidual natives besides. provide tn
many-sided adventure in which on
here takes SO realistic a share. TIL
story reeks with the exotic landscap
one feels it and sees it and smell
IL. 1t is saturated with strange PEG
pie who see and think different.
from those of the west Then ther
is Just enough of the west. in Incl
dent and individual. to interpret tn
whole and set out the real charm an
fascination of the general TODD.
HELPING MEN OWN FARMS. B
Elwood Mead. New York: TIL