Arizona republican., 1921-10-16
SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 1s, 1921
It Is lcant of diligence rother than aUant of means that causes most failures. -AJred MeTcaer.
aThree Soldiers"

A book that Is being much discussed In the east nov though we not sure it has yet come to the shelves of western sellers is John Dos Passes Three Soldiers" We of the Southwest, where we have snattering of hybrid Spanish, must warn our selves against the spelling and pronunciation of the authors name "dos pesos" (two dollars).
 The book is a passionate diatribe against war; as we learn from the heated excerpts which have come to our notice The opinions of the author against war were formed largely his experiences, what ever they were in world but they were such as to make him in his book describe an officer as "a goddam wop."
 From this and other remarks we may infer that Mr. Dos Passos recollections of his military service are not pleasant and by his own experiences he holds all warfare to be horrible
 The publishers of the book. who may not be regarded as wholly disinterested, of 1t:
 xith a passion for truth telling that burns with , ,h,,a flame through all his pages John Dos Passes states the case of Youth in rebellion against the established order-particularly the case or 1oung America. generous, en-minded' sprltuaily anVe. courageous idealst, caught and crushed in the great stamping machine of war. A book that says exactly what Young America thinks of war modern society and it morals
 of the author we know nothing of his part in the war concerning which he seems from meager view of extracts from Three Soldiers" to write so dramatically. He might have expected and he could hardly have been surprised that reviewers would somewhat unnecessarily upon his personality, to the extent of conveying suspicion that he was a sorehead private in the army embracing chance to get even.
 one critic has said of the book that it is one for which author would have been arrested II 1t had been published during the But that has nothing to do the and that statement con veys nothing concerning the merit demert of the book There are lots of expressions now concerning war that could not have been uttered properly safely while war was going The restraint we were under then does not estop us from speak mig as harshly as we please against in general, or from critcsing freely conduct of the last
 The writer betrays a lack of moderation which detracts we suppose from artistic quality of his work
 But we must all share his desire that shall end that there be no more hideous destruction and carnage that destroys the accumulated products of civilization, kills the flower of its youth and leaves as heritage for years to come. the mamed and diseased wreclxs of thousands and thousands who should have remained happy and productive mem bers of society.
 If Passes book helps to spread among the American people feeling that above all things must be avoided it will not been written in vain Even it's evident unfairness and patent prejudice cannot weigh heavily against it if such good should result It is not our officers soldiers who trial, but the results the mitarstic spirit that brings war and armies, generals and privates. filth and blood, license and lust.
 Every picture drawn a great evil which has afflicted the world is distorted and it is the distortion and exaggeraton that fire the populace to demand its abatement