Evening star., 1922-03-12

company.
"HE clear intrinsic value of this
study is increased. markedly.
by the perfect timeliness of
its appearance. The confer
ence for the limitation of arma-
ment, Just ended. recreated di-
plomacy in the image of the modern
spirit of cooperation. 1t set new
pattern for treaty-making. The pro-
ceedings of that conference were in
the open. BY virtue of an active and
efficient press these proceedings be-
came a common possession. inspiring
peoples everywhere with hope, pro-
viding a new standard for interna-
tional agreements. One of the few
big waymarks of progress-this con-
ference-in what Mr.. Wells calls the
great adventure in corporation.
force whose use. or disuse. has ad-
vanced, or retarded. civilization
the periods of time. The
new diplomacy is at hand, the new
method of aty-making is being
embodied in concrete action. the mind
of the public is informed and open
This, therefore. is the time To seize
upon the impressive effects of con-
trast, the ripe moment for a study OF
the old. as set off against the new
plan of international agreements
And at this propitious moment Dr.
Hill's book steps into the open, an
admirable opportunity tor students
of American history to study the
treaties that have most vitally af-
fected the growth and development of
the United States. They cover d pc
riod of century and a quarter. eX-
tending from the American revolu-
ton to the recent Panama canal
agreements. Each treaty is set in
its own hour of history, from which.
in clean separation. the author has
drawn the conditions giving rise to
this particular treaty. the purpose
that controls it. the vicissitudes that
attend it, its ultimate form. its effects.
Together, these studies outline the
growth of the United States to inde-
pendence, to a vast continental DO
main of definite boundaries, to eX
panding commerce. to a man-size in
ternationalism. The outline reveals.
as well, that a large share of this
growth has been by purchase" con.
agreements" rather than by way of
conquest and war-matter of just
price, this. A distinctive mark of the
study in hand is its vitality. Persons
and personalities come and go here.
One listens in" to argument, COM
l.
speech of treaty-teNt gives way 10
the tournament field of trained and
adroit opponents. This manner of
history takes out a new lease on life.
Then. after this vigorous. concrete
treatment, the important unit of trea-
ties settles back into the scheme of
general American history, a living
and influential part. not only of the
past history of this country, but a
living and influential part of its pres
ent and its future as well. An au-
thoritative chapter of history, dra-
matte in spirit and treatment, whose
study fits exactly into the present
moment of great international out
look.
MAROONED IN MOSCOW; The Story
of mn American Woman Imprisoned
In Russia. By Marguerite f. Har
rison. New York: George H. Doran
Company.
Intensely interesting from begin
ming to end. From the start one is
clearly impressed with the fact that
the writer has, for the purposes of
this account. laid aside imagination
power of literal transcription. Every
statement lies within the realm of
reason-that is. of reason in Russia
There is not the faintest appear
ance of any reach beyond actual oc-
currence. Out Of this fidelity of pur-
pose the book in hand gives a very
vivid picture of Russia for the year
and a half that Mrs. Harrison was in
that country. part of the time a
prisoner in Moscow. The writer has
no theories. political or otherwise.
Her business is to tell what she saw
and did. and what was done to her.
Her story of prison life in Moscow
s,,er nj,
into this life-is as convincingly
horrible as any masterpiece of Gre
arive Imagination possibly could be.
Yet, an effect-as such-appears to
be the last thing in this writer's
mind. No resentment. no bitterness
just plain talking instead. 1t is out
Of this detached imperSonal attitude
that one gets the vivid picture OF
soviet Russia as it was when Mrs.
Harrison was in that country.
CLERAMBAULT. BY Roman ROLAND.
author of Jean Christophe." etc.
Translated by Katherine Miller.
New York: Henry Holt e. Co.
During the war many man was a
Clerambault-a good. average. peace
loving man. an optimlst looking into
near future of universal brother
dered and defeated Clerambault. look
ing into his own heart for where
withal to deny that which his eyes
were seeing. After this came the
change to Clerambault. a change
brought about by taking on the en-
thusiasm Of the crowd-patriotism. it
was called-and denying the eternal
truth abiding in his own soul. And
Clerambault became an advocate of
war. with war songs and personal en-
thusiasms as his medium of general
contact Not a story at all in the
common acceptance of that term.
Rather is it the story of mans own
spirit. the history of the growth of
an idea-a symbolic matter calculated
to show what a man gives in ex-
take up with the thoughts and feel
ings of the crowd, the mass. A very
beautiful and exalted invention that
is calculated to further Roman Rol-
lands life work of promoting broth
erhood among men.
A BUILDER OF THE NEW SOUTH,
BY George Tayloe Winston. Lift. B..
AM, LII. d. New York: Double
day, Page & Co.
Under this title the writer gives
the story of the work of Daniel
cotton-seed oil Industry" and a force
in the general industrial regeneration
of the south. The record shows that
the south was the first to develop
trade. Later general industry and
trade gave way to the exclusive cui-
ture of cotton and tobacco under
slave labor. This biography is, by
virtue of Daniel Tompkins' work and
influence, the general story, as well,
of the Industrial growth of the south
since the civil war AS biography
it presents a many -sided man of
of equal value, it presents big
hearted man, beloved by every one
the rare combination. of beau
tiful and sound personality combined