Evening star., 1922-10-08

constitution. makes its own laws and
is independent Of the other in most
respects But they work together in
matters of common interest. such as
the army and navy, foreign affairs
and finance"
Little DO the pupils. who depend
on the book for information about
this country. know that she is re
public and that the states composing
the former Austro- Hungarian empire
at the conclusion of the war broke
away from the union and declared
themselves independent of the mother
country. each becoming a republic IN
form. Austria herself was proclaim
ed republic November II, 1918.
Balkan Map Obsolete.
Jumping to the Balkan peninsula,
the geography reads:
aside from Turkey. the separate
countries that have been formed are
Albania. Montenegro, Servia. Rou-
mania, Bulgaria and Greece. Each Of
these is now entirely independent.
These countries still exist with the
exception of Montenegro. but all the
boundaries have been changed in the
various struggles since 1913.
The sixth grade geography. which
does not delve too deeply into his
torical facts. has the incorrect data
on the European countries that is
contained in the book given the fifth
grade pupils. 1t was published in
Humans natural school geography
The maps in it, of courses are obso-
lete.
Further Inaccuracies.
The seventh grade pupils. however.
have Redway and Humans natural
geography dated 1916. which is more
elaborate in details of Europe. and
which undoubtedly were correct when
the book was published.
Speaking of Germany. the seventh
grade book says:
THE Germans have the finest army
in Europe"
Further inaccuracies continue: The
country once consisted Of number of
small monarchies, but these are now
united to form one strong nation
Each little country takes care of its
own affairs, as our states do. but the
King of Prussia, the largest Of the
German states, is the head OF the
choose their lawmakers. Such union
of countries in one great monarchy
may be called an empire and the ruler
an emperor"
Touching briefly on Austria-Hun-
gary. the book says;
Austria Hungary, like Great Britain
and Germany. is one Of the great
powers or nations of Europe. 1t is
composed of two countries, Austria
and Hungary, united under one en-
peror.'
Austria today. is in state Of COM
plete collapse, and is not united with
Hungary and there is no emperor.
Teaches Car i'm Power.
The Inaccuracies on the historical
facts of Russia are indicated by the
following paragraph:
Russia is the European part of
the great Russian empire. which ex-
tends eastward over northern Asia
and southwark beyond the Caucasus
mountains. The ruler of Russia is
Turkey also comes in for it's share
of misinformation. The ruler Of
Turkey" says the book, "is called
the sultan. The government Is often
harsh and cruel and for many years
tho sultan's will was law. Now, how
ever. the people are allowed to take
some part in the government.
Thus all that is row left OF Tur-
key in Europe is a small area south
east of Bulgaria. though the Turkish
empire still includes much OF west
one-half the people in European Tur,
key are Christians and they are still
hoping to free themselves from the
Turks"
An up-to-date geography would
inform the readers that this territory
was lost under the treaty of Sevres.
Negotiations are now under way
looking toward its reunion with
Turkey.
New Nations Ignored.
All three Of these books fail to
state that Esthonia Is one OF the
provinces Of the former Russian en-
pire in the Baltic region and that
1t is an Independent republic. Neither
do they mention Jugoslavia, which
is officially known as the Kingdom
Of the Serbs. Croats and Slovenee,
nor Latvia, which consists of the
former Russian province of Ceurland