Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

life. From the material resources of
the country he depicts the treasure"
that these islands in truth are, an
element, this. adding greatly to the
basic problem of political control
through the economic development
that is 50 soon to become matter
for either constructive policy or for
an obstructive self-interest. Under
such industrial expansion the Fill
pinos require the experienced direction
of older governments than the one
they themselves would be able TO pro-
Iceland so. the United States is
going to stand by. AT least Mr.
Roosevelt thinks so. giving stanch
reasons, illuminated by every sort of
existing fact, In support of this be-
lief and hope. A very straightforward
study, an equally fair-minded one on
the part of an experienced onlooker
at the turn of momentous political
movements.
THE NEW KOREA. BY Alleyne Ire
land, +. r. G.. s.. author of DE.
mocracy and the Human Equa-
tion." etc. New York: E. p. Dutton
q Co.
THE political idealist stands peren-
nially athirst for cause" and
none is dearer to him than that of
IAN oppressed people The hard
boiled materialist, on the other hand,
counts substantial gains as the single
standard of national or individual
progress. These two groups automat-
ically separate into opposing ranks be-
fore the political phenomenon of one
people governed by another people, no
matter whether this usurpation be be-
nevolent or otherwise. whether IL be
generally superior or the reverse.
Both sides present their corroborative
FACTS. which, upon trial, prove to be
merely one-sided support of each pro-
pagandist's point of view. Once in a
long time, however, there does appear
a genuine student of government, so
balanced in mental makeup and so ad.
equately trained in scientific investi.
cation as to be able TO walk between
these clamoring lines of opposition,
secure and independent, In search of a
truth that is supported by authentic
history and illuminated by irrefutable
statistics of progressive information.
One, too, who is able TO move through
the current life of this usurping gov
eminent, gathering up both the new
and the old in contrasted results of
benef1cence or its opposite. Undivert-
ed by the propaganda, uninf1uenced
by the booster of the new order, this
one bases his findings upon a more
stable foundation than either of these
others has built upon. 1t is this third
kind of student who here presents the
case of Korea under the political con-
troll of Japan. Starting upon the his
toric basis with each of the many
points here brought to the surface,
a nd hVrW of ufo Sc,
tical reports upon the subject in hand
and upon the sequential findings that
have grown from such reports. Korea
under the control of Japan Is set out
in the full factual content of its many
phases of life-political. economic, So
cial. The degree to which the Koreans
are participating in a directive capac-
ity or personally sharing in political
privileges is stressed here. The main
objective of the study is to present the
results of the new administration of
Korean affairs in contrast to the gen.
eral condition of that country prior to
its occupation by Japan. A surprising
conclusion energies from this carefully
measured, expert consideration of the
new Korea. A most readable account
leads to that conclusion, over which
there will be no end Of Controversy on
the part of those who deal in ready
made decisions upon forms of gov
eminent.
\ X
THE NEW BALKANS. BY Hamilton
Fish Armstrong, managing editor,
Foreign Affairs" Introduction by
Archibald Cary Coolidge, professor
of history, Harvard University.
New York: Harper and Brothers.
WRITERS on political economy
and purveyors of the story of
governments are enormously busy
just now in Spring house cleaning,
that serves to open UP hornet nests
of racial and political discomfort in
various parts of the world. Work in
plenty along this line, too. China,
wide open in a contagious turmoil
that may involve the whole of south
ern Asia, Korea restless under Japan,
the Philippines resistant to the pres
ent order, Central America uneasy,
Mexico chaotic, the Balkans milling
around in an immemorial grind of
shifting borders and dangerous re-
djustments-just to name some of
these house cleaning exhibits. With
fair reason might a man of magma
tive turn picture the gods of war
equally busy in Spring survey of
their growing stock of ornaments,
meanwhile smiling gleefully over the
man-made and generally pleasing
phrase, 1.-The war to end war"