Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

uation. A third part of this book Of
"reminiscences deals with many topics
The most interesting of these are the
estimates Of various familiar figures
Poincare, Lloyd George, Winston
Churchill and others. He rounds up the
new Europe, and takes an outlook upon
the new world as well. Anything really
is the newness of the intimate disclo-
sure on the part Of one who certainly
knew as much about the war in its
sources and conduct as any one in the
world knew. There is the freshness of
the individual mans outlook, of the
free and unprofesSional handling of the
great subject. There Is, besides. q rev.
elation Of the Foch method, whether
war or peace be the particular en-
gagement. Here is the direct course
the rejection OF every irreieycnce, the
monies. A plain, straight man, who
out of great achievements remains. still,
the plain, straight man. An invaluable
war book for the patriotic and intelli-
gent reader who desires, and needs.
true and interesting survey of this
tremendous matter from the hands of
q great soldier and leader.
IS
FIELD MARSHAL EARL HAIG. BY
Brig. Gen. John Charters, C. NJ. g.,
d. S. c.. M. p. with q foreword by
John Buchan. Illustrated. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
A ONE by one the great leaders of
"A the World War forces pass and
their biographies are written or their
memoirs are published, the mosaic
pattern Of the military conduct Of
that struggle becomes more perfectly
outlined. In case Of Field Marshal
Haig the contribution to the history
of the war Is Of particular Importance,
inaSmuch as he was q participant
from the beginning to the end. He
went over with the first of the Brit
remained with the colors until the arm
istice. One of the few British offlcers
Of high rank thus to complete the
period Of the war in active service.
Gen. Charters writes as an admirer
and a friend, but he writes well and
judiciouSly. His admiration for his
subject, evident in every chapter, Is
qualified by discrimination. He paints
Haig clearly, with the result that the
British commander stands forth from
the canvas q vivid personality.
There is necessarily much Of con-
troverSial nature in these pages, for
Haig was the center Of considerable
ofiicial turmoil during his four and a
quarter years Of active duty. There were
differences with French military chief
political leaders. AS Gen. Charters
tells the story, Haig's judgment was cor
rect in all these difncult situations. The
outcome Of the war was q vindication
of his military policy.
Lord Haig died in January, 1928,
honored and beloved by the people Of
Great Britain, admired and respected
by all others, friends and enemies alike.
He now rests at Dryburgh Abbey, Scot
lands greatest gentleman and greatest
soldier" as big biographer characterizes
him, lying by the side Of ScotlAnd's
greatest man OF letters, Walter Scott.
C. A. l..
ZERO HOUR. BY Georg CrabenhorSt
Boston: Little, Brown a. Co.
HERE is the story of q young Ger
= u man soldier in the World War. It
Is the story of Hans Volkenhorn, who
appears to have been cut out for poet,
scholarly young fellow Of good family,
whose future was to be one of dignity
and usefulness-maybe q scholar, prob
ably writer Of poems and plays Hans
was not the only lad, however, with
whose bright future the war took mon
strous and wanton liberties. And so
the story Of this youth turns out to be
q war story It Is hard to convince
ones self that this particular theme
could bring out q beautiful story, but
here it is. See for yourself. Hard
ships, brutalities, fighting, suffering,
inconsistencies, fear-such are the ele-
ments Of which the adventure Is made.
But 1t Is the nature Of the boy him
self that transforms hideous things
into some semblance of beauty-com-
radeship, finding gentle souls under
the CRIME Of war. digging under the
crust Of many things to the sound
hearts of these, looking at life with
nAM auas LEARNING ,,an,. ali n.ta. . a.i..