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Of Conflict.

convinced otherwise. He thinks Japan and
Man houkuo are not seriously Li :, ID by the
Leagues decision for non-recosnt.on: in fact
he has "sneaky feeling of suspicion" that they
prefer to be unrecognized, not to have group
of hostile representatives at H linking, to criti-
cize everything done by the new state He has
also felt for a long time that Japan would at
some time retire from the League, which in its
conception and inception is primarily and es-
sentially a European institution" In the
chapter Enter Manchoukuo' it is frankly ad
mitted that the child Of conflict state was not
the result of the self-determinat.on of the 30.-
100000 Manchurians. Neither is japan uni
vercally popular In Manchoukuo, nor is her
future course an easy one. The case Of Formosa
is cited as similar to that Of Manchoukuo.
Formosa came under the japanese flag in 1896
and for a decade banditry and guerilla warfare
were rampant. but now Formosa is new
land" with good roads, harbors, a system OF
irrigation and reclamation, excellent schools
and colleges, and has become financially hlde
pendent. The chapters on the government
organization the finances, the foreign relations,
Mr.. Henry Pu-Yi, Chief Executive. and Man
choukuo's Helmsmen," or cabinet, are full Of
valuable information There are also chapters
on the opium question, The Open Door-Is it
Closed?" the present internal condition of
China Communism in China, and Japans re-
lations with Soviet Russia. The book is written
from much knowledge, also with much feeling.
FOREST BANKRUPTCY IN AMERICA Each
States Own Story. BY Lieut.. Col. George P.
Ahern. Washington, D. c.: The Green Lamp
League.
IN his foreword to this book, Gov. Clifford
Pinchot speaks Of the public services as SOL
dier and forester Of Col Ahern. who has had a
long and varied background Of experience with
forests and forestry. As early 1888, a
young Army officer he explored thousands of
square miles of Rocky Mountain forests. Dur
ing the next 10 years he proceeded to master
the science Of forestry and to study the forests
of the Northwest Then. after military service
in the Philippine Insurrection, Col. Ahern was
properly chosen by the United States Govern
ment in 1900 to organize and administer the
Philippine Forest Service" This and Col
Ahern's former book, 'Deforested America" are
his attempt to arouse the American people to
the dangers Of forest destruction. In the pres
ent book he tells the exact forestry situation in
each Of the 48 States. an alarming story of
ruthless destruction and enormous waste Much
of the material In the photography consists Of
United States Government reports and reports
Of various State governments. 1t is only when
the stable IS empty, says Col Ahern, that the
States begin to lock the doors of their forests
When such timber practically is gone and the
State is forced to import 80 and more per cent
of its wood needs forestry becomes live issue,
and large numbers of people, as in Pennsyl-
vania, New York and Connecticut preach with
great eloquence the gospel of forest conserva-
ton" The export Of billions of feet of our
wood forest fires and mregulated cutting are
responsible for this depletion, which is endan-
gering not only our wood supply but also our
streams soils, wild nfe and public recreation.
AL>y Al>>A s%A
in dealing with lumbermen and that co-opera-
ton on the part of the latter is limited to per
cent of their number. With regard to reforesta-
ton, he says Japan although staggering un-
der colossal debt and not much larger in area
than California, plants trees each year on more
than twice the entire area planted in the United
States" In view Of the reforestation policy of
the present administration, this seems timely
book
MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE. BY Wilson Wright.
New York: Albert L Charles Boni.
THE wants of Jose Perdriga, young Spaniard
come to Cuba to work in the Big Miguel
ore mines, are few. He wants a woman-Maria
who is easy to secure. He wants to work on
land instead Of at the mine, and this Is more
difficult to attain. But as his life story rambles
on, in a delightful way IS it Is told by Mr.
Wright he obtains all Of the little which he
wants. and, simple idealist that he is, finds
placid, unrehecting happiness. Maria, having
been properly married by the priest, at the
church, not long after the birth of their first
child, settles down to the production Of many
offspring and the household tasks of the cabin.
The good angel Of Joses family is Senor Wilson,
manager of the Big Miguel mines. He helps
Jose to the ownership Of q coffee plantation, .
small one, and gives Maria a Singer sewing
machine for q wedding present. but never re-
ceives the huge bag of coffee they send him.