Evening star., 1933-11-11
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C. BOWERMAN.
GERMANY ENTERS THE THIRD
REICH. BY Calvin B. Hoover. New
York: The Macmillan Co.

REICH. BY Calvin B. Hoover. New
Il York: The Macmillan Co.
After a year in Germany. Prof. Hoo
yer. economist. connected with Duke
University. returns with the conclusion
that Hitler is not merely a Snowman
enamored with a set of theatrical ideas
but Is q zealot with definite, II almost
unbelievable, program, which he means
to carry out. He Is the head of q
major revolutionary movement. which
is likely to plunge Europe 1--WE hope
not the United States also) into another
war. The Nazi claim that their revo-
luton saved Germany from Com
munism Is discounted as propaganda
for @the day Of MARKHAM Socialism In
Germany had already gone" The anti
Semitisn, the most emotionaIly sup
ported principle Of the Hitler National
Socialist party, Is one branch Of the
party race theory, not merely sporadic
persecution. The theory is that the
Germanic or Norcic race Is superior
to every other race, In virtues and gifts
Of all types. 1t Is most warlike, most
fitted to rule. 1t is the mission Of the
National Socialist party to unite al
pure Germans under one rule and ther
to assume leadership 1t seems simple
enough to Nazi enthusiasts, but they
are already encountering difficult COM
plications.
Most of the facts of Prof. Hoover's
book are well known through the press
but his judgments and forecasts are
unusually valuable, because they are
scholarly in their detachment and bal
ance and at the same time cognizant
OF the human fortunes involved. He
was In Germany at the downfall oil
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been hoped in international co-opera-
ton and at the ushering in of the
Third Reich, from which so much is
feared. The last four chapters of the
book contain the meat Of the discus
sion, based on the historical account
which has preceded. They are entitled
National Socialism in Action" "Funda-
mental Principles and Characteristic
OF National Socialism" Economic AS
poets of National Socialism" and "Some
International Consequences of the Third
written '"The Economic Life of Soviet
Russia" In both books he follows the
plan Of not mentioning names of per-
sons in public life who have given him
interviews or have otherwise furnished
him information. The reason for this
is obvious.
AFRIKANDER. BY Deneys Reitz. New
York: Minton, Balch & Co.
La Commando" Col. Reitz of the
South African Army wrote his journal
of the Boer War. His father was sec
retary of state of the TranSvaal Re-
public, under Kruger as President. be-
fore that war and was one of the ir-
reconcilables afterward. Father and
sons went into exile when British DOM
ination was established, but later
Deneys Reitz came back at the request
of Gen. Smutz and worked with him
and Botha for united South Africa
When the World War put stop in
definitely to all peaceful progress, Reit7
aided Smuts and Botha to put down
the rebellion of Boer commandoS, who
began again to raid the African veldt
He also participated in the campaigns
in German Southwest and Southeast
Africa and ended as colonel in COM
mand of a crack Scottish regiment
which marched into Germany "Af-
r1kander. continues the story begun In
Commando which had great success
among critics and readers, and tells OF
the adventures of Col Reitz after the
peace Of Vereeniging had brought the
Boer War to close. The style In
which it is written is that of prac-
tical man of action, who has a strong
sense for the dramatic, but no use fol-
fine writing. There is a foreward by
Gen. Smuts, In which he says that
Col. Reitz has written "the first con-
nected narrative that have seen OF
those strange half-forgotten campaigns
that were conducted by Gen. Botha and
myself against the far off German col
on1es." A book of this type Is likely
to be rich in anecdote, If the author
has humor and the narrative gift. Col
Reitz tells Of finding number of cases
OF Ersatz whisky at Dodoma, in Ger
man Southeast Africa, one of which
he smuggled into supply wagon, only
10 md. when it was opened in the
presence Of an expectant circle Of
friends around his fire, that it con-
tanned, not whisky, but layer upon
layer OF countertoil receipt blocks, that
had been packed away by some over
Jealous German Official" Col. Reitz is
also capable Of irony, even at his own
expense. At the beginning of the World
War he believed that it was his duty
70 snare the dangers of the greatest
crisis In human history with the COM
mon run OF men," but when ne reached
London and was offered a commission
as second lieutenant in the Coldstream
GUARDS, he says, my sentiments on
tne brotherhood Of man quickly evap-
Grated"
A COP REMEMBERS. BY Capt. Cor.
nelius w. Willemse. New York: z
P. Dutton &c Co.
Capt WillemSe'S wife says TO him, SC
he tells us: "You may be- an autho,
ana a lecturer to others, but you're Just
my cop to mel" The captains first ef-
Iort IN writing was Behind the Greer
Lights" He began his American life
as a Dutch immigrant boy and became
captain in the detective branch of the
new York police force. He remembers
most OF his experiences with both gang
sters and politicians. His Job has made
1t necessary for him to have a good
memory, as well as acute powers of OBJ
servation. His life and his reputation
nave often depended on his instantly
recognizing a face and remembering
where he has seen it before. He be-
ileVes that there's more religion In the
business end Of a night stick than in
oO sermons" He has been a. good
cop" His American career began as
dlshwaSher in Bowery restaurant and
after various glimpses of crime, he de-
| cldeo TO take the examination for the
Police Department. He passed high on
the list and was very proud of his uni
form, as he is today. Whether on most
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