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members that the author is decidedly of the
anti-Bolshevik school.
If DR.. Florinsky is an anti-Bolshevik who
gradually has come to see a good deal Of ex-
cellence in the Russian experiment VIII Dur
ant is person formerly highly enthusiastic
about Bolshevik Russia who has been shocked
into marked hostility as a result Of visit to
that country
For al Of Mr.. Durant's radicalism, he is
distinctly a sensitive soul and Ibertarian.
Such person is very likely to be repealed by
what now is going on in Russia with its effort
to force millions into new way Of life. If one
must assume that Russia quarter Of a CEN
tury hence would be much as it is today, DR..
Durants indictment would be overwhelming.
1t loses a good deal of its force when one re-
calls that the Russia of today is very much
Russian transition, utilizing methods which
even Communist leaders regard as highly tenn
porary and forced upon them by harsh reality
It is admitted pretty generally by both
friends and fees of Soviet Russia that the new
regime finds its main support in the younger
generation. The elders may be dubbed or
cajoled into line, but the wild enthusiasm for
the new system resides mainly in the youth
Of the land Therefore, we may welcome Herr
Menhart's very clear, interesting and COM
prehensive study of every aspect of life
among the Russian youth of today
Anybody who thinks that it ever will be
possible to go back to the old order in Russia
should read this volume. Russian youth is,
culturaly, as far removed from the era of the
cars as English youth is from the age of
William the COnqueror
The greatest strain that the Russian gov
eminent has experienced since the foreign
intervention in 1919 and 1920 has been The
growing threat of war with Japan and the
Far East. Such letting down as there has
been at home in the resolute march toward
the Communist ideal has been produced by
the necessity of taking into account the posi-
bility of an armed conflict with Japan. A
large detachment of soldiers must be kept on
the eastern front and transportation lines to
that area repaired, improved and extended.
This has taken time, energy, and money sad
ly needed for internal economic development.
DR.. Price gives a clear and concise sum-
mary Of the diplomatic negotiations and
treaties which form the background of Russo
japanese disputes in the Far East today It
is timely and helpful little volume.
One of the major reasons now brought
forth in favor Of the recognition of Russia
by the United States is the fact that we need
a strong ally to checkmate the aggressive
japanese policy in the Pacific and eastern
Asia. Professor Patterson has edited a very
interesting symposium treating the various
aspects of American relations with the Far
East
The volume offers plenty of evidence to
support the thesis that we are likely to be-
come involved in serious conflicts with
japanese policy unless there is a strong power
IN the Far East to help hold in leash the ag-
greSsive island empire
No single act could do more in the wav of
safeguarding us against possible bloody war
In the Pacific than to recognize Russia and
give her all reasonable support in maintaining
her rights as against Japanese infringement.