Evening star., 1934-12-16

home, to substitute an intensive cul-
tivation of its own garden for waste
full, quixotic and Intellectual extension
Of interests beyond the reach of COM
petent military and naval defense" /"
With regard to our foreign relations.
he advises withdrawing from "the war
of trade and huckstering" and shun-
ming ''the hateful conflicts Of passion
ate acquisition in Europe and the
Orient" He has nothing to say in
favor Of American diplomacy Of the
dollar, the Navy and the Marines.
The United States is undoubtedly bet
ter able to follow such a policy Of eco
nomic nationalism as DR.. Beard indi-
Gates than any other nation in the
world, and perhaps Japan would agree
with DR.. Beard as to its advisability,
but the whole question Is one for de-
bate, one of the most important de-
bates which could be Joined by worthy
opponents.
zAHAROFF. High Priest Of War. BY
Guiles Davenport. Boston: 10th
rop, Lee & Shepard Co.
ZAHAROFF, a twentieth century
Count Of Monte Cristo in his per-
sonality and mysterious career, a men,
ace to the whole world in its interna-
tional relations, if we are to Judge by
the facts and opinions presented to us
in several recent books, began his con-
nection with munitions in 1877 as an
obscure salesman Of arms. Like Frank
G. Hanlghen, one of the authors Of
Merchants Of DEATH" Mr.. Davenport
Is a journalist. His work as a for
eign correspondent led to an acquaint-
ance with Sir Basil Zaharoff, sup
posedly a Greek by birth, citizen of
France, recipient Of the Knight Grand
Cross Of the British Empire, the
Grand Cross Of the Legion Of Honor
and the degree Of doctor of civil law
from Oxford University, international
munitions magnate and promoter of
wars for profit. Presumably Mr.. Day.
enport did not learn all that he tells
in this story from Zaharof himself.
For one thing, he reveals that he was
not. as supposed, born an Anatolian
Greek, but, according to his birth GER
trtf1cate and the view of the British
secret service, a Russian Jew. More
important than race or nationality are
Mr.. Davenports' statements about Ia
haroff's power to foment wars for the
sake Of profits in munitions; he is rep
resented to have had a part in pro-
ducing every war in Europe for the
past 81 years. Efforts for world peace
will apparently be futile while under
ground operations like those of Zaha-
rolf are going on. He has both the
mob and the organized to thank for
what he has and what he is" Only
an official investigation could confirm
or disprove Mr.. Davenport's accusa-
tions, but many Of them have been
made with positiveness by other
writers.
THE RIDDLE OF JUTLAND. An Au-
thentic History. BY Langhorne
Gibson and Vice Admiral j. e. T..
Harper, r. N. New York: Coward
McCann.
RUTLAND was q predestined event,
y foretold by innumerable far-see-
ing minds" but about its story have
grown up rumors and false versions so
that in the public mind it has become
a mystery. The authors, an American
student of naval affairs and q British
vice admiral, adhering to actual Brit
ish naval records, have in clear ac-
count, with the aid Of Is diagrams,
reconstructed the famous "Armaged-
don of the seas" of May 81, 1916, when
the British and German navies met in
the North Sea and changed the course
of the war. "Jutland caused Germany
to resume unrestricted submarine war
fare and led, indirectly, to the entry
of the United States as participant
in the world conflict. The high
sea fleets inactivity after the battle
was at bottom responsible for the mu-
tinies which appeared In the German
Navy In 1917 and went on to destroy
the feet in 1918. Jutland rightly came
to be seen as the most important and
fateful single military episode during
the World Wharf.-The episode which
had the greatest effect upon the era
that followed"
THE WORLD OUTSIDE. BY Hans
Fsllada. New York: Simon g.
Schuster.
THE German title of this novel by
= the author Of Little Man, What
Now?" is less vague than the Ameri-
can title; literally translated, 1t is
who Once Ate From Tin Plate" I"
Will Kufalt has only two days more
of his flve-year sentence to serve in
prison; then he will be returned to
world which does not particularly
want him, and will, like Pinneberg. be
obliged to ask, Little man, what
now?" Among several million un-
employed a convict has q poor chance.
He goes into "the world outside" con-
ditioned by his long prison life, to
which he has rather cleverly adapted
himself, so that he has become a star
class man, entitled to bit Of tobacco,
q half hour extra Of recreation, the
radio once q week and the dubious
privilege of not having his cell door
locked, but If he should once go out
Of that unlocked door into the corridor
he would lose his star grade. In
prison he has also developed a system
of sex symbolism which he is unable
to discard when he returns to So
called normal life.
Released from prison, Will Kufalt,
an ordinary "little man." bourgeois,
who has been bookkeeper, takes the
400 marks which are his prison wages
for weaving nets and goes to a Home
Of Peace" for ex-convicts In Hamburg.
Instead of peace and restored SELF
respect he receives only exploitation
from the pastor, Father Seidenzopf,"
who runs the establishment and con-
ducts tipping agency to provide work
for the ex5convicts and profit for him