Evening star., 1935-02-10

can be argued that this does not neces-
state spoils system, rotation in Of
flee, ward bosses, partisan dismisse Is
or any one of q dozen other brands
of political racketeering. But. as q
matter of fact, we have not succeeded,
thus far. N sweeping it clear Of these
barnacles."
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THE BUDGET IN GOVERNMENTS
OF TODAY. BY A. E Buck New
York: The Macmillan Co.
IF ALL government budgets could
be balanced and ell necessary gov
ernment activities still be carried on,
the world depression would probably
be over. Mr.. Buck Of the Institute Of
Public Administration Of Columbia
University has studied budgets in the
United States and abroad and clearly
outlines the essentials Of the budget
system as it has been worked out In
the leading countries. Since his work
is constructive, he also suggests sew
eral methods Of improvement. In his
preface Mr. Buck quotes the French
economist, Leroy-Beaulieu. to the ef-
feet that there are some sciences so
lofty and serene that they leave in
peace those who are not concerned
with them. but finance is not one Of
these; 1t has way of taking terrible
revenge upon nations and upon indi-
viduals who neglect or despise it,
and he adds his own opinion that
this telling statement carries today
a more ominous note, if anything,
than 1t did when first penned." In
connection with the budget Mr.. Buck
discusses the role Of the executive,
the role Of the legislature, the formu-
lation, authorization and execution Of
the budget, accountability for the
budget as executed, and the outlook
for the budget in the United States.
He expresses the hope that budgetary
practices In the United States will be
brought abreast with those Of other
leading countries and frames an in
teresting parable from some Of the re-
marks Of the Queen TO Alice in Lewis
Carroll's Through the Looking glass. "
THE MONARCH WHO WOULDN'T
GO MAD. BY Charles Laying
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co.
EOR almost 68 years the Emperor
Franz Joseph, mediocre though he
was, stood as prominent figure In
Europe, If for no other reason than
his longevity, and the dominant ruler
of an empire, once powerful, which
was to crumble completely during the
World War. To the last, even when he
saw his empire being dismembered
he remained a fanatic believer in the
divine right of kings. He outlived his
family by many years and died in pitt
full isolation, lamenting, Fate has
Nared me nothing-absolutely moth
ing (gar nichts)l" Son Of an alliance
between Hapsburg and Wittelsbach
Franz Joseph had double chance OF
INSANITY, but he managed to keep
himself sane and ordinary throughout
a long life. "One may well wonder
whether, in his later life, Franz
Joseph was moved to cling so peril
naciously to his extraordinary ordi-
nariness, to his amazing common
placeneSs, largely in a panic-stricker
reaction against the dark shadow that
blighted so many of his line. His
lifelong horror of imagination and OF
people endowed with that quality may
possibly be traced to some such COM
plex, for even without the present-day
knowledge Of heredity 1t could not but
have been apparent that lunacy had
marked the line for its very own.
Charles Laying has spent a great part
of his life in Austria and has made
Of the life and times of Franz Joseph
hobby, which he would not consider
running by statistical analyses" 81
he does not claim that his book is Q
great contribution to the exact scienct
of history, but he believes that from
bales of imperial correspondence ane
from innumerable conversations il
Vienna cafes he has drawn materia
for the delineation of an epic char
acter.
PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG
Admiral of the Fleet. BY Mari
Kerr. New York: Longmans
Green & Co.
pRINCE LOUIS Of Battenberg, borI
an Austrian subject. son Of Primo,
Alexander of Hesse and Counties JUL,
! Hauke, was connected with the Brit
ish royal family through the marriagI
of his cousin, Prince Louis of Hesse
to Queen Victoria's daughter, Princes
! Alice When he was only Is he hat
determined on a naval career ant
stuck to an idea Of his own that h
might as we'll enter the largest ant
most advanced navy in the world
which was that of Great Britain.
So he took the oath Of allegiance Il
the Queen of Great Britain, became
British subject and was entered as .
| naval cadet in the British Navy. BI
1914 he had become first sea lore
and before that had been responsible
for much Of the modernization Of tht
British Navy. With the World Wal
and its hysteria against those having
any connection with enemy nations
/ e1tcpt1tay,