Evening star., 1935-04-27
THE LIBRARY TABLE
BY SARAH C. BOWERMAN.

A SHORT HISTORY OF INTER
NATIONAL AFFAIRS. 1920 TO
1884. BY q. M. Gathorne- Hardy.
Preface by the Right Hon. Lord
Eustace Percy, M. p. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Since the treaty OF Versailles in
ternational relations, instead of run
ming smoothly for o time after such
Q cataclysn as the World War and
such an elaborate plan of settlement,
including the League OF Nations, have
become unusually complicated. MIR.
Claiborne Hardy has therefore abun-
dant material for q good sized volume
IN his survey OF II years OF tangled re-
Jations, made under the auspices Of the
Royal Institute Of international A.
fairs. Mr.. Gathorne-H -Hardy's method
is not the mere enumeration Of facts,
though this alone would give an ac-
curate impression Of trends since the
World War. He has grouped the
facts and. not being able to trace
cause and effect to their ultimate
conclusion, as the historian Of finished
epochs may do, he has, as Lord
Eustace Percy says, borrowed the
method OF hypothesis used in scien-
tifiC research"
In his first part he has discussed
"rhe Period of Settlement" and the
various problems which were sup
posed to be solved by the peace treaty,
but have stubbornly remained to
trouble the World-reparations, Sc
curity, the settlement in Eastern Eu-
rope, the external policy of Soviet
Russia and the Islamic world. The
second period, The Period of Full
nllment," covers the development of
the foreign policy Of Italy and South
eastern Europe, the problem Of dis
armament. the United States and the
League OF Nations, international re-
lations on the American Continent,
nationalism, Zionism and the Arab
In the Near East. conflicting forces
OF nationalism, Communism and
banditry in China. The third part.
covering THE Period of Crisis" has
three crucial subjects. the economic
crisis and the end Of reparations and
war debts, efforts toward disarma-
ment and the situation in China,
Japan and Manchuria.
Mr.. Gathorne- -Hardys treatment Is
objective. He correlates his facts,
but offers little criticism or sugges-
tion of theoretical nature. He does,
however. comment on President
Roosevelt's message Of July 8, 1898,
to the World Monetary. and Economic
Conference in London to the effect
that this message really killed the
conference. which rambled on in an
atmosphere OF increasing unreality
till July q and then adjourned with
practically nothing OF its great task
accomplished. 1t was one of the
major disappointments of postwar
history" 1t must be remembered. in
judging this statement, that before
the Presidents message riffs had al
ready begun to appear in the confer
ence. also that some other interna-
tional conferences have failed for one
reason or another.
SECURITY FOR A FAILING
WORLD. BY Stanwood Cobb,
Washington. D. c.: The Avalon
Press
To Mr.. Cobb economic security,
which Is giving individuals such con-
cern today. and national security,
which is threatening Europe. the Far
East and perhaps the world with
war. are not the only forms of Sc
curity needed by humanity. He dis
cusses these briefly, but his main
theme Is the religious security which
q modern world has neglected and
almost forgotten, which statesmen do
not take into account over their con-
ference tables. He asks: rs the
intelligence of man capable of Great
ing a stable civilization" and answers
religion can do this, through a
spiritual renaissance. He traces the
place of religion in the history of
morals. shows that Christianity. to
a certain extent at least, built
kinder world: that Islam transmitted
the classic culture, but that nov
religion has lost its first power and
emotional appeal and must be re-
vived if the world is to be saved
Some of the specific subjects dis
cussed are the need of q new world
religious movement, the idea of a
universal state, Love thy neighbor
as thyself," Occidental and Oriental
religions, science and religion, the
possibility of a new economic state,
youth and the modern world, and
how to make better world. Mr..
Cobb's style Is simple and direct,
without passion or oratorical appeal
Though he assigns to the emotions
of man q place as important as that
Of the intellect, his method of writing
l. distinctly of the logical, intellectual
type, well illustrating the possibility
of combining emotion and intellect
in the discussion of q vital. universal
subject. Mr.. Cobb Is also the author
Of New Horizons for the Child"
Successful Living" and Discovering
the Genius Within You"
MINIONs OF THE MOON. BY Eden
Phillpotts. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
During the Napoleonic wars, high
waymen flourished in England. DAN
ger abroad offered opportunity for
lawless elements at home. Two of
the most notorious Of the highvaymen
were Blackadder and Lamb and
around them Mr.. Phillpotts has built
this latest Of his always dynamic
stories. At the house of Cherry
Crepe on the moors were concocted
Wild plots, unknown to the simple
country folk, who stood in awe Of
Cherry because of her reputed powers
of healing and wisdom in fortune
telling. She could have told tale
full Of revelations Of the important
prisoners who had escaped through
her intrigues from the Dartmoor war
prisons. Mr.. Phillpotts supplies a
romance French nobleman the
hero). any number of robberies, an
abduction, . hanging and a gallows
wedding. He is never niggardly with
p1ot