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specific enactment at the time.
Whichever method is pursued, there
should be no question or doubt that
the ultimate responsibility for mea-
sures taken by the United States for
the prevention of war rests upon
the Government of the United States.
A statement of this understanding
of the nature of membership in the
League, made in set terms in the
congressional resolution, would be
a description Of the situation which
every nation recognizes as proper for
the United States under the Covenant
today"
Prof. Shotwells book, leading up
to this conclusion, is q consideration
of the history Of the League in
various crises, and his commentary
upon its possibilities and limitations.
1t opposes the isolation theory EN-
bodied in the neutrality resolution
of 1885 and criticizes frankly the
method in which the Manchurian sit
uation has been handled. 1t ana
lyzes public opinion In various
countries, as it has changed in re-
lation to international organization.
Solidly written, 1t is a book for serious
students of public affairs. Whether
the reader agrees with the authors
somewhat academic assumption as
to the improved efficacy Of associate
League membership or not, he will
find workable condensation OF
League history in this volume.
FROM HARLEM TO THE RHINE.
BY Arthur w. Little. New York:
Covici Friede.
THIS is the history of the New
York 18th Infantry in the World
War-that regiment which was re-
cruited wholly from Negroes. The
author was one of its officers from the
beginning of the war period to de-
mobilization.
Contrary to popular impression
that colored troops were used only
for labor, the 18th fought. Its men,
bers were l91 days under heavy fire
and it was one of their number who
won the first war medal given to an
American private; it went to boy
who routed "a Germans single
handed. And France gave our colored
troops the Collective Citation. which
allowed them to fly the Croix de
Guerre streamers under their colors.
Capt. Little tells :. the story of his
colored fighting men with obvious
affection and an eye for humor, max
ing of their adventures a good read
able tale. AS he expresses his feeling
for them, there was scarcely a day
which did not present some incident
for good laugh. But let no man i.
put down the colored man in his
mind as comic soldier. A regiment
of colored men, properly organized
and properly ofticered, is great regi-
ment-for fighting or for any duty.
IF our men believed that going
without food was unavoidable, they
would never complain Of hunger. If
our men were satisfied that new shoes
were unavailable for issue they would
march all day (and cheerfully) with
their bare feet touching the ground
through the broken soles of their
old shoes.
"Our men sang while they marched;
they sang while they cooked; they
sang while they washed their clothes
and dug their bitches; and, as for
sentiment, their lives were just one
long, continuous and never-ending
picture of love of home and Of
country"
Obviously, with such material and
such an attitude, it would be hard
for a writer not to turn out a good
story. Capt. Little has taken the easy
way.
Ell JIMMY. OUTLAW OF PATA-
COMA. By Herbert Childs. Phil
adelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.
FL JIMMY was born James Rad
bourne in Berkshire, England
He had a mix-up that brought him
into the courts when he was but 18
and, as consequence, he migrated to
Patagonia. Mix-ups were more or
less in his stars, however, and he
did not find sheep-raising in the new
Land more peaceful than in his ma
tive Berkshire. He found himself in
volved in murder charge, he became
a fugitive from justice because he
was too well aware that he would
receive no fair treatment at the hands
of the local officials-and so he be-
came El Jimmy, the outlaw.
All this happened back in the nine
ties. Jimmy has long since lived
down his period as a Patagonian
Robin Hood. He now runs a ranch
and is an admired citizen. But pic
turesqueness appertains to him, and
words of his adventurous life reached
Hollywood Herbert Childs, Holly
wood magazine writer, heard the
story. He set out with his bride to
get beat on Jimmy. Apparently
Mr.. Childs considered that Robin
Hoods-even retired Robin Hoods
are rare in these modern days.
Jimmy received him Hospitality and
told his story with perfect willing
ness. Indeed, he confessed that he had
often thought of writing it himself,
but in a letter admitted '[ would a
thousand times rather tell this storey
than write it, as I have never been a
lover of the pen & during the six
years of my hunted life I did not
write one word or read one g. when
I mixed again with my own country
men had quite forgot a lot of my
own language ~
The story is more than his per-
sonal adventures. 1t is a picture of
wild life in wild country-of the
existence of outlawed men in mining
camps and on sheep ranches where
not only the amenities of civilization,
but the very spirit of humanity,
seemed to be lost or held in deliberate
contempt. 1t is also a picture of life
among the Indians of the land, who
accepted Jimmy when he became an
outlaw. He lived with them, became
a friend of one Of the great chief
tains and finally married an Indian
girl, chieftain's daughter.