Doctrine in the eyes of Japan as far as the Pacific is concerned, and, on the Atlantic side, would complete our protection from European entanglements. Of course, we do not want the Guianas, therefore they and British Honduras should be converted into free republics; the Guianas, perhaps, into one large republic, richer in possibilities for advancement than any one of the separate little countries. Then, with the Hay-Pauncefote treaty annulled so that the United States should have a free hand in the Panama Canal and with the Falkland Islands returned by Great Britain to Argentina, we should be self-contained in our own part of the world and we could not be looked upon with fear or jealousy either by the Japanese or the Latin-Americans. Out of his experience in our diplomatic service Mr. Sherrill has acquired a useful body of information as to facts of LatinAmerican business and commerce, and also an illuminating insight into the beliefs and misunderstandings of the peoples to the south of us with regard to the United States. As Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, he is in a position to make his knowledge of direct service to his countrymen; he is doing a farther service in presenting it in popular form for the benefit of readers in general and of the business man in particular. A Yankee Major Invades Belgium. By Wallace Winchell and George Taggart. Illustr. New York. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1916. Pp., 209. Price, $1.25. This is the story of the journey of Major Wallace Winchell of the American Salvation Army into Belgium, to distribute among the people there a relief fund raised by the Army. The Major once stopped a mob-fight between Irish and Poles in Jersey City, by rushing between the combatants with a bouquet of roses and persuading an Irish girl to offer the flowers to her enemy. That experience led the Major to suggest The American Bar Association, in convention at Saratoga Springs, September 3d, adopted the plan for carrying on special war work presented by Mr. Henry R. Rathbone, of Chicago, a member of the Board of Governors of The World's Court League. Mr. Rathbone was chosen chairman of a committee of twenty-five of the leading lawyers of Chicago who approved gratuitous work as follows: (1) Render legal assistance to those entering the Federal or State service. (2) Conserve the practice of lawyers entering such service, and serve the Local Exemption Boards. (3) Undertake relief work in legal matters for families of those who have entered the service, including pro to Rittmeister Merton of the Deutsche Vermittlungstelle in Brussels that the GerIman soldiers should toss flowers into the Allies' trenches. The German answered that they might do that, and then resume fighting. One remark from the Rittmeister is illuminating. The Major expressed the opinion that after the war there would be a league to enforce peace. "What nation will rule in that government?" quickly replied the Rittmeister. This book contains a straightforward story of personal experience. "A Student In Arms." By Donald Hankey. Pp. 290. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1917. $1.50. He This volume is composed of short articles which originally appeared in the London Spectator, and two sketches that were first printed in the Westminster Gazette. The editor of the Spectator contributes a sympathetic introduction. The author was killed in action, October 26, 1916. He was evidently a man whose deepest interests were ethical and religious in character. Through all the phases of the life of his comrades in the trenches, he sought their perception of the underlying realities of Duty. has succeeded in revealing it. In fact this book contains a dissection of the soldier soul in its reactions to discipline, to the larger disciplines of life rather than to those of merely military order. Nevertheless the book is not didactic, nor academic, nor dull. It is full of human contacts, and even familiar experiences seem to acquire a new charm in the telling. The brief sketch, entitled, "Of some who were lost and afterward were found," is fit to be preserved in prose anthologies. Mr. H. G. Wells' discovery of God, in "Mr. Britling Sees It Through," was a bit stagey, as though He were a part of the machinery of the fifth act. Mr. Hankey recognizes the religious life as a constant factor, hidden under many disguises. bating of estates, where necessary and advisable, of those who are killed in action or die while in such service. (4) Secure desirable publicity and furnish capable public speakers to address meetings for the promotion of patriotism and patriotic endeavor. Several hundred Chicago lawyers enrolled for this volunteer work. After conference with a committee of the New York Bar Association, Mr. Rathbone offered the plan to the convention of the American Association by which it was approved. Standardizing of work along these lines and development of patriotic speaking will be emphasized. 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