As the Commander-in-Chief and reorganizer of the new German 'Army, the author's views are well worth' consideration, and although they appear to border at times on the platitudinous, their essential significance from the military. point of view cannot be denied. The keynote of General Von Seeckt's reflections is to be found in his very pertinent observations on the quostion of disarmament, and he bluntly points out that it is quite impossible for a modern nation to dispense with the paraphernalia of defence. B There exists, he says, for example, a necessity for protection by an effective regular army against any hostile attack, coupled with sire common to all free nations to make all necessary preparations for defence. In another passage he says:—
"Speculation as to, the probability' of perma "now he military history, and was' written at probably would revise as an earnest alumnus of the London School of Economies and a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society.
S" An instance may be given of his manner of discussing the industrial growth of China. Four obstacles he asks should be removed: ther heights. There Justice of either view, "Hirst, Ching industries sheltered fom une tale" foreign competition. At. the Prevent time Chi Kon of a bank or is well to emphasize these points, for Sir Ian Hamilton contributes to the book an introduction which is characteristic of that soldier's mentality. Sir Ian is endeavouring to have the best of been to acquit in ge. both worlds. In praising General dtu Vow Sect the prac and|launch an attach on militarism and about. the shortage relation to her needs; he has reduction
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stimulant to the evolution of new appeared with phe dity, partly owing to th scarcity China, th cheeked. her. indust the "past, and. is vers himself of epigramatic absurdities which would delight the curious people who somehow manlage' nowadays to pack the League Nations Union, But it is, perhaps, useless to take Sir Ian Hamil ton seriously nowadays—although he contributes "some valuable reminiscences of his services in th South African War. For as a speci men of his argument that pacifism possesses all the virtues, it is only necessary to quote this exceedingly irrelevant conclusion to his introduction: nally this is 9 good book; Hosely, yet, not too heavily packed with knowledge. Tu it the great Arranger of Colueidences has fired an Gecidental shaft of aatire at. the Very lea of the tate bloody war tween Germany and Englan: judge by his portrait, General Ve eeognisable resem wall-trusted Chief al. Sta, General Sir Neither hero will feel Rattered; that isthe way with resemblances, but features" are facts {iro fen. who. fought against each photos "are photographs. These at Salonika are an like as two fei Pel cee ott ity industry unless she Chit Hill not devel security and internal will not "attract the will, some day, seem to St, Beter rather a poor excuse for having tried long, and go hard, to cut each other's throats, Much must be forgiven to Sir Ian Hamilton, for he was, perhaps, ruined as a soldier when he wi If Mr. Cheng had contented himself with the last obstacle he could, have made a case which, besides being accurately presented, would have been of real instruction to his country. He admits in a footnote that China has obtained her tariff autonomy, so that his obstacles have been, in effect, reduced to three. Bat his airy dismissal of some of the handicaps to Chinese industrial progress-as an outcome of foreign domination and control is disappointing to the reader who expected to find a student of economics superior to that form of error which is generated by unreasoning polities al prejudice—z.x.
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