Taw, cmxa Year Box, Herald Ld, Reference to this. public: been made in a leading article yesvrday. This 800 page issue of "The China Year Book", the fourteenth of the series, again shows the advantages obtained by the new style of production consequent on the transfer of the Year Book its present publishers, With this new dress, fortunately, the old has been well retained. That is to say, the Editor's grasp of the kind of information required for the student, of Chinese affairs is displayed by the presentation of a mass of exjceliently written and authoritative articles, in many cases by acknow-edged experts, It, is difficult for the reviewer to single oat any particular feature brought up to: date as recently as' February 1932. In explaining the split in the Kuo-resignation of General Chiang Kai shek, good use has been made of various Chinese publications, notably, Dr, M. 7. Z. Tyau's "Two Years of Nationalist China." But for the ment "will be found in Chapter XXIII which outlines the development of Sino-Japanese host Manchuria and issues and the danger therefore of Jembodying in a year book a narrative form of recital, Mr. Woodhead has restricted himself to. the pubication of relevant. official - documents to the number of nearly 150. This gives the reader an ample op: portunity of "verifying the. chiot factors in the dispute.
There is a chapter on Treaty Negotiations and other international issues, which is of great value. But here an. omission marist be noted. The "Editor's scrupulousness keeping his book free from partisan Presentation of events precludes the ingestion that there has been anying more than an oversight, which is not altogether unnatural' considering the "complexity of Chinese polities during the last twelve! months. This oversight results, in the account of the negotiations. be-Miles Lampson and Dr.
th a brief allusion to the resump-ion after the temporary breakdown in May, and a reference to Hansard 'Would provably have put the matter lon. clearer basis for the instruction of the reader. This, however, is an omission which can be easily' rectified next" year. Otherwise it remains to congratulate Mr. Wood head. on. his. success in enhancing the reputation of the most valuable work of reference dealing with affairs in China.—et.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.