Tue Maw at Love Texe—By Alan Sulhivan, "Ward, Lock London. 3/6, The reviewer most confess his misgivings when he received thi jbaok, written by a comparatively unknown author, but it must also be confessed the th leven to lay it aside for and is far from sorry that he was asked to criticise it. From the very, Page to the last, Mr. Sullivan has a knack of keeping up unflagging interest and expectancy. Mystery and thrill follow throughout in uieke. succession.
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fascination of the search reacts on various temperaments. A good book with much to recommend it.—w..c. fulfilment owing adjustment of the fn'inany' countries The alist system economic planning of the world's organisation ta being. attempted by tations thole wregotstions for trade treaties and the Nike. It failed to reach attention by the world in conference at London for reasons which are well "known. Professor Laski's conclusion will be vigorously resisted by men who are no less anxious than he to see a peaceful world established. His contention that the ultimate causes of war are jeconomie cannot, however, be accepted as ar. absolute statement of fact, and it is just as logical to say. that'capitalisni creates war as ison to say capitalism prevents 'The root difficulty, as it seems, the line Professor' Laski takes li in the inherent inequalities of the standards of civilisation in the world. This is evident to anyone who, for instance, has experience of China, It might be even reasonable to urge that one day. the Chinese Government might be pre-[pared entirely to solve all its diffieulties without recourse to arms, but it is highly improbable that that day would coincide with the hour of the determination of the Mahomedans Kansu to worship at the same peaceful shrine; and so it might be on into' Manchoukuo, where the new state, after eliminating the coal banditry, would probably' find it difficult to convince some of its neighbours that a Socialist programme would make it possible to dispense with the armed argument. Then, in considering the attitude of the Great Powers, it is by. no. means impossible to conceive a firm: agreement among them to refrain from war in settlement of any di ate between them, however vital; and yet they could hardly extend that, principle to the point of disarming "themselves against the within their control. tis all very line "of backward peoples well for Professor 'Leski to write etuily about the evils of economic imperialism, but thi indignation' seems. to confronted with the possible con Sequences of a withdrawal of that machinery for' bringing "higher Standards of living rent economic. benefits "to. -undeveloped on the" world proof that eave always.
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'One of the most stimulating gneptere in the Book is" that "by Frefessor Harold 7. Laski who ds. secs: the_econanite foundations of spence, 'Ductessor' Lasla in of Bourse, a: Sociale in his politics! Gnd economic erosd and Hip solution Secostariiy dements' the creation of world order of socialist societies economic imwith
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