Sumy or Demawarionat Arr Vota 3 it ur The Abyssinian campaign has compelled Dr. Toynbee to produce his Annual Survey for 1935 in two volumes, the second volume—the Dulkier of the two—being entirely devoted to the Abyssinian crisis, the Campaign, and the effect of that crisis on the League and then on international policies. The Abyssinian volume is rendered all the more valuable by the inclusion of excellent maps and a chronological table of the conflict from December 1034 to November 1935, when the annexation of Abyssinia had been recognized by Austria and Mungery. The first volume has a masterly survey of European affairs and shows how the resurgence of Germany as a military power dominated international Politics, and was a potent factor paralysing the hand of the League in dealing "with " Signor Mussolini's challenge. The negotiations on dis armament leading to the breakdown of the Disarmament Conference, the Project for an East European Pact, the Franco-Tiallan agreements, and the various discussions between the Western Powers and Germany, with a comprehensive description of the situation in North-Eastern Europe form the main features of a survey which more than maintains the high standards of Its predecessors, The Far East is dealt with by Mr.
Hubbard, and that is in itself 2 guarantee of its accurate presenta tion of facto and perceptive grasp of the. trend of events. The internal conditions of China and Japan, the situation in Mongolia, Sino-Japanese relationships, and Philippine independence are brought Into Mr, Hubbard's picture.
Mr. LIH. V. Hodson contributes a special section on world economic affairs, beginning with Sir Samuel Hoare''s speech on raw materials, a subject on which the League "of committee. a Nations have now set up a special
'A chronological table of events again Included in this volume and adds. to ils value asa permanent Book of referenco—En.
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