In Mr, Hatry's book he classes amongst" those for whom new pastures should be found Jews, Czechs. Ukrainians, Poles "and Chinese, 14 may be noted that most, not all, of these are people wh> ightly of wrongly the Totalitarian States consider a menace to their own cconomle welfare and whom "they heartily dislike. Although Mr. Harry disclaims the impeachment, one cannot help being {forced to the conclusion that his ideas are not entirely devoid of connection with the "present international Stunion, "there ae, continual rterences to this situation at every his argument. It Is surprising, to say the least of it, that instead of suggesting the wide op: n spaces of Australia for the settlement of surplus Japanese he suggests China No doubt there is a great dear in what Mr. Harry says, but how are his ideas' to be brought about? He apparently visualizes" some. sort of International League of Powers, who would direct the scheme through a series of profit-making corporations. the subjects of the scheme offer objections, Mr. Harry seems to imagine that these objections can be overcome means of propaganda of the dictatorship model. He would appear have convinced himself that once hhis scheme is properly understood, nationalities of all sorts would abandon their national feelings and traditions which have ted them 10 cling to the land of their fathers, and bbe prepared unhesitatingly to fall in with the scheme of transmigration provided for them. Me. Harry dis-'Eusses the ease with which his new scheme of development could be Gnaneed, but T venture to say that Ihis Ideas will not commend them= elves to. the average clear-thinking reader but "The Greatest Dictator"
Seay By Stephen Graham.
Pocket Special. Revised Euitlon, This little book is published pocket edition but. with excellent paper and printing at a price within the reach of everybody's pocket. It diieult to thinic of anyone better Gualified to write a study of Stalin than Mr. Stephen Graham. Those who have read his carlier efforts, "peter the Great." "Ivan the Ter: ible." "Alexander of Russia,"
This is called an impartial study of the life and work of Joseph Stalin—it Is certainly not biassed in nis favour for, as portrayed. apart from hhis undoubted ability, a more unplea~ sant character it would be dificult to conceive, But withal he has a remarkable personality, and as the author says in his preface, "There are many foul blots in his career, yet i some respects he must be regarded as. 9 greater man than Lenin." Anyone who is interested in reading a frst lass account of affairs. Rus the last 25 years should read this "A'nabbitt: Mager, Shanghai When he advised pocts 10 "mount to paradise by the stairway of surprise" Emerson spoke to the preseat with more effect than he dd to his own day, For it was by the "stairway surprise" and not intrequeniy by the express "elevator of "deliteraie shock that many recent poets sought erilieism or popular acclaim. Emerson's advice may be linked abstract way with the success of Mr Shamus A'xabbidl, a China pact, that he, too, has "mounted tae stair= way of surprise" in his second book of verse, Not that his poems contain. anything inthe nature of the sur prise element as a basic background (that was what Emerson asked for, no doubt), They themselves are sur: prising—surprising because Mr. ARabbitt is an engineer of estab. lished repute in the Far Bast and] {01 a professional poet, if such beings 0 exist these days. Can an engineer write poetry with' the some excellence as he can produce technical paper on the respective merits two different kinds of steam turbines oF boilers? Can he write poetry that will find acclaim anywhere? For an answer read this gentlemen's "China Coast Ballads." There one will find ccellent_answer. Congratulations ibbitt, He certainly reviewer who, untoriunately being a comparative new: comer to the Far East, did not have the pleasure of reading his frst book of verse, "Ballads of the East."
Taipan to Beggar No doubt, Mr, A'Robbitt, his rool wame strangely enough, "is well known to many in the Far East by this time. He should be. He knows the Far Cost and its people far Letter most of us" And he can about them in verve better all of us. His poems are classic examples of his flair for seeing the real self which he transfers neatly with his nimble pen into a word verse that is so true to life as "To read through his nto. the real East and its people, Ie Ieows (hem all from the taipan down to the werapresent beggar, He writes Ebout' Hongkong. He' writes about pleaser voyeues. He Shanghai. He takes the reader on
waxes satire waxes sent In fact he covers every-this, his second" book verse. Sapajou, the 'North-China Daily News" cartoon. lat, adds Wis touch of genius in skotches throughout the paves and on the cover, One hopes that Mr. A'RAbbIt's new poems will soon be sect in book form'
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