THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SU DAY., APRIL 29,1923
SU3NDAYAPRIL -29, 1923.
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. V oliva, and the- King of the IHouse specialist can and. twill cavil at any-
-of David, should have had their look- a thIing, excepting s uch 1i00 k'.a43 he
j intoo.I nigti comlainat te swrites himself, and it does not require
ifl oo.V ulghtcomlainat ~4 much of a sTeciallst to find faults in
oral small closes of Dr. Tholmson's this one. But no book, and especially
fQwn dory, his so-called "natural re-; no large book, possibly can be perfeict:
ligion," and suggest that he should Dr. Th1omson's "Outline" come- sur-
have confined himself to his subject,f prisingly close to the mark, and stands
science. In fact, if I set out to kick, I as far and away the best populariza-
couild Writ 'a rpviPw w-P, - nc - , .c 1Lion nrciPnepir 4v, t
Miitarism Crushed to Earth
SCIENCE IN as biology, characteristics of. living tis, and mzuch more -entertaining. But
SILHOUETTEcreatures, and so on. 'it is hard to I had -rather praise uch chapter; as ! .ohn Heywood's book of Proverbs
see the advautage- of'such a treatment, the ~Story of the Rocks" and the 4LRorand Epigrams s filled with strange -
THE 0UTLINE OE SCIENCE, edited ;at least hnsuchsbenacutoe anesfChmstythe sc pc
by I. Arthur Thoms~on. Americant -hnoehsbe cusoe ineo hsr, nd uh ri hymes and wittic sgms, sc s'h
edtlit i furvol.unies. . P Hm Jaswell and of Hertw b~. I should likeI work of laciers, and the aspects ot
n ams 8oz. $4Z. t ea oe o at arrangement seasonal biology. I do not agree with "Let ,the cat winke and let the mouse.
Reviewed by. Carroll Lane Fenton of the natural history material-in-j the London. Morning Post, which hails;! run run rats
University of Michigan I deed I should like to see it put into the "Outline" as a work "so accurate Smalle hole keepesmrall mice from
There is much that is desirable inl one volume,'with all the necessary pic-. that the expert cannot cavil at it, and wily inkyng cats."
the practice of reviewing a book sev- tures, and issued separately. The oldsoimlththegnrlearwo"u engretoodquncu-
ceral months after it is published. Inf time natural history, made famous and hsml htteas no t.ime for spec ialstudya, can ! tree, yand c-roneed ues on
thefirt paceit ive th reiewr aalso infamous by the .Reverend Wood, derstand it. The latter qualification is We shall at all feastes not hang up
chance to road it-a procedure nta-pprsobehruglead. It has
always-! y correct, but the first one is not. A but syt downe,"
ways necessary, nor awy pleasant, ° disappea red from the "book shelves in
yet to some :extent at least an incept- schools, and## fromli tf1iTtiiII11#ilfhell t#1ilou11#1#i#1#t1s ft1n1
scoladPoste onesi ve to accuracy. Also, it gives him a stores, and the pages of the mail-order (
chance to-talk about the. book to othercalou. heeinoigtote 2
reviewers. Since most of those poor its place, either in type of material orj
devils work for newspapers and :,1- pie Tentra itoyo =
ways need stuff to fill the page the Thomson is satisfactory enough as to'(
chances are that they have written up type, but its distribution through se- =~sae e t to
the ork Theslugar, threfreeral volumes makes the cost prohibi-
may read their criticisms and thereby tive to many, unless they wish to buy T.
keep from making the same mistakes it on easy payment system-so ~mucihu o th
u e er Mo t , t-hmefohemay accept their .juclg- oeanvery vrytieloiseds!-=' elp
have cheek._
ing proclaimed a wise man, for he I realize that I am breaking the un- 2a
ageswt h uttd. written laws of reviewing which de- 2=Y -
Probably the most astonishing thing ! and that one shall say nothing but counte"Otie hScec" sth lee
abutthoOulieofScene iatebook worth more than ten cou t 0o1 lunsfaluSa ulibdi Aeia yo
fac tht t ws pblshe -i Aeria.dollars, , for fear that the: publisher. '
We have 'grown used to seeing admir- wilb!es eeou nteuue
able books on natural science appear- Neither iTss itrsi the fuurewr.
lu n E g a d a d lt r c m n o: et e si h~ u ci n far e ethis countiy in small quantities; we fto funish open sugg;estions to the fi- 2-
are much less used to seeing aa.l Innalle ma he ne honestlublishnghos--
American editions of these books.T e. et hoel oehnes htyoe a
American public smothered ~eb-,hoety elestatnoe itself in Fbetween the fourth- ;grade and the=-
the honey-sweetness of Burroughs,'fP u~ er mn hnsfoii
and the sentimental Incoherencies of !he myb rltighs n ::
Enos Mills, and it hated to come back hsamrbe free.e I forl-jtitgh t
to consciousness. But apparently it ths.mrnfe.Ife-js itl
way about the "Outline of cece"-2-
intodcong ut hepe, ehad that it is a valuable book, seserving T
lnrdcoy rah f el n of a'place in every llbirary, .public or =A-,- = DtBA NK
H dikVnLo.1 private, that contains books bun rural-1i-=- -=..-.
The first volume of this latest and{ history. Of course, there' are several - ~ A, na r'a~
most -ponderous 'outline' begins, ap- fatre o:t.ha Id cq al W -- -vashingtonl -i;
liropriately enough, with a surrey a h eude ramn f h-o- of 1 -
the Universe in general andi the solar - stebfdldteamn.o.te"r
gin of the earth,, and the..hasty chap -_E2
system in particular. The author is ter on psychic:"science".b"Sir OliverI=.
not at all certain as to how the solar Ldge I opine, that-- Mxs nary Baker . .-
system might have developed;, he t~lvrEdPso usl,-Wlu
pothesis, buty,,rom the queer looilof
the words, and things that come in I2 - -x
other volumes, I -suspect that lie neitb- .2
er knows nor' means what hie says __________ a
Probably, ike a. great. many Tnglish- i= --
men who ought to know better, -be l
clings toi the -exploded ideFa that the j; - H -
earth once was a bal of hont gas, tde-'r :. T- - -G OV ERNOR -°
senkded from a still greater ;;all of - ---W
still hotter gas. Evidently there is I
need for a boob that will, once andw
for all, free the popular mind from the ,
idea ot a "mnolten globe.". It is a pity=
'that Dr. Thomas did. not read Chain There is a small device used on steam and gasoline, engines which -
Berlin and Moulton and then attend to _' provides ajmargin oety tor te1ngne his is the governor an automatic -
Tectronthe hityote. device that will not allow the engine to run beyond a certain.speed' When the-- =-
earth, and the- development of life aret engine speed increases: beyond- this point-;the- governor automatically and.
clear and interesting, as is also the efficiently cuts down- the fuel the engine receives and so - educes the speed.2
section of "Adaptations to Environ-
ment." -"The Struggle for Existence,"Th-bnacsaasaeyvleithecnmcwrd uhasag enr -2-
too, comes .in fora a treatment qluite -h-akat sasftyvlei h cnmcwol uha agvro;
proportionate to the position it hoalds - does in the realm of mechanics.. When- the financial machine'starts to run, too
in general inxterest: The chapter deal.:,
ig with the ascent of man is less sat-2 swiftly for its own good the banks, -acting °through increase inl discount rates,
isfactory; one gets the impression that2 cut down the speed and save the machine much useless wear-and tear.-
the writer was none too sure of him- 1
,self, and was afraid that he might tell _'
too much. Mr. Wells has done muchw- In some cases this action may work hardship on certain individuals but
better. But the section on the "Foun- 12 the greatest good of the greatest number is the ideal fr .which the modern
dations of the universe," which deals
~wit evryting romtheriesof lecbank strives. This bank has for years followed a policy of -working for th°
hios to wave ~action, suffers from= broadest interests of the communty. And the~cohmunity has repaid us by 2 .
nieither haziness nor undue abbrevia- ,
tio. erap Igo aspcil lesue 2_ a vote of confidence expressed in increased deposits. -
fm'it because o6f my general ignr- Y - .--
'ance regarding chemistry and physics. -
But I am sure that my ignorance is!
Fit much greater than that of most t=
folks-who will read the book, so my 1
likng for the chapter is sustained.. _T h tn A bo a n s .BI- -
.The most striking portion of the , -
- tt scond Volue is the ;three chapters I..-T y
deoted. to natural hstory,-birds, 1
mammxxals, and insects. They are ad-- "h a1 1Fi l e'c'
jdfiaty written. and more admirably ka'4. '".
-iutrated; they tell what is import/
or nttus tto lut' e n theI- esures$560e00s u"
WU at u1544ries. Other, chapters- ;2 - - -
obtay and".the. lower vertebr rte - 2
,At ivntin the third-and fourth vol- 2E
tins, "along with discussions of more 2'
Developments in- the, European situ- LT.-,GEORGE A."STRA CK various districts of Germany.
ation. in, the -past few--months with- the- exist in fat, more or less secre
incerease of the occupied area by the are the forest patoles and ti
French are- being .viewed with armI bey of commanding officers required in one component of the army which are of for kinds. First, are t
lay students "of international politics: event of sudden expansion of the army could be brought into the field. A see- ognzda naty aar
a condition of tension between na- the High Command has retained largerj ond component is the Schutzpolzei, a e il rilr.Tidi
tions exists Which in the past ~has al- 'numbers of field officers from the lm- police force of about 100,000 men, coin tional Union of atrio, thicrm
.. ways: presaged war. The admitted! per ial army. Some of the present reg- i posing an arm y mostly o officers and--
failure of the League of Nations and: iments have thiree times th csomryFnon-commnissioned officers ofwic diers, and thie Kyffiusser Bund,
the persistence of the United States I and necessary number of field officers." 5,000 served in the Imperial Arm-y. Iicue3000 a eeas
in holding aloof from European affairsI Officers of "suppressed" uinits, ava-. 7theoretically they correspond to what myb iee oor ral
have. contributed not a" little to this tinadhay artillery, have 'been is termed constabulary in this coun- sch as othe Thir-eondDiss
condition. - given special details 'which" enable' try, but with 'this important difference,,scato,thPoaBerAs
Asid frm -anypolticl qestons thm -and others. But each of the G
Asie~fom;anypoltial uesion i he. to study their specialties and' they are organized in regular units of-~
thee~tree dffeene i th mlitrymake them available ,for reorganiza= all branches, som of themi suppliedj organizations has an active rep
tua etone infeurpe itoaefrmiltatty .I diin oteeolct iwt roe ar.Te aefl:ative in the regular army, W1h(
"iersetdyfo ht nadto oteeofiesohwt roe ar.Te aefliuto in touch with the men, is charge
which existed'in 1914 is one which will;Ie whocol not retain their formner (military equipment of the most modern pieserving the traditions and
hav nolitleeffct n te itutio.!rank have been appointed with their ;types and the majority ar-e mounted ie cll h reun.retn
Germay ca putan amy o rou consent to non-commissioned graces.! on excellent horses. In an eaer- { estesii o h l uf
Germny an ut a ary o rogh- !! t is' significant that the total number gency these troops could be placed Fourpsthe arit the ros ouffir
lyfu mlin e nth ildwt-of lnon-commissioned officers athobriz- on the Rhine as cover troops since moty-oacit ne"te
iten days. Her-"present standing. ed, 17,627, is twice the ratio of anyt the treaty allows them to be stationedledrhpoLdnoff
ary omind i te ~ aledIlarge European army, and that by- in the "neutral area along 'the right The amount of small arms a
"green-police" are t. v c~q'uZ1 i size j pensioning war veterans 25,000 non- j bank of the Rhine.ilr o rmmn ftop
and: fighting- ability = o any arnny in,- commissoned officers still remain onC The third: component consists of tle frhan allowed sa questionhard
Europe; th-ese-could - ie used a a cover the rolls, making the total "number i atriotic associations and societies, swera definitely. From "time t
troops for tactical defen,.:;e piirposes available 42,627, which is. equal to the which though. abolished by law, still;- considerable quantities of th
during -the mobilizatien -'o the field . t mber of privates allowed, xs in fact, more or less secret., Thesetie wic haebnsuc
armies. Two major reasons exit for -e-I tce hmhaebe uc
Germany's failure to- make an active i By the treaty, the strength of the!are of four kinds. First, are the eZit- j hidden, come to light. The fin
resstace o ;he renh i thiroc-# regular or active army is set at 200,-i freiwillingen, volunteers ready to re-. the Muser factory in -August
resitane t th Frech n teir 000" men, w-ho.,are enlisted for-, ten inforce the regular army. Second, o ucetmtra oasii
cupaionof he uhi ditrit. irst,; all o'- them being veterans offis the so-called green police, organized ;00 rifles, 3,40 tank guns an
Germany has been unable thus, far. toyers
make any satisfactory arrangements !the World NV ar. But this force is only in regular units and assiied to the (continued on Page Five
with her only possible ally, Russia,- for {{I11111IJ11!#It{J{t~#IJ#{{Ilill/lJ~lsilIJf#i{Jll#l~#J1Iil33~~ll~tJ111{ffII
a food supply adequate to carry on ..I 111 111 ~~1I1I1I11~1Il111I1Ill-1iiitig~tj1ll1?II1I1~
war. Second, Germany realizes that
the..World War feeling against her ..
has not entirely disappeared; any out-". -
break of war- would crystallize this2.
finternationtal, hostility into :active op- hIV 2P Nri
position. 2
Moden mthos o wafar hae%-e-d
Messtaed-geth fwane invmilitary
orgi~ai atnc-andesnltaro-'
vons of-ath-ltreptysofneal-'espras-
tiso rna°-etradtoeeacyltoward =
to . armitettonaod armametsy h~ave aso-
wrgto m.ay-cans a- also
wrough-t Gmn-yconebcTs2P -
(::47in --is cnfron ting theckenerais
qustfs -is the wontd'sgeatgpo eralto- 2
;tdafor Ge~rany ret ptheFrench =
d nioo he rmarstrit. hetenh 2
- - - that - of.-entiRen r wist rea t. nto 2 -
ope thos raetlitiesaibeakhon in the!. 2 -
ope dvlomiiens -oillte shtowweens. 2 -=-P
- Asopm 1 uts:in 18theunersfe e enst- 2 - - -. -
As ledto be i otf.fudro elf'a military' 2
#tandpoint; or 'find -"anew system, so 2}
Gemn fe 'etreaty: of V ~mi~fer -2-
sailles fond- heraelf powerless unless=-
she was- able-,'to evolve. a new system 2;
~f tasaig, , potential military I -,
strength. into actual military, pOben'
in the field. -
Thie-basis of" eatimating. Germany's,-
military poiwer today, after .four years -' -t5
of planning,)- is furunished ; by reportsa
ofe Allied: committees chayged with, the -otrio ermiiaypeaain
cotolo ermltayprprtin.
and- onstatemnents mode -by hern m'h -
try leaders. -The estimate divides,
itself'-naturally Tito seven:parts: high -
commuand and general, staff,, officer ma- r_
- tonal, troops, weapons, industrial no- =
bilization, transtportation, and miobtill- 2~
zation plans. CM. -
The Peace treaty ;provides that the2-
Reishwehr. minister.' should be the ^,":--
head of the army and- should control ":_ -
adnistrative dephrtments, chief' of 2
training, and command of the troops2
The Chief of Staff, General Von Seek,2
one of the Kaiser's 'chiefs, possesses 2 A
greater powers by far than Von M4otke on2W u o U lv l l_
ever boasted, because he directly con-2
trols the General'- Staff, the military =
cabinet, ithte "department .inspectors, =.40-O2ld[ -d e l y, fi o n
aand the War, plans division. This=
-Places -the recruiting.- organization,
' tr~aining,: and command of the troops 2 Presentation of the- Summer Miodes as Fashion favors them Vill be made-
., entirely in the hands of o6ne'manl. - The " at a-Fashion Revue eclusive l for Uni ersift . omen' at 4o'clock Wednesday -
-once "famous Kriegsakadepie- which 2-o f ternoons Apr Il-25. i- a6.auditorium~ in confnecion ith the 'store. Enttrance
previous; to"1918 ,had'.fostered- thie amill- i hog h ecn lo;ed-g-e scin
tary spiritad-professional knowledge = stNr ,eod-~or ed-oWerscin
of "the German Army, hias given way t
a- number of "Wehrrknries",sctbls aC5.t= Music will.be .furnished «by the Helen Newerry orchestra and
tered aboutt t#he counmtry*. T-he- courses -.- - -w- models- have- beez. -choasen from Ulnierity -women, ttte.,eb-
taughit are ientica with- thocse of- thie a-* .--- twklntingto tie -Mlihg-n letague Camag igud:'die sum rdmiuariWJ
Iliiegslt aka-delewith one- vital differ - '1 -expendled -fraFashtiont Pageant. niverity women are cordially
ence-the-diffusion, of. military service - -. -,invited :to attend-this rseas e of sumnmermoethtreatepi-
adteaggressive, spirit throughout - railing .tendeacies -in attire for every ocasio.
the natiOn .-The net resulti that Ger--
manyIs constaatly.- increasing ber sup-
py-of 'officers -available -for--generaln ,
staff duty anti-at the name time spred--
ing dotrine f military aggrarndize ,h
meat:_t .
Iirtotiid ,fficers-ad an adli
# o ~ i I 1 0 ni;su art, aptho-ni1edby