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Show THE CITIZEN 14 but a more BOOKS - (Continued from Page 9.) plied: Quite true, I have read It there The savage chieftain looked up myself.. with a pleased smile at this unexpected knowledge of the Koran. "But,. continued Wood, the prophet has also said that a wise man will be content with one. I am certain that you are a wise man and therefore wiil not oppose my ruling against polygamy which I shall continue to enforce. Another and a more serious problem was that of slavery, because this menaced, not only the religion of the Moros, but also their profits. But General Woods knowledge of the Koran once more served him in good stead: Then, when the stage was set, Wood began his campaigns for the absolute suppression of slavery, the last and most difficult step in his organization of Mindanao. He called before him the various headmen. Among the first to appear before Wood to defend the practice of slavery was Hadji Butu, High Priest and Chief Judge to the and new Headman of Sulu. He stated that the Americans had by solemn treaty agreed to respect the religions of the Filipinos, and that the Mohammedan religion distinctly encouraged slave holding. That Is true, said Wood, the law of the Prophet Mohammed authorizes slavery, but the Kltab of the Koran forbids the enslavement of true believers, does it not? Hadji Buto nodded uneasily. Yet today the majority of the slaves held by your master are Mohammedans. Hadji Butu nodded again, and explained: Before the days of the gunboats, we could go to the neighboring lsiands and to Cebu and even as far north as Manila to get Christians for slaves, but after your gunboats came we could do. so no longer and then we began to make slaves of ourow n people. As High Priest I disapproved, but I was not powerful enough to put a stop to It without help, but you, general, with your soldiers, will have the power to give tha heip. I am glad that you are going to stop this custom, and I will aid you. I rule over both Christians and Moand hammedans, said the governor, the fact tnat 1 protect the Christians from harm Is your best guaranty that 1 will also protect you. I am glad that you agree with me about slavery.. Together we will suppress It. Thus you will continue to help me ilve up to the precepts of their religion, of whlc hyou are the, High Priest. ex-Sult- an The German emperor, we are told, realizing the difficulty of hiding his war preparations, resorted to the best of all concealment, that of display. His army was for protection only, and he invited all the world to come and see it: Among the dignitaries who attended the German manoeuvers in ' 1902 were Field Marshal Earl Roberts, fresh from his military and administrative triumphs in South Africa: and Major General Leonard Wood, just back from like successes In Cuba. The records of their public services were strikingly similar. Before meeting, each had felt admiration for the work of the other; and after meeting, spirits. they found themselves kindred As they stood together on the plains of Prussia, watching the seemingly endless hosts of German soldiers, they first cautiously sounded one another as to the Inference each drew from the pageant, but presently came to a reciprocal confidence and complete mutual understanding. It developed that one conclusion was common to them both: that this mighty army was never collected, trained, and maintained for France alone, but that worid conquest was its ultimate aim,, in the path of which stood both Great Britain and the United States. The Prussian Junkers looked upon these two "Englander with only contempt, believing all Americans and Britons to be stupid and thickheaded where Weltpolltlk was concerned. . half-conceal- ed The emperor probably bad no idea that bis intentions were fully understood by these two silent men, and their very taciturnity, seemed to be a mark of dullness. lead- The two ers gradually perceived that a race for supremacy had been started, not merely and Teutons, between, the Anglo-SaxoAnglo-Saxo- far-sight- ed ns n between the two unlaguulslicalstruggle systems of Republicanism and Prusslanlsm. These first Impressions were later further confirmed by visits to subsequent Imperial German' maneuvers. Roberts and Wood found themselves In complete accord as to the danger which threatened their nations, and were agreed as to the necessary measures to meet It. With both of them, to see a was to undertake it. Each returnedduty to his own country to begin the long and seemingly hopeless struggle to make his people realize the oncoming menace of Germanys military expansion and growing ambition. The whole world knows how their warnings were met with public indifference or ridicule, how they also encountered repeeated official rebuffs. Nevertheless, steadfastly and unfalteringly, they not only sounded the note of warning, but also used every means In their power to remedy defects in their countrys defenses. far-reaclil- ng General Wood as the ranking general of the army naturally believed that he would be called on to play his He asked part in the great war. leave early in the struggle to go to France to study conditions, and he was refused: After Ame.ica had finally reclared war, Intention to keep Wood permanently In America. His friends were indignant; they felt that they had a just grievance. But Wood wasted no time nursing grievances; he kept his temper and devoted his entire energy and ability to the accomplishment of the relatively unimportant tasks set for him. When, in 1918 he was sent on a short visit to France," says John Bruce Mitch-eto make a quick study of the front, to bring back his experiences for the benefit of men training in the United States, he went Into an extremely delicate situation. The French and British military authorities realized that he was the foremost military man in America, yet he was not in command of the American Expeditionary Force. They realized that he knew more about European d warfare, due to a study of the French and German armies, than did any man in the American army. They knew that Jhe British war ministry was particularly worried because Leonard Wood liad been relegated to the mere role of division commander. They realized that his presence in France would be embarrassing to the commander and chief of Leonard staff of the American army. Wood had an international reputation. He had been the guest of the French army at maneuvers. He knew the French president, he was a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. He knew ail the French generals; Lloyd George wanted him t ocome to England. It was a chance that a man who could not efface self, who was not a diplomat, might have seized, but the whole time Leonard Wood was in France he simply obeyed orders. There was not a word out of him. He sought to see no one, except in the line of duty. The only time his name appeared in the newspapers was when he stood near a field gun which burst, wounding him. When he came out of the hospital, and sailed back to America, correspondents begged him for interviews. Leonard Wood said nothing. it began to be evident that It was the d, first-han- . The authorities, it is the authors opinion, paid to General Wood the highest tribute in their power when They they tried to suppress him. knew that he would overshadow them all if he had the chance, and they took care he should not have the chance. A NATION. Robert IRELAND By Lynd. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Mr. Robert Lynd is a London journalist, and one of the most brilliant figures in that field. His pen is usual- ly devoted to literary studies, but now he has produced a book about Ireland, written with the shining vehemence of his race, but without extravagances or exaggerations. Mr. Lynd knows Ireland from the basement up. His early life was passed there, and now he has the perspective that conies from London life. Mr. Lynd thinks that the home rule act of 1914 should be put into opera tion at once and Ireland be left free to work out her own salvation. Per- sonally he favors the dominion mode of government, but the supreme essential is that Ireland should make h6r own choice. Perhaps Mr. Lynd is most felicitous in the literary essays that conclude his volume. He thinks that George Russell (A. E.) is the greatest man produced in Ireland since Parnell, and we have a fine analysis of his politics and his mysticism. P. H. Pearse, Mrs. J. R. Green, T. M. Kettle, and Dora Sigerson are discussed with comprehension and sympathy and with the sparkle that distinguishes all Mr. Lynds writings. We will not say of this particular book that it marks an epoch nor that it is a profound contribution to the Irish question. But it is a very scintillating one and it leaves an impression on the mind not soon to be effaced. HARVEST. By Mrs. Humphry Ward. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Mrs. Humphry Ward severely taxes our credulities by her last novel. Her heroine does almost impossible things, the factor of coincidence is much overworked, and the culmination of the story is inartistic and unnecessary. Rachel Henderson leases an English farm toward the end of the war and works it herself, aided by her friend Janet. - She has lived in Canada and we are allowed to understand that she has had some sort of a past, although not a discreditable one. A company of the farm with the American Captain Ellesborough at their head, and when Rachel falls in love with Ellesborough it is evident that there must be disclosures. Rachel, it seems, is married and divorced. She married a scoundrel in Canada and he is still alive. It is somewhat of a shock to Ellesborough, but he plays the game like a gentleman. Then we make the horrifying discovery that Rachel has something more to confess and that she does not intend to confess it until an almost impossible coincidence confronts her with the only living witness. Immediately after her separation from her husband, and actuated by a sort of emotional reaction, she had deliberately given herself to a neighboring ranchman and had stayed with him for three days. He has since died, but among the Canadian lumbermen there is the one man who knows the fact, and so Rachel, to avoid exposure, is compelled to make a further and humiliating confession to Ellesborough. The reader will find himself unable to explain Rachels behavior. Indeed it is inexplicable upon any theory of decent human nature. . SONS PULCHRITUDE. Father Well, now that youve seen my son, which side of the house do you think he resembles? Friend "Hm; of course," his full beauty is not yet developed, but purely you do not suggest that he looks like the side of a house! London Tit-Bit- s. AN OFFENSIVE DEFENSE. -- . , sir, Jimson said you were an old fool. But I stood by you. I defended you, all right. Did you? That was good of you. What did you say? "Oh, I said you werent so very old. 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