Above the Battle/Advertisements
The European Anarchy
Author of "Modern Symposium," "The War and the Way Out," "After the War," etc., etc.
2s. 6d. net.Crown 8vo, Cloth.
This book is an attempt to give in broad outline a just estimate of the European system, or rather the European anarchy, with especial reference to the underlying causes of the war and the possibilities of a movement towards better things in the future. Naturally the discussion takes for its centre Germany, her expansion and her desire for further expansion, what was legitimate in all this and what was disastrous, the sinister influence of Bismarck and Bismarck's success ousting the old generous idealism of 1848 by a Machiavellianism as divorced from the real needs of human nature as any romanticism could be. At the same time it is recognized that Machiavellianism has been the besetting sin of all the European States, the Machiavellian view that the peculiar interest of each State is not only its prime but its sole consideration involving a policy that must lead inevitably through suspicion and jealousy to the open chaos of war and hatred. Yet the fundamental interests of the European nations demand a united Europe, and wherever the past is criticised it is in the hope of reconstruction for the future.
Towards a Lasting Settlement
By G. LOWES DICKINSON, H. N. BRAILSFORD, J. A. HOBSON, VERNON LEE, PHILIP SNOWDEN, M.P., A. MAUD ROYDEN, H. SIDEBOTHAM, and Others.
Edited by CHARLES RODEN BUXTON.
Cr. 8vo, Cloth. 2s. 6d. net. Postage 4d.
"The essays are contributions of real help towards the solution of great and inevitable problems. The form which international control in political matters ought to take is cleverly discussed."—Prof. Gilbert Murray in The Nation.
"I would recommend the healing counsel given in 'Towards a Lasting Settlement.' It is truly a harbinger of Peace. Its message is for us all. Written by many authors, all its pages make for the abolition of war."—Church Times.
"A very notable book has just been published which every reader of the 'Labour Leader' should obtain. To state the contents will be sufficient to whet the appetite of all who are concerned with these vital problems, and one feels it to be impossible to give the least indication of the wealth and worth of the volume."—Labour Leader.
"That the possibilities of war may be lessened by such means as the contributors suggest, we believe to be true."—Catholic Herald.
"While expressing their opinions clearly and frankly, the writers have been careful to avoid whatever might tend to exasperate opponents, and their reasoned appeals will receive the greater attention because of the absence of declamatory rhetoric and invective."—Aberdeen Journal.
Our Ultimate Aim in the War
By GEORGE G. ARMSTRONG
Crown 8vo, cloth. 2s. 6d. net.
This book seeks to recall public attention, in Mr. Asquith's words, to "the end which in this war we ought to keep in view." It discusses the steps needed to realize the Prime Minister's hope of "the substitution for force of a real European partnership established and enforced by a common will." And it seeks to show that forgetfulness of this "ultimate aim" may not only prolong the war but lead to the utter defeat of the aim itself, however complete our victory in the field.
Crown 8vo, cloth. 2s. 6d. net.
"Always lucid, cogent, and unflinching in his argument, and … leads us step by step towards the conclusion that … the boldest solution is safest and simplest."—Manchester Guardian.
"His work is of the utmost value as a storehouse of information, argument, and suggestion."—Common Cause.
The Healing of Nations
Third Edition.Crown 8vo, Cloth, 2s. 6d. net. Paper, 2s. net.
"Profoundly interesting. Well worth most careful attention."—Observer. "A wise and understanding book."—T. P.'s Weekly.
The Coming Scrap of Paper
By EDWARD W. EDSALL
Crown 8vo, Cloth. 2s. 6d. net.
"One of the most interesting and illuminative of recent iinancial essays, set forth with skill and lucidity."—Financial News.
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LIMITED