GENERAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS DR. WILLIAM A. NEILSON, Chairman PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMI'TON, MASS. REAR ADMIRAL AUSTIN M. KNIGHT FORMER PRESIDENT OF NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, R. I. DR. JOSEPH H. ODELL DIRECTOR, SERVICE CITIZENS OF DELAWARE, WILMINGTON, DEL. DR. KENNETH C. M. SILLS PRESIDENT BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, ME. DR. HENRY S. CANBY EDITOR LITERARY REVIEW, NEW YORK, N. Y. DR. W. T. COUNCILMAN DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MASS. DR. CHARLES F. THWING PRESIDENT WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, OHIO DR. EDWIN GREENLAW UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. DR. J. H. KIRKLAND CHANCELLOR VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN. PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. EDITOR IN CHIEF FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS FORMER REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MANAGING EDITOR ALLEN L. CHURCHILL ASSOCIATE EDITOR THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTRIBUTING EDITORS J. W. DUFFIELD EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE NEW YORK TIMES ALBERT SONNICHSEN ECONOMIST, WAR CORRESPONDENT T. C. SHAFFER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY B. H. GOLDSMITH EDITOR, ECONOMIST BENEDICT FITZPATRICK FORMERLY LITERARY EDITOR OF THE LONDON MAIL C. E. MELOY SMITH DREXEL INSTITUTE, CONSULTING ENGINEER E. D. PIERSON EDITOR, CORRESPONDENT LONDON TIMES J. B. GIBSON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY J. L. FRENCH EDITOR, AUTHOR