14 DECEMBER 1918, Page 20

The League of Nations : its Economic Aspect. By Hartley

Withers. (Oxford University Press. 3d. net.)—Mr. Withers says that mankind is confronted with the question : "Are its best energies and efforts to be devoted henceforward to production or destruction ? . If there is a League of Nations, the answer will be Production. If not, Destruction." This is the text for a stimulating little essay, none the worse because it deals only with the outlines of a large and complex problem.