26 JANUARY 1918, Page 23

The Secret Press in Belgium. By Joan Massart. (T. Fisher

Unwin. 2s. 6d. net.)—M. Massart gives a spirited account of the way in which the Belgians have used the printing-press to support their passive resistance to the brutal and stupid German rule. The witty satire of La Libre Belgigue and other illicit publications has done much to keep up the spirits of the people. The author describes also the pro-German Press, including some Dutch journals, which is fostered by the enemy in a vain attempt to win the sympathies of enslaved Belgium.