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The Peace Conference. By Dr. E. J. Dillon. (Hutchinson. 21s.

net.)—This book does not add to Dr. Dillon's reputation. It is a long and sustained indictment of the " Big Five," the chief Allied Powers at the Paris Conference, and ends with the rhetorical assertion that " Prussianism, instead of being de- stroyed, has been openly adopted by its ostensible enemies." The Allied statesmen, being only human and fallible, made mis- takes, notably in regard to Italy and Rumania. But the wonder is that they did so well as they have done. Dr. Dillon emphasizes and exaggerates all their blunders, and hints that they were led astray by capitalists or Jews. He has taken the scandalous gossip of Embassies, clubs, and newspapers a little too seriously.