THE FEBRUARY REVIEWS
DISARMAMENT is discussed in all the February reviews, but nowhere more frankly than by Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond in the Fortnightly. He looks to the neutrals to insist in any future war that the belligerents shall observe such rules and such restrictions as may be adopted now or later at Geneva. Dr. Maxwell Garnett in the Contemporary emphasizes the need for " a change of mind "—an international rather than a. merely national outlook : public opinion in each country will dictate the action or inaction of that country's Govern- ment at the Conference.
Sir Charles Petrie writes very hopefully in the Nineteenth Century on the situation in the Irish Free State after ten years. Dr. Arthur Shadwell discusses " The Drink Question and the Royal Commission " • he draws special attention to the problem of clubs which, he thinks, the Commission's proposals would fail to solve. Everyone interested in the Press will read with special interest Mr. A. G. Gardiner's thoughtful article on "Two Journalists : C. P. Scott and Northeliffe—a Contrast."
The National Review contains impressive articles by Sir Edward Grigg, Mr. J. S. Sandars and others in memory of the late Mr. L. J. Maxse, who founded the review in 1893 and edited it for nearly forty years. It is good to know that the review will be continued on the same lines as before, though its policy in many respects is far from being that of the Spectator, as the present number testifies, especially in Mr. I. D. Colvin's article denouncing Indian reform schemes. The National Review has been and will continue to be valuable for its independence and its honesty. Admiral Harper's candid expression of disbelief. in -" Disarmament and Peace Machines deserves attention this month. Mr. J, S. Wairdlaw-Milne, M.P., pleads earnestly in the Empire Review for co-operation in India with the Indian Moderate leaders if they have the courage to support the Government's reform policy. Sir David Hunter Blair's reminiscences of " Society in the 'Seventies " are attractive. , The Eugenics Review, which continues to maintain its high standard, contains interesting articles and reviews by Professor ,Julian Huxley, Mr: C. P. ,Blacker, Professor F. A. E. Crewe, 'Mr. I'Vicksteed Armstrong, Miss Naomi Mitchison and nthers.
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