Some Aspects of the War as Viewed by Naturalized British
Subjects. By August Cohn. (The Council of Loyal British Subjects of German, Austrian, or Hungarian Birth, 13 Clifford's Inn, E.0.)—There must always be sympathy for the grief that any man of feeling must ex- perience if the countries of his birth and his adoption are at war and the victory of either side must bring some regret to him. But there is no doubt in the minds of those responsible for this pamphlet that they desire the triumph of the principles for which the Allies are fighting. Briefly and with dignity the writer shows how during visits to Germany at- intervals German-born residents in England have been startled and horrified by noticing the leaps and bounds by which Prussian mili- tarism has permeated the docile population of their Fatherland. Out of the mouth of Bethmann-Hollweg himself he convicts Germany of responsibility for the war. To England he gives the clearest testimony that he and his friends know that she did not desire and had not prepared .for war. This is a work that we should particularly wish to be widely circulated in America and other neutral countries.
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