20 APRIL 1918, Page 16

The New East, edited by Mr. J. W. Robertson-Scott in

Tokyo (London ; W. Dawson Publishing Co.; 13s. a year), has in its March issue an interesting review of Japanese Press comments on the war, and an account by Mr. David Fraser of the confused civil war in China upon which Japanese attention is fixed. This very readable monthly helps one to understand the Japanese standpoint, and is also helping its Japanese readers to understand ours.