The United States as a World Power. By Archibald Cary
Coolidge. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. ficl. net.)—Mr. Coolidge deals with many interesting questions which we do not feel dispose4 to discuss. Prominent among them is the Monroe doctrine, which is reviewed with a special reference to the Venezuelan dispute. The existence of Canada is, of course, logically incon- sistent with the doctrine stated by Mr. Secretary Olney. " The United States," he wrote, "is practically sovereign on this continent," the larger part of which, however, owns allegiapeo to another Power. Happily, logic does not go for very muck in politics. Common action in such a matter as the Cengo State means vastly more. Mr. Coolidge discusses seriatim the relations of the States to the great European Powers, and he has some- thing to say about the domestic question of the Philippines. Altogether, this is a highly interesting volume.
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