5 SEPTEMBER 1941, Page 4

The death of Professor R. B. Mowat in the Atlantic-feal

aeroplane disaster this week will be widely regretted, lei Professor Mowat was known to a large circle through his boo4 which were numerous. He was, no doubt, rather a compass than an original writer, but he compiled from wide knowledgl and with sound judgement, giving a great many people informs tion they needed in a form they found readily assimilable. 151 History of European Diplomacy in the Nineteenth Century wass very useful work, and it ended with a sentence which still seem worth quoting in spite of all that has happened in the ninetea years since it was written: " Looking into the future, I can sd no practical hope for the world, except in the co-operation d the old diplomacy and the League of Nations." * *