The Confederation of Europe. By W. Alison Phillips. (Long- mans.
12s. 6d. net.)--Professor Phillips has revised his excellent book on the Holy Alliance in this second edition and has added a -chapter on the League of Nations. He is no believer in the League and expresses his misgivings very plainly. We must seek comfort in the doctrine that history does not repeat itself, and trust that the errors of the Holy Alliance may be avoided by the League. Professor Phillips discusses the effect of the exclusion of the Monroe Doctrine from the purview of the League, and repudiates the suggested analogy between the Confederation of the separate American Colonies and the present League of Nations. He does not think that democracies are necessarily pacific in temper, nor is he convinced that the nations will gladly submit to an international rule of law. Professor Phillips's new chapter deserves attentive reading, in the light of the preceding narrative of the experiment that failed a century ago.
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