Assize . of Arms. Vol. I. By Brig.-Gen. J. H. Morgan, K.C.
(Methuen 15s.) Tim book deserves serious attention, and it is to be hoped that when the promised second volume appears there will be sufficient paper available for justice to be done to it. The sub-title—"the Story of the Disarmament of Germany and her Rearmament, 1919-1939' —sufficiently explains its scope, and General Morgan's position as the British military representative on the Inter-Allied Council of the Control Commission enabled him to see at first-hand the process which he now describes. The author now gives us a full and vivid account of the means by which Germany evaded disarmament after the first World War. fk has already told part of the story, but historians will be grateful for the fuller documentation and for the interesting personal details to be found here. Some of the more obvious mistakes made by the Allies in 1919 have already been avoided, and, indeed, Germany's position at the end of this war is vastly different. But it is pertinent to point out that many of the problems which faced the Control Commission in 1919-1923 may well arise after the surrender of Japan. General Morgan's book is intended to be not only history, bu: also history teaching by example.
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