Germany as It Is To-Day. By Alan Lethbridge. (Eveleigh Nash.
8s. 134:1. net.)—Mr. Lethbridge set out to give " a cold Impartial statement of fact," but his impressions of a recent tour in Germany are by no means so dispassionate or so precise as we could wish. He commends the British military adminis- tration at Cologne ; he hotly denounces the French authorities In the adjoining zone, especially for their employment of some Senegalese troops as part of the garrison. He gives well- deserved praise to the Friends' Missions for their relief work among the poor town children, the ill-nourished students, and the destitute members of the professional class. He asserts that militarism is dethroned in Germany, and that there is a new and healthy spirit at work among the young people. He pleads for reconciliation. Unluckily, he weakens this excellent plea by much dubious political argument which is not strictly relevant. A plain account of Germany " as it is to-day " would have been much more effective and useful.
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