“GERMANY SPEAKS”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 190, 13 August 1938, Page 8

“GERMANY SPEAKS”

POLICY AND ASPIRATIONS MEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY Twenty-one members of party ami State combine their impressions in “Germany Speaks,” included among the list of latest additions at the Wanganui Public Library. Never before have the members of the Government of a great Power united in addressing the public of a foreign country. This is claimed to be the most authoritative statement of Germany’s policy and aspirations provided from England. Hitler speaks, Germany speaks, and all who take an intelligent interest in world affairs will be anxious to know what is said. “Japan in China,” by Kiyoshi Kawakami, states clearly and moderately Japan's view of the present struggle and of the events that have Jed up to it during the last two generations. “The Last of the Empresses,” by Daniele Vare, is the story of the Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi, Ihe last of the great Asiatic rulers. The descriptions of Chinese customs, politics, and Court life, are among the most attractive parts of a highly entertaining volume. “Operation, by “Taffrail,” is an excellent story of a master of espionage and crime pitting his wits against the combined resources of the Navy and Scotland Yard. “Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris,” by Victor Canning, is another amusing episode in the adventurous life of Mr. Finchley. List of iddtions for the week ending August 12: — Fiction. —“West of the Sunset” (Dan James), “Operation, M. 0.” (Taffrail), “National Provincial (Lettice Cooper), “Double Spy”

(Martha McKenna), “Murder in the Taj Mahal” (P. N. W. Taylor), ’Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris” (Victor Canning), “Wind in the Spring” (Alison McDougall), “The Mysterious Valley” (G. W. Wicking), “Storm in a Teacup” (Gus March-Phillipps), “Bad End Valley” (W. B. Bannerman), “Desert Reprieve" (F. A. Waterhouse), “To-day Is Yours" (Emile Loring). Non-Fiction. —“Japan In China’’ (Kiyoshi Kawakami), “Let Us Honour Peace” (Rose Macaulay and others), “Colour All the Year Round In My Garden” (C. H. Middleton), “A Note of Appreciation” (H. R. L. Sheppard), “The Last of the Empresses” (Daniele Vare), “Fcr Pleasure” (C. H. Bertie), “Human Psychology” (J. R. Butler and T. F. Karwoki), “Practical Photo-Litho-graphy,” “How to Make a Pageant” (Kelly), “Germany Speaks" (Di. Frick and others), “The Letters of John Dove” (R. H. Brand, edt.), "International Relations Since the Peace Treaty” (E. H. Cam, “Vienna" J (Ed. Cranshaw). i -