The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 2/A government publication by a Bohemian scholar

A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION BY A BOHEMIAN SCHOLAR

The Department of Commerce has just published a volume on “German Trade and the War” by Chauncey Depew Snow and Joseph J. Kral. The book presents a very exhaustive study of the commercial and industrial conditions in war-time Germany and of the outlook after the war. It is a rich mine of information on the various phases of German industrial life, covering the manufacturing industries, the supplies of raw materials, the development of substitute materials, labor, combination and syndication of industry, as well as discussing Germany’s commercial aims in going to war, and aspirations and preparations for the period after the war. It is evident that the authors, who are statistical experts in the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, have followed carefully current newspapers, periodicals and books published in Germany and other European countries.

While the book is intended primarily for American business men, it will have a double interest for our readers. Many of them knew personally Mr. Kral, who was editor of the “Bohemian Voice”, the first periodical in English devoted to Bohemian affairs. Then again, the appendix contains in addition to statistical tables and various documents bearing on the subject-matter of the book two articles of special interest for Bohemians. One is a discussion of Pan-Germanism by Professor Thos. G. Masaryk, reprinted from the New Europe, and the other is a translation of an article by Dr. Alois Rašín in the Národní Listy, expressing the opposition of the Austrian Slavs to German plans of Mittel Europa and their determination to obtain independence.

This important government publication of 236 pages may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, for twenty-five cents.