Ritter: War, Science, Civilization 
culture, and the pursuit of art and 
science. 
The second is to put into practice the 
principles which underlie civilization, 
by showing other governments that 
we are willing to help them get what 
they need for their own greatest 
development. As a hypothetical case, 
Dr. Ritter suggests that we might turn 
over to Japan some of our non-contigu- 
ous possessions, in order that her 
congested population may have room 
to breathe. 
“The possibility of conditions in 
which the policy of England would be 
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to help Russia to better seaports, if 
Russia truly needs them; of France to 
help Germany to more and better room 
in Africa for colonization, if Germany’s 
needs in that direction are clear; and of 
Germany to help Japan, the United 
States, and Great Britain to free the 
whole Pacific from need of extensive 
armaments, might be counted on to fill 
millions of persons the world over . : 
with an enthusiasm that would be 
irresistible and permanent because sus- 
tained by reason as well as by emotion. 
“This is idealism, but it is scientific 
idealism.” 
The ‘‘Practical Eugenic Movement”’ 
The “Practical Eugenic Movement,”’ 
an organization directed by T. W. Shan- 
non, of Delaware, Ohio, has more than 
7,250 members, according to a recent 
letter from Professor Shannon. It pub- 
lishes a monthly magazine called Prac- 
tical Eugenics, which is said to have 
more than 4,000 circulation. The move- 
ment and organ are devoted largely to 
euthenics, emphasizing such factors as 
sex hygiene, temperance, care of the 
baby, personal hygiene and a war on 
tobacco, and a widespread propaganda 
is carried on through lectures. 
New Publication on Genetics 
The first issue of Genetics, a bi- 
monthly periodical record of investiga- 
tions bearing on heredity and variation, 
appeared at the end of February. It 
contains as frontispiece a hitherto un- 
published portrait of Gregor Mendel, 
and the following papers: ‘‘Non-disjunc- 
tion as proof of the chromosome theory 
of heredity,” by Calvin B. Bridges; 
“The numerical results of diverse 
systems of breeding,” by H. S. Jennings; 
and “Hereditary anchylosis of the 
proximal phalangeal joints (sympha- 
langism),’’ by Harvey Cushing. Genetics 
is edited by a board, of which Prof. 
George H. Shull, of Princeton is the 
chief, and is published by the Princeton 
University Press. It is announced that 
it starts with about 270 subscribers, who 
pay $6.00 each per year. 
Rare Publications on Genetics Available 
Through early members, the American 
Genetic Association has come into pos- 
session of several complete sets of the 
Proceedings and magazine of the Ameri- 
can Breeders’ Association, and the 
volumes of the JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 
previous to the present year. These 
entire sets of the Association’s publica- 
tions are offered for sale as wholes, and 
the secretary will be glad to correspond 
with any one interested in securing a 
collection of these publications. 
