While the armies and generals of the belligerents are trying
to execute by force the policies of their respective
Governments, their publicists are not less busy in the work
of voicing the national aspirations. Moreover, such a
critical examination of the status of each armed Power, from
its own standpoint and in comparisons and contrasts with its
opponents, has never been conducted before the peoples of
the world. It is a time of national heart-searchings, both
among the warring nations and of neutrals whose destinies
are only less affected. Resumes of this great process as
reflected in the world's leading reviews appear below,
beginning with the British publications.