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BOARD OF EDITORS

Henry Jones Ford, C. E. Merriam, University of Chicago W. F. Dodd, University of Illinois Paul S. Reinsch, University of Wisconsin W. B. Munro, Harvard University Benjamin F. Shambaugh, University of Iowa John H. Latand, Washington and Lee University Eugene Wambaugh, Harvard University Law School

W. W. Willoughby, Managing Editor, , , Md.

Vol. V February, 1911 No. I

CONTENTS The Law and the Facts ...... ...... 1 Diplomatic Affairs and International Law, 1910.Paul S. Reinsch ...... 12 The Commission Plan of City Government .0. . Oswald Ryan ...... 38 Tendencies toward Ministerial Responsi- bility in Germany...... W. J. Shepard...... 57 Notes on Current Legislation ...... Horace E. Flack ...... 70 Current Municipal Affairs...... William Bennett Munro...... 91 News and Notes: Personal and Bibliographical...... W. F. Dodd...... 103 Book Reviews ...... 119 Index to Recent Literature, Books and Periodicals ...... 158

(For list of Book Reviews, see second page of cover)

Published Quarterly by The American Political Science Association

THE WAVERLY PRESS Baltimore, Md., U. S. A.

Entered at the Post Office, Baltimore, Md., as second-claammatter, under the Act of July 16, 1894. REVIEW OF BOOKS

Botsford-The Roman Assemblies from their Origin to the End of the Republic. By Ralph Van Deman Magoffin ...... 119 Lazarovich-Hlrebelianovich-The Servian People, Their Past Glory and Their Destiny. By George Frederick Andrews ...... 125 Saripolos-Das Staatsrecht des K(3nigreichs Griechenland. By Theodore P. Ion ...... 126 Wilson-Handbook of International Law. By Arthur K. Kuhn 129 Mahan-The Interest of America in International Conditions. By James Morton Callahan ...... 131 Wilcox-Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions under which Private Corporations Enjoy Spec- ial Privileges in the Streets of American Cities. Vol. I. By W. F. Willoughby ...... 135 Wilcox-Great Cities in America. By Raymond Garfield Gettell 138 Godfrey-The Health of the City. By Raymond Garfield Gettel 139 Garner-Introduction to Political Science. By William A. Schaper...... 140 Beard-American Government and Politics. By Charles G. . Haines...... 141 Ford-The Cost of our National Government: A Study in Polit- ical Pathology. By W. F. W illoughby...... 143 Van Wagenen-Government Ownership of Railways: Consid- ered as the Next Great Step in American Progress. By C. G. Fenwick ...... 145 Carter-Great Britain and the Illinois Country, 1763-1774. By Bernard C. Steiner ...... 146

THE AMERICANPOLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW is suppliedto all members of the American Political Science Association. The price of subscription to persons not members of the Association is three dollars a year. Single numbers are sold for seventy-five cents each. Subscriptions, correspondence with reference to contributions to the REVIEW, and books for review, should be sent to W. W. Willoughby, Managing Editor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., U. S. A.

(C'opyright,1911, by The Aan,.ricit Poiif)itcaFScince Association.