THE Germans interpret their new national colours-black, red, and white-by the saying, 'Durch Nacht und Blut zur licht.' ('Through night and blood to light'), and no work yet written conveys to the thinker a clearer conception of all that the red streak in their flag stands for than this deep and philosophical analysis of 'War' by Clausewitz. It reveals 'War,' stripped of all accessories, as the exercise of force for the attainment of a political object, unrestrained by any law save that of exp