The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-01


IMAM men. Tho war Will be won and
lost ny CaE.ueers Every day delay
is fun Ut ueriI We appeal for the co
operation If employers. workmen and
the general public, These three must
act and dUre together. Delay might
nlperti victory. We require the aid
ei every man VINO can saw and handle
metal We have every reason for
confidence, but none for cornplacency
0'omp laceucy is the rust of IA nation.
We laugh at things in Germany that
should terrily us.
Greatness of Germany.
7 Look at the way they make bread
out OF potatoes. That potato bread
9irit is something more to dread than
ia mock at ! fear that more than |
DO Field Marshal Won Hindenbu re- s
strategry, efficient though that may
be.
/ II wish 10 speak plainly about the
position # the employers and work
mcn. We do not get the assistance
we have right to expect from our
workshops. Industrial disputes are
Inevitable. but we cannot afford to
have them now. The employers and
workmen on the clyde have been
spending some time disputlng over a
fraction. and ten days or a fortnights'
work which Is absolutely necessary
for The defense OF tne country mas
been set ABIDE | say solemnly that 1t
is intoIerahle that the life of Great
! Britain should be imperilled for a
+ ,arthing an hour.
"Nso is to blame? That Is not
the question but how ii Is to be stop
ned? DurinS the war the government
ought 10 have the power to settle all
differences II he workman ought
tsaF fal tho EyGVpvn give
Il to him. If hc ought not then he
must not throw up his tools. The
country cannot afford IT, IT means
disaster There must be no delay, as
outrut IS everything.
"This war is not going to be fought
mainly on the hattletields OF Belgium
and Poland, 1t is going to be fought
in the workshops of France and
Great Britain and must be fought
Their" under war conditions.
Il have something more to say and
II ~ UNPLEASANT Most Of our work
men are putting every ounce of their
strength into this urgent work loyal
" and periodically, but there are
some who shirk their duty But to
d be perfectly candid, ii Is mostly the
lure Of drink They refuse TO work
( fun time and when they return their
strength and efficiency are impaired
their leisure.
Menace of Danger.
! Drink IN doing us more damage
than all the German submarines put
together Russia has stopped drink.
NJ Bark. the Russian minister of
finance, with whom / conferred in
parls. told me that the output of RUS
sian wotkmen had Increased from
thirty to fifty per cent since the sale
az "a had haan nrnhihifpI He
admitted that he had lost $3.50. 000.0 900
in yearly revenue which he certainly
could not afford. but he added that
ii he proposed To revert to the old
conditions there would be a revOiu-
ton in Russia. The stoppage of
the sale OF drink in Russia mad been
due entirely to the Gar and ii was
ono OF the most heroic things of the
war.
France abolished the sale of alb
sinthe hy a 100 to / majority in a
single afternoon This shows how
these great countries are facing their
responsibilities
We propose nothing so drastic. but
we are armed with full powers for the
defense If the realm. We have great
powers TO deal with drink and we
mean to use them We shall use
them in spirit of moderation and
wisely. but quite feariessly, and no
tnuh} The country Will support our
notion.
America Endangered.
Were Germany to win ii would
mean world power 4or the worst ele-
ments in Germany. ] do not say that
the Kaiser would sit on the throne of
England, nor that the Deaths Heaa
HuN'ars would patrol our highways
nor would a visitor have To ask
Pomeraniau policeman the best way
% UeJizmnuth. but Germanisru, in it'll
later ard worst form would be the In
Spring Thought and philosophy of the
hour. Germany would be constantly