The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-14

cilesSly he added to il brick bv brick /
unul some time last year he was able |
TO survey his work and say-it viii |
stand
For when you go to war. as a mon
arch. you must be sure not only that
you are at the moment of perfect rrt-
pafedneSS, that your enemy is least
SuspectinS; that your new sixteen-inch
gun VIII batter down anything in the
Shape OF q fort. that the StiDDlv of
petfoi Will last; that you have enough
copper stored away and a thousand
other Intricate details, which enter in
20 lhiS most complex of calculations
Not only of these must You be sure
Dut you must be doubly certain that
your people are with you: that YOU
can keep them there; that they are
PROOF against agitation from within:
seaied against the unanimous cenSure
| OF civilization. impregnable to the
facts which will find their way into
| press which you cannot Stif1e
| over your own pres you still hold
absolute control This powerful weap-
on is only loaded and fired at your
! direction. You may commando er your
| publlc ana professional men to write
and protest that the fault is Eng
| lands. and when you find that you
! have not hit the American mark, YOU
| may lay it TO Russia.
But can you hold your 70.O9o,0OO
people TO the faith which you have so
| carefully built for them? You are
sure That you can. if you can Win,
And if you can't win, what is the use
anyway? If you can't win now you
| never can. The General Manager
knows that to be a certainty Dis
trust OF your plans is becoming appa-
! rent. There are obvious signs Of aC-
tivity which indicate that your neigh
| arn
signs that even your magnificent IN
duStry and commerce are beginning to
feel the burden of that increa sin g
budget There are OminOuS tiny
cracks here and there The hour has
, come. 1t is now or never, all OF
, nothing
, All. the feverish calculations. The
, quick parleyings behind closed doors
Ihe rapidly succeeding consultations
Ihe laconlc reports of military bre
, witty. And the order goes forth.
What now appears to have been
wonderfully brilliant feature of tn,
9 great German publicity campaign
| Cologne. Here in the Spring an,
f Summer of 1914. on the edge of tn
9 predetermined scene Of invasion; her
Q in the midst Of one of the most popu
a lar sections Of Germany. where tn
Y land seems to be almost a huge
II | luIndCc, Wnoro W GStDhAtl
a seems to mock at Sheffield and Pitts
burgf. almost within sight Of Esse
4 and the works Of Krupp-here, is
= possible that the General Manage
q played one Of his most ingeniou
n cards?
y Along the Rhine, whose might
l. rushing symbolized that trresistibl
e march upon which he was bent. h
.r built an exposition. 1t was called til
IS "Werkbund." to exemplify the bon
y Of work. the joy of creating beautif,
ly things by labor. How clever was til
q selection Of name. how thoroughly
r. is said to have concealed the real pu
st pose. For, once you were inside tf
ground. you were quickly MAD
,g aware that this was an exhibition
8 color. The principal building W;
ne the "Farbenschau,' a color show
ne was one riotous crash of ever
". known color in the animal, the veg
r table, and the mineral kingdom.
c. was the key to what you were to s.
thereafter-a bewildering panorar
he Of the barbaric application Of col
en- to dress. to furniture, to carpets,
IS. churches. to kitchens, bedrooms. di
u ing rooms. drawing rooms, raiiw
he carriages automobiles, to eVerythil
re. which goes into the life Of today.
he And you cannot explain it all. Pc
r. haps. as l did, you may have tried
| u.
. you may have found yourself the
a during the week of the delivery
,e- the Austrian note to Serbia. Perha
you then wrote as l did, for
,c- | American ma agaZine:
m lis it possible that the whole II
he mendous color effect Of the exhibit
il is due to the too rapid rise Of
m great nation, full of confidence a
err assurance, justly proud OF its &
Id cOmplshment eXubeTant IN
Ike strength? Or, is it poSsib bic that
M barbaric panoply of war is fac
IN =. in this bewildering array OF color !?
ew it the irresistible impulse which
mands a new means of expressing
ere rise Of a great nation-what m'
,on natural phenomenon than that!
of What nation has more 10 eXpr
leir than has Germany. even though
Iie may. when these lines appear.
,ol plunged in war. the causes. exte
h II