New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

PEELED to wake up and become efficient Some
of my friends claim that England to-day Is
fighting to continue in her own inethciency.
~ am not ro-German. / believe that II
would be a great calamity for the German
military party to win victory in this war.
But, on the other hand, l recognize that all
action is followed by equal reaction and that
the present conflict is largely reaction OF the
acts which England herself has performed IN
the last one hundred years. 1t is an old story
that what goes up must come down. The
wheel Of civilization keeps going around
First a nation is at the top and then at the
bottom The mills of the gods grind slowly,
but they grind exceeding small and to-day
England is being used as the grist
But on the other hand believe that the
grinding will do her good and that after this
boodess revolution England will be better
buster and bigger than ever before also
believe that Germany will gain something as
well.
AMERICA THE REAL LOSER.
1.-THE real loser in this conflict will be the
United States OF America. 1t may be titty
years before we realize our loss, but we surely
many and the other nations OF Europe, are
subject to this same law OF action and reac-
ton What goes up must come down.
Mr.. Babson was asked if he thought there
was a possibility Of a revolution in any OF
the other countries, and he replied as toll
lows:
Eyes. believe there Is a possibility OF
revolution in some of the other countries.
In case any country is severely whipped teel
sure there will be a revolution in that coun-
try. care not whether that country is Eng
land or France, Germany or Austria. real
defeat for any one country means revolu-
ton in that country. On the other hand, the
loser may be the real gamer, which is often
the case in this world. But will any one
country be truly defeated?
"As already suggested, personally do not
expect to see either side win this conflict. The
war will not be fought to a finish but will
be called off by mutual consent. The time
will finally come when both sides are willing
TO agree to temporary cessation OF hostili-
ties This may come in FIVE weeks, or tive
months, or not for five years. but it is some
cav surely coming. That peace will be de-
olared some time Is ''e one safe and sane
bet of the entire situation. 1t takes no prophet
to forecast this fact The first step, how
ever, will be a cessation of hostilites, and
this may come at any time. When it does
come you can rest assured that the conflict
will never be renewed by this generation. An
agreement of some kind will be reached Even
to-day both sides sick of the fight and
are sorry that they ever entered into it, but
neither can be the first to stop. When some
event happens, however, which will cause
them both to stop, you can rest assured that
they will not start fighting again.
IF the war is to be draw, this probably
means that there will be no severe revou-
lions, as the soldiers of all the different coun-
tries will go back to their people as being
victorious There really is more to this than
is apparent on the surface. For instance, Rus
sia is DESTROYS of whipping Germany; but II
she succeeds, Germany is sure to become
practically republic and Emperor William
only fgurehead.
Russia, however, recognizes that II such
catastrophe happened to Germany II would