The sun., 1916-12-10

shall be able to compete successfully
with cheap outside labor. for we al
ways shall be able to devise machin-
cry which will reduce the cost in hu-
man labor, no matter how cheap II
may be. while at the same time bet
tcring the output. no matter how good
1t may be. This in its turn will throw
no men out of work, for It will make
new work by increasing the demand.
England was going wrong indus
trially and this war has preserved her.
thrusting her back upon a path OF
progress. She was going wrong So
cially because Of the creation o. a
false antagonism between her sexes
and the tightening Of her caste sys.
TEN. and this war has averted that
peril.
THE German mistake was funda-
mental In her system because that
system led her straight into this war.
] do not see in the vast combat n
c%reditable ending to the great expert
ment which Germany was making and
Of which | and all the world had the
very highest hopes.
at is clear beyond a doubt that her
whole theory of government has been
wrong and that she always will b, in
hot water as long as che maintains 1t.
This sysem was created for the benc-
At of the Hohenzollerns and certain OF
the aristocracy. That 1t considered
the people at all was merely because
these primary beneficiaries realized
that they must fool the people into
false contcntment in order that they
might get the most out of them. Gov
ernmcntal powers of demanding ser.
vice and levying taxation were un.
limited.
"Much has been said of German
governmental efficiency. Surely il
reached its %apotheosis in this process
The conversion of the Germans ou'
of humanity into machinery began as
early as II could begin-in the lower
classes of the public schools. OF course
it failed. Men are made to think
That's what they're for. Stop their
thinking and no longer are they men
THE same result would have beer
achieved by the same methods in any
other country.
but there is hope for Germany
despite the harm which she has don,
to the mental equipment Of her male
population as a whole by subicctinr
it to such training and despite the
destruction of much of that population
by his s~clf-sought war. That hop,
LES in the nations ONE
Germany must take a leaf from
t.ngland's brand new book. Fortu.
nately with one of those ineffiCien.
cies So frequent in tie midst Of Ger
many's pcrfections) German woman.
hood has been neglected. Her women
have not been trained into that fails,
psychology into which her men have
been induced, for the simple reason
that the German Government has
not thought them worth the training
They have not been wrecked. or hav,
been less wrecked than men. by dis.
cipline.
Events already show that thi.
large number OF normal human beings
thus left in Germany are beginning
to resent the needless sacrifice, th'
useless horror, the unprecedented suf'
fcring Of this war which by amh!
tious militarists has been forced upor
them and their sons and brothers
husbands and fathers.
III the war has also the effect %
stimulating Russian education, thus
decreasing Russian superstition. pro-
hihiting that a. 1t already has pro-
h.bitcd alcohol, then indeed may We
look forward to the early yea wher
Russia shall taxi her place among III,
foremost nations of the world, intel.
. Loot 1Af'N- fNAI4llNs tnlttG rialN .nytN.
mercially and ag~riculturally, realizinp
To the full her truly immense and in
some respects unparalleled resources.
But in France We find the fines,
phase Of h mighty. ragIc spectacle
which now drags out its terribly dra.
matte length In Europe. To me this
war has proved that France is tn,
banner nation Of the world. In hoi
We see q nation really governed by tn,
people, who really love II and will fiGh,
and sacrifice themselves Cor ii with al
unse.tish enthusiasm not seen else
where. II may have been paralleleC
10y the deeds of our Americans in the
days Of our Revolutionary war, bur
| doubt even that.
To my mind the French are prov.
ing themselves to he the real people
Of the world. the most splendid people
possibly, that the world ever ha
known, for they are combining won,
Corful efficiency with an absolute de-
vution which rises to heights of al.
most fanaticil sc!f-saoritirc.
"Thcso people of France won FOL
themselves a republic hy hard iiGhtinl
ana enormous sacrifices. Having il
they now are willing to de for it, They
Will win and IN thus preserving thcir
republic viii improve il.
I'm France ! see n nation which has
sought and iound more of the rca.
than any other nation IN the world
!; They have a real culture, not of bust.
, ness ability and practical achievement
only like ours in America: not of ira.
ditluU and inherited money like tina,
IF the English. They have u rca.
+, aTlStocracy, not like OuiN of money
not Ike E~ugland's Of birth. but o
sheer worth.
And If, IN these days, thcy arc OK,
r limiting the ADVANTAGES OF not WOr.
!, shipping money as We IN America du
OF bio Il as the British DO, or mllitLr,
ism as the Germans do, they are show,
iuS slill more clearly an admirable Ia,
triotiSm devoted to a degree supcrl
To- contemplate. And. PERHAPS hest O.
al, even in the hitter conflict of thl.
war. they have shown themselves fire,
from that brutality which So generally