TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-05-29

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~rcponderant IN Europe, though with heI
navy controlling trade routes she sub
dues the rest of the world. Not content
with a fourth Of the land Of the globe
including the principal ports, she would
dismember al other nations whose in
dustry and thrift make them strong
The balance OF power Is for Spain OF
France or Russia or Germany, accord
ing 10 the way the wind happens "a
blow, but il never applies 70 England
England would separate Germany into
lis component statesEand the United
States, too, IL she could,-but English
navalism and the balance Of power must
not be disturbed. kRIe or ruH is Eng.
lands motto.
England ID a nest Of pirates on neu-
trail commerce that recognizes no law,
A state which ignores or condemns md.
itary training is a decadent state, ready
for the heel Of a conqueror. a race
which has military training as part OF
lis educational system, and which at the
same time does not neglect its economic
development. will reach the very highest
civilization il is capable OF attaining.
Athens and Germany furnish us our cx-
amples. Under a wise government there
can be no conflict between soldiers and
merchants, for their occupations are
supplementary. Sparta and Carthage
were too lop-sided in their respective
ways TO develop symmetrically. The
even functioning OF all parts stimuli
taneously is as necessary in a state as in
a living body. Clog up some channel,
and evil effects are produced. Only in
a democracy where the amount of
wealth a maj has is the sole criterion
of his value is it possible to affect to
despise the soldiery, and Fate loon lays
its heavy hand on such a state. Demoe-
racies without adequate military protee-
ton exhibit two fMlts: their wars are
SO ~ignorantly conducted that thousands
Of lives and millions OF treasures are
squandered on them over and above the
actual need, which burden the comuo
people bear after peace is declared as
well as during the war; the very COM
merce they so gloat over and worship
is not conducted scientifically TO secure
the best results. England is a good
sample Of such a democracy" Amer
lea presents the best example of vast,
unprotected, tempting wealth stored in a
fragile house for safe-keeping. Ger
many has risen to the eminent position
Of having the highest civilization the
world has ever seen because universal
military training has cultivated the
manly, virile qualities of the race, and
taught men habits of order, n~eatness,
punctuality, cleanliness, courtesy, and an
ability TO command as we'll as TO obey.
Il requires much training to teach a
man how to command. ANY noble nation
can attain the same high pitch of civil
~lization, but il must pay the same price
in work and thrift. The English idea
OF Germany is that il is a good land to
breed millions Of children 10 be raised,
educated, trained. and made proficient
in trades and efficient in professions,
and then imported into British colonies
as desirable Immigrants Let SIS hope
Americans do not take UP this idea. Let
US rather thank God that he has caused
us to receive, as the gift Of Gerrlania to
American civilization, so many millions
Of her best offsprings.
Who has not heard Of and despised
les rois faiafagisa Who has not hated
the mayors of the Poloeef The power
less kings Of England have been formed
upon the former, while the all-powerful
premiers have initiated the latter. As
quith directs the king to visit a hospital,
to inspect troops, to deliver an adj
dress, TO sign a paper, TO make" war.
The do-nothing king obediently COM
plies. Parliament Is likewise blindfold-
ed, led to the brink Of the precipice. and
then pushed over the edge. BY whom?
The mayor Of the palace and his cab
met. Who would be such a king? What
sane nation can stand such a govern
mentf If the English had any sense of
humor they could see their tight little
isle is the scene Of some strange doings.
A short time ago Ulster was openly
preparing for rebellion, storing arms
and munitions, drilling recruits. There
was talk Of diseiplining the king. With
a bomb In one hand and a torch in the
other, wild yiragoes were destroying
the finest fruits Of civilization in the
name Of votes for women" The dis
content Of the half-fed and ignorant
working classes was manifested in
strikes Of a magnitude and character
that threatened with famine the entire
kingdom. That ulcerated sore, the sIums
of London, is typical Of a government
by wealth. In time Of peace, the people
bleed in factory and mine that their
rulers may fatten, and war brings them
relief but a speedier death. If the
worlmen Of England only knew 1t, they
would have greater economic liberty un-
der German rule than they will ever
know under the scepter of their prem
Ter. Whatever measures 10 amcliorate
the condition Of the working classes
the government has adopted OF late
years have been copied from Germany.
There Is an expenditure of plenty Of
oratory and empty theory about the
lower orders, just as there is in this
country about reform Of the barbarous
convict system, compensation to work
men for injuries, and curbing of child
labor, but II all ends in smoke. The
motto Of the politicians seems to be:
The working class be damned" The
masses in England do nor know what
the war is about, and while the aristoc-
racy Is eager, the middle class Is indif-
and the lower class divided. In
to meet strikes and TO avoid the
political consequences OF imposing
martial law, the worhngnaen are held