The sun., 1916-11-26

u~facturins interests will immensely
ana Immediately increase.
There In . hint Of grim comedy in
what will be the real effect Of Ger
many's invasion Of north France, &C.
companied. as T. has been. by the ruth
less destruction OF French factories.
There IL not the slightest doubt
that ere the wal ends every inch Of
France will BE- free Of German fesl
They will have left behind them a
black path Of ruin. but most Of the
wrecked structures were distractions
mercial progress.
FOR many. many years the French
factory owner had been the victim Of
a strange conservatism. He had not
progressed. His methods were very
antiquated and generally ineflcient.
He did well enough and was rom
tented. because there VAS no desperate
incentive to do better.
The great energy Of the American
people 10 the accretion of the immense
constructive effort which was de-
mAnded Of them In the early days
when they had to conquer a great will
derness. Something Of the sort will
come In France.
mo longer can she sit with calm con-
tent and watch archaic factories do
business for q meagre profit In an
antiQuated way. Her mills must really
produce. competing with TIL, best the
world cal show. They must he rebuilt
quickly and on most modern lines in
order that with speed she nay recover
$ron tha ..aat dlsa sSor ~rhich hs. a,,>r-
taken her.
sity will speed her up. The old has
been destroyed by Germany and there
by Germany has done France a great
service. for the old was not the best.
and the new which will succeed It will
be exactly that.
The wrecked factories will have all
their inefhciencies replaced by Won
derful eficiencies. Almost ever since
the var began Frenchmen have been
securing the world for know ledge OF
new methods and they are preparing
with q singular intelligence. with a
delicately adjusted skill which cannot
be duplicated elsewhere In the world
to adapt what has been discovered to
the building Of the new.
THE old was far from good: the new
will be the best known to modern in
dustry. That is sure and because II Is
lure 10 n reason why I see immense
prosperity ahead for France.
victory will mean tremendous
things for France. The nation that is
down becomes engloomed and grows
continually more PROSTATE. France
has suffered horrors in her soul. for
she has a soul more perfectly de-
veloped. I believe. than that OF any
other nation.
Her art and her family love prove
that. Such family love as In the COM
mon thing in France Ia practically I'M
known In America. To an outsider the
French family ties seem not less than
incredible in strength. Nothing Ia
powerful enough to sever them.
There Is another matter I shall en-
rhasize II you will let me. II IL this:
France In the principal and not the
secondary adversary Of Germany IN
this great war.
"Germany's laborious effort to con-
vince the world that she does not dr..
like he French but hates only this
English is the veriest nonsense. France
and Germany are hereditary enemies.
made so by the long past aggressions
Of the Germans. England had NJ de-
sire to fight and no real rea TO. save
that which was quite altruistic. Her
one wish was to develop through con-
tinued peace. The blows OF Germany
were aimed at France and not at Eng
land.
But England through this war has
gained As France has gained. while
losing much OF great material value. a
psychological advantage which will
Glortfy her in the future.
And now that l have said those
words you see at once exactly what !
think my OWL United States has lost.
She had an opportunity. She
spurned II. or land very likely hat IL
worse) she sat fatty and neglected 1t.
That opportunity a not, indeed. to
rush to arms ana fight. but II was to
marshal all the neutral Powers behind
us, as they could have been arrayed
under u great and powerful leader
ship, for the prevention OF a campaign
Of invasion by the Central Powers.