The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-29
iIrglt'litl Kuhn. VINO iS Comnandant
Ii Camp Meade. says success of
War Will Not Depend on Money.

always pleasant and agreeable. he
sCds asked about the German side OF
the great question. He talked tree
~. giving the first public utterance
he mad made of HIS opinion.
lie secuted the Old theory thai
money is the Sinew Of war. A pile
OF gold covering the area of this
camp and piled as high as you, might
make would not whip Germany. he
said. and neither would it be pos
@ible to choke Il single German Wit
b, ten-doIlar note The American PEG
pie are all wrong i'll their idea that
it takes money to make war and that
this war will pc won by America s
gold.
1t is not gold, but muscle, Drawn
and resources Communicated by the
nation making the war. Germany
has no more gold. but she has a SyS-
TEN by which she commanders the
labor Of all ages and none is wasted
She takes her people and sends some
10 the farms, some to the mines some
{ o the munition factories and others
TO all OF the other establishments
necessary to maintain the kingdom
and The military establishment. W hat
war gold IS inconsequential."
General Kuhn explained that the
DeHiEerent nations of Europe have
about ! , per cent. of their popula-
ton in the military service They
can call upon no more, he said, thus
the balance of power is with the Al
lies through America. He called at
tention to the fact that l 5 per cent
of our population would be $1,000
V0O soldiers. He said that Germany
is in Il position to furnish 100000
fresh troops each year from those
who reach the military age. If her
losses are no greater than this" he
said, she can go on with the war as
long as her natural resources last
aid as long as the people will per-
nit it.
He confirmed the reports of short
age of food in Germany. He declar-
ed that they have not sufficient land
to till and plant, TO properly provide
for the military establishment and
those who sustain it besides the Wo-
men and children of the land. He
expressed amazement that they had
held out DIS long as they nave. he
was asked if he thought it probable
that the people would arise and re-
bel against the government and the
war.
What will man do when he gets
hungry was his reply. He eX-
planned, however, that the German
people still love their Kaiser and still
believe in HohenIoilernism its teach
ings and principles.
I, asIy 70 n
extent Germany Communicated its
manpower TO prevent waste of labor,
and he explained that children OF all
ages are used in the ordinary works
of life TO relieve men, besides women
and even the old folk, too, who are
not too weak or i'll are made to work
He said that there was no ill-spent
labor. Each person has an allow
ance Of two pairs of shoes ne said.
land when the time comes for him
to get new pair he has to return
the old pair; there is no useless
trayel-no Atlantic City week-ends
and when q man wants to go from
one point TO another on i train he
must explain why he wants to go;
there are no gay white ways,no cleo
trio signs advertising cigarettes or
woAen'S cOrSetS. as this causes a
waste of labor in shipping the coal
to make the necessary electricity, ex-
ira labor at the plant where the cleo
triclty is made and extra work in
every conceivable way"
The General fOrcasted that the
same conditions would exist in the
United States if the war continued
long enough. He said it was the on
ly proper thing tc do, and he again
laid emphasis OF The fact that it
would not be necessary to comman-
deer the gold, but the natural neces-
sary resources and the muscle and
Drawn of the nation.
General Kuhn Is quite d pictures
que figure. He looks one right in the
eye when he talks, and it was quite
evident that these small, yet search
ing, eyes of his missed but little that
was to be seen when he was there.
When he spoke of muscle and Drawn
he threw his arm up and patted his
own muscle to emphasize what he
had to say. He explained that the
censorship of Germany was very rig
id and strict, and that it was not pos
sible to learn much about what was
going on, vet it was easy to see how
the Germans hu&banded everything
that was essential to them in the
conduct OF the war.
Returning again TO the subject OF
gold not being necessary to the con-
duct of the war. General Kuhn called
attention to the fact that England
and our allies in the loans from us
did not want gold. He explained that
they did not want single ounce oil
il. but they did want to borrow our
labor and our resources ana they Will
pay us back in gold because mankind
has found this to be means of easy
exchange for the necessities of life
and war. He also called attention 10
the fact. 10 emphasize his point, that
it was only few years ago when our
fOrefatherS wanted anything at the
store they did not take gold or mo-
ney. but they took some corn or
wheat or something equivalent and
exchanged it for meat or an apron
for wife. Gold is not the sinew OF
war. but muscle is" he said.
And you think that peace Will
come as quickly as the war started?'
he was asked.
Why not" he said. az he was
called away.
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When the other fellow offers &c
, compromise ii means that YOU have
! the best OF it.
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