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to apply compulsion, should it bs
necessary

to apply compulsion, should it b
necessary"
"But you are finite" Pach.
mann objected, gently. "Yon
are but an individual, whose life
may end at any moment; while, as
you yourself have said, this plan
OF yours will take long years, gen.
e%rations perhaps, to consummate
To perfect it will test the best in.
~tellects Of the world. Once began,
it must be carried through. Dc
you think it wise to imperial its
success by making it depend Sc
largely on yourself? Besides, what
would be easier than an unwilling
nation to suppress your A pis.
toll shot, a glow with a knife and
the brotherhood of man tumbles to
pieces"
"What is it you propose? 2"
asked Yard, who had listened to
all this with growing impotence.
II propose that, instead Of SO
great a task being assumed by an
individual, it be assumed by an
entire nation which shall pledge
its honor to carry it to success"
And this nation" said Ward
sareastically, "should, of course,
IN your opinion, be Germany9"
II admit" replied Pachmann,
with dignity, chat l consider Ger
many best fitted to carry out the
plan. think you will agree with
me that, if a single nation is to
undertake it, it must be one of the
five great nations. In world poll
ties, the others are negligible.
Well, let us see. France, a ma
ton of peacocks, excitable and i'm.
questionable, easily angered max
ing much of trifles! jealous of
their dignity, a dying nation
which grows smaller and weaker
every year. England, also a de-
generate nation, soaked in gin,
where 100000 men are unem-
ployed, and where no better rem.
edy for pauperism can be found
than universal pensions, which
only makes more paupers. Russia
an ignorant nation, whose ruling
class is composed of men without
morals and without ideals -
thieves and drunkards and vain
braggarts. Their remains Amer
lea, and at first glance it might
seem that here is the nation to be
entrusted with the great work.
But, after all, it is a nation of
money grubbers, ruled by a money
trust, where wealth is worshipped
as no other nation worships rank,
Il nation without culture, without
experience in world politics, with
out self control, loudly vain, inept,
wasteful, childish nation, in
other words, at the awkward age
between youth and manhood.
Aeo Ai0 iioW tulL 10 germany.
| speak only what is within the
knowledge of all intelligent men
when | say that in manufacture.
IN agriculture, in the administra-
ton OF government, in science, in
literature, in music, in general Gull
ture, Germany is first among ma
tons. Some may quarrel with her
military policy, but none can ques-
ton her progress or her achieve
ments. All other nations come to
Germany to learn. This is not ex-
aggeration! it is calm statement
of fact. | firmly believe that to-
day, intellectually, morally, ma
terially, Germany is the first ma
ton in the world. And it is alto
gether fitting that she should be
chosen as the leader of the world
and arbiter of the affairs Of all ma
tons"
"In answer to you, Admiral
pachmann," he said, speaking
slowly and carefully, as though
weighing every word, 81 can only
say this: / do not dispute Ger
many's great achievements; no
man can do that. It is probably
true that in science, in learning,
in general culture. and in eff
cheney, she is, as you say, first
among nations. Her people are a
great people-but it is not them
you represent. You represent an
hereditary monarch, the only one
In Western Europe who still
speaks of the divine right of kings
"a man who would be an abso-
lutte autocrat, if he dared. Sup
porting him is q powerful circle
Of hereditary mobiles, whose inter
est it is to increase n every posi-
BILE way the prestige and power
of the throne. At their command.
ready to do their bidding. is a
magnificent army and a great
navy. Did y0,1r nocsoss