Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-10
What Will the
World Be Like
After the War?
tied Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Amsterdam. Netherlands. June 20
What will the world be like after the
war? A German scientists imaginative
after-war picture is the feature Of the
latest number Of the German review.
''Zukunft.' The author, Professor
Noritz Lesser. is a member Of the faculty
of engineering Of the University Of Bonn.
The Professor pictures, in fanciful
style, a world at peace, in friendly inter-
national relationship making use of the
technical discoveries which have been
made during the war for the development
of commercial enterprise. The article in
part is as follows!
Three months after the end Of the war;
the directors of the leading banks and
corporations of Germany held meeting
tc the number Of 5000 in the Reichstag,
with the Home Secretary for Chairman.
and founded a company For the Develop
ment and Use Of Inventions Discovered
During the War The object Of the Com
pany was to employ in peace the techni-
cal progress which had been accomplished
under the stress of war, and the capital
subscribed was 40 times as great as re-
qured.
! lone object Of the company was TO
build submarines for pleasure trips and
to search for treasure lost during the
war. The great shipping companies fol-
lowed suit by building deep-sea subma-
rines, in which one could sail without sea-
sickness. These ships travelled on cable
/ laid under the sea. and were worked by
an electric current from the land. They
! journeyed at incredible speed, making
the tourney from New York to Hamburg
! in As hours.
, 1T was found possible to build sub
marine which sank to depth Of more
than a mile, and from this sprang the in
ternational company for raising the ships
sunk during the war. The work was an
! immense success, and large sums OF
money were made from this salvage work.
There was also huge profit in taking pas
sengers in these ships for trips Of explo-
ration and sightseeing along the bottom
of the sea. Ships were found which had
gone down centuries ago, and one expedi-
ton recovered the treasure Of whole
! continent which was sunk in a Spanish
Armada. Moreover, rich veins of coal
and iron and other minerals were discov
cred in the sea.
Meanwhile wireless telegra ply was
perfected until 1t was possible to send
current around the entire world. 1t was
also possible to supply airships with the
! current. A company was founded for
passenger and parcel service without pa
troll, which began serving all important
parts of the world. The parcel traffic no
longer needed human pilots because the
airships were guided from the land by a
simple wireless contrivance.
"At the same time, the Peace Confer
ence at the Hague. which represented all
civilized nations. decided on the complete
disarmament of all the world without any
restrictions BY this time every great
power had established fleet Of un-
manned aeroplanes loaded with thousands
of bombs which were to be let loose by
wireless current at the first mobilization
of the enemy over all his important
towns. In this way every hostile town
and base would be reduced to ruin In a
few hours. This meant that there could
no longer be any war
Other imaginary inventions described
by the writer include an American
spectral film which brought the pic
lures of distant events they happened
to the theatre and private house. An
other invention dispensed with the use OF
coal and gas for preserving the heat and
light of the sun. Traffic problems in the
worlds great cities were solved by setting
pavements and streets in motion. The
article concludes:
4 FINALLY. as inventions reduced the
trouble of living more and more the peo-
pie began to lose the use of their limbs,
since everything was done for them.
world conference was assembled which
forbade anyone inventing anything more"