Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-26

scientifically forested Her swamps are
made into fish ponds. where carp and trout
are fed as we feed poultry in yard. There
are many fish growers associations in the
empire, and the total area of fish ponds APP
proaches 100000 acres. In Saxony they
cover one-half Of l per cent of the area.
The dog and the COW are made to work as
draft animals.
Germany has turned out chemists by the
tens of thousands, while at oxford Univer"
slty, England, chemists are called the
'stinks.' German statesmen are doctors of
philosophy, for they must be students of
science of law and of government to be
statesmen.
Then came the next step toward pre-
paredness-the building of good cities To
have good infantrymen Germany realized
she would have to have good cities few
poor people, good health and labor laws.
man without his fingers would make
poor soldier. A man living In slums
would be likewise useless for the army.
So she did away with slums, dangerous
labor practices, etc, by framing labor
laws which were the admiration of the
world.
Thoroughly Prepared
"Now Germany was ready to prepare
for war She had attained a wonderful
degree Of education, which made 1t possi-
bles to get the most out of the country's
resources, TO provide the necessaries for the
army with the achievements and wonders
of science. She had provided that her men
be reared In healthful and safe cities so
they would be strong and sound for the in
fantry.
England developed foreign trade and
gathered her wealth so that she might build
and operate a gigantic and powerful fleet
She meant to make her defense by means
of the water with which she is surrounded
A fleet can be manned by a few men, 50
xrnIYt utNH1 Chn ha1 han t1,iu
tress of the seas. and instead of developing
her natural resources depended on her
fleet to bring her supplies.
Germany on the other hand, began by
giving every able-boded mothers son mill
tary training and physical education. The
military training continued and at a mo-
ments notice her great army of students
was ready to drop test tubes and books and
grab rifles. Not only had Germany pre-
pared her men, but she had made elaborate
stores of equipment for the use of her
future armies.
"The Teutonic nation had provided for
completeness of supply. utilizing every re-
source, even the smallest which we are
wont to overlook. She had learned to feed
herself. In fact as recently as 1912 the
Kaiser had said. We must feed ourselves
England is land of pastures. ! have
seen endless miles of pasture lands in Eng
land which grow nothing more than the
English mutton chops and roast beef But
mutton chops and roast beef won't feed an
army.
Germany raised one-fourth of the
worlds rye crop. The peasants and factory
workers eat most of 1t in the form of black
bread, which, after all. is nearly as nour-
ishng as wheat bread. The potato was
more important in Germany than any grain
The crop is 20 bushels per capita /;
Austria has II; Belgium. IL the United
States. 4, and Italy, 2. Although the Germans
ate three times as many potatoes per capita
as we do, they consumed only about one
fourth Of the crop. The farm animals con-
sumed even larger proportion. Potatoes
were used for starchmaking. for alcohol
and half a million tons were dried.
80 they prepared for war. Germany
was in complete scientific readiness Egg
| land was not. Germany worked hard on
| the submarine development until they came
| 10 a stage which made this invention prac-
| tical for war use.
Before science in general should learn
10 conquer the submarine Germany un-
doubtedly felt that this was her chance to
get at Englands gigantic feet. And now
we have a great war"