New-York tribune., 1917-10-21

| Systematic ctOrt mad cnablCu the
+ Germans TO acquire monopoly oil
manufactures essential TO war mate.
rial. They sought the by-products OF
/ England's coal fields with which to
make their high explosives. In the
+ months before the war these oy-prod-
+ ucts were taken away in great quanu-
+ ties. and The shells which caused
such awful destruction during the hrst
year of the war were made from ia"
material which came from England
/ Monopolized All War Goods
Before the war Germany had gained
virtual monopoly i'm optical goods.
( England could not obtain telescope
sights until the industry had been re
created Nor could she get gauges,
gauge making machines and lathes.
The Germans had them al. .-..
& AT the congress at Munieh a lew
weeks before the war opened, nc
writes. "when the German delegates
urged me not to propose a resolution
calling upon labor of all nations TO
strike If war was declared, ! thought
at the time that their attitude was
influenced by fear Of the military.
now think il was influenced by their
military spirit and by their behef IN
T coming AtA man fANAN+AN''
Britain Fully Aroused
The Germans fixed the very day
when the Kaiser was 10 enter Paris
in triumph. The wonder was. with
I their preparations so well made anu
their enemies SO III prepared. that they
did not succeed. Now the chance mas
gone-for to-day Brtain's army ana
the armies Of her allies face Germany
I'm numbers greater than her own ana
equal in guns and shells.
From chaos the entire basis OF Eng
lands national life had TO be recon
structed. She did not have competent
soldiers TO train men. There was no
machinery to manufacture weapons 10
oouip them. A year after the wal
England was short million rifles.
Guns lacked shells. Her only source
of strength was vast reserve Wealtn'
"After the government called on the
Gnanciers and leaders Of industry
appealed TO the organizers oil LABOR
Labor had been ncn-miltant.. IL -
still opposed TO militarism, ana oe-
cause of this il has banded its forces
to fight the military caste winch Is
dominating Germany with the on'y
weapons with which II could be lought'
Unions Surrender 10 Na'lon
"Ninety-six per cent of the men in
The army come from the indHstriat
classes. The trade ,unions abandoned
for the period OF the war their strong
est positions right 10 strike, the
nou-dilution Of labor, regulation OF
hours. limitation Of non-skilled work.
The introduction Of unskllled and semi
skilled men and of women Is the con-
cession granted by the diiuuon OF
labor. Under the strain OF war laoor
started to do in a few months what
IL had taken Germany forty years 10
accomplish ...-.,
more favorable in America. lie says
she has had two years in which TO pro
duce war material, but that she must
recognize the danger Of German
espionage and guard against IT,. Eng
D land has seen the harm Of the agents
of the German Intelligence Department
and in America they have wider oppor-
tunties.
Urges Universal Service
"It is because am opposed to the
military spirit that urge upon the
United States the necessity Of building
citizen army based on universal SER
vice" Mr. Tlllett AYERS. only Oy
nation having trained men at its call
can il take a stand against the menace
/ Of carefully organized autocracy
/ such as Germany represents This
. fight is for world freedom. The issue
at stake is the future Of free institu-
tions throughout the world
The nation which made this war was
/ the nation that had 100000 men in
arms ready to fight, with every indi-
vidual force marshalled Tor war. II
was the nation that had done its best
10 cripple it's possible enemies in .ad-
vance. industrially and economically as
well as defensively. It had prepared
/ an elaborate secret service system that
/ has covered the world. 1t had trained
/ it's children 20 hate US and convinced
it's young men it could overcome us.
/ That is the nation which made this
! war.