The Dolores star., 1918-06-21

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and that consideration Of the German
food situation and other factors than
the military one u short-dghted. dam
gerous. and may lay the basis for pro.
longation q the war.
One nation from the first has givea
no consideration whatever to German
1 hunger ~ q war factor. That nation
IL France. The clear, scientific French
mind has studied and accurately tabu-
lated real military factors of Ger.
mAny's strength, such as man power;
but German-made propaganda based
on food shortage has gained no circulA-
ton or credence in the French press
or among the French people. France
has lived side by side with the Boche.
fought him in the past, and borne the
brunt of his invasion In this war. He
has been able at times to overcome
her by military strength. but he has
never overcome her by propaganda
I'm another way France stands alone
m warning nation" says Doctor Tay-
lor-@the immediateness and completes
ness OF her mobilization for war from
the nrst days Of August, 1914"
To nuke this clear. he divides war
preparations into three zones.
The first zone II that Of actual mill.
tary mobilization. and operations in
volving the raising Of armies. the dis
patch Of heets, and the making Of war
paraphernalia.
The second zone 10 one. entered By
nation when 1t begins to divert its
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Transformation that u absolutely nee.
essary In modern war. and which can
only end when every industry has
been reshaped to military purposes.
The third zone 70 entered when q ma
ton. having seen the necessity for
militarixation Of industries, and met
1t, recognises that even this - not sui.
ficient, but that every man. woman and
child outside the fighting force must
put forth from Is to 80 per cent more
effort and energy than In peace times.
The mechanic must produce that much
more work, either by intelligent speed
ing up or longer hours; the farmer
must plant that much more. the mer.
chant must eliminate luxury articles
in his stock and serve hin customers
with fewer clerks, and all classes Of
the population must save for war pur.
poses, not merely money but mate
rails, food. effort, recreation. af. b.,
France Knew What 20 Do.
It took England over q year to en-
ter the second zone and q year more
to enter the third. Italy required al
long to enter the second zone. Russia
only succeeded In partially entering
the second xone-and that shortcom-
ing, together with neglect OF food
management. probably did n much a.
German propaganda to undermine her
military establishment.
But France, who knew the Boche
and had lived for more than q senef.
alton never losing sight for q day Of
the fact that ultimately she would
have to resist him again. entered all
three zones Of war preparation on the
day that Germany invaded. Her
armies marched to the front. Her
instantly turned over to war pur.
poses. Her women took their mems
places to carry on the work Of pro-
ducing military supplies, food, and
other war necessities. Luxury and
pleasure disappeared, to be replaced
BY industry, and industry itself was
increased BY concentrated effort.
The United States has occupied eda-
GENTLY the first zone Of war prepare
ton, and competent observers from
abroad. who have seen other nations
like our own mobilize. say that we are
making satisfactory progress In en-
tering the second zone, where indus
tries must be diverted from peace to
war needs. We have not yet entered
the third zone. and from the view.
point Of long war. to be won BY
straight military decision, involving
the orderly carrying out Of program
Of vast magnitude. It ia perhaps well
that we have not yet pressed on into
this third zone Of increased Industry.
For obviously. until the second zone
has been entered and put In order to
some extent. the increased activity re-
Quired by a nation that has entered
the final zone Of war preparation
might cause confusion and wasted ef-
fort. ..... -...
Speed Up 70 Win.
Wars are fought, won, and paid for
out Of increased production, coupled
with savings. During the past year
the American people have set new
record in their subscription to govern
ment loans. As a nation, however, we
are still more or less under the i'm
preston that money saving alone sui
fees. That Is not enough. A man
who in normal times would be tusti-
fed in buying three hats each year
will in wartimes probably have to get
along with two. The hat maker will
manufacture the three hats Just the
same, but one Of them win be sent to
South America In exchange for rub
Der with which to make army truck
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