Arizona republican., 1918-06-22
CENTURY MAGAZINE NOTES

Democracy, defended by the sword" said an American writer. shall be saved by the plow" Generically speaking, that is true; specifically the blow will have to be supplemented largely by the garden spadng fork, and the garden spadng fork will have to be supplemented by machinery for dis. tribution-machinery that at present very largely lack, just lack sufficient facilities making ships. big and the hundred other articles that have proved indispensable in modern warfare. It is not enough for the gardener merely to weld tho spading-fork. He must wield it for purpose He must not merely raise food for himself but help feed some else. To the July Century it is stated, Lewis and Mary Theiss will contribute an article en- titled Local Production Distribution for the War Garden" giving many practical hints this vital subject. As long the twenty third of last De- cember the French minister of provisioning announced there remained in France only wheat and flour enough to sustain the civilian population for three days Since that time France has literally been liv- ing from hand to mouth If America should fail for single week in her duty to France, there would in the words of Lord Rhondda that starvation which is followed by disease and death.'
 In material gain do not ask groats worth from the that is understood. We shall give mill lions for freedom, but do not want cent in booty. We ready to pour out blood that the world may be rescued, but we would not barter drop of it for patches of territory. If the words in which renounce the spells in advance have grown common with to the point triteness that very fact is truly remarkable Except that would avoid the sembance of satisfaction, at present of all tmes might pause to wonder how often hitherto such ideal this now, commonplace, has moved people of free choice equal strife and sacrifice What nation before has offered all the gold and all the lives that may be needed solely that idea may prevail? What will our gains be- then? To the July Century it is stated Professor Ernest Hunter Wright of Colum- ba will contribute article entitled What Shall We Win With the War;" which enumerates a markable number of possessions of great worth that promise to become
 The influence of Germany in South America has been called penetration" The word we'll chosen. for there is scarcely a realm of life nected with those republics which has been less systematzed plan by the Germans to get firm foothold and to make predominant things and thought made in Germany" By sending his Ger professors and teachers, the Teuton has deavored to mpregnate the youth and the school tems of the republics with the method used in Ger many The German officers who have trained the military in number of the republics have made deep impression upon the army contngents of these South American nations and in dress and deport- ment, we'll in made in Germany, the sol diers of such countries Chile, for example, might almost be mistaken for Germans. The Germans in South America, is the subject of article by Clay ton Sedgwick Cooper. announced for the July Gen. tury. In Chile especially. Mir Cooper is said to ser where there is strong native inclination for fighting, the German military propaganda has been influential than the professoral mission though the later developments of the have reduced the enthusiasm for German types of mitarsm