New-York tribune., 1918-06-28

Frankly, / am surprised to Learn ~.
never in our history have women ma.
taken such heavy industrial woYk 80
are, however, we'll fed and we'll maid s.
the civil population not so er,o,or.5 s.
food rations are severe Meat. uh;.,
cludes chickens and game, is restr;...a
one and quarter pounds a veek
may have one-quarte- pound of bn....
margarine, but you must make your a.
between them II maize is not export.1
from America in bulk it is because il -
tans too much moisture
l viii only say word or two abou,
finance. Before the war our national A..
was s3,500,000,000. BY March Of nest Is.
it will be $4,000 ,00o, 900. Before n. 8.
We raised sl,ooo,ooo,oO0 year in taxes !.
day we are raising $4,000 ,000, 900. or ,n..
than our entire national debt in n....
times. New taxation this year will r.;ss
s57o,ooo,ooo in full twelve-month period
and, beyond all question, Great Britain .-
successfully financed whatever will \. T..
share of the war during its probable 80.
tinuation.
My reason for putting these facts befo,.
the American public is twofoid. In Il.
first place, wish to show that Great Rr;t.
ain is not yet exhausted by war, but /,
capable of still rendering great assistan..
/ do not doubt that if were equally =.
quainted with conditions in France shouIa
be able to tell similar story of our nea,...
ally, where also there has been q truly %.
tonlshlng organization of all the national
forces for war. In some respects IL 1. A.
vious that Britain might have done mn,e
| hope that she will be encouraged 4,
tho example of America to deal very drasti.
cally with every evil in her midst whiA
might weaken her resolution and undermim
her efficiency. But in these direction she
has at least done something. In her IL,
tories there has never been SO strict =.
pervision of the moral aspect Of emplox
ment, nor SO determined an attempt 70 -
cure what you call welfare both among mm
and girls. No spirits at all are now dls.
titled for consumption-except BY German,
who receive them gratis in the form a.
shells. Also, / am quite ready to admit
that our sagacity is still baffied by ireland
But, secondly, wish to contrast the
above record with what | hear about Ger.
many and Austria Hungary The Kaiser,s
army is still we'll fed, we'll equipped and
loyal, but its finances are desperate. Ger.
manys population is very seriously declin.
ing. In lives it looks as if this war woun
cost it as many people as the whole Belgian
nation-that is, if you reckon soldiers and
civilians, old and young. In Britain and
France the health and strength OF the peo-
pie are on the whole we'll maintained. I do
not say that this is because there are fever
doctors and shortage of medicines. It is
partly because the people have no time to
think of themselves. For instance. there is
much less insanity among civilians, and ID.
sanity is the child of selfshness. Youf
comrades in Europe have had hard tine
Of it, but they are sustained by the Justice
of their cause, and their faith is strength
ened because they know that the great
American army would never have come to
their assistance if that justice had been in
doubt. After hearing something of internal
conditions in Germany and comparing that
situation with our own, I was never more
confident than / am to-day of certain vic
tory for the United States and her friends.