THE ' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1915.
WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF GERMANY WINS-BY GUGIELMO FERRERO
.INDUSTRIAL
GERMANY IS
PREPARED TO
DO HER BEST
Opportunity for -Trade Su
premacy ThaT Would Come
With Victory Would Be
Seized With Alacrity,
RECENT STRIDES NOTABLE
f . ' I t J-. I i f v fk
LVULU I IUIN
IS CERTAIN
Eminent Historian Points Out
" ..the Startling Significance
of German Control of Eu
ropean Coal and Iron.
EFFECT FAR - REACHING
Even the Smallest Territorial
, Increase Might Be Suffi
cient to Upset Industrial
Balance of Continent,
Article No. 1.
A'
FRIEND of mine who belongs to
a neutral nation recently had the
occasion of seeing the' crown
prince of Germany on the .French
frontier at the general headuuar-
ters of the army that he is com
manding. After a long conversation
With him my friend had the Impres-
'z Bion "that the prince Is a young man
Of Ideas much less warlike, and mlll
tary than is reported of him. Mis
'" highness said that he regretted very
much this new war that had broken out
- with France, and strongly desired an
early peace. However, when my friend
asked him ynder what conditions Ger
. many wouid be disposed to make peace,
""the prince replied that the determining
Ai them would not depend on him.
-' But he immediately added that Ger
many would never consent, if not com-
pelled by force, to restore to Belgium
its former state. In. one form or an-
" .. i.other, either as-a land of the empire I
H ... or as a protectorate. Belgium must
from now depend on Germany.
; 1 do not guarantee that tjj form
of this thought Is exprrfsed exactly
:.. to the letter, but 1 believe myself
x" capable of affirming that the sense 13
. "exact. So then if today, when the
t fates of war are hanging still uncer
( f tain, and when none cm exclude the
4 poseibility of the war terminating
,i,wjth the defeat of the German army,
the beads of that empire are already
1 .baying that at no cost except by force
cjwlll they renounce the possession of
" . Belgium, we can be very sure of the
iv fate tnat, if the German arms are vie.
-1 . toiioua, would await that Which was
-the little kingdom of Albert. In one
"way or another Germane would take
,it.
? . What Germany's French Land Grab
Would Me-n.
If Germany, victorious would .-"Id
. -for herself vast French territories to
. -th" Belgian territory, 1 cannot attempt
- to say, because it is easier to have
modest desires before victory than
i-after.- At loatt. let us take ti'e woids
of the Germans when they say that, if
...victorious, they do not want to attach
'.ny of tha French territory at all, but
would content themselves with the
'.'rectification" of Germany's buundar
. .iS on the basis of the Briey country
v in Lorraine and a few strips of French
i ' land iii the north. Now let us see wiiat
sv-consequt noes a peace made in this wa
could have for Kurope.
At first sight, after such a bloody
wnr, this peace would seem generous.
.? The victorious eir.pire would not have
: . ,grown mu.'h. The surface of Belgium
does not quite reach 30,0oi) square kilo-
- ntttevs. Its precise dimensions are
9,(51 square kilometers .and some
v?thoubahds more of square kilometers
w$uld be given by the French annexa-
lion mentioned.
C . A .trifling thing, if we pay attention
- onlyto the surface; a formidable thing
-if wj analyze tlie effects. This. slight
enlargement would be enough, in fact.
' jttl iiirn upside down from tii to boi
'.iQBt' the whole balance of the Old
. Wotid. It would reduce all coiitinen
tal Kurope to vasxafase under a pro
"Vtecternte cf Germany and would put
England and her empiee in the greatesf
' :langer that she has run in all her
t1 History! .
To Understand how such a small
territory as that of Belgium is enotigfr
' to disturb so profoundly the political
equilibrium of Kurope, it is necessary
'- to know what Belgium really is. It is,
-i above all, the moat populated land of
Kurope. The population of 3,785,li
inhabitants in 18J1 went up to 4,53.-
" ' 560 in 185. to 5,520,009 ir 1880, to
- C. 069,321 in 1890. On' December 31,
' 102. it showed 6. 896.079, or 234 inhabi
' tants to vaeh kilometeV. December 61,
" '- 1911, we have 7.490,41 1254 inhabi
fc itants to each kilometer.
"-- The following table shows the su
perlorlty of its population to its sgr
,v face over the other belligerent states:
Per Kilometer.
T- Belgium f LT. I
Kn gland ifiy
Germany 2;!
- v Austria-Hungary Trt
'., -ralK.e 74
-Kervia 4 8
Montenegro 30
. E" -7 Iwussia 7 Vi
; , . .So, " annexing Belgium and a few
slices of France from the most densely
populated part of that latter country,
V Germany, already an. empire of almost
70,000,000, In a few years would attain
""to 80,000,000. the double of France and
of. 'England, a little Mess than the
double, of Austria: only a little less
than half of Kussi.
... But this is not enough! Delgium is
, v eo populous because it is one of the
4'. richest countries :n Europe. Rica for
the fertility of its soil, for the number
' B.r.d; prosperity of its industries, and,
-above all, for the atyindance of fossil
"Toal. . The production of fossil coal in
.-.Z, 112. was 23.605.O0O tons. It corre
v .eponds to about three tons to rach in-
habitant, while that of Germany cor-
responds , to two and one half tons to
- " each inhabitant, ana that of France one
- ' ' ton.
' The workmen employed in the coal
- industry in Belgium, were 31.000 in
lEil, and in these latter years 150,000.
TheJr-. .salary represents $37,515,800.
, '.with an average of almost $300 for each
' Individual, "while during the period 1S31
"lo 1840, . the annual average was only
' ' calculated at 4S3 francs or less than
'$100.
More than $300,000,000 of capital is
Invested in these coal mines, and furth
ermore there have been $220,000,000 of
dividends distributed from iS65 to 1900
Little Belgium is thus one of the most
'densely populated of countries and also
on -ox .the richest mrxossii .roai.
;1 Now: if w Understand that the terri
i tory of Briejr in French, Lorraine that
ieven today when still far from victor
i ious, the Germans tonfess to having; de-
signs upon contains; perhaps, the most
I colossal and richest layers of iron in
"! t all Kurope; i that :X.ux.cmtuig also is
i( rv ricn in 11 uiii iiidL til xiii? r rriwn
4 territory pow occupiv-u-by the Germans
rear ;i Belgium t.wrc ; are the m-hei
mi m
'"W ir j
tt&m$ ,SSam0Mmf1 k saSat
mines of coal in r.anee, some of them
being among the richest in the world,
the conclusion is clear. Kverybody
knows that Germ -.ny herself is today
the richest country in fossil coal in
continental Eur Ape, thanks to the im
mense carboniferous basins of German
Lorraine and of Ruhr. Germany, more
over, has rich iron mines, even if these
do not yet suffice to nourish innumer
able great furnaces. Now, if Germany
could succeed in getting possession of
Belgium and Luxemburg and in swell-
THE SILVER LINING
"I
M tired of being married!" said
Leon a to herself, as she closed
the ice liox door with a vicious
slam and left the ,kitchen.
The baby was cryinsr again awak
ened, no doubt, by the noise she had
made but Leona felt distinctly re
sentful toward even John Jr., as she
lifted him from his crib and besan
walking the floor with-him.
"Must you 'always be howling?"
crooned Keona to the air of a lullaby.
"Cant I have a moment's peace?"
But John Jr.. was not deceived by
the familiar tune to which his moth
er's complaint was set. He stiffened
his fat little body and kicked and
screamed until Leona. thoroughly ex
asperated, dumped him hack into his
crib and marched out to the front
porch, closing all the doors behind her
to shut in the noise.
It had been such a trying day. Be
ginning with the alarm clock, which
had failed to go off at 6 o'clock,
thereby causing John to miss the train
for Wampum, things had gone wrong.
John had been angry at everything and
everybody as a result of missing the
train, for it meant that he had missed
the letting of the Wampum high school
contract. John and his partner, who
were in the building and contracting
business, had counted a great deal
upon making an appearance at the let
ting. Of course, their sealed hid was
already in, but they Jiad placed con
siderable importance upon being rep
resented in person arid it had been ar
ranged that John was to go.
Aa for making the trip lit an auto
mobile, that was impossible even if
there had remained the time in which
to go, for the good - roads movement
had not yet reached the section of the
country in which Wampum was lo
cated, and at the spring season of the
year the roads were impassable.
There was nothing to do about it,"
John had pointed out aggrievedly, but
to go down to the office and face GiL
more, the senior partner, who would
be furious al his failure to attend the'
letting. And to have failed for so
absurd a reason! To lose the award
of an important contract, perhaps, be
cause an alarm clock had not gone off!
John had swallowed a cup of coffee
and gone out in a huff, without top
ping to kiss either Leona or Johfl Jr.,
good by. - . -
That was the beginning of the dis
agreeable day. Then the woman who
I had been engaged to wash the win-
j dow had sent a ragged little urchin to
J Mr 8Be had sprained her wrist and
Professor Guglielmo
inp "ner boundary to the disadvantage
of France, she would Iv gaining posses
sion of almost all tVie -mines of fossil
coal and of iron i r.i.rope. Exception
being made of Russia, she would have
almost a 'monopoly in all continental
IJurope of metallurgical industries.
Vast Strides Made by Germany in
Iron Output.
Thoroughly to understand the enor
mous consequence of uch an industrial
revolution, we i.eod only turn our
couldn't come. Soon after that, the
wek's wash had arrived, disclosing the
fact that John Jr.'s best little white
dress had been torn to shreds. .An ex
amination of the grocer's bill showed
that he had overcharged $4 for the
month's groceries, and, although it was
the day for the ice man's accustomed
call, he hatl failed to appear, ami the
'y'm tired of being married
said. .
she
butter in the ice box . badfaneltcd and
run over everything e!se.T while . the
baby's milk had soured. Through it all
the neighbor in the apartnaent -direfctly
above had practised ragtime on a piano
that- was in decided need if tuning,
and John Jr., had slept af ahort inter
vals and screamed at long .- ones. . -
Leona settled herself ; In a roAer
upon the porch wih a deep sigh.' of
self-pity. "I'm , tired, of being mar
ried!" sheaid again. V'A? girl's a fool
to give up a good position-and spend
the rest of her life letting some un
reasonable man ventjus grouches on
her and taking: care of collicky, teeth
ing babies." ' -
it was the first time in the two
years of her married life ' that such
a thought had entered Ieona's mind.
Heretofore ehe had considered herself
9T
Ferrero, Historian.
i thoughts to the times in which we live.
Wo live in the age or iron rnd of fire.
Vulcan is the god tna.t in our century
has overthrown all the other gods and
taken possession of Olympi i. Iron, is
the principal met-il which -e use in
constructing railroads, industrial ma
chines, arms, merchant shipa, warships,
and even the skeletons of buildings. It
is not possible today for a nation to be
a great Industrial ower, a great mer
cantile power or a great military pow
er, without being nt the same "time a
the most fortunate of women, John
the most wonderful and devoted hus
band under the sun, and her unmar
ried friends objects of the deepest pity.
Today, however, she saw herself, in
her distorted vision, as the long-suffering
martyr to an ill-tempered hus
band" unjust moods, and the lives Of
her girl friends seemed by comparison
to be enviably carefree and bright.
Jorm Jr.'s indignant screaming at
length; dwindle I to a fretful whimper
and finally ceased, but Leona still sat
gazing down into the street, recounting
her grievances one by one and dwell
ing upon them at length as though
they were Thanksgiving blessings.
What right had John to act as
though she were to blame because the
alarm didn't go off? Of course he was
worried and disappointed over missing
the letting, but could she help it? Cer
tainly not. And why did that stupid
woman have to hurt herself just when
the windows needed washing so dread
fully? Why were laundries so care
less? "Why was it that grocers invar
iably overcharged when they made er
rors. They never made the mistake
of short changing themselves, she'd
noticed. And was there ever a reliable
ice man since time began? If, no, Leona
had never found him. And as for
thatwoman upstairs, she should be
made to forfeit her lease as a public
nuisance!
"Mrs. Bassett!"
'- Leona paused In her gloomy
thoughts to look over the railing of
her little porch. It was Mrs. Webb.
"May I come up?" she asked laugh
ingly, and in another moment was be
side Leona on the porch.
Leona liked Mrs. Webb. The widow
had been in the neighborhood Only a
short time, but already she was very
popular with her neighbors. A woman
Of perhaps 40. she was all alone save
for the retinue of servants she had
brought with her. and she was consid
ered wealthy. She seemed to have
taken a fancy to Leona from the first,
and .Leona was- pleased and flattered
by the older and wealthier woman's
friendship. ' ;
;. But . today it was hard for Teona to
chat" and laugh as usual: it -was hard
even to recount the latest doings of
John Jr., for his visitor, although Mrs.
Webb always was as appreciative of
John Jr., as his own grandmother could
have been. Perhaps Mr. Webb felt
that all was not right with her hos
tess, and g-uessed the cause, for, as
she was leaving, she put her hand af
fectionately on Lia's shoulder and
great metallurgical power, iron is the
metal by which man creates, keeps and
extends empires.
This is so true that Germany, since
becoming a great and powerful em
pire in 1870, has never counted ex
pense or effort to become the first
metallurgical power of Kurope, ex
pecting, indeed. i!own in her heart,
some day to become the first In the
world. The history of this effort, to
which the world aid not pt-.y attention
v.hen it still bad time to meet it, is
BY W. WERNER
said gravely, as though she had read
her very thoughts:
"Don't ever think for a minute that
it isn't all worth while, my dear. We
have our ups and downs in marriage
the same as in everything else, but
don't ever allow yourself to believe
marriage isn't worth it. Married peo
ple those who have their own to live
"But -wasn't it terribly expensive?"
for and hope for they're the only ones
of us who really live. Money and po
sition such things do not even count
beside the wonderful happiness of just
loving some one and being loved, and
of being necessary to your own. There
is no happiness in the world that can
compare with just belonging. Please
believe a lonely woman who once had a
husband and c llld of her own, and
knows." " ..
After she had gone Leona went Into
the. room where John Jr., was sleeping,
his fat lit.tle cheeks stil streaked with
the signs of his recent grief, and stood
looking down at him In his small,
white crib. The covers lay in a heap
at the foot, where John Jr., had kicked
them , In his indignation at being left
so unceremoniously and Leona stooped
to rearrange them. John Jr., stirred,
opened his eyes, and forgetting that he
and his .mother had not been on the
written in eloquent I irmbers in indus
trial statistics. In 1880, metallurgical
countrft were classified In this order,
according to the ivsantity o iron and
steel they manufactured :
To.-
n.5no.oon
1.01(1, moo
koo.ooo
700,000
... 300.000
250,000
2HO.0O0
production of
hardly one-fifth
Who could have
Great Britain
France
F.:ited States
Germany '. .-
Belgium
Russia
Austria-Hungary ...
The metallurgical
Germany was then
that of England.
thought then of one day contending
with England for the scepter of iron?
In 1S70 the order Is already a little
altered. Germany has pushed herself
ahead somewhat slowly and modestly
from the fourth to the third place.
The United States lias also pushed
ahead, and now occupies the second
place, putting France back to fourth.
However, the production of Kngland is
still four times greater than the Ger
man. Tons.
Great Britain fi.050.100
1'nited States 1,700.000
Germany 1,400,000
France 1,200.000
Belgium .10,000
Austria-Hungarv 3.r0,onO
Russia 300.000
Ten years after this. In 1880, Ger
many is still in third place and Kng
land first. Second is held by the Unit
ed States. But while the Knglish has
grown by one-third, te German j)ius
din tion has doubled itself. '
Tons.
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Sf Isiuui :
tiKtria-Hungary
Kussia
7.S00.000
4. 00(1,000
".SOO.OOO
1 ,700.0.10
70O.0C0
470,000
4 50,000
U. 8. Now Leading, With Germany in
Second Place.
The difference is still immense: But
'crmany is not discouraged. She con
inues to build new furnaces, to dig
.iew mines. In 1890 the United States
ave won first place,, manufacturing
oven 9.000,000 tons. Great Britain
hol ia istelf around 3, 000.000. Germany
jumps up to 4,500,000: France to -.-00O.00O.
and. Belgium to 800.000. Ger
many continues to progress rapidly,
while England is slowing down. Ten
years afterward, in 1900, at the close
of the great century that saw the
triumph of Vufc-an over the ancient
gods of Olympia, the United States
makes another gigantic stride, arriv
ing at 14,000,000 tons. And Germany,
having produced 8,500,000 tons, has
almost caught up with Great Britain,
who surpasses her very little, with
9 100,000 tons. In this same time
Russia has arrived at 3,000,000 tons,
passing ahead of France, who has been
a little asleep in those ten years, .ar
riving at only 2.700,000. while Belgium
produces 1.000.000 tons.
The first ten years of the twentieth
centurv sees the great ambition
crowned with success, while the Unit
ed States makes another tremendous
leap forward. Germany attains sec
ond place, beating Great Britain. The
statistics of production for 1910 are
the following:
United States ,1'iooSoO
Germany IMnn'ftni
France1" " OOoioOO
Ru"ia " '-'. 3.000.000
Austria-Hungary VnloaZ
Belgium 1.S00.000
In the last fou years the production
of iron has again increased. Germany
produced almost 17.000,000 tons in
best-of terms just before his depart
ure to by-by land, laughed up at her
and waved a hand.
"You cherub!" cried Leona.
The neighbor In the apartment above
began playing her ragtime again, but
instead of being annoyed Leona caught
up the air and hummed it as she went
about her preparations for bathing
John Jr. When he was spick and span
and in a clean little frock Leona. still
humming, went about getting dinner.
"Poor John: He's probably been blue
and discouraged all day over that old
letting." she thought. "I'll have his
favorite dishes for dinner to cheer him
up.'
She glanced at the clock, l nere
it
time. I'm going to get a chicken
an,t moko rl nmnlin Irs." She caught up
John Jr., and ran down to the corner
grocery, returning with her arms full
of packages. "I'm going to make a
pretty salad and bake a pie," she con
fided to John Jr., as she sat him in, the
btfggy. where he could watch the pro
ceedings; "and I'm going to put Ihr
best china and silver on the table," she
told him a little later. "This is a
cher-up party for daddy."
( Strange to say, John did not appear
to be at all blue or discouraged when
he returned home that evenins On
the contrary, he seemed particularly
happy over something, Leona thought.
He kiased-her and John Jr. again and
again "to make up for forgetting this
morning," he said.
"Was Mr. Gilmore very angry?'
Leona ventured, seeing that John had
himself broached the subject.
"Gilmore? Oh, he left town last
night I found when I reached the of
fice, and won't be back till to morrow.
It saved my having to explain."
"By the way," be added carelessly.
"Here's a little present to try and
make up for my being so grouchy this
morning. 1 didn't mean to take it out
on you, dear, but I waa so worried."
Leona gave a cry of delight as she
caught sight of the contents of the
little white box. "Oh. John! What a
perfect beauty I've wanted a lavalliei5
for months: But wasn't it terribly ex
pensive?" "Don't you worry about that, said
John. "I guess we can afford to blow
ourselves a little Just now. You see,
just as 1 waa leavlnjr the office I got
a telegram from Wampum aaying the
contract was awarded on our bid, after
n-' . ' " - r, -
1913: Belgium, 2,750,000: France, who
for several years-has put a ureat -deal
of energy in making up for lost time,
has surpassed 5,000,000.
But if we think that t lie greater
part of these 5,oo ,000 tous" are pro
duced in that basin of Briey that Ger
many desires, and in those regions of
the north that, the German now oc
cupies, it is easy to understand that
the annexation of Belgium and of some
French districts would be enough to
make the iron and steel industries of
coiilinenal Kurope' almost exclusively
German.
Having absorbed, Belgium and the
best part of France, there would only
remain three metal" manufacturing in
dustries that of the United States in
the far away America, that of Ger
many in the heart of continental Ku
rope. and that of Kngland in the little
island that only a slight breadth, of
sea separates from the European
coast.
Germany's victory Mm England's
Doom in Metal Field.
The American metal industries would
still be the strongest, but Germany
would not be far behind. Anyway,
these two would be the most formid
able, and between one and the other
the English metal industries would
be squeezed and crushed.
It is not difficult to foresee the po
litical and economic . consequence of
this new order of things. The Ger
nian power would overrun the world
with nothing to hold it back. Iron is
the material iiHd- In the greatest
iiuantity for the "principal modern in
dustries. Iron is iiepded to construct
the railroads, .the mercantile ships, all
the machines that are the indispensa
ble instruments in our time of all in
dustries, mechanical things, textiles,
chemical products.
The dominion in the metal indus
tries would assure to Germany an un
contested preeminence over all conti
nental Europe in all businesses. In al!
Kurope, and this is true of France and
Italy, the mercantile marine and the
mechanical Industries of all kinds
would be forced to diminish before the
rapid growth to giKimli' proportions
of the German marine and commerce.
This is not a future much calcu
lated to please the Europcun nations,
who would bo the first victims. The
Germans complain 'much that since
the war has broken out they have be
come the targets of adversaries who
have sprung up everywhere. They at
tribute this aversion to them to jeal
ousy of their riches, their power and
their success.
And perhaps they are partly right,
but only in part. If envy is not far
from this injuietude'of which the Ger
mans are the object, this envy, well
founded as it may be. Is not th- prin
cipal reason. From 1870 on, Germu-iy
has practised in the woi 1J a kind of
aggressive economic Imperialism that
has damaged in Kurope a great, num
ber of industries and businesses
Whenever she has been able to do so.
she has tried to control Industrie and
businesses In such a way as to be able
to Impose on the greater number of
foreign countries her prices, her meth
ods, and her way of doing things. Now
this aggressive imperialism In busi
ness is not at all pleasing to nation
less rich and less, jiowerful, who also
desire to develop their Industries and
their commerce. All these countries
desire Kurope to have a regime of
equilibrium, not only political. but
ols- economical, that the great powers
Britain to Insure
Merchant Seamen
Board of Trade Hm Decided to Com
pensate All Who May Be Injured
During Hostilities.
London. Feb. 27. Arrangements
have been complete'! by the Board f
Trade under which compensation will
be paid to all persons, employed aboard
British merchant ships, who may be
injured owing to the hoslilities.
The Board of Trade alsohas ar
ranged to continue at reduced rates
the Insurance of fishing vessels
against war risks. The original plan,
adopted in August, proved successful
In enabling fishing vessels to ply their
Industry i.nd thu maintain the supply
of fish and keep fishermen employed.
OneAugust 5 the British Board of
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Prior to War German Nation
Had Developed High State '
of Industrial Efficiency.
of Europe may follow in husines the
principle of "live and let live."
The conquest of Belgium and the
predominance in the metallurgical In--dutrles
would assure to Germany the
economical hegemony of continental.
Europe; would assure her also naval
and military supremacy.
Iron Control Means Naval and Military
Supremacy.
All the other nations of continental
Europe would become small naval
powers the day when Germany be
came so enlarged. And the German
fleet would become the giant rival,
terrible and threatening, of the Eng
lish fleet, swollen in population and In
riches, mistress of the richest coal and
iron mines, arbiter of metal Industries
and of mechanical manufactures on
the continent of Europe. ' Gejrmany
could then think of really creating a
fleet greater and more powerful than
that of the English. Great aa may be
her riches, her energy and her cour
age, England, with 40.000.000 men,
would find herself forced to battle
against an empire of Ro.OOO.OOO that
would not be lacking In any means
nor in arms. -
To sum up, what an army could
Germany put out when It counted 0V
000,000 of Inhabitants and was able to
economically dominate Europe?- flow
many cannons, how many shells, and
of what caliber could she produce?
iiow many guns and war machine
could she construct when : her war
credit was augmented with the tribute
imposed on the new provinces and
when her factories had still grown in
number and in greatness?
A great political Utuvvlede Is tot
necessary to be able to IniumtiT that,
such an army would doi:lnx.Lj almost
without rival a Kjrot - In wiiUi
France, Russia and Kngland woujd he
only states diminished, lmpovor'rK?l,
downhearted and defeated. Does It
not Beem then that "the fears raittl
by Germany In- these, later mom lift,
even In countries like Ittly. Which,
until the breaking out cf tha war,
were rather pro-German, are not v.ith
out justification, it only the annexa
ilon of Belgium -ind th i ert If icati 'n
of the boundaries -it th French fron
tier could have such effects?
Austria Also Would Gala ty Geraaa
Bnooeaa.
But It Is dear that if Germany won
she would not be content to annex
Kelglum. and to retouch the boundary
with France. She would grow also 0 it
thr niiMPlsan side, and, with her. Aim-,
trta would grow well! this, whether
at the expense of Russia or Bervla, la
the same.
And it is also sure that audi a great
triumph would greatly augment the
authority of Germany not only, in
world politics. but also in the
Initial politics of each country
in science, in a,rt and in lit
erature. Germany ' would be cort--xldered
in everything as the irrerlst
Ible model. Who could persuade men
that all is not perfect with a people
who, allied only with Austria and Tur
key, had beep ahJ? to conquer France,
England, Russia, Belgium, Hervla and '
Japan? "
Other effects, faster pud deeper,
would th victory of Germany have
then on the life and history of Europe.
We will study these another tlm.
For the present let ua he certain' of
this: That every enlarging, umftll aa
it niiaht be. of Germany on her. west
ern frontier would Irreparably -disturb
(!, industrial. polltlTBl and military
(4iiilibrlum of all Europe.
Frofeaaor Ferrero will explain neat
Sunday tha eurprlaing and far-reaching
ef facta on tha social life aad ais
tory of the world If Germany ahpnld
Wilt.
Trade ordered the atata Insurance of
fice to maure all fishing vessels en
gaged in the North Sea Industry to n
extent of 80 per cent of the valuo of
the hull and at flat prtmlum whWi
should be changed from time to tiifce
and the government would pay.
The Chinese like bagpipe muale. '
DRINK' MORE WATER
IF KIDNEYS" BOTHER
Eat less meat! and tak Salt for.
Backache or Bladder trouble
Neutralizes acids.
Uric acid In meat excites th kid
neys, they become overworked i get .
sluggish, ache, and feel Ue lumps
of lead. The urine becomes cloudy:
the bladder la irritated, and you may
be obliged to seek, relief two or three
times during the-, night. When th
kidneys clog you must help them flun .
off tha body's urinous, waste, or. you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first'
you feel a dull misery In the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
hesdache, dizziness, ttomach gets sour,
toague coated and you f eel .rlieutimtl ?
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also St from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; taKe a tablespoon
ful in a glass of water before break
fast for a few days and your, kidneys
will then act fins. This famous salt Ik
made ironi the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with Itthla, uml
has been used for generations to.c-leaii
clogged kidneys and stimulate theiw
to normar activity, also to neutralize
the acids in urine, so it no longer U
a source of Irritation, thus ending
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is Inexpensive, cannot in
jures makes delightful effervescent
lithia-water lrlnk which . everyone
should take now and then to keep tu
Kidneys clean and active. Druggists
hero' say they sell lots of Jad Xatts :
to folks who believe in' overcoming
kidney trouble while it is oily"
trouble. " Adv.)