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its opening years. On the East, the most systematically instructetl 

 and best informed people in Europe are our competitors ; on the 

 West, an energetic offshoot of our own stock, grown bigger than 

 its parent, enters upon the struggle, possessed of natural resources 

 to which we can make no pretension, a)id with every prospect of 

 soon possessing that cheap labour by whicli they may be effectually 

 utilised." 



How many are able to realise the truth of Professor Huxley's 

 words] How many are able to appreciate the causes which are 

 leading up to, indeed, have led up to, this industrial war which 

 tlireatens us with destruction ? How many will fatliom Professor 

 Huxley's meaning when he says " ^Liuy circumstances tend to 

 justify tlie hoiie that we may hold our own if we are carefiU to 

 ' organise victory ? ' " 



Why is it that we are tlireatened with defeat ] How are we 

 to organi.se victory? We are threatened with defeat because we 

 almost entirely fail to recognise the true character of our enemy ; 

 because an immense majority of us are ignorant of the weapons 

 unceasingly M'ielded by our enemy, and are blindly satisfied to 

 oppose against them all but absolutely untutored and imarmoured 

 warriors. To organise victory we must be prepared to meet our 

 enemy on at least equal terms : — we must understand his tactics ; 

 we must arm ourselves defensively and offensively with the most 

 powerful of weapons. 



in other words : — It is not yet recognised by any but the 

 enlightened very few that the times are changed mainly because 

 scientific discovery and the application of science to industry have 

 revolutionised the civilised world. It is as though the language of 

 a nation had been suddenly displaced by another of an altogether 

 different type, strange to all but an extraordinarily small [iroportiou 

 of tlie population — consisting of those who either have had the 

 good fortune, through some lucky accident, to receive systematic 

 instruction in its character and use ; or being possessed of genius, 

 if not intuitively, have by their own effort and determination 

 learnt to ajipreciate its meaning, and are able to express their 

 det ds in its forms ; although at times these latter hud themselves 

 at fault when caUed upon to interpret the more difficiUt passages. 



