incentives 

 to war 



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beloved publisher" carried out a long-cherished plan, 

 and launched The Unpopular Review^ later The IJn- 

 pariivMYi Review^ a quarterly to which I contributed 

 three articles, all of deep interest to me and each in 

 its degree sadly prophetic. These were *'The Stand- 

 ing Incentives to War," written in Switzerland, "The 

 Land of the Sleepless Watchdog," written at Beaulieu 

 on the Riviera, and "The Passing of Don Luis," 

 written after certain experiences at El Paso to be 

 later discussed. Of the first of the series, the Man- 

 chester Guardian declared that while all titles on the 

 cover of the "Unpop" were printed in gold, this 

 article deserved to be in gold throughout. 



In "The Standing Incentives" I ventured to deal Standing 

 with factors inherent in the War System, the secret 

 bases of which are not armies and navies but war 

 traders, armament builders, money lenders, recipi- 

 ents of special privileges, the corrupt portion of the 

 press, and all other influences impelled by choice, 

 interest, or necessity. War traders, "scenting with 

 delight the cadaverous odor of lucre," despatch every- 

 where as agents "strong, silent men" who peddle 

 armament and urge the "scrapping" of all former 

 purchases; "Defense not Defiance is their inter- 

 national code signal." They count also on the heredi- 

 tary aristocracy who demand war to restore waning 

 influence, still powerful, however, through control of 

 money, army, and church. In the rear follows the 

 schoolmaster, extolling the glories of war and exalting 

 Thackeray's 



Redcoat bully in his boots 



That hides the march of man from us. 



In the end "the man on the street" concludes that a 



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