1914] The "Friedrich der Gross e" Again 



In Jordan's opinion, the great nations spend too much money 

 on military preparations, and the military and naval interests 

 have too much power. "Every dreadnought that is built means 

 more women to take in washing," is one of his interesting 

 paradoxical phrases. 



The common man associates three things with Hamilton and 

 Jordan. The first is that not many months ago Great Britain 

 and France were within one day of warring with Germany. 

 That is proved. The second is that racial hatreds and racial 

 greed exist. The third is that unrestricted militarism and a 

 parasitical military caste are nearly as obnoxious as war. 



Being asked by Mr. Howie to give to a Melbourne 

 magazine my views on the future of the tropical 

 part of the great island, I prepared an article setting 

 forth in detail the grounds for my opinion that the 

 problem of White Australia was one for the highest 

 statesmanship, not to be served by the temporary 

 and costly devices of militarism. 



At the end of a month's stay I started back for 

 Europe, again on the Friedrich der Grosse. Mr. and Tkf 

 Mrs. Robert McK. Anderson of Sydney were now An * ersons 



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fellow-passengers, a circumstance which led to several 

 pleasant meetings afterward in England and Cali- 

 fornia. But excepting the Andersons there were few 

 people of special interest on board. A member of the 

 rich Sassoon family, the Earl of Rocksavage, occupied 

 the captain's quarters on the upper deck and was not 

 once seen of common men. There was also a very self- 

 centered hyphenated gentleman busily engaged in 

 drinking himself to death, at the same time claiming 

 a far older lineage than Rocksavage. As usual there 

 was staged the inevitable tug-of-war, this time pitting 

 the British group against the Germans, the American 

 athlete on board being accepted as one of the British. 



