54 i^ow to Pay Jor flic War 



ear comes back to one's mind the Old Roman saying, 

 Homo solus est ant deus ant demon^ i.e., Man alone is either a 

 god or a devil. The German Emperor, from all accounts, 

 honestly believes that he is the equivalent of a god ; we 

 are still more certain that he is nothing of the kind. 



It must be agreed, therefore, that we shall have to pre- 

 pare for yet another war, the postponement of which can 

 be achieved only by the ability of the anti-Prussian nations 

 to be self-supporting, to stand alone, and to be able to 

 exist, not only without the help of Germany in any way, 

 but to exist and to prosper in spite of the rapidly 

 increasing German population still being on the earth's 

 surface. 



Since this is the real state of affairs as we stand to-day, 

 we must not think of providing for ourselves as if we are 

 to have peace, but in the firm conviction that there will be 

 another war, for if it does not come in our time, it will only 

 be on account of our economic preparedness, which will 

 prevent the wolves from starting to attack. This is the 

 compelling force that is already driving us forward " to do 

 or to be done," and which is msisting that we shall start 

 at once, as Germany is doing so far as she is able, to make 

 this Empire of ours self-supporting in every way, so that 

 we shall no longer be obliged to go to Germany for perhaps 

 fifty per cent, of our imports, and to other countries for 

 twenty-five per cent. more. Brutal, blustering, boastful, 

 bull-headed, egoistical and insanely unmoral as the 

 Prussians may be, according to the papers from which we 

 have collected these adjectives, the people of the Allied 

 nations will also, if they are wise, remember that they are 

 equally patient, dogged and determined to win at all costs, 

 and that if they have made many mulls this time, that only 

 means less mulls in the war to come. 



And so, we claim, it is high time for the British public 

 to acknowledge the fact, and when they have done so this 

 country will be well advised to do the same as Germany, 

 and put her Imperial house in order and prepare for the 

 next war. People, in the past, have been far too busy 

 looking at big guns, watching reviews, and reading 

 speeches that are published deliberately either to stir them 

 up and make them panicky, or else to make them stupidly 

 indifferent to what is going on around them. We prefer to 

 ignore such " kites," as it is better to keep our eyes on the 

 economic development within the Empire, which properly 

 carried out will do more to postpone the next war than all 

 the manajuvres, big guns, and political " gas" yet invented. 



