January 17, igi8 
LAND & WATER 
LAND & WATER 
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1918 
CONTENTS 
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I Must Break In. By Louis Raemaekers 
British Entry into Jerusalem. (Photograph) 
Kegimented Industries. (Leader) 
The New State in Europe. By Hilaire Belloc 
Changes at the Admiralty. Hy Arthur Pollen 
Leaves from a German Note Book 
Tlie Husbandmen. II. By Centurion. 
Present Position of Farming. By Sir Herbert Matthews 14 
First Industrial Council. By Jason 15 
Kabelais. By J. C. Squire 17 
A German View of Sea War. By J. C, van der Veer i>S 
Books of the Week 19 
Modern Shipbuilding. (Photographs) 20 
Secrets of the Desert. (Photographs) 2i 
Domestic Economy 22 
Notes on Kit 23 
REGIMENTED INDUSTRIES 
IT will hardly be denied to-day by anyone worth listening 
to that the strongest, the most unconquerable organisa- 
tion of human beings is the battalion of a British regiment 
imbued with the highest traditions of the British Army. 
Ironi the beginning of tlie wa!i- tmtil the most recent engage- 
ments of which we have any oflicial record, it has been proved 
again and again that when a group of men of British blood, 
drawn from different ranks of life and of \aiying ages, is 
dominated by the regimental spirit and controlled by a firm 
and sympathetic discipline, they win achievements which 
under any other ciiAimstances would be deemed little short 
uf miraculous and nhich are in themselves of such power 
that they can and So turn the course of history. This fact 
is worthy of some slight investigation. We believe it would 
be found to be traceable not only to the fighting instinct which 
indubitably lurks in British blood and to that genius for 
discipline which is a characteristic of our race, but also to the 
-hristian spirit which sets duty to others above duty to self 
and is satisfied that it should be so, and which has found 
its most concise expression in the single sentence, " Greater 
hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for 
liiends." 
io-day we publish an article by " Jason," describing the 
IiidustrialCouncil which has been inaugurated by the pottery 
industrj- — a council on which every section of those whose 
li\(lihiiod depends on jxtttery is represented. The objects 
w liich the Council have to keep in view are defined, and they 
include everything which in any way affects the prosperity 
n[ the industry as a whole or the welfare of those engaged 
in the industry as individuals no matter what their particular 
jwsition may be. It seems to us that here is a rightly regi- 
mented industry. " Regimented " is a word — an ugly word 
\\ (■ admit — of which we have heard a very great deal in tlic 
List two or three years in connection with industrial reform 
and development after the war. Behind it there lias always 
lain the connotation that the user has at the back of his mind 
ilie idSal of the drill-sergeant. Every worker is to fall into 
line, to discharge his duties in an efficient but more or less 
mechanical maimer, to march and to fight whenever he is so 
ordered to, and the day's work over, to be dismissed, when he 
is free to amuse himself the best way he can, may be by 
drunkenness or disorderiy behaviour, so long as liis conduct 
i> outside the drill-sergeant's purview. But that is not the 
proper sense of " regimented," if the word be used in tlu3 
British spirit. The tastes and anuisements gf. the man outside 
tlie barrack-yard are as much the interests of his officers as 
his conduct within it. It is recognised nowadays that a man's 
daily existence" is not divided into watertight rompartnients, 
but that his life as a whole is the fitting concern of the regi- 
i.'irnt, it the regiment is to fulfil its duty op active serNice. , 
When \\c examine the conditions that unaerlic the building 
up of a iirst-class regiment, we find that while there is a clean- 
cut division of ranks, there is beneath it an undercurrent of 
human sympathy which holds all together ; that there is 
an absence of class distinctions ; that " service " is the 
keynote of the whole, and that when the hotir of trial comes 
and the fiery ordeal has to be faced, it makes no difference, 
whether the indi\idual be CO. or drummer-boy, he puts 
self lx<hind him and thinks only of the. regiment. Thero 
is no reason whatever why the same mode of conduct should 
not be introduced into industrial life. This newly-instituted 
Council of the Pottery Indu.stry is proof of it. 
The rules which the Council have drawn up are framed 
on right lines. The industry is to be governed by conditions 
equitable to all alike. Security of earnings is to he main- 
tained ; health is to be protected ; initiative and originaUty 
of thought are to be encouraged, and whoever may add by 
invention or improvement of methods to the well-being of 
the industry, no matter his position, is to be adequately re- 
warded. Due attention is to be given to education, and 
careful statistics are to be kept, without encroachment on the 
proper privacy of firms or individuals. The more closely the 
objects of the Council are examined, the more nearly do they 
appear to approach the ideal. That every employer and 
every man or woman employed will accept them willingly 
seems to us to make too large a demand on human nature, 
but that the majority will do so we have no doubt, for they 
make so strong an appeal to the unselfish side of British 
character, which is unquestionably one of our most powerful 
national assets and would probably be found to be the very 
foundation stone of the British Empire. 
Since Cromwell's day the English people has alwajre stood 
in dread of organised effort. His New Model Army proved 
the power that even a band of slow-trained Midland yokels 
ixjssessed under proper discipline and leadership. That fear 
is inh<rent ; and directly industry generally organises itself 
in the way that the pottery industry is now- doing, this 
;intii)atliy is bound to declare itself, covertly and overtly. 
" Jason " anticipates it by pointing out that these rules 
contain a clause which will protect the. consumer and prevent 
his exploitation by regimented industrv. The gibe that 
the Briton lacks the power of organisation is remote from 
truth ; but it is a fact that one section of the people has 
always, in its own interests, discouraged another section from 
exercising this power, the favourite point of attack being 
what is called class prejudice. There ought to be as little 
room for class prejudice in the industries of peace as in the 
regiments of war. Only stupidity or malevolence maintains 
them ; reason laughs them down, and if it were possible 
for all engaged in various industries to meet on that common 
platform of humanity, which is advantage ground which the 
British army occupies to-day, and from which it will advance 
in due time to victory, then we may be certain that the 
nation would be as invincible in peace as in war. 
The progrcssrof the Pottery Council will be carefully watched. 
If it succeeds, ;iswe trust it may succeed, it will introduce a 
new era into national life and go a long way towards redeeming 
the worst evils of the Industrial Revolution. There are many 
other industries which sorely need to be regimented in the 
same spirit ; the outstanding one is agriculture. It is riddled 
by petty jealousy ; it is riven by needless animosities, and 
even at this hour when its vital importance is widely recog- 
nised, it is so weak through lack of co-ordination and sclf- 
fliscipline that it is forced to submit to rules and regulations 
wliicli would be impossible were it only in a position to make its 
full jiational and political power felt. One has only to read 
the article by Sir Herbert Matthews in this issue to realise 
the truth of it. Co-operation must be introduced ; district 
must work with district, farmer with farmer, and not each 
against the other as happens at present. We are very well 
aware tiiat many who know intimately the British agricultural 
community declare this to be an impossibility ; and that this 
industry which provided the oldest story in the world of 
mortal jealousy, has hardly changed in this respect from tliat 
primal lioiu". Be that as it may, man, though he be husband, 
man or herdnian, does advance, an4 we are convinced that 
agriculture will never occupy the position it should do in this 
coiuitry until it is regimented like the Pottery Industry. 
