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RHEUMATISM, LUMBAGO & SCIATICA.
Rheumatism, Lumbago and Sciatica are three of the most common-end most painful complaints and practically arise from the same cause and the names only. distinguish the location of the disease. If the arms and legs are affected it is called Rheumatisms if in the Lome, Lumbago and in the hip, Sciatica The attacks are generally brought on by chills when the body is overheated, or by exposure to
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PROPERTY AFTER THE WAR, of schemes of great State enterprises, for
RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE.
WILL THERE BE A LABOUR WAR?
BY HG, WELLS:
...“ Nothing will be the same after the war This one of
consoling platitudes with which people cover over voids of thought. They utter it with an air of round-eyed profundity. But to ask in reply," Then how will things be different i
is in many cases rouse great resentment. It is almost as zude is saying "Was that thought of yours really a thought!"-
Let tis confine ourselves to the social economic processes that are going on So far as I am able to distinguish among the things that are being said in these matters, they may be classified out into groups that centre upon several typical questions here is the question of how to pay for the war There is the question of the behaviour of labour after the war will there be a Labour true or à violent Labour struggle." There is the question of the reconstruction of European industry after the war in the face of an America in a state of mone tary and economic replation through non-intervention My present purposa is a critical one, it is not to solve prots lens but to set out various currents of thought that are lowing through the general mind Which current is likely to seize upon and carry human affaire with it, is not for our present speculation.
THE NATIO
NATION'S WEALTH,
*
the exploitation of Colonial Stato lands, for the State purchase and wholesaling of food and many natural products, and for the syndication of shipping and the great staple industries into vast trusts into which not only the British but the Pronch and Italian Governments way enter as partners the so-called Socialist Pres of Great Britain is chiefly busy about the draughts in the cell of Mr.
WHAT THE BUN WANTS. CUTLER PALMER & CO'S
BRITISH COLONIES IN AFRICA.
Herr Zimmerman, who used to be political editor of the Lukul Anzeiger, and before entering that brauch of the Govern meat service was a Colonial official in Africa, airs his views in the Fossische
Tenner Brockway and the refusal of Zeitung (January 2nd). They are divert- Private Duckers to put on his khak trousers. The New Statesman and thoug cough to justify quotation in detail. Fabian Society, however, display a wider Both England and Russia," says Zim- intelligence
*ts a mermann, “hold territory belonging to us and our Allies, but they do not talk There is a great variety of suggestions for this increase of public wealth and about punishing us by permanently re- production, Many of them have an exaining it. They, like France, notwith- treme reasonableness. The extent to favourable for them, want to get at us standing that the military position is un- which they will be adopted depends, no directly. In Germany; however, those doubt, very largely upon the politician who pretend to be the bitterest foeg and permanent official, and both those England want to allow France and Bel- classes are prone to pakic in the presence gium to do the paying for England by of reality. In spite of its own interest taking Delgium and perhaps a French in restraining a rise in prices, the old Channel port (e, Calais). official saltet la likely to be ob structive to any such innovation. It the resistance of spurs and red tabs to military innovations over again This the resistance of quills and red tape. On the other hand the organisation ne Britain for war has official bed a number of industrial leaders and created large body of temporary and adven- turons officiale. They may want to carry factories the war has created, on into peace production the great new
The British lion, of course, is not yet laid low, and it is not the German custom to divide the hide of a beast which is still running at large. But it is extremely strange that in one of the quarters which By clamourning
that boat
knees the opinion is expressed that our will bring England to her foe can only be indirectly
attributing chastised. Without aggerated importance to the U-boa convinced that England will be defeated.
even compel her to sue
am
shall not smash her to bits o humiliating peace, but England must be brought to confess that she is unable, to continue the war. When we have got the British lion so far he will have to settle for himself instead of letting others pay
At the end of the war for example, every belligerent country will be in ur gent need of cheap automobiles for farmers, tradesmen, and industrial pur poses generally. Amorica is now produc ing such automobiles at a price of eighty pounds. But Europe will be heavily in I know, that we cannot annex Canada, debt to Ameriva, her industries will be South Africa, or Australia. But does not disorganised, and there will therefore he England possess in Africa the Colonies of no sort of return payment possible for Nigeria, the Gold Coast, British East these hundreds of thousands of automo Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan 1 Eng miles. A country that is neither creditorland's policy looks to the foundation of a nor roducer cannot be an importer.
great African Empire. An eriny of Afri- Consequently, though those cheap cars
san mercenaries is to help England to
India
Only British expansion
of the accumulated private wealth of the may be stacked as high as the Washing Africa, where soldiers were secured
in
far excelling the Indians in warlike quali tie, cual ed England's alliance with Rue- sia. Without strong possessions in Africa England would have to tremble for India, and look for Allies against Russia. As long na England was not strong in Africa Turkey was her natural ally in respect of India Only alter the conquest of the Sudan and the South African War did England become Turkey's foo. M
......... CENTRAL AFRICA MUST BE DURE./
There seen to be two distinct ways of, answering the frst of the questions have noted. They do not necessarily con tradict each other. Of course, the way it being largely paid for immediately our past. We re buying off the hold upton Meaument in America, they will of the private owner upon the material never come to Europe. On the other and resources we need, and paying in hand, the great shiell factories of Europe paper money and war loans. This is not will be standing idle and ready, their in itself an impoverishment of the staffs disciplined and available for con comminunity. The wealth of individual version to the new task. The imperative 18 not the wealth of nations; the two commonsense of the position seems to be thinge may easily be contradictory when that the European Governments should the rich man's wealth consists of land set themselves straight away to out-Ford or natural resources or franchises or Ford, and provide their own people with privileges the use of which he reluctantly cheap road transport yields for high prices. The conversion of help-up land and material into Work THE OLD WAY AND THE WINE WAY,"
If England loses this war she must able and actively need material in ex But there comes in the question whelose a part of her African Colonies. This change for national debt may be indeed ther this common sense course is inevit will compel her to change her policy and a positive increase in the wealth of the able. Supposó the mental energy loft in resume towards Russia the policy of the Goramunity. And what is happening in Europe after the war is insufficient for, Bismarckian era. We must destroy for all the belligerent countries as the taking such a constructive feat by this. There ever England's coalition plong against us, over of more and more of the realities will certainly he the obstruction of That will be just punishment for her of wealth from private hands and, in official pedantry, the hold up of this Let us cesse comparing the present times exchange the contracting of great masses vested intercs and that the greedy and war to the Napoleonic wars against Lof debt to právate p
- people. The net ten desire of *private enterprit” to ex- dency is towards the dis apparence of optoit, the occasion upon rather morë
peace or any
designed to better ones owi position eat war. The peter mst nut be cus It must embrace the whole world, just as in Europe. the war does. The main thing is not that we shall be able the better to attack Eng- land in next war. The importané thing is that we force her to revolutionise her entire policy and that we compel tho whole world to take up a different atti- fude toward Germanism throughout the globe.
peace
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reality holding clines abc abe destruction costly and its productive lines. Then There must be no Napoleonic
ance of a vast rentier class in its place At the end of the war much material will be destroyed for evermore, transit, food production, and industry will be everywhere enormously socialised, and the country will be liable to pay every year in interest a sum of money, exered" ing the entire national expenditure be fore the war From the point of view of the State, and disregarding material and moral damages that annual interest is the annual instalment of the price to be paid for the war.IS
unimaginate people of a new way of doing things. The process, after all, may not get done in the chriously wise way This will not mean that Europe will buy American cars. It will be quite unable to buy American cars. It will be unable to make anything that America will not be able to muy more cheaply for itself, But it will mean that Europe will go on without cheap cars, that is to say, it will England must love hor Colonies in |'go on more sluggishly and elumsily and Central Africa. They must become parts wastefully at a lower economic level. of a great German Empire in Africa. Hampered transport megns - hampered England must furthermore be compelled production of other things, and an into indemnify all those Germans in our creasing inability to bay abroad. And so we go down and down."
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Colonial, territory and in foreign coun- tries whom she has a shamelessly robbed, These Germans, then, we shall assimilato in one rast colf contained. German sturdy foundation for a splendid, flour. Colonial empire. They will constitute” a ishing imperial realm ia Central Africa.
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THE STATE AND THE WAGE-EARNER
Now the interesting question ariscy, whother these great boligerent "Stat may go bankrupt, and, if eo, to extent, States may go bankrupt to.
It does not follow that, because a private creditor without repudiating course is the manifestly right and ad- their debt or seeming to pay less to him They can go bankrupt either by a de will be taken, 1 am reminded of this vantageous course for the community, it preciation of their currency or without by special basket in my study here. What we must demand from Belgium touching the gold standard--through: 1
into which I pitch letters circulers, and Fratice is a thing for itself. Let us rise in prices. In the end both these things work out to the same eld, pamphlets, add so forth as they come to so confuse these elamus with thess we hand from a gentleman named Gattic have against England. Let us not, above creditor geta so many loaves or pairs of and his friends Mr. Adrian Ross, Mr. all, imagine that a revolution of world- boots or workmen's hours of labour for Roy Horaiman Mr Henry Hurray, and political conditions would be
pound less than he would got scupation Belgium under the previous conditions. One mistrustion of Railway Clearing House Such a revolution would
only come imagine this process of price (and, of er London. It is an absolutely admir England is directly hit. She can only be course, wages) increase going on to a limitless extent. Many people arenable scheme It would cut down the so hit that is to say, her so-called en- clined to look to auch, an incrent about one-third; it would enable us to
heavy traine nithe streets of London torcing policy can only be broken.
f she
is no longer able to stretch-her- prices as a certain outcome of the war,
run the goods traffic of England with less
out in Africa, The Anglo-French and just so far as it goes just so far than half the number of railway trucke arrangement of 1901 for partiting of will, the burthen of the rentier class,
Africa-East and South Africa, English their call that is for goods and services wo now employs it would turn over nor West Africa, French must be smashed. mous areas of Valuable land from their The moment it is the Western Powers, he lightened. This expectation is very present use as railways, goods yards and especially England, will be forced to generally entertained and I can see little sidings; it would save time in the transit adopt another attitude Thus our main reason against it. The intensely stupid of goods and labour their handling war object, the provention of fresh coali or dishonest labour Press, however, It is a quite beautifully worked out tims against Germany, will be best in the interests of the common enemy. scheme, for the Inat oigut or ten years which misrepresente Socialism and seath this group of devoted fanatics has been
achieved. to misguide labour in Great Britain,
pressing this undertaking upon ann ignores these considerations, and post different country with increasing vehem tively holds out this prospect of rising ento and astonishment at that indiffer into the hearts of responsible men. There prices as an alarming one to the more ence. The point is that its adoption, is really no other reason in existence credulous and ignorant of its readers:
though it would be of enormous general that I can imagine why they should ask benent, would be of no particular benefit themselves the question. "Have 1 dons to any leading man or highly-placed my best and that still more import-
· But now comes the second way of official. On the other hand, it would ant question, * Am I doing my best meeting the afterthe-par obligations | upset all sorts of individuals who are in now?" and so while I hear plenty of This second way is by increasing the position w obstruct it quietly-an 1 talk about the great reorganisations that wealth of the State and by increasing they do so. Meaning no ovil. I dip my ste to come alter the war, while there the national production to such a hand in the accumulation and extract & is the stir of doubt among the rentiers extent that the payment of the rentier leafle by the all too zealous Me whether after all they will get paid, OLARKE'S class will not be an overwhelming Murray. In it ha denonces various while the unavoidable stresses and sscri- burthen. Rasing prices bill the credi public oficials by name as cheats and fees of the war are making many people B. 41. tor. Increased production will check scoundrels, and invites, a prosecution for question the rightfulness of much that the rise in prices and get him a real u libel
they die as a matter of course, and of
PILLS. ment. The outlook for, the uncional In that fashion nothing will ever get porosive there is also something dull and much that they took for granted, I partly bilked and partly paid how far done. There is no prosecution, bat for not very articulate in this European he will be bilked and how fir paid | 3]] thất I do not gred with Mr. Murray world, something resistent and inert, dej ciets almost entirely upon this posthout the mới le names. These gentle that is like the obstinate rolling over a dible increase in production, and there men are just comfortable gentelmen, own heavy sleeper after he has been called is consequently a very keen and quite brothers to these old generals of oxes upon to get up. Just a little danger unprecedented desire very widely difwho will not take off their spurs They fused among intelligent and activeere probably quite charming people, ex- people, holding War Loan Berip and the cept that they know nothing of that Fear like, in all the belligerent countries to of God which searches the heart. Why see bold and hopeful schemes for State should they bother? enrichmont pushed forward
OBLIGATIONS AFTER THE WAL
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__The_movement towards Socialism, 18:
receiving an impulse from a row and So many of these after the war prob unexrected quarter, there is now for the war has put the Fear of God lems bring one back to the question how
tier Socialism, and it is interest iets te note that while the London 7ance is full
Just for my time.”
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military discipline is breaking labour -- they try to persuade themselves that
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