AMERICA'S AID IN THE WAR EXAGGERATED ESTIMATES.
BY ARCHIBALD BURD]
Borg the aid which is already
given in the
TAF
AFTER WAR SETTLEMENT.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK.
A comprehensive review of the steps. that are being taken in regard to recon- striction and demobilisation was given by the Minister of Reconstruction before the British Institute of Social Service,
com
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH, 1918.
SHALL WE LET GERMANY A COMMONWEALTH OF ALL
DOWN LIGHTLY
A CRIME AGAINST GOD AND
MAN
[61 T. L. GOOD.]
THE BRITISH STATES GENERAL PAGE CROFT'S HOPE
The following is an extract from the Introduction to a book by Brigadier- General Henry Page Croft, M.P.,
repara
to the
that over 50 per cent of the men in learnt, that we shall make our plans world has most to gain.verwhelming Army bail had their pleers kept open without due appreciation of German evidenco which hit us in the face from
B62115 economics in order that were also trying, before dynobili shaking hands and trying to be good!
to
When the history of this war contesto be written, trilt will be paid to the splendid spirit in which the American people threw themselves into a struggle at the annual meeting held in a Grand The disposition displayed in certain CMG entited Twenty two months being waged at a distance of Fran 3,000 Committee-room at the House of Com to 6,000 miles from their homes. Ameri- ions, on January
in the chair. the settlement of the war and against War is one of those things the British
refused to contemplate. cans are rising to the full higit of the ther, M. F. the try 14th Mr. Low-quarters to let Germany down lightly is under Fire standard President Wilson set them in Dr Addison observed that one section the idea of boycotting her in the coming people for nearly half a century have his was address to Congress, April of the Department was dealing with the peace, needs examination. And for this tion for war mocant taxation, and how the reason on British generosity--not to could any rising statesman, or still less What has America introduction of news or nugiented pro say stupidity-wing what it is there is 2nd of last year
political party, advocato taxation and what is the These are guestions of importance, cesses of industry, which backsider great probability that we shall con when the fight for success in the political.
doing!
bnection with demobilisation rogos had eeds extremely generous terms to the renin depended upon which section could there 18 it widespread misconcep able and are at regard in the engineer- enemy, and a distinct danger that, in the promise nist individual gain to tion na to the character and extent of been
The Mericans are rendering industry, which was of enormous making of the Pesco Tresty and the fram- boil
So it was tant we drove war from the which the aid
of the importance because social
mass of ing of our future fiscal policy some of and will render in the ing now, and diate fitare Most prople think of the munition workers who would be thrown our vital interests will be deglected, ambit of car thoughts-we of the British United States in terms of sildiers and out of employment at the end of the war. There is grave danger, despite all that we race, who have the greatest frontiers of d set up local re-settlement.com have seen and all that we ought to have the world to defend, and from whom the -ships of war and ship of commerce en met s
o demobilisation, had he learned
All pa
parties ignored. the the purely economic faid
for The Treasury has been practically thrown
WAR, Wh
while making auficupidity, di
What is the right attitude to allont Germany. No party would listen to to the Allier, which had them. Their
towards Germany Admittedly this is Lord Roberts, and none was found sterling from Wash cient allowance
those who had been tried men and
with the
Colours for th the
one of those questions that have many lend that great man from the taunts ington.
those who who dis
time, first to demobilise a long ministration of Mr.
with tho were immediately wanted and those whose sides. There is something to be said for and gibes of second-rate political adven
An felief, the American population places had been kept open for them. the policy of generosity-the policy of annual expenditure on a national
began, to
get joint councils of em- friends when the fight is over. And there army of five days cost of this war would would have saved Belgium and more loud may be available for use in tion Enrope.
In those respects the United players and employed to agree upon such is something to be said for the other have probably given us peace and most
matters as the introduction of unproved policy. As so much depends upon a
they gained whilst our patriotic ricans have also made an indirect, con- tribution to the Allies food supplies by might go back to work without any mis-soun to weigh up is best we can the people--taught, unorganized, unarmed
enring tonnage and corumandeering
Steps were being taken to deal with facts and possibilities of the situation.gan to learn the business of war
Cluar thinking is essential to sound judg The greatest Empire the world has ever despatching destroyers for dity in Euro
striking of the decisive hour pean waters, in particular to escort food the disposal of war stores after the war mont. And clear thinking depends upon known
inportance of that aid will inn businesslike way in order to avoid full knowledge of all the material facts of fate could only place one divisions ships.
sub be realised more fully when the war in the scandals of profit-making, which had What are the material facts? in the decisive theatre of war-that was
arisen over Government stores in the past The first fact, which no one will die the prepared effort of 400 million over, and its werets can be revealed.
(Chivers) Lord Salisbury was at
This is not the hour to apportion the INCIPMENT OF THE TROOPS
waste destruction, and human suffering:
ne either is it the inoment to nak Whit shall be said of America's ahead of a committee which, being in touch/ Pute, is that this war, with its colossalects of our Kinks
in with
projects, would a great reconstruction the matter of troops and merchant ships1 decide how far the stores could be stills the greatest crime in the world's his was that the guardians of this
tory. The second, but not less important how In these respels the untioak is not so in these projects, or whether they should fact, which will surely be acknowledged great heritage, had failed, with such Empire cheerful, as is itted in the other side be otherwise disposed of. We oval so for all time by all impartial students of criminal neglect, to organize the
much to our inerchant seamen during the affairs is that Germany planned and and of the atlantic, it is true that a con
Instead
Then count "Biderable force is in France alrusidy.hu | war that it was a duty to see ther we proveked the war, The third fact is that wito prepare for its defence. The time
in traming altogether more adequately protected after hewar some of a
will demand an about 1 million me, Wins the Ente (choers)--so he was taking steps to see the most definite and universally acknow
account of the stewardship which deceived intervened sho possessed for the conditions of their work could not d Idged laws of warfare, as she did solemn and
people, hostiliti
and Anally plung and fooled the treaties of peaces, The fourth fact is thatod a nation into n war which was,
known Shi- 1914.
had no reserves of ane sise (Cheers)
Germany has already made the most to be imminent, and for which no sort of and there no Turritorial force such
TRUSTS AND COM Information was being gathered with elaborate plans, and has pledged her preparation was maile as save the military situation to our
with *uclearness | case, and she had no Officers Training a view to dealing with, the hundreds of credit up to the hilt to renew, after the One fact stands out
Tho candid statements enable timusands of civil war workers at the war, and in a still more intensified form, that must be obvious, and that is that us to appreciate the real worth of the end of hostilities, and particularly of the blackles trading methode by the present political system of the British American military effort. Under the diverting them to industries where they which she did her competitors so much Empire has failed, and never, again can were most needed. Great progress hnd hartu before the war issues of price and war or the defence pressure of war the men have been ob-
In be made with the housing scheme, Mr For these cardinal reasons Germany of the Empire, he left in the hands of tained. But can they
squa Churchill Conniehut, the verknown contractor: dirov chloe how much? Snively men whose sole possession. Is politien
har made an arresting statement in that con- and others were going into the question this is pre-eminently a case where the popularity, and who were so greatly occu- nection. He teclared that by drawing of the supply of building materials, and punishment should it the crimp. Yet no pued with party strife that they gambled
the greatest- on our resources in a manner that would another committee wasnt work or the one proposes to treat Germany as she with and risked the life of
still the greatest-nation on earth. have enough (munitions) in hand as structed building operations. A forestry impossible. If it were possible, no one
good number of
States is performing -miracles. The Amethods of manufacture, so that the men correct decision in this case, it is not to enemies of that great start
BRIS WEBINṛ, Brig that we, han in vastly improved when
Con
TUS.
Was
ties ceased,
at
come when these
with comes will be
be justified to beative so great & prize. simplification of local by-laws which ob has treated us. It is unthinkable
and have lived with, fought along
the men of the Oversea Dersinions,
of, aud learnt to admire on the field to the last detail of military outht. Yeats had been prepare for the quite larities as have characterised Germany of battle even more than in the days
were posibl by any shipping
campaign. But when we are invited not when I endeavoured humbly to serve the arning might in fact, what we shall
to ning them to the set of Scott's Committee had drawn up their merely to let Germany down lightly in Imperial ideal at home, I would add this
fontaining recommendations for war
the power
wer to require land for the settlement of the war, but to resume request. Do not judge our people by hare to do owing to the failure of Ameri
free, unregulated commercial intercourse, our political rulers, but rather pin with respect, and gladly housing and forestry. Although it had with her after the war to again open the people of the old country to purify
been estimated that 17 per cent of đạ We shall do it.
settle our ports, markets and coaling stations a system which is at fault for whilst The Senate has Breently been holding mobilised soldiers would wish
on the land, his own view was that the to her, free of lax or tariff-it is time our politicians have failed, those also au investigation into the work of Ordnance
then the Army, and the properage would be nearer 3 per cent.
equip several hundred thousand Ameri programme for the cons would suggest the repetition of such bar.
policy m in that
the
side of the Atlantic should be known here in o
of gentlemen
to
woede fo consider what such a police miezain lead.
Younger
countries wer
were little more
Published on the
berhad TEMER and combineslo nings called Germans
punishment ism that freerou is of inen varea
in order that we may follow intelligently Improved
The fallow
involve a
the future course of events notion
summary of the evidence theds of (The Ordnance Department has unt
single piece of artillelseth furnished
toing, and closer Americ
artillers
nt the front
and
to. To are honest loe and a clean fighter successful in teaching the
generosity by all means. But to the
wealth.
true
Path
Dee of the
This war has found the nations
·lesson
produc and vengeanes the last degree in British standing together fighting toge ngeved surely just anitricos-amost of them the
improved surely justifiable. We and our Allies, the dring together, and is not the great teaches, and which the ages more, detailed attenutcome of a too generous disposition. tion to scientific methods. To that end have Gerbiany at our mercy, and had can never dim, first, that scattered as we
still claim 473 viet cần Shall we The armies now if camp in the they were trying to get the trades to or her destiny in our hands.
similar qualities of steadfastness United States are without artillery and aniss themselves pressing for the pertilise nad punish and persecinta has of
ess of purpose, courage will not get it before next Blumer creation of great trade organisations
after the wat? Or shall we forgive and against all odds, greatness in adversity and humility in our hours of victory (e)-Field artillery for the American in the risk of creating prices
forget shall we be generous 1 sulit and, second that severally we could not Tores in France is beint and trusts
combines, and
which might seem to flourish at the expense of the con that the German character is such that have lasted the course, but together we States have to-day sumer. Although we wanted big organit will mistake generosity for weakness shall win through 1 The States of the Germany mistook nur military unpre Empire are essential one to the other, (d) - The Wate practically he artillery in the wax ikations of tapital and labour, we did no of howitzers-ssential for an effective want in unholy alliance it was in the pudness for was as a sign of decadence and henceforth wes who have all to gain terests of trade that that wild and cowardice, and plunged Europe inte be to enter a Comunionwealth in which
thes hand clasp of
of fraternity, willedo on the Western frost. offerhough
the British armies, after thoroughly recognised Tehrers) and bloodslied in a mad gumble on our sup.
·Ibréc
a Com With the Amerisafeguards provided. Without public pose weakness. I Lemans were ordiwe shall and our League of Peace, a years experience
nary folk we could with satisfaction and monwealth of all the British States ran Lewis gun hase over 10,000 of these confidence the movement could not live
safety treat them with ordinary, if not In the hope and belief that out of the ir service, the Americans have been experi menting with
Extraordinary, generosity. But have we blinding dust and shattered wreckage of new gun (Browning it hu never been tested in the field, but
ample proof that they are the most this war will come so great a good, I Atenlatingly eruel and unscrupulous of dedicate this little book of impressions
nations? Please observe that we have to my comrades in the battle-fild been the only great nation to give Ger-w
¿
•Cons,quently the Ordnanities. built, but that project had to be many free ports for her ships and free
delay
THE YMCA.
with the new Eifeld until they are due the entire shipbut to have placed arrested is due to nothing but Germany's in the enterprise you are undertaking to
under own We gave pay off the ure due the way Department, which would have many ambition and reed mac M. CA to maintain and extend their
Forest
and Ger
If we, with our great markets, colonies. Huts is to the bol professions and
the
special de the Ordnance oficials have accepted this construction, and set up gun and incurred the delay involved in partment to accelerate construction Ketting
Trady the gauges, jigs neces first a fleet of wooden ships was to be sary for its manufacture in
will abandoned. Personal differences have markers for her goods Before the way GENERAL SIR W. ROBERTSON AND have none ready before next
ocevered on the Shipping Board using Germans nude enormous commercial pro April
Nary (f) After adopting the Enhold ride. further manufacture of which in largo
trouble with the Shipping Board markets, ports and seas, we gave her. quantities American factories were wellster", of Washington, has remarked: gress, largely by virtue of the freedom of oquipped, as they had turned on several from the first has been in ite recklessness At the pre-war rats Germany, within an General Sir William Robertson, writ thousand a day.
Lay for the British Army, the of promise of results, with the disap other twenty years, would have attained ing with respect to the National Appeal the is the supreme position in world com now being made by the Young Men's departsbeting
incurred many months delay pointment that must ensue from
these weapons to suit evitable failure to realise the programme merce thanks largely to British genero- Christian Association for one million American ammunition. The delay will of construction. It would have been sity. That Germany a progress has been pounds sterling, says I wish you well make it impossible to furnish the
better, it is now e troops
to enable the to start for Europe.
chain of Hubs for the men of the the situation been less eareless in its assertion of results, many owed her progress very largely to That statement represents
would have saved the great loss of time two factors-British generosity estimable benefit the provision of these
and Army. I know what an in to-day a
as far as the American arbiy k concerned When Congress declared for
for that has been wasted and would have an dishonesty,
Services, and I var, American. firms were antities.dia the mistake of the wooden-shiu Allies with munitions
will generously respond to this atter, and it would therefore be foolish to “hank and coaling stations, had protested our cordially hope that It would have been a simple matter, and would have promoted interchange of on phenomenal output of American own interests only moderately against
German subsidised competition in ship urgent call. wuipment, ift
had been permit will not be forthcoming. The position Ping and dumping and German
sitted tonnage in the immediate future, because carry
ishing the Americau troops
ops with the types of heavy artillery of steel shipbuilding in the United States piracy of trade marks and patents, howitzers, machine guns, rifles, etc. which does
the belief that any Germany would not have made half the one-half in an endeavour to prove our had already been tested ander severe
thing
4,000,000 progress she did in fact make in interperceful intentions, Germany at once re ing
national commerce, Every important doubled her efforts to build a navy to service conditions Time was the essence tons the figure
will be turned out this year. matter, particularly us it takes
reason to hope that with the vessels or German goods, as Germany took care to teined an army to pace the pence and longer to equip 'an army then to train read a year or more ago by us and the Ivy tariffs on all foreign goods. We bully the people of the world. And as men; nevertheless, it was determined to manufacture new armament and equip Allies, the American yards may ire the one proved extremely generous to the soon as he felt herself strong enough to The result is that much delay has present year complete and send to sea Gormans, and in return we are made the vercome all probable opposition she set occurred, and the early drafts of Ameri from 1.500,000 to 1.000,000 not tona Ifcbjects of their greatest hatred! It is cut on the most hellish campaign, and
the higher output s
done well, for on with arms and ammunition by the Allies.
the. Germans could have successfully inest, excuse, over recorded in the annals The matter will be adjusted later on, but pansion equal to ten times that of 1913 voded this country, as they did Belgium, the world And this campaign whe
Am the American authorities will be an are faced with the difficulties inseparable 1. It is av
error to exaggerate they would have treated 28 with even has conducted with an atter disregard
more fiendish ferocity and more devilish of the laws of nations and of humanity
the
30 vaat
nearly
5.
does not encourageRCH BY 19 nation but ourselves levied tariffs on sweep us off the seas, just as she main
can troops to Europe will be providnost will have attamed, all con- clear, beyond question or doubt, that with the least provocation and the small-
Testimo
in the
from so ambitious a programme,
THE SHIP PROGRAMME
the
The anticipations as to the output of com matter of resinreen. We have herneily than they treated the Belgians doceat nation would be entitled to
not realises.
word employed. I will
net
tous,
paid
***United
the future, since war possibilities of
It is equally dear indeed, it is the generosity, in spite of any temporary that error for three and
* avowed and publicly proclaimed ante lapse. But to Germany the nation that half years, and have
the penalty on that the Germans will adopt every has committed the vilest and most colosal ships this year in the Contion is often in this particula in merica 0.000.000 possible means and methods after the war crimes deliberately, anding and harm
if we con tinue to created by the use of different terms tons, when the year clpes there my nations, trade, as she did before the war les people to a nation that has abused
talk of
to undercut and blackleg ́ ́ us în inter gainst the most rooffending and het deadweight tons, gros confusione & tendency to suggest that the failed whereas if a t
of In the past Germany scandalously every economic freedom, broken every States tons, or sometimes, to
has
a third of merely is the that amount of chipping in frished abused the freedom of the seas we treaty pledge and violated every law worss confounded.tons
ill confine myself to good record will have been established. gavo her. She harmfully blacklegged that stood in the way of her brigandage islands turned out our traders in the free and open markets and buccaneering--that has imposed tons In a normal year the United Last year wo in these States built about 200,000 tons of mer between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000
tons
If we accorded her. She specially subsidised every possibile suffering and indignity chant, shipping Soon after the war open-
achieved what the anticipated supply. of deliberate and set intention of ruining of generosity displayed to this nation Allied and neutral owners were placed material and labours can ed is to ex- our British industries. Germany was as will be crime against God and man-an American yards, the extension of which peet. So, if the Americans build 2,000,000 unfair as a Grade competitor as she is madelity to the Providence that has wie begin, to gone with the demand, zons they will have done as well as the unscrupulous as a fighter. When we cut given us the power to resist, and will yet Then The United States entered the arena, country which in the past has been with down our naval programme by nearly give us the strength, to vanquish, this commandeered all tonnage 10 course of out a rival in this sphere of industrial
nation of fiends —The Globe,, activityDaily Telegraph
(Continued at foot of next Cofuram) (Continued at foot of nest Column.)
de orders to the account of British, other 1918, ze double that, we shall have her shaps, agents, and goods, with the upon her victim any and every spark
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