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OUR LONDON LETTER.

THE OLD MERRT-GO-ROUND OF POLITICS:

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.Ĵ

OUR INDUSTRIAL FUTURE. ***INTERFLOW WITH BIR R.

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What is to be the industrial future of Britain? Into that one question so many LONDON, October 28th.others are packed that one could fill a It is said in political circles that the column with the mere list of them. But when I went to talk to Sir Robert Had- Prime Minister intends to appeal to the field, who is, I suppose, the foremost country before the end of the year, or metallurgist of Grong Britain, 1 thinking chiefly of the future as very early in 1910, in order to obtain a pared with the past, and of that old fresh mandate not only to carry the war dependence of ours on Germany from which the war bas set us free (writes to victory, but to arrange terms of H.L" in the Observer.) Shall we retain peace, and then to undertake the her that freedom, or chail we in the coming culean task of re-construction after the years go back to the old ways? Have we war, This is probably correct. At all in this country the men who can make us cventa from one standpoint a fresh wan-

permanently independent of Gerban scientista date is desirable. The present House of

I have yet to learn," said Sir Robert Commune out of touch with public

when opinion. One section of the House, at the German scientists are superior to our

put the question to him,

"that (cast,

of Pacifiste of the Don't own. composed of

Germany never was ahead of us Be-Hard On-Germany type, flagrantly except in the application of knowledge. misrepresep the views and wishes of There is no evidence that Germans ure, or their constituents. Men of this kidney were, abehd of us in research' ΟΙ would automatically vanish at a General ingenuity. The German people are very Election, and their disappearance would industrious. In the years before the war be a real blessing. They have hampered they proved that they were willing to the national efforts in the war as much spend years of work on any line that was Re they dared, and they would be a suggested to them. They were ready to national nuisance in Parliament while take any hint, to follow up any clue, but peace terms are under discussion

Bey have no monopoly of inventive genius.

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Their eagerness to learn has always seemed to me their chief characteristic know that Kruppe kept an eye on every periodical in the world that dealt with steel. Their arrangements were so perfect that they could not miss any important where. fact that found its way into print any- scored. They pressed the brains of all the And that is how the Germane world into their service, and the curious fact is that the world has been deluded into thinking that the consequent progress was solely due to the superiority of Ger- man brains.

The appearance of vomen voters on the scene will make the next General Election rather piquant, Eve in the politien! arean armed with the vote is an enigma to the old Parliamentary hands. sides have gladly made use of the lady in Both the past, but the question that puzzles them now is-How will she vote? They are busy with blandishments designed to plense, and it is extremely amusing to watch the efforts at Battery as each party assures her that Lodlin's the friend, not Short." They each want the female vote, totalling, 0,000,000 altogether, but cannot

LIFE HAS BEEN TOU EARS be certain of getting it. Even in the

"Some of us knew before the war that House of Commons the other night nem the British had brains of their own, but bers, with an eye to the ballot-box, passed it bas needed the war to bring that fact a resolution to admit women to Palin-home to the mind of the nation. There is ment, many old-time anti-Suffragists sup- that excellent British Scientife Industries porting the proposal. It is only a pious Exhibition at King's College- opinion at present, but as Bacon saya, heen a revelation to very many people. straw shows in what quarter the wind in They had no idea that British secutiste setting.

had achieved go sanch or that British industry was capable of so much, but the achievements of our scientists are not new, and British industry was always apable of the things which it is performing to day. The fact is that life had been too easy for us in the past. We did not take. our work seriously enough and we did not care if others reaped where we had sown. Our scientists made discoveries and Ger. many exploited them, and was given the credit for them.

To the impartial observer one thing is clear-women are determined to see that the war goes on till the Hans are beaten to the ground, with punishment for the Kaiser and his fellow-criminals in power, and o penge framed to safeguard the world from another catastrophe like the present one. This means that at a General Eler, tion the women would plump for Lloyd George.

OVERSEAS JOURNALISTS.

The successive parties of oversens jour nalists who have come to England ne guests of the Ministry of Information have no reason to complain of the manner of their reception. They have been feled and welcomed both in London and the pro vinces. They have gone everywhere Rad Reen everything that could enable them to anderstand the magnitude of Britain's efforts in the war, which, of course, was the main purpose of their visit.

and

It has

In thes Fears of war we have been compelled to learn our own power, and that exhibition is the proof that now at all events we are awake to it. Every time

have been to King's College since the exhibition was opened 1 have been struck by the number of people in the rooms and by the care with which they study the cxhibits. There is nothing attractive about the show. There are no cinemato graph displays, nor is there anything in the nature of entertainment. But there are always people going round, studying their catalogues, asking intelligent ques- tions, taking notes, and shewing the most genuine and instructed interest.

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The King and Queen have received these parties of visitors from beyond the seas, and shown that they understand the power position of the Press as an instrument for guiding and informing public opinion on right lines. Before the war a reception hangat, but times have changed. bridge have concentrated on letters and NEW FERRIES TO KOWLOON of newspaper men, as such, a Bucking "We have suffered in the past from the

Palace, would never have been obsession of letters. Oxford and Cam-: British journalism, so long regarded in mathematics and they have neglected Government, though always the loyal universities to rectify that error, and to this country as the poor relation of science. It has been left to the local friend of the public, is coming into ite a great extent they have done it. In our works at Sheffield we know the value of the inen who are trained at Sheffield Cniversity, and we employ many of them. The success of the local universities in turning out men apt in sticatific work

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GERMANS IN CHINA.

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Public opinion is entisfied for moment by the threat of the British Gov ernment that unless better treatment is accorded our prisoners-of-war in Germany we shall resort to reprisals. Experience proves that in dealing with the ilune force is the only argument they understand. It goes against the grain of Englishmen even to propose to deal harshly with men whom the fortune of war has placed entirely in our power; but the Germans have left us no choice

has made it clear that we have in England no lack of the raw material of which scientists are made.

"But the trouble is that there is 50 little recognition of the scientist. We live in an industrial age. Consider for moment and think what the world would be like if you took away iron and steel. What would become of our houses, our towns, the whole fabric of our life? The The break-down of the Conference on the and framework of steel, and the scientist world of to-day it built on a foundation exchange of prisoners held recently was entirely due to the demand of the German is the master of steel as well as of all those delegates that the ratification of any other material things which play a part agreement should depend upon the cop- in life. But the scientist has scarcely any sideration of the position of Germans in part in the governing of the country. China. Obviously Gertaans in China have The highest places and the greatest re nothing whatever to do with British pri- wards appear to be reserved for those who sonere in Germany, and the authorities are quite definitely not scientists. There here refused to permit the question to is scarcely any organization at work seek- for the real issue. It now appears, from ing out and helping embryo scientists, Parliamentary papers eubristed to the and it has to be confessed that the boy

No matter where you live, it will pay you to get our catalogue in the Hours Secretary, that there or girl who in England wine through to and place a trial order.

pre about 3,290 Germans in China, of scientific competence-to say nothing of whom 1,724 are women and children. The because of our system of education

eminence does so in spite of rather than Government have now conceded a point

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of Germans in your part of the world, though they still adhere to their previous importance of the scientist even to thog decision refusing to make ratification of who in the past thought little of science. the agreement for exchange of prisoners We owe our favourable position to-day to of-war dependent on the undertaking of the fact that there have always been in the Chinese Government not to intern or England men who have devoted them- deport Germans.

selves to scientific studies and to research, very often without hope of reward, very often in the face of discouragement. The Church of England newspapers it is neither sensible nor fair that this record the consecration at Lambeth Palace state of things should continue. If we of the Rev. John Hind as Bishop of Fuh wish to retain our position we must set Kien. The now prelate who was ordained scientists, to seek them out and to train to work deliberately to cultivate our at Killaloe in 1882, was Headmaster of the them and to cherish thom. C.M... Middle School, Foochow 1911, and formerly C.M.B., missionary at Fuh. ning.

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THE ORGANIZATION OF DISCOVERY, For there is nothing accidental about scientific discovery or invention. Scienti Attention is called to schemes which, it tipated nr the late Dr. Gore showed in bis scientists have always been among the he discovery is an art which can be cul. provide ourselves with discoverers. British is stated, the Germans have on foot for wonderful book, The Art of Bcientifle foremost in the world, and re bave to development of their trade in the Far Discovery. Important discoveries cannot ensure that they always shall be And Enat after the war. They are already at be made by rule alone, but the process of that, it aims to me, is one of the great work in the Dutch East Indies, effecting scientião discovery can be largely reduced lessons which the war has to teach this measures with the object of excluding to order and rale. And it must be obvious country. In the past we left nearly every every trade but their own in that region that the man who has been trained in the thing to chance, but that will not do for A Java correspondent of the Overseas rales and practice of this art is infinitely the future. We cannot afford to rin such Trade Bureau, in pointing this out more likely to make valuable discoveries risk again, neither can we afford to strongly advises British firms to take ade than the untrained chanc, experimentor. allow the industrien which are our quite steps to counter the German plan Discoveries which win wars and establish strength to depend for their progress on of campaign. From other well-informed nation's industries are not lucky Bukes the devotion of the few or the toil of thoro sources I learn that the Germans, intend They are nearly always the results of who are so afton unrecognised and un- to make a big effort to recover the ground work along certain definite lince-work rewarded. they have lost in Chinn; in fact, they are which can only be carried out by men who train, ure, and reward our own men, there making preparations to flood tlie China baye been trained to perforin it.

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selentiße products or any fear of German (Continued at that of next column) -- unmpetition in the industrial world."