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GERMANY'S FUTURE.

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A GERMAN FORECAST.

TRAVELLING FIRST CLASS,

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It is said that the late Sir John Brunner, while still a very young In the June number of Nord and a poor man, formed the habit und Sud Herr Hans Wend: has of regularly travelling "first class an article on the future of Ger-["in order to mix with leaders of many. He begins by explaining business and learn their views that the cause of the war was the and ideas." It sounds extraordin- overpopulation of Europe and the arily like the shrewd and cour- impossibility of the great powers ageous conviction of "a card," satisfying permanently their in- says a writer in the "Manchester creasing claims on the politico Guardian," though if one is to economic platform. In the struggle think of Sir John Brunner in such for existence of the cations the terms it can only be, like the air- war, he says, had become an urgent men.

an ace. There is necessity. But war is a game in obviously much to be said for his the decision of which much calculation, quite apart from the depends on chance. In the pre-admirable justification that it sent war the forces of the two presents to people who have sides had become too unequal. acquired the first class ticket With a better political organisa-habit on third class incomes. tion the Germans might have Captains, not only of industry but succeeded in postponing the of most other departments of life, catastrophe. As things now stand, usually do travel frst class.

despite theGermans must apparently sub- And

tradition mit to the will of their opponents, the country, most Englishmen. It depends on the peace conditions rich or poor, are quite ready to and the force remaining in the talk on a railway journey to German nation whether Germany friends if they have friends with shall henceforth lead the mock them, and to strangers if they Whether they talk to existence of a nation not free, or have not. whether she will be enabled at much purpose is another matter. some distant time to rise again. There is no guarantee of personal Before the war it was an un-ability in a Tailway ticket, even disputed fact, according to this at its present enhanced valuation, writer, that German's position as and a completely experienced regards her civilisation was at the traveller would probably decide head of the world. Still this that, on the whole, there was a civilisation had become fragile little more nonsense talked in and unsound, and the outward first class carriages that in third. signs of decline were excessive The moral is clear. If the poor luxury, a reduced birth-rate, and man is travelling first class the progressive proletarisation genuinely from interest and of the people. The war con-ambition (and not merely because tinued this development in furious he likes it) he had better make tempo. The birth-rate has been bitself well acquainted with the more reduced, while the death features of such particular cap- rate has rapidly grown. The tains as he desires to cultivate, flower of German manhood is and choose his compartment A new generation must accordingly Otherwise he stands one. grow up before a charge can take a considerable chance of getting place. Want makes men and no real return at all from the nations bad, and only with an unearned increment that he pre- improvement in economic con-sents to the railway companies. ditions Car

an improve-

ment in the national morale in which the ruins of a nation's be counted upon. The force are endeavouring in chaotic proletarisation of the people had manner to discover a way out-of. made rapid progress during the the hopeless present. war. On the one hand were the

The writer them explains war profiteers, and on the other that it is open to the Germans an overwhelming majority ofas

@ nation of brothers to Josers by the war. With a few submit with teeth set to the exceptions the better element of chains of slavery for a number the people were to he numbered of years and at the same time among the latter. The revolution preserve their national unity and favoured the development. It has civilisation, in the hope of better brought about the confiscation days. Or. they can disperse of the wealth of the state, and at their forces ia all directions, in the same time it has increased which case they must abardon the cat of administration enor their national existence. Thi mously.

would no doubt be easier for the Germany must reform her individual, but then it would no administration from the top down longer be worth while to talk to the lowest member. It was a shout Germany. Let the Ger- great misfortune that bureau-mans hopefully tread the former cratic Prussia was ever allowed to path and not burn their faith in remain a dominating state in the themselves and in a better time Empire. The revolution, how- to come... But to do this there ever, bas destroyed the old

must be a complete break with Prussian state of caste, roilitarism the old and much personal sacri- and bureaucracy. Meanwhile fice on the part of everyone. Germany is passing through sị

Every industry associated with period of transition and so far luxury should be prohibited while all the charges necessary in the the people have not enough to method of administration have eat. It.would be well for industry, not yet been brought about to confine itself to agriculture, But caste has disappeared and since nothing but economic in- the rights of privilege have gone.dependence can lead to political The military state, after its strong freedom. In the training of the development, is broken up and it

young the national spark must |

will never recover from the blow.not be extinguished. There remains the burcaucracy

A new spirit and new ideas,

of officialdom, but its hour will must take root in officialdom.

strike and its deathbell will be The official class must cease to rung, for from a financial

point

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view

of

the no longer afford

be caste with life-long appoint- statements, and pensions must be

any

administrative luxury. Germany and sickness insurance.

supperseded by universal oldage Only

is indeed bankrupt, politically, thus can the spirit of caste and economically, and financially. the discontent in the country be She is a geographical conception, abolished.

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FLYING MCYCLE.~

POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SPORT.

Writing on the subject of the 'flying bicycle," the Paris oor- respondent of the-Morning Post SAYE

I have just returned from seeing M. Mary, the head engineer of the Nieuport firm, and he tells me that he thoroughly realizes the possible scientific value of the flying feat that has been accom- plished by M. Poulain. He says:

The feat of M. Poulain is very different from anything that has beon dans before. The 12 yards he cavered constituted the distance for which he was definitely sup- ported by the wings of his machine. It would be unfortunate if the public imagined that a new era in flying was being inaugura- ted. In the first place, with its wings outstretched the bicycle has a span of six yards; second- ly, the material of the winga Was fragile in the ex- treme, and would not withstand a summer shower and, thirdly, the problem of a screw has got to be solved. I believe that be- fore six months have passed Poulain will be able to fly round Longchamps, but this is only a pious belief, because there are so many unknown factors. First, we have to experiment with the scrow, and then the cyclist has to work on entirely different principles from those he employs in ordinary bicycling.

The normal cyclist works con- siderably with his handlebars, but if the bicycle bas to fly, the whole strength of the human motor must go direct from the legs. As regards motive force, I should judge that a man like Paulain develops about one-third of a horse-power, and it is con- ceivable, though I do not think it likely, that this will be sufficient to make sustained bicycle flying possible. At present our hopes are limited to creating a new form of sport. It may be possi- ble in the future to construct dying bicycles which will be worked by means of motors, or in other words we may succeed in reducing the aeroplane to such small dimensions that it will really resemble a bicycle.

Unfortunately, it Was not possible for me visit the machine, as I understand it includes certain new devices that have not yet been protected by patents. M. Mary, however, showed ma a portion of the material from which the wings were made. The framework is scarcely thicker than an ordinary match, and is of such fragility as to exclude any idea of commerci- al application being possible in the near future.

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"Have you noticed that Eng- lish voices are changing?" aske this writer. Mr. M. A. KIDTOSS. "I don't mean only in pitch, though that is a shade bigher, but in inflection. They are far more inflected than they used to be.

"I have been staying in a small seaside botel filled with young officers and their wives, where, instead of the old dining room decorum reminding one of the day after the funeral, we seemed to have taken the lid off con- versation so completely that the bobble and the babble were positively Continental...

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