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The Task Ahead

110

tempt on the life of the Emperor

William 1, he tried to make that an

excuse to introduce legislation against the Social Democrats, the party that rose to strength among the German working classes on the theories of Karl Marx.

In the end he succeeded in prohibiting their meetings and associations.

Professional agitators were liable to be banned the country; and even martial Jaw could be proclaimed in districts where it was considered that the party were a menace to the State.

The Social Democrats had to print their newspapers in Switzerland” and smuggle them into Germany. Once

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movement grew stronger,

Bismarck, however, introduced a cer tain amount of legislation, including a system of insurance for the workers that served later as a model for other countries. If by that method he hoped to wean the workers from their party allegiance, then it was a failure: the movement continued to grow.

In foreign affairs Bismarck's main object was to keep the peace. The new, unified Germany needed it to strengthen her trade and solidify her internal organisation.

France was a menace. Smarting under the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, the French were rearming, strengthen-

"THAT CHAP'S

POTTY!"

THE

ing the fortifea- tions along the German frontier,

The Balkan per- insula was a melt- ing pot; Russin was Ea thorn in the Ger-

man flesh.

But the peaco hetel.

Meanwhile Bis- marck was dream-

poohed and tut-tutted, and the dangerous sense of humour-danger-Battery,

ous to him, they resolved should

DROPPING THE PILOT

"Bismarck had to go

And here is the famous "Punch" cartoon which

the event inspired.

ing of a colonial HE whole thing dated from The day was hot with September | empire for

Ger- the time of the landslide heat, the yellow dust swirled, when many, though his ideas in that direc- Meantime, the Kaiser was always and the rather inconsiderate search of the suspected terrain-and

the polleemen made thoroughton were never realised,

talking about the "mailed fist" and When the old Emperor died,

bis the

"shining armour," and at the descent of some tons of rock found nothing and saw nothing or son Frederick III, came to the throne same thine posting as the apostle of BIG section of the democra- | upon the underlying King's nobody of whom they could, honestly, but his reign lasted only 09 days, peace in Europe.

entertain suspicion. The mutter was tie world has gone to war

Highway.

Then came his son, the 29-year-old The plain fact was that he devoted mentally put down to the debit of William

II., the

last Kaiser, In- with a mistaken

Itig life chiefly to increasing the Of course, the story was pooh-some idler to destroy Hitlerism, and all

and telligent, tactless, susceptible to eferency of his Army and building

the Kniser had Krand believers in justice and reason

up a strong Navy. Under his rule detalls discussed with avid in- they ever tay hands upon hầu. are rightly convinced that there terest as a welcome variant upon

notions about monarchy, believed in the divine right of kings.

and inspiration the idea of war and its glories sank deep into the German could be more honourable the former themes of hungry Test son, to be stunned and before long the young; King and historian, taught that Britain

It appears that Bismarck believed nund. neighbourhood continued, not in the divine right of Chancellors, enuse for which to demand such wolf and roaming tiger.

Treitschke, the influential German

tremendous sacrifices as this

All the same, in the gathering duis party of Scouts, with a sense the old Chancellor were quarrelling the enemy, called it a "robber- new holocaust is bound to ex-many a furtive, anxious look was cast numbers, decided to give a practical

security perhaps in the unity of Bismarck had to go.

State," and that the British were towards the heights, and bays and demonstration

From that time wild and bitter not competent to govern the fifth of net.

of Mr. Anthony Eden made mahs shunned their once short cut abilities and, in the now soft and world's nerves on edge. They were

their tracking speeches by the Kuiser set the the world contained in her Empire. the position of the fighting across the bracken-covered rise. soddened earth, came upon footprints a prelude

In this way the mind of Germany to the Great War, the was prepared. democracies perfectly clear in

No one heeded the servant's whis- of naked feet.

uverture to catastrophe. perings and credence was given to One smart laddie noticed the oddity

Fear of German ambitions grew. his speech on Monday, when he whol was credited

usun! to unct stood and stared,

inten- immovably Tension

Many warnings of German said: "

Chinese superstition until one bright planted upon his well-tried

tions there can be no last Spring morning when Asta, searching he was the impress of cir toes At the time of the Jameson Haid in years' Service Act; Germany greatly France and were given in pole. COON relations between Britain Britain. Deeply imprinted and quite unmis- ing peace until Nazism and all the hill for specimens for the incon-

and Germany became critical, In 1913 France passed her Three that it stands for in oppression, veniently insatiable members of the upon either foot. The Scout scoree- ly believed his bulging eyes, but cruelty and broken faith, is banished from the earth."

suffered.

It is for this supreme pur- розс that millions of lives, perhaps, will be sacrificed, and incalculable material damage But it is a purpose, so long as it is completely ful- filled, which will be worth the agony the world is about to bear. There will be no shrink- ing from the immense task;|

oľ

botany class, came suddenly into view of the peering. wild-eyed, the excited band, urgently called,

tousled-headed creature, half-hid confirmed the diagnosis in unanimity.

rock. beyond the

The eager, young amateur, sleutlis The low brow, the unusual width of easily followed the traces is. far as hirsute face, the bushy, rufous eye-the shore, where, to their doleful brows above the deep-sunk, oval,

chagrin they disappeared, washed goat-like eyes, the powerful deep- jaway by the tide. tanned shoulders conveyed to Asta un uncanny sense of the primitive. INDEPENDENT, not to say militant,

The Journalist, the Professor and

by N. B. W.

increased her fighting forces,

was

Then on June 28, 1914, Francis Ferdinand, helr to the throne of Austria, was ussassinated at Sara- Jevo, and that for which the German mind had been prepared came.

This time the peace did not kold. ERMANY'S General Luden- dorf tells us that after

the mere Globe-Trotter were in lozy 1800 the German Government were four years of warfare their "Black

the

conclave at the table in the window, inclined to step in on behalf of the Day" came on August 8, 1918, us was the girl, something almost thing of golden, content. in tall Boers. our made her hult in her impulse of burghers a bit high-hat cli? unnatural in the creature's demean-

at their elbows. glasses

"Not a bad little burg but investigation. She would have re-seems to happen traced her steps, but reason Or scribbling at, John?" Instinct forbade any movement "Oh.

out of the harbour-hud six

here.

way

even at this early stage, how favourable to rearward action. And he just a line about that chap nor tonsented to, there was no call Allies; discipline and niven ever, it is timely to warn that the path was narrow and the slopes toes Professor, who had been the Kalser sent a telegram to Kruger the edge of revolution. On Sep-

-the-masses-will-never forgive their lenders if the pernicious and terrifying system of Nazism is not crushed once and for

ever.

precipitous. tances,

understandable, Indecision

Asta's unusual but, in the circumsis Acnsilive

fingers Into successful defence of the Transvaal. Now

was terminated by her massive bull-

terrier who, having lagged behind in his abundant blond hair, abandoned terference with our Empire affairs. the pursuit of some to him-delici- his attitude of Inissez faire and Following unsuccessful negotia, a basis

ous

of

From that day exhaustion and Jameson was defeated and cap. moral breakdown increased daily.

The great German military tured by the Boers, and since the Nothing British

had been thrown Out of Government made it

clear machine What'ye

that the raid was neither authorised gear by the combined force of the

rapidly to

to insubordination. for the Germans to interfere.

Back home the people trembled Then Britain became angry when on

tember 28 German G.H.Q. recom- sprawling in his deep chair, with his best wishes-and-hopes-for-mended an

of Baden

Chancellor, become and Prince and occasionally clawing This was regarded here as an in- Germany offered to accept Presi- dent Wilson's "fourteen polats" as of negotiation, and the scent, now bounded joyfully from quickly ginnced up. Not at all the tous between Britain and Germany Armistice was signed on November

idea the undergrowth, almost covered by commonly accepted

the first Morocco crisis. The task lies beyond the little burrs clinging to his fine and crudite scholar, with his gleaming

**** came

11, 1918, France was busy establishing her- Meanwhile revolution broke out winning of battles and the silken cont. His

piggy but head, his keen, blue glassless eyes, self in Morocco.

in Germany. It began in the Navy, dethronement of Hitler and his were bright with enquiry, and re-faleness, yet one peculiarity he had, Mediterranean cruise, stepped off at who

highly

intelligent med eyes his dapper air of sartorial Immncu-

So the Kaiser in 1005 took a spread to the soldiers and workmen,

sel up their

own councils. satellites. In the distance one celving no immediate response from always wearing a white cotton glove Tangier, and Informed the Sultan Civil war storted.

of the fascinated Asta, he took matters upon his left hand: explaining to the that he regarded Morocco as a com- enormous work

Then Prince Max off his own bat, into his own paws and bounded to-venturesome that he had, when pletely independent country.

announced the abdicaton of the reconstruction, which will be wards thost binzing eyes above the young man, suffered the effects of France saw in this an attempt to Kalser, who fled, to Holland, fol- necessary if Nazism is never

rock In eager and hostile investigo-

mixing the wrong chemicals!

but the lowed by the Crown Prince. The heget concession out of her, again to threaten the existence The attendant vocal clamour was asked, "chap with six toes?" Heal result was a victory for France Princes of the various States qult, too, and republics were set up all of civilisation. This is the evidently too much for the visitor, listened with keen and rising interest in that part of North Africa,

It was a near thing, but the peace over Germany, ultimate which has to be kept who precipitately left the shelter of to the particulars which the flippant, held.

his

End of a Dynasty in mind. It will be the driving joyful dog in yelping pursuit, Asta

cover and incontinently fled, the matter-of-fact John vouchsafed.

Then guze musingly across the Naval Race shining harbour. now had a full view of the fugitive; suppose I am?" he asked, with seem- "How old! d'ye force behind not only

Tall and broad-shouldered beyond gallant armies, which may be the ordinary, the limbs and sturdying irrelevance. called upon to die on the battle- torso weathered to a tint of mahog

"Oh, about 40 or 45, 1 should say". any deepness-were, but for a scanty field, but of those behind the belt of rush, entirely naked except tell with you wiry Britishers."

"How much d'ye give me, Hiram "Let's say up to sixty-never can lines whose snerifices may be as

"Well I'm 89," The Professorider grent.

held up a restraining hand. "No,

нееч the

the

tion.

for the coarse and shaggy growth of rufous hair.

"Eh? What's that, John"?

The whole ensemble had upon No circumstances must ever Asta a distinctly repellent effect. Til tell you something. "It's all due again be permitted which will But she noted the gangling arms of to my having six toes, and on each

disproportionate

saying as te length,

ME

ORDER

ARDERLY „Germany gave place EANWHILE, suspicion of

to chaos, Germany's ambitions grew In Berlin the noble Prince Max Britain as the German Navy Brew resigned in favour of an ex-saddler called Ebert, the Socialist leader steadily bigger.

At the Hogue we tried to make a from Heidelberg. naval agreement with Germany, but

So the re

revolution in Berlin at the Germany argued that she could con- cost of only 15 lives, overthrew the only the needs of what she Prussian dynasty. Vt made up the overthrew the 20 judged to be her safety.

amalier monarchies

republic. Then came

Chan- majority Social struggle between the

faster, and the naval race was on. spare me your remarks; it's true. Britain, reply, began to build Empire, and became

provide for a renaissance of ran, giving an impression or semi-chap. D'ye suppose I could, get

foot. Yes, I have! like that pour cellor, desired a naval agreement Communists led by Karl Liebknecht,

he

Nazism or its counterpart. For uselessness. In spite of her quite look at him?"

natural alarm she thought curiously

that all

ก

"Not a chance, old boy-up against

Bethmann Hollweg.

too long Hitlerism was regarded four limbs appeared strange every time! Well, go on, tell us of the Kaiser with almost studied amusement ly inadequate to the obvious strength

DEYOND

a quiet, private conver-

M

now

German

Drea

of Eberl and the

with Britain some years later, but whose nom de plume of Spartacus he could not destroy the opposition was taken by his party.

and Admiral von The revolt was smashed, and the Tirpitz.

usual reign of terror followed. as an experiment "which was and power of the body As he ran

Then once

the more, in 1913, Professor

himself settled

Meanwhile the Allied troops were bound to fail". The democratic the long coarse hair flopped THE

and

business flared up. Now occupying the comfortably, cleared his throat, Germany said that they could

west of the world has learnt its lesson. floated round the oddly-shapen head. lit a cigarette and bogan: "Suppose tolerate French supremacy in

not Rhine, with the bridgeheads of The "experiment" became an towards the back.

which appeared to reach a peak

Mor- Cologne, Koblentz, and Mainz. you fellows have never even heard

In 1019, after elections had been ogre. But its viciousness lics

I won't go co without some sort of compen- of the Six-toed Nantus?

sation. Into the technical details of anthro-

held, the Germans met at Welmar Klderlen, the

Foreign to frame pology. bu

but it 16

their constitution. They well known to siveness; its threat is to na

NA anarchy. freedom. The removal of such charge of some scores of young, im disappeared.

was indicated by those

persuaded the Kaiser to send the in since when all traces of them have warship Panther to Agadir to pro- the Allied peace terms, of which one a threat requires more than pressionable girls.

"They were feared and shunned by tect German subjects in Morocco of the leadera sald, "Those who sign. battles between armies, There But, some time later, when a little other peoples on account of their

during the fighting.

this treaty will sign the death sen- must be a new Way of Living: I band ́of boarders returned from a extreme viriilly and longevity, not caused anxiety in Britain, and in me Germans lost Eupen and Mal- The implied threat angered France, Lence of many millions of German of a decided

women, and children." this will be the final task of the tutoria] suggestions)' breathless and Well, as I said. I myself possess the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd

pugnacity. romble (venturesomely disregarding to speak democracies in the utter clmina- excited-one the

on

borders of toes on each foot, and so do several George made a strong speech. tion of Hitlerism. This is the Bysteries and related

Once more the peace held. somewhat other members of my family on the A goal before us. Let us never

females

part of her. And there was a huge incoherent story of having had large father's side-the

nover War Glorified chunks of rock rolled down upon have the distinction and unfortun lose sight of it, even in the them by an unseen and unknown alely neither of my three children |

ERMANY, moderated her do- bill to be paid in reparations. She agony and excitement of carry- | agency,

mands; France ceded a part was to be branded with the "war- the time had arrived for inherits the gift." ing out a bloody warfare.

more than passivity,

PLEASE Turn To Page 5.

of her Congo in exchange for a free guilt.". hand in Morocco.

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not only in its militarist aggres-sation with a trusted colleague, | Eclence that such a tribe inhabited/Minister, Diked France to cede the did so in an atmosphere of starva- tional liberty and to individunt Asta said nothing about the matter. parts of Asia up to the Middle Ages whole of the French Congo. Then he tiondd to that came the news of

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