PRODUCTION AND UNITY.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15750, 17 November 1916, Page 9

PRODUCTION AND UNITY.

» . THE EMPIRE'S NEED. (FROM OT7R OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, October 6. M r .11. Pago Croft, speaking at Stockport a few days ago, said: — ■ "The secret oi t-ne German nation's strength and staying power cah be summed up in the two words, Production and I nitv. Bismarck's national policy, which aimed first at getting j unity of thought anil action throughj out the Empire, had succeedccl in kcep- ; ing tho German people together under j trials guch as the world had never seen, ! and however much we may loathe and j detest German methods and German ideals, it must be frankly admitted that tho unity ol Germany has been worthy of our admiration. Bismarck realised one truth which we have never understood —that internal trade is of far more value than foreign trade. Thus he so organised German trade that agriculture and manufacture as nearly as possible balanced each other, and the country bought from the towns, while the towns nought from tho country. Germans trade as Germans. The double trade is kept in their country. Their whole policy is scientific, and the reverse of our policy of laissez faire. And that explains the enormous resisting power of Germany to-day. The British Empire, on paper, is the greatest Power the world has ever known, but it has never been.organised. Unity we have by a happy fortune, because the Dominions chanced to throw in theff lot. with us. It is a wonderful thing, when it is remembered, that we deny them any voice in matters of peace and war. and refuse to treat - them more generously than we treat our potential enemies, that half a million fighters have oome from the four winds to range themselves "with us. Now. when our hearts are full of gratitude, it must he remembered that ; the Empire, so far, ha< had no share ; in tho citizenship of Empire. That must bo put right at onccv. The whol c fabric- of Empire must be organised on a' national foundation- ,