THE MENACE OF PRUSSIANISM

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 140, 2 March 1918, Page 10

THE MENACE OF PRUSSIANISM

"GERMANY IS STILL STRONG"

STEEL MAGNATE'S VIEW

"The United States must call for every ounce of strength, every dollar, every atom of skill to win," said Mr. lilbvrfc H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States StL'el Corporation, at a gathering in Chicago early last mouth, fle demanded more men for United States armies, factories, nnd farms, and proposed importation of sailors, workmen, and even soldiers, from China. He charged that the nation had been slow and stupid in realising the full extent of the danger. Mr. Gary predicted ultimate victory followed by a war of commerce as\great as the present war of arms, in which every country would sfcrivo to gain a part of tho trade lieid by tho United States. . . "Prepare for war as England, Germany and other iiations are now preparing," was his warning. He added: "From the beginning of the war there has been a lack of information on tho part of the general public in the countries opposed to the Central Powers, but from the existence of many facts there is cause for fear. Most convincing circumstances have been tho location of opposing armies. As they move backward or forward they demonstrate (success or failure. Germans Lead. "The fearful fact remains that at the end of nearly three years and a half, Prussian Germany isj in control of tho German and Austrian Empires, of Turkey, Rumania, Serbia, Albania, and a large area of the richest part of France, Poland, and a considicraible portion of Russia and Italy. The natural resources under the dominance of Germany have becii augmented many fold since the war commenced. "Germany is more virile, more efficient, more determined and aggressive than she was at the beginning of tho war. As a nation, if she wins in the near future she will be stronger-finan-cially, industrially, .commercially, and with a comparatively small reduction of men. "A war policy' which recognises no God except by pretence, which knows no law, no justice, no mercy, nothing but the right which brute force commands, has a decided advr-jitage over those whose principles are humane, honourable, and Christian. Every Ounce Needed.

"Our country as a whole, including Bereral branches of the Government, does not appear to appreciate that in order to win tho war it is necessary to appropriate every ourco of energy, every dollar of money, and overy atom of skill within reach.

"We may be excused for having been slow in getting ready, but. there can be no justification for failure in the future to push vigorously. If we over-prepare for a long war we shall only have done what priidence require?. For the labour shortage tlie United States should immediately draw from the islands and Orient enough men, including soldiers and sailors, to provide for every emergency.

"We believo the war will end victoriously for the Allies within two or three yeari; we hope a very much shorter time. It-could, not terminate in favour of. the other fide within a decade, for with all the means at our command, we would nuM that long or longer, before we would submit to the despotic rule of an autocratic tyrant."