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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1918, Page 2

Discrssixc tho question of German trade after the war j in an article i n tho “Quarterly Review” Mr. William Harbutt Dawson says the time eannot be now far distant; when the old commercial rivalry between Groat Britain and Germany will be resumed, and it may therefore be useful to consider what sort of antagonist we shall then have to reckon with. Mr. Dawson does not agree with those who believe that Germany will he easy to bent in (he future since Great, Britain has obtained a good load. In spite, of all its sins, the German nation still remains the best-organised community in the world. We may count with certainty upon a large reinforcements of the 'principle ■of organisation ia that country. Germany rightly attributes her success to protracting the war so long, in spite of blockade and boycott, to the wonderful faculty for organisation which is characteristic of her people and is displayed in every department of her life, and in economic life in particular. The industrialists are organised on a scale equalled i n no other country; but so also are the agriculturists, the merchants, the handicraftsmen, and the working classes. Again, . the banking business of the country has been so organised effectively that it is now concentrated in a handful of huge concerns, not it little despotic in the use which they make, of their power, yet unquestionably wielding an immense influence favourable to the expansion of industrial and commercial enterprise Organisation, combination and State collectivism are the distinguishing marks of German oconomc life: and Mr. Dawson looks for further progress on all these lines. If Great Britain is to compete successfully with Germany after the war she must abandon ber “Lord will provide” attitude, trusting less to chance and more' to system