AFTER THE WAR-WHAT?

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1517, 2 March 1916, Page 4

AFTER THE WAR-WHAT?

DR. FITCHETT’S VIEW. There seems to be a general impression that after the war the world will suffer such a period of great depression, if not of positive privation, during which we shall have to pay all the accumulated bills of the war. It is, therefore, quite a relief to find a writer like Dr. Fitchett, in the March number of “Life,” taking the optimistic view and arguing that when the black night of actual war is over, a new day ot prosperity will come in. It is impossible to reproduce here the arguments and the figures quoted, but the final sentence sums up the optimism of this really valuable contribution to the war literature. “It is unthinkable that, with such a preponderance of men, wealth, and commercial power on the side of law and democracy, the small minority of lawlessness and autocracy can triumph. It is equally selfevident that the success of the Allies means a great expansion in the world’s trade-”

The impression conveyed by a glance through this March issue of “Life” is that the reader is securing a wide and comprehensive view of the whole area of the war. Dr. Fitchett himself deals with the general aspect in “The History of the Month,” Carlyle Smythe concludes his series ot sketches from the war zone with an article that should stimulate recruiting throughout Australia. Boyd Cable, Charles Nuttall, W. A. Somerset, Charles Barrett, Vance Palmer and Frederic Villiers are amongst the other contributors of special articles to this fine number.

Readers are reminded that if unable to obtain Life locally a copy will be posted to any address in Australia or New Zealand for six months if 3s 6d is sent to the publisher, T. Shaw Fitchett, 376 Swanston Street, Melbourne.