SOME CONTRASTS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 41, 28 May 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

SOME CONTRASTS.

Germany is a land of authority; EngInnd is a" land of public opinion plus habit: America is a land of liberty plus Ivnch law.

In Germany the strong boss the weak: in America the weak boss the strong; in England the weak and the strong muddle along together. In Germany the woman walks behind; in America the woman walks in front: in England the woman walks alongside, and every now and then bangs the man on the head. Germans never decide, they wait for orders; the English seldom decide, localise whenever they do they feel themselves hound to act. Americans alwiys decide, as a matter ol recreation, but usually forget the next day what it w.'i.i about!

In Germany life an i ternal drill: in England life is an obstacle ra ■■; .n America life is a swift dr./y slide to ih" S nate or the jail. In Kngland a successful mill is knighted; in America he is indited.

(Jermany's drawback is a heavy-wit-ted peasantry: Britain's drawback is n heavv-ivitted aristocracy ; America's drawback is that it lias neither peasantry nor aristocracy, nothing but a general ininblc id' all sorts. Britain Ims too innch Peerage; derniaiiy lias too much beerage ; America has too innch steerage. _ Germane is not a nation ni business nu ,,) his lirst and foremost a (Jovern-In.-nS. Its factories, railroads .ships, |,.,nks. and Government are all lied lip 10-'clher. No German is ever on bii own r'iom 'The Efficiency Magazine.'

A drill sergeant was drilling a. recruit u,,,,;,,! in tin- use of the rifle. All wen 1 : >'.mooihlv until blank cartridges were di-triliuted. , The recruits were instructed li loa I i!„ I,- pi, - .- and stand at " Hca.lv,' and then the sergeant gave the uMiitnanJ

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