Often the talk was disturbed by shriek of shell or bomb of midnight
Zeppelin marauder.
Through all the travail of debt and death that rends the allied peoples
runs the clear current of determination to retrieve the immense loss.
War is waste; some one must pay--we among the rest. Already the guns are
being trained for the inevitable commercial battle, which, willingly or
unwillingly, will bring us under fire. Let us examine the plan of
campaign.
But before going into the concrete details that mean so much to our
future and our fortune, it is important to understand some very
essential conditions.
First and foremost is the uncertainty of the war itself. All
prophecy--at best a dangerous thing--is purest speculation. No one can
tell how long the duel will last; how badly the loser will be beaten;
what the terms of peace will be. Yet out of these contingencies will
emerge the strong hands that will redraw the trade map of the world.
Whatever the outcome, the countries now fighting, especially the Allies,
have definitely stated the principles that must govern--for a long time,
at least--the whole realignment of commercial relations. Their way shall
be the universal way.
In the second place, be you Ally or Teuton and regardless of how you may
feel about the ethics of the Great Struggle, it must be remembered that
behind the glamour as to whether it is waged to conserve human liberty,
maintain the integrity of "scraps of paper" or to safeguard democracy,
the larger fact remains that it is a war rooted in commercial jealousies
and fanned by commercial aggressions.
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