To the Editor of the "Norta-Cmxa Darcy News." and the Next War." (Arnold, 2s. 6d. nett) and Usher's "Pan Germanism" (Constable, 9%, 6d. nett) are two amusing books in which it is frankly admitted that, for many yearx past, Germany has been deliberately plotting to destroy the British Empire and the French Republic, and by brute force to make herself supreme by land and sea, over the whole world. Christians have always maintained that morality must be based upon religion, and evidence of the truth of this contention is found in Germany's present policy. For the last half century there has been a grievous decay of faith among her people and the result is seen to-day in her barefaced re nunciation of all morality in her relations with other nations. Every one who can possibly do so should read Bernhardi's book and Usher's, especially the chapter in the latter which gives the German view of the economic position. This, it seems, will permit them if victorious, to repudiate their public debts!
"Whatever the balance may be upon the books of the world," says Usher, ''she is actually richer than England or France. So long as her army is unbeaten no one can take away from her her factories, mines and fields. Whoever may own them
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