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of independence against the threat of German imperialism. Pan-Americanism, the ideal of a continent of peaceful sister-nations, may inspire eloquent speeches in Washington; but it is very far as yet from realization among the Latin republics. Power politics; accompanied by the race for armaments and allies, are not peculiar to Europe. For years now there have Bae tuo drew firm. blocs in South America with ambitions bitterly opposed—on the one hand, Argentina and Peru, with the probable addition of both Paraguay and Bolivia; on the other, "Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile. Agreement among States beyond the Atlantic is no easier to reach than on our own side, except in so far as the U.S.A. is so much stronger than the rest that it can enforce its will. Such dictation, however, does not make Washington popular, and much resentment against it continues in the countries south of the Isthmus. Facts like these tend to be forgotten in discussions about the Monroe Doctrine but they are bound to come to the fore if the settlement of territorial questions in the Western Hemisphere (such, for instance, as the status of the Netherlands and French islands) is, as Mr. Early says, to be decided conjointly by "all the Americas." Will Argentina agree with Brazil, or either of them with the United States? Any breach of the peace in the Americas would, of course, be deplorable. Yet after so many lectures by transatlantic "schoolmanns" it is not without interest to note that the contrast between a turbulent Europe and the peace and fraternity of the New World bears no relation to reality. tie "m © sea is a trade or a profession, Trade On the question whether the the Naval correspondent of "Horse and Hound" writes: I have often been asked whether a man who goes to sea follows a trade or a profession. In a broad sense we are accustomed to classify men who work with their brains as professionals and men who toil with their hands as tradesmen, but this is not quite correct. In one way the professional man is paid by the work that he does, and he only works as a means of getting money to carry on with his profession; but the labourer counts his success not by the work he does, but by the amount of pay he gets. How, then. can we place the seaman? I think that this War'has shown clearly that the sea is a profession, for if it were merely a matter of getting a livelihood I am sure that many of our men would leave the sea for a less dangerous job of work. I have in mind a sailor who is nearing the allotted span of years, but who sticks to the sea because he likes it. He feels that he is much more useful to the nation in this present crisis and, apart from the fact that he risks all the deadly weapons now directed against the sailor, he no sooner arrives in port than he is itching to get to sea again. Surely such a man is a professional in the truest sense. And have you noticed the steadiness of our men ashore? They seem to stiffen up when brought face to face with danger. The surprising thing also is that in the list of men called up for service the Navy tops the list for applicants, and officers to whom I have talked assure me that the moral of the men serving today is higher than ever. So long as our sea services are manned by men of this calibre there can be no doubt as to the ultimate issue of the conflict. So we must.come to the conclusion that the seaman of today is the man whose one object is to serve in his profession, and for this Britain must be eternally grateful Farmers' Farmers learnt, "Truth" says, that Incomes the Government was as good as its word when the Minister of Agriculture broadcast his announcement of the increased prices of agricultural products which had been promised to offset rising costs and higher wages. The prices are calculated with an eye to this year's output alone, an output to which, for the most part, the farmer was committed before wartime regulations were introduced. The effect of these regulations will be visible in next year's output, and the present prices are, therefore, only provisional and will have to be readjusted next year to fit the new set of circumstances. That is common sense. All the farmer demands is that the principle of linking prices to wages—now that it has at last been recognized—should remain as a permanent safeguard. There can be no going back to the bad old days of rising costs and falling prices. A noticeable omission from the list at the time of writing is the price for fet cattle
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