ened France
had a permanent debt of L1,269,223,600, or L32.05 for every man, woman
and child.

If he were Russian he would remember that before the war the national
debt was L1,461,000,000, with annual loss of revenue from the Vodka
monopoly of L140,000,000.

If he were German he would remember that the war tax had been
L74,700,000, and that the war had cost L2,770,000,000.

One question would come into the minds of those 18,000,000 thinkers. Who
was going to pay for this loss of L9,000,000,000?

One answer came from Germany.

It was voiced by Wilbrid the Humanist.

The "psychological" had arrived for sounding the note of revolt. It was
struck and echoed round the earth; even throughout America!

"Europe is filled with human wrecks," Wilbrid preached.

"All the time the physical stamina of Europe was being destroyed on the
battlefield, national debts piled up, adding phenomenal burdens to the
already crushing taxes cast on the toilers.

"Millions still unborn must toil the harder and live the meaner for
every day of the monstrous lunacy.

"There is only one reason for the ocean of blood and tears.

"Eighty per cent. of the world's population belong to a class supported
by its own exertions--the working class. It only gets back half the
wealth it produces; the other half goes to the 20 per cent. that does
not toil; but as that 20 per cent. cannot consume that half, markets
must be found for what is over, and some nation must yield markets,
colonies and dumping grounds to another nation able to put into the
field stronger battalions and deadlier guns. Those conditions must be
altered or this peace will be only an armed truce.

"War can be abolished by giving the 80 per cent. who produce the result
of their efforts, instead of paying it to the 20 per cent.; in short,
let all the results of labor go toward the Common Good.

"Men should work for humanity generally, not for an individual. That
system would kill competition in manufacture between individuals and
nations.

"All men should be prepared to fight for humanity, not for an
individual. That would kill monarchy.

"The Great War debts can be paid by taxing those 20 per cent.
non-workers who have been taking more than their share since time began.

"It is those non-workers that made the war by their competition for
trade, for individual power and personal wealth. So let them pay for it.

"The age of individualism ended with the war. There will be no