e said, 'Steady, lad,' so--he had to
go.

"Then the Kaiser took the wheel.

"He found Germany a comparatively small country, with a great and
prolific population of sixty-six millions. He found the German woman not
the mild and simple 'hausfrau' of folk lore, but a virile woman with a
creed that the production of children was her first duty, not only to
her husband and herself, but to her country. He knew that in Germany
illegitimacy was no disgrace, and he saw Germany's population increase
ten millions in the course of ten years.

"He looked at his restricted boundaries and saw his people being bottled
up. That's why he gave the declaration that 'Germany's destiny is upon
the water'.

"We needed colonies, but all the colonies worth having were taken
by--whom? Your England!

"We were hungry for trade and influence in distant waters, but your
England held the gateways to the world's trade channels.

"The road to Asia and Australia was lined with England's forts, and
Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said and Aden watched the way like frowning
sentinels.

"It was then that we prepared for 'The Day.'

"Our Kaiser gave the call 'Deutschland Uber Alles' (Germany over all).
It was a new creed, and it soon gained the strength of a religion.

"I know you English ridicule the idea of the Kaiser and his Divine
Right--but do not forget an English King claimed the same thing."

[Illustration: "DROPPING THE PILOT."

Tenniel's Cartoon in "Punch," showing the reckless irresponsibility of
the Kaiser began early.]

"Yes," I interrupted, "and we chopped off his head."

He went on, ignoring my interruption--

"You English speak of God as the God of Hosts and the God of Battles,
but you only mouth it. We Germans believe in it, and we work for it. It
permeates our life like a divine call. It makes every man feel he is a
part of a great whole, a working unit in an immense machine, whether it
be in the field of battle or in the field of industry. We feel we are
doing a divine duty.

"And this divine spirit is in our work.

"We associate all our tasks with a sense of service to our fellow
citizens. We make trade and civic education compulsory to all boys from
14 to 18 years of age and to all girls from 11 to 16 years of age. Your
England has only 26 per cent. of children at school between those ages.

"We train our children and people to discharge specialised functions. We
associate practice with theory. We amalgamate science with m