ars' War, Frederick the Great had accumulated
financial resources sufficient to pay for another war lasting four
years, and that he pursued the food policy of his fathers "which is
still pursued by the Prusso-German Government." Moreover, he first
exalted the German professor:

A hundred and fifty years ago Prussia was a land peopled by
boors. Now it is a land peopled by professors, scientists,
and artists. Frederick the Great was the first Prussian
monarch to realize that science and art increase the
strength and prestige of nations. Hence, he began
cultivating the sciences and arts, and his successors
followed his example. As science and art were found to be
sources of national power, they were as thoroughly promoted
as was the army itself, while in this country [England]
education remained amateurish. Men toyed with science and
the universities rather taught manners than efficiency.

The lesson of this centuries-old efficient governmental machine is a
supreme one to democratic England, Mr. Barker thinks. Not that it is
hopeless for a democracy to compete with a highly organized monarchy,
for has not Switzerland shown that "a democracy may be efficient,
business-like, provident, and ready for war?" England, on the other
hand, has been a lover of luxury and ease. She must gird up her loins
and fight or die. The Anglo-Saxon race is fighting for its existence,
and delay is dangerous:

War is a one-man business. Every other consideration must be
subordinated to that of achieving victory. When the United
States fought for their life, they made President Lincoln
virtually a Dictator. The freest and most unruly democracy
allowed Habeas Corpus to be suspended and conscription to be
introduced, to save itself. Great emergencies call for great
measures. The War demands great sacrifices in every
direction. However, if it leads to England's modernization,
to the elimination of the weaknesses and vices of
Anglo-Saxon democracy, if it leads to the unification and
organization of the Empire, the purification of its
institutions, and the recreation of the race, the gain may
be greater than the loss, the colossal cost of the War
notwithstanding. The British Empire and the United States,
the Anglo-Saxon race in both hemispheres, have arrived at
the turning point in their history. The next few month