On the other hand, in favour of war are the great, mainly Prussian, war party, consisting of the military aristocracy and nobility "who see with terror the democratization of Germany and the growing force of the Socialist party"; "others who consider war as necessary for economic reasons found in over-population and over-production, the need of markets and outlets"; the great _bourgeoisie_, "which also has its reasons of a social nature--the upper middle class being no less affected than the nobility by the democratization of Germany ... and, finally, the gun and armour-plate manufacturers, the great merchants who clamour for greater markets, and the bankers who speculate on the Golden Age and the indemnity of war. These, too, think that war would be good business." The whole paper is too long for extensive citation here, but is well worth reading. * * * * * POLITICAL IGNORANCE IN GERMANY. "On Tuesday last at the Union Society Mr. Dudley Ward, late Berlin correspondent of the _Daily Chronicle_ and other English papers, and Fellow of St. John's College, dealt with 'The War from the German Point of View.' Mr. Ward's profound knowledge of Germany, especially since 1911, and his obvious attempt to review recent events with impartiality, was a revelation to Cambridge, and a very large audience showed its enthusiastic appreciation of his ability and his frankness. "Mr. Ward emphasized particularly the _astonishing political ignorance_ of the German people as a whole, an ignorance quite unintelligible to any one unacquainted with their Press and their political institutions. Public opinion, as he said, counts for little in Germany, and the Government can generally guide it into any direction it may please, and this fact is essential to the understanding of the events--diplomatic events--which led to the declaration of war."--_From the "Cambridge Magazine," December 5, 1914._ * * * * * "One of the political phenomena of America has always been the indifference of the German to active participation in politics. Efforts to persuade him to organize with any political party have never succeeded except in isolated cases. The German-American has been regarded as an independent politically. Until Europe's conflict raised concealed characteristics to the surface the German-American's indifference to politics had not been looked upon as a serious matter."--_From article by Alt. John Herbert in the London "Daily News," December,_ 1914. * * * * * GERMANY'S PURPOSE. _According to Herr Maximilien Harden's article in "Die Zukunft," as reproduced in the "New York Times," December, 1914_.