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Show 1,1 l A FAMILIAR PLAINT. I Human nature is much the same the world over. Here is Lord I j Fisher of the British navy, writing and talking as though his name I were' Sims and the object of his attack were congress, j J Lord Fisher, in a letter to the London Times, insists that Brit-. Brit-. ain fought more, lost more, spent more and got the least out of the I ( war than any other nation. Sounds familiar. (Discourse no one at-j' at-j' ( tempts to claim that America fought' more or lost more,.Jbut there I j are disappointed voices, shouting long and loud, declaring thatAmcr-( thatAmcr-( ice spent more and got least. Lord Fisher says the House of Commons encouraged scandalously scandalous-ly wasteful estimates. Aftersight is a wonderful thing. Perhaps members of the House I ) of Commons, without any pretense at naval wisdom, can point out to Lord Fisher how his .navy could liave fought the enemy squadrons at Jutland to better advantage. ' This navy lord is something more than an admiral. He is an economist. He says: ""We are not going on paying four guineas for a pair of shoes. The country will rise and sweep out these rich nincompoops and self-seeking self-seeking opportunists.'5 An affliction which is world-wide should not be charged to the House of Commons, or any other one legislative body. The remedy is not to be applied in one country. Until civilization recovers from ' the effects of the wreckage of the war, England, America and Other countries must endure a higher scale of prices. ' There will be i)rofiteering, which can be controlled by local lcg-, lcg-, islation, but the great level of prices will remain far above pre-war conditions. |