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Show ARMOR PLATE IN WAR It is a commonplace among pacifists paci-fists that the "armor-plate" interests and the "armor-plate" press foment wars. To a certain extent it is true that the manufacturers of armaments and the papers they own carry on the militarists' propaganda, but it is said that the "armor-plate" Interests do not want big wars. They want little wars and rumors of big wars. This keeps a good steady trade going with plenty of orders, improvements every year, credit good and bills regularly paid' By way of evidence it is said that during the crisis before the present pres-ent outbreak the only papers in Berlin which opposed war were the Socialist Vorwaerts and the Post, owned by Krupps of Essen, and the TagHcho Rundschau, another paper of the "armor-plate" press. One quite sees the point of view. In a big war governments govern-ments are using armaments more than they are buying them, and future fu-ture profits are a mere gamble against defeat. Perhaps the "armor-plate" interests in-terests have not overlooked the possibility pos-sibility that Armageddon may put them out of business altogether. Manchester Guardian. |